Bits and pieces, February 22, 2023

February 22, 2023

There Are 108 Stitches in a Baseball | "I believe in the Chu… | Flickr  Early on, it looks like the big book is Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball’s Brightest Minds Created Sports’ Biggest Mess, by Evan Drellich. Numerous reviews and features on the Astros’ cheating scandal include “New book on Houston’s sign-stealing scandal illuminates backstory to Cardinals hacking case” from the St. Louis Post Dispatch (paywall); “Reporter who broke Houston Astros sign stealing scandal writes book on incident, what really happened behind the scenes” (Houston Public Media); “Author Evan Drellich on Houston’s sign stealing and Cardinals connections: Best Podcast in Baseball” (Victoria Advocate); “Here’s how Dodgers revelations in Astros book will hit different this time” (Sportsmap)

There Are 108 Stitches in a Baseball | "I believe in the Chu… | Flickr  A-Rod writing a book? It’s already creating some buzz even though there’s not much detail yet.

There Are 108 Stitches in a Baseball | "I believe in the Chu… | Flickr  Can’t blame mom for this: “Over $100,000 in baseball cards stolen from Panama City memorabilia store.”

There Are 108 Stitches in a Baseball | "I believe in the Chu… | Flickr  This shouldn’t have even been an issue, but thankfully “Two books on baseball players who faced racism finally got approved by Duval school district.” The books are about Roberto Clemente and Hank Aaron. I try to keep my personal politics out of this blog, but this was ridiculous. Florida governor Ron DeSantis has long been complaining about wokeness but to the press at least disagreed with the school board’s attempt to ban the books, calling it “a joke.” In the New York Daily News, “Gov. Ron DeSantis scoffs at concerns about GOP law that led school to ban Roberto Clemente biography.” What did he think would happen, given his oft-stated position?

There Are 108 Stitches in a Baseball | "I believe in the Chu… | Flickr  “What Harry Potter did for Quidditch, the new Apple TV+ series Hello Tomorrow! is doing for the sport “jetball,” a baseball-like game set in the retro-future utopia of Vistaville.” Well, now I have to watch this.

There Are 108 Stitches in a Baseball | "I believe in the Chu… | Flickr  I guess this was a “President’s Day” thing: “Woodrow Wilson’s love affair with baseball” (El Dorado News-Times)

There Are 108 Stitches in a Baseball | "I believe in the Chu… | Flickr  “Ex-Red Sox hurler Kelly offers suggestions on how to better baseball in candid new book” (The Salem News)

There Are 108 Stitches in a Baseball | "I believe in the Chu… | Flickr  “Review: Old Globe’s ‘Under a Baseball Sky’ scores with humor and sweetness”: “In José Cruz González’s new play…, it’s the kind of promising weather when “extraordinary things can happen.” The Globe commissioned González to write the upbeat 90-minute, baseball-themed play….” (San Diego Union-Tribune)

 

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