The Hardball Times published this one. As usual, the reviews that come out of HBT are literate, in-depth, and well-conceived.
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From the category archives:
2009 title
BA also puts out an annual list of baseball titles.
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See previous entry. I am reproducing the Herculean effort of our friend Greg Spira of 2009 titles, as posted on the SABR list-serve today. There are almost 140 titles here (see his caveats) so you will all forgive me if I don’t follow my usual formatting style. The only knock is that he does not […]
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Brought to you by the folks who produce the Sports-reference sites. The site basically consists of links to lists category. There’s no commentary here, but it’s still a fair source for basic publishers’ info. That said, the link to new releases is woefully inadequate, listing only 46 books and DVDs at this point, with a […]
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AmericanChronicle.com features this review of Michael Shapiro’s new book.
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From PhillyScout.com. And how nice is it that it;s reprinted on RaysScout.com, the “sister site” for the tampa bay (and World Series’ loser) Rays.
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gets a non-glowing review in The Washington Times. Upshot: The veteran newsman thinks he has things to say, about baseball, puppy love and the greatest generation. But the way in which he says those things are so bland and so uninteresting and so hackneyed and so cartoonish that one begins to speed through the pages, […]
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From the Detroit Free Press. Upshot: The result is a tragic, all-encompassing look at the life of a man who captured the hearts of baseball fans with his 98-m.p.h. heater and renowned work ethic, only to lose it through deep-seeded character flaws and bad decisions. You want to root for Clemens in this book, but […]
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From George Will, syndicated in the Seattle Times. Upshot: Forests are felled to produce baseball books, about 600 a year, most of them not worth the paper they should never have been printed on. Weber’s, however, is a terrific introduction to, among much else, the rule book’s Talmudic subtleties…
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The line comes from an old Bugs Bunny cartoon. Go look it up. But I’ll tell you it refers to ganging up on someone unmercifully. Not that I have any sympathy for Roger Clemens, but jeez, guys, enough already. How many ways can you say “ham and eggs?” (Sorry, Rabbi.) Jeff Perlman’s book on Clemens […]
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No one can nurse a grudge like a Brooklyn guy can nurse a grudge. Take, for example, this article on Michael D’Antonio’s “apology” for Walter O’Malley. D’Antonio’s biography was the result of that ultimate Faustian bargain: in exchange for giving the elder O’Malley a fair shake, the family gave the author access to thousands of […]
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Brought to you by the LA Times. The Providence Journal posted this book review, as well: “How did Manny become Manny?”
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Seems Yonamine was sort of the Jackie Robinson of Japanese baseball. This review comes from The Hardball Times.
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Seems this one is still out there on some people’s minds. This review of the controversial memoir comes from the Teacerrefpoet blog.
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is available on Amazon.com,
* A matter of interpretation
April 30, 2009
This entry on Officiating.com refers George F. Will’s column on Bruce Weber’s new book, As They See ‘Em. Strictly speaking, it is not, as the title asserts, a paean for umpires, but rather dap for the book.
Tagged as: Bruce Weber, umpires
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