I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about the quality. As far as the audio goes, I’m a […]
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minor leagues,
New York Yankees,
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Ron Guidry,
rookies
No, not Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men (or, heaven forfend, the wall on the Mexican border). I’m talking about Tom Hoffarth, late of the Los Angeles Daily News (he’s the one in the middle, above). While he joins me in the ranks of the recently “released” journalists, he continues his excellent “30 baseball […]
I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about the quality. As far as the audio goes, I’m a […]
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Baseball America,
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baseball prospects,
baseball rookies,
Chicago Cubs,
college baseball,
Joe Maddon,
Little League,
Lou Gehrig,
Michael Lewis,
minor leagues,
New York Yankees,
prospects,
rookies
I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about the quality. As far as the audio goes, I’m a […]
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Baseball America,
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baseball prospects,
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Chicago Cubs,
college baseball,
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Little League,
Lou Gehrig,
Michael Lewis,
minor leagues,
New York Yankees,
prospects,
rookies
They say the Golden Age of a thing — in this case a sports thing — is often what you remember from your childhood, a time when you had a love for the game that wasn’t affected by too much “grown up” knowledge of salary disputes, gossip, scandal, etc. Roger Kahn got the ball rolling with The Boys of Summer, […]
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Bob Gibson,
Denny McLain,
Detroit Tigers,
Sridhar Pappu,
St. Louis Cardinals
I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about the quality. As far as the audio goes, I’m a […]
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Baseball America,
baseball analysis,
baseball prospects,
baseball rookies,
Chicago Cubs,
college baseball,
Joe Maddon,
Little League,
Lou Gehrig,
Michael Lewis,
minor leagues,
New York Yankees,
prospects,
rookies
I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about the quality. As far as the audio goes, I’m a […]
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baseball analysis,
baseball prospects,
baseball rookies,
Chicago Cubs,
Jim Bouton,
Joe Maddon,
Little League,
Michael Lewis,
minor leagues,
New York Yankees,
prospects,
rookies
I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about the quality. As far as the audio goes, I’m a […]
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Baseball America,
baseball analysis,
Baseball Cards,
baseball prospects,
baseball rookies,
Bill James,
Chicago Cubs,
Michael Lewis,
minor leagues,
New York Yankees,
prospects,
rookies
I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about the quality. As far as the audio goes, I’m a […]
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minor leagues
I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about the quality. As far as the audio goes, I’m a […]
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Bill James,
Chicago Cubs,
Chipper Jones,
Michael Lewis,
prospects,
rookies
A new year, a new look for the BBS list. I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about […]
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Bill James,
Chicago Cubs,
Chipper Jones,
Michael Lewis,
prospects,
rookies
A new year, a new look for the BBS list. I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about […]
A new year, a new look for the BBS list. I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about […]
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Baseball America,
baseball analysis,
Bill James,
Chicago Cubs,
Chipper Jones,
Michael Lewis,
prospects,
rookies
Congrats to the newest members of the Hall of Fame: Chipper Jones, Trevor Hoffman, Vladimir Guerrero, and Jim Thome. As the headline from the article posted on the Hall’s official website says, let them savor the moment. Jones, who spent his entire career with the Atlanta Braves (and most of those torturing my Mets), came […]
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Bryce Harper,
Chipper Jones,
Jim Thome,
Trevor Hoffman,
Vladimir Guerrero
Casey Stengel: Baseball’s Greatest Character by veteran baseball publicist and author Marty Appel has been named recipient of Spitball Magazine’s coveted CASEY Award. From Spitball’s press release: In garnering one first-place vote and two second-place votes, Mr. Appel received the clear approbation of the Judges, handily outdistancing the runner-up by four points. Judge Al Turnbull […]
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Casey Stengel,
Marty Appel,
Spitball Magazine
Here’s an interview with one of my favorites: Dan Epstein with Clayton Trutor of the Down the Drive blog. From the Chester County Press, “Steve Potter recently released his book, “2nd Annual Phillies Minor League Digest: A Fan’s View” as a recap to the 2017 minor league season. The book includes team review of each […]
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Dan Epstein,
Philadelphia Phillies,
World War I
I always get a kick out of finding reviews of baseball books in unlikely places. In this case, it’s actually kind of a natural, since this title cross multiple genres. Even though it touts itself as “The Essential Guide to Movies of the ’60s and ’70s,” CinemaRetro offers this piece on Richard Sandomir’s The Pride […]
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Lou Gehrig,
Richard Sandomir
A new year, a new look for the BBS list. I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about […]
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Baseball America,
baseball analysis,
Bill James,
Chicago Cubs,
Michael Lewis,
prospects,
rookies,
Ted Williams
Seems that for the time being, thee quick updates will do until the new releases come out. Still planning on getting back to the Bookshelf Conversations as soon as possible. The first two will feature Rich Cohen, author of The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse, and Sridhar Pappu, author of The Year of the […]
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Chicago Cubs,
Danny Murtaugh,
Mark Littell,
Mickey Vernon,
Paul Dickson,
Rich Cohen
Here we go again. Man, is this a dull off-season or what? Aside from the Yankees getting richer with the acquisition of Giancarlo Stanton, what is has really rocked your socks? SO, trying to make lemonade out of lemons… Let’s start off with a little shameless self-promotion: Paul Hagen offers this piece — “Looking back […]
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Aaron Judge,
Casey Stengel,
Dick Enberg,
Houston Astros,
Leo Durocher,
Marty Appel,
Mickey Mantle,
New York Times,
Paul Dickson,
Richard Sandomir,
Troy Soos