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“Annuals”

I’m biding my time (’til baseball season)

January 10, 2014 · 1 comment

Kids, ask your parents/grandparents.) Our good friend Howard Megdal posted these suggestions on”How to survive without baseball.” Among them: Simulated baseball games, such as Baseball Mogul, Diamond Mind Baseball, Out of the Park Baseball, and, of course, Strat-O-Matic. I would add What-If Sports to this list. They allow you to construct a roster of any […]

Tagged as: Baseball News, Fantasy baseball, Howard Megdal, simulated baseball games

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If everything is incredible, then nothing is incredible

November 25, 2013

Or amazing, or unbelievable. There’s yet another batch of “awards” this year from Major League Baseball: The GIBBYs, short for Greatness in Baseball Yearly awards. That ain’t even good English. Please. How many awards can you give already? These seem to duplicate a lot of honors that have been awarded for years: rookies, batters, starting […]

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Finalists for CASEY Award are announced

November 5, 2013

The list is in for finalists for the 2013 CASEY Award for “Best Baseball Book of the Year,” as designated by Spitball magazine. Class A: Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere, by Lucas Mann Color Blind: The Forgotten Team that Broke Baseball’s Color Line, by Tom Dunkel Going the Distance, by Michael Joyce Heart of […]

Tagged as: baseball books, baseball fiction, baseball novels, Spitball Magazine

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Baseball Hall of Fame hosts eighth annual Film Festival

August 27, 2013

Note: This entry is a combination of the official press release sent by the Hall of Fame and my comments/edits. With the release of Legendary Entertainment’s landmark film 42 this spring, the worlds of movies and baseball came together for fans across the globe. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will recognize the […]

Tagged as: Babe Ruth, baseball broadcasting, baseball documentaries, baseball movies, International baseball

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Like I was sayin’ (‘Annual’ baseball titles)

August 14, 2013 · 3 comments

A propos  to yesterday’s entry about the Hollander “Complete Guide to…,” I ventured into the attic to take these pictures last night. [SlideDeck id=’15980′ width=’100%’ height=’300px’] This “series” — mostly edited by Don Schiffer and, later, Jack Zanger — predates the Hollander books (by the way, the story appeared on the New York Times‘ website […]

Tagged as: baseball annuals

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