Mike Silva of NY Baseball Digest recently posted this 2007 audio interview he did with former major leaguer Terry Leach. Leach, a side-arming reliever who pitched for several teams, including the Mets, wrote about his experiences in Things Happen for a Reason: The True Story of an Itinerant Life in Baseball. Long-time baseball analyst Peter Gammons, […]
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Baseballisms.com, which is quickly becoming a favorite site, published this audio interview with Lowenfish, author Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman. Other authors appeared on Baseballisms include Tim Wiles, Judith Testa, Peter Golenbock, Jerry Poling, Jane Heller, Sue Macy, Tim Shea, and others. Another site that features frequent author interviews, albeit not audio, is the online […]
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Including: ◊ Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America’s Pastime, by Mark Frost. Unabridged (13:56), narrated by Andrew Garman. Hear a sample: ◊ Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher and a Hall of Fame Hitter Talk about How the Game Is Played , by Bob Gibson, […]
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The co-author of Baseball’s Greatest Hit: The Story of Take Me Out to the Ball Game, was the subject of this lengthy interview on the interesting Baseballisms.com website. Hear it here: http://baseballisms.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/CTBX.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS
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Of all the sub-genres of baseball books, my favorite is are the coffee table editions. Usually published as “gift books,” they are among the most well-produced, handsome, and eclectic titles available each year. This year’s “leader” has to be Baseball Americana: Treasures from the Library of Congress (Harper Collins). It combines the best of all […]
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Alan Gratz’s Brooklyn Nine, the story of a young Jewish boy’s love for baseball in the early 20th century, is featured on the cover of the September issue of Booklist, the publication of the American Library Association. The issue highlights a sports theme and includes a number “top 10” choices in several categories, such as […]
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Had a good time at the SABR convention in DC. It was nice too meet so many folks who are just as nuts (if not more so) than me. Being the bookworm that I am, it was especially nice hanging out with the writers, many of whom were peddling their products in the vendors’ room. […]
One of the saddest books your likely to read this year and, hopefully, for the foreseeable future, is S.L. Price’s Heart of the Game: Life, Death and Mercy in Minor League America.
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That’s Barra, not Berra, although the confusion would be easy to understand. Barra is the author, Berra is the subject of this new biography of the Yankees’ Hall of Fame catcher. The writer — whose work has appeared in such publications as The Wall Street Journal and on-line on Salon.com, crafted this serious-yet-entertaining profile on […]
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In honor of All-Star week, NPR carried a few baseball-related items on WNYC this week. July 13 was a good day for Jewish sports authors. Both Howard Megdal (The Baseball Talmud) and Lee Lowenfish (Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman) were interviewed on The Leonard Lopate Show. You can listen to the Megdal segment here: and […]
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Larry Tye’s new biography has generated renewed interst in Paige’s own (purported) autobio. There are two versions of Jane Leavy’s book on Sandy Koufax, the first abridged (6 hours, 14 minutes), narrated by Robert Pinsky (his named is listed, but it dosn’t sound like a male voice on the sample); the latter, unabridged (almost 10 […]
King Kaufman conducted this Q&A with the new Berra Boswell. You can read it here or hear it here: http://media.salon.com/media/mp3/2009/03/conversations_barra.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS
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An audio interview, downloadable, as featured on Mike Silva’s New York Baseball Digest.
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Here’s the audio interview with Zev Chafets, author of Cooperstown Confidential. http://rksbaseballbookshelf.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/zevchafets_raw.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS
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Gabriel Schechter has, in my estimation (and his), the dream job. Working at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown as a researcher in the library, the chance to be surrounded by the game in a small-town setting, a Norman Rockwell experience, as he put it in our recent conversation for The Bookshelf. Schechter recently […]
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I never understood why some radio sports talk shows feel the need to televise their programs. Basically you’re just looking at the host talking, or the guest, if there is one in the studio, sitting there on a static shot. Wow. In this case, Mike and Mike in the Morning interview Roger Clemens on the […]
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Prince and and Jason Fry host the entertaining and thought-provoking Mets’ blog, Faith and Fear in Flushing. He compiled many of the sentiments from the blog, added a lot of personal insight, and published a like-titled book. Be;ieve it or not, this isn’t even his day job: Prince is a writer, editor, and communications consultant whose […]
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Howard Megdal, he of The Baseball Talmud, was interviewed on the Marc Malusis Show on WFAN. You can here it here: http://rksbaseballbookshelf.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/howardmegdalwfan.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS
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A veteran of the minor league beat, Lisa Winston has been a writer, reporter, columnist, and multimedia correspondent for such outlets as USA Today, Baseball/ Sports Weekly and, most recently, MLB.com. She is a frequent guest on radio and TV sports talk shows around the country, and was the original host of the Fox News […]
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Former Mets’ favorite and current broadcaster Ron Darling humps his new book, The Complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound, on today’s Brian Lehrer Show. You can hear the segment here http://audio.wnyc.org/bl/bl033109epod.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS
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August 4, 2009 · 4 comments
Had a good time at the SABR convention in DC. It was nice too meet so many folks who are just as nuts (if not more so) than me. Being the bookworm that I am, it was especially nice hanging out with the writers, many of whom were peddling their products in the vendors’ room. […]
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