Heard on NPR’s Morning Edition show, March 6: “Evan Drellich’s new book sheds light on the Houston Astros cheating scandal.” I usually don’t mix baseball with politics with baseball (unless it’s in a good way), but this is important enough to me that I don’t care if I ruffle a few feathers by […]
Author appearance: Tyler Kepner will discuss “Baseball, Faith, and the Chase for World Series Glory” at Christ Church in Greenwich, CT, on Friday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. The event will be both in-person and livestream. For details, visit christchurchgreenwich.org. Bull Durham creator Ron Shelton was recently honored at the Coronado Island Film Festival In […]
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♦ No surprise: Moneyball is included in this USA Today article on the “the four best business books by sports professionals” (although does Michael Lewis really qualify as such?). ♦ With all the hoopdeedoo about Aaron Judge breaking the “true” home run record, I doubt there is anyone more qualified to write about Roger Maris […]
This may get me kicked out of SABR, but I think I’ve had it with being taken out to the ball game. This is part of every convention. Sometimes more than one if the hotel is in proximity to another field. I attended the Milwaukee event and we went to Miller Park and Wrigley Field […]
So after the year I’ve had, I decided to bite the bullet and venture down to SABR 50, the annual convention that should have been held in 2020 but, well, you know… I have to say, it wasn’t without a bit of trepidation. Driving was out of the question so Amtrak it was. I love […]
Harkening back to the review I posted about Once Upon a Time In Queens, I was thrilled to be able to get the director of the four-part 30-for-30 sports doc series from ESPN. And since I did put up that entry, this intro will be relatively brief. Nick Davis — and profound apologies for calling […]
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Funny how things work out. If MLB had not changed the venue of the All-Star Game from Atlanta, GA, to Denver, CO, for political reasons, we would not have this wonderful event sponsored by the Tattered Cover, a collection of independent book sellers in that latter city. There are a number of programs, both virtual […]
A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast […]
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Doc Gooden,
Joe Torre,
Moe Berg,
Ted Williams,
Tom Seaver,
Yogi Berra
Jon Leonoudakis and I go way back, relatively speaking. I’ve been a fan of his entertaining and varied film projects, beginning with Not Exactly Cooperstown, about the Baseball Reliquary, described on its home page as “a nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to fostering an appreciation of American art and culture through the context of baseball history […]
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Headnote: One of the thing I like about the Pandemic Baseball Book Club is that it’s a kind of “one stop shopping.” Instead of posting about various authors, projects, and events, all I’m doing here is cutting and pasting their newsletter. This one was received on September 16. Enjoy. I am posting this after one of their […]
Let’s be honest: Most of us are not real good at making sacrifices. Even in baseball, the bunt with men on is no longer considered desirable because it means giving up something. And who wants to do that? Someone recently asked me to pick up a dozen jars of Trader Joe’s organic salted peanut butter […]
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Pandemic Baseball Book Club
I had the privilege of participating in one of these a couple of years ago. Fun! Here’s this year’s lineup. June 5, Shea Stadium Remembered: The Mets, Jets, and Beatlemania, by Matt Silverman June 12, When the Braves Ruled the Diamond, by Dan Schlossberg- June 26, They Said It Couldn’t Be Done: The ’69 Mets, New […]
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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
From the press release: The Baseball Heritage Museum has a pair of events scheduled: Throw Like a Woman Author Susan Petrone will give a presentation 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9. Petrone wrote the 2015 novel Throw Like a Woman, about a woman who, at age 40, finds her life taking an unexpected turn when she […]
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Cleveland Indians,
Susan Petrone
This past Saturday (Jan. 26), the Society of American baseball Research held its 10th annual SABR Day, featuring events at regions all over the country. I had the pleasure of participating in an author’s panel at the Elysian Fields Chapter (Northern New Jersey) with my old friend Howard Megdal (The Baseball Talmud: The Definitive Position-by-Position […]
Headnote: 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 […]
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Brooklyn Dodgers,
coaching,
Houston Astros,
New York Yankees
The Bergino Baseball Clubhouse has been an oasis of culture on a sweat-filled landscape. Nestled in the heart of New York’s Ironbound District, this small shop has been the site for many wonderful baseball author programs, hosted by proprietor Jay Goldberg. I can’t recall when I first visited the store for a story for the […]
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Bergino Baseball Clubhouse
Posting this now in case anyone out there wants to attend… From the The Great Fenway Park Writers Series… At noon Tuesday, August 28, the Red Sox, Bank of America, Writers Series, BoSox, and Residence Inn Back Bay Boston/Fenway, will honor the life of Ted Williams on what would have been his 100th birthday, August 30 […]
Having participated in the 2017 Series, I can attest to home much fun it is for the authors. Sorry not to have posted earlier for the events that have already taken place, but here’s the rest. Normally, I would include links to Amazon, but the idea is to buy the books there. From the Hall’s […]
Greetings from Baltimore, Part Two: The ball game
August 21, 2022
This may get me kicked out of SABR, but I think I’ve had it with being taken out to the ball game. This is part of every convention. Sometimes more than one if the hotel is in proximity to another field. I attended the Milwaukee event and we went to Miller Park and Wrigley Field […]
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