From The Week, a small sampling of the coverage of the Bonds indictment, Powered by ScribeFire.
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Bits and Pieces
I found the dream vacation rental house. It’s located on (in?) Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii. Six bedrooms, sunroom, four bathrooms. Here’s the part of the description tha appeals to me most: It is well equipped with a gourmet kitchen, outside lanais with views of Diamond Head. The upstairs lanai’s are perfect for eating, sunbathing, or […]
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Is it just me, or does this message, sent yesterday by the Mets, have a familiar ring to it? (Actually, there will be no rings for the Mets this year…): Dear Mets Fan: All of us at the Mets are bitterly disappointed in failing to achieve our collective goal of building upon last year’s success. […]
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A staunch fan of the Chicago Cubs from Michigan City, Ind., has named the couple’s new son Wrigley. Last name Fields. Sounds like a Bart Simpson telephone gag.
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From the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, an extensive interview with the artists James Bassler, son of major leaguer catcher Johnny Bassler who played from 1913-14 with the Cleveland Naps and, after a seven year absence, returned for another seven years with the Detroit Tigers (1921-27). He compiled a lifetime .304 batting average with a […]
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Many years ago, Louisville Slugger used to put out an annual yearbook that was available primarily as a premium through sport good stores. I found this interesting source at Scribd.com.
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This list includes more than 125 reviews. Some are the books are duplicated by different reviewers.
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I was cleaning up my basement and found this old game. Never realized it had the Roger Maris seal of approval. See it in action. Of course, the game never worked like it does in the commercial (big surprise). The spring would break, the balls would fly over the edges, and I can never remember […]
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The medias keeps coming up with new ways to dismiss Barry Bonds’ accomplishments. First it was performance enhancing drugs. Now it’s the elbow protection he wears to the plate. In an commentary from the Aug. 6 edition of EditorandPublisher.com, illustrator Michael Witte claims the device “may have contributed to no fewer than 75 to 100 […]
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Couldn’t resist.
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In Bull Durham, the late Max Patkin — the “clown prince of baseball” playign himself in the film — is talking up Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) to Annie Savoy (Susan Sarndon), telling her what an unusual guy he is. “I actually saw him read a book once,” Patkin says with a touch of awe, adding […]
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Ted Cox, the TV/Radio sports columnist for the Arlington Heights Daily Herald, evidently has as little patient as I do when it comes to errors in baseball books. For an industry whose main product is numbers (overwhelmingly maintained via computer technology), it’s inexcusable that so many factual errors pop up. As Cox writes in his […]
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Baseball America’s annual book feature includes reviews on several books, CDs, DVDs, and video games. Books include The Soul of Baseball; How Bill James Changed Our View of Baseball; Opening Day; Once Upon a Game; Hideki Matsui, Sportsmanship, Modesty and The Art of the Home Run; Sports Illustrated: The Baseball Books; Brushing Back Jim Crow; […]
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In recognition of the 60th annversary of Jackie Robinson’s Major League debut, Jonathan Eig appeared on Only a Game to discuss his new book, Opening Day. The OAG page also links to host Bill Littlefield’s review of the book. Crazy ‘o8 author Cait Murphy puts her book through the “Page 99 test.” According to author, […]
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<p>Is <a href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/25/magazine/25baseball.t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=magazine”>Adam Greenberg the new Moonlight Graham</a>? The unlucky young man was beaned in his first plate appearance for the Chicago Cubs and hasn’t been back to the majors since. At least he has a plate appearance. His story appeared in the <em>NY Times Sunday Magazine</em> on March 25. </p>
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<p><a onclick=”window.open(this.href, ‘_blank’, ‘width=90,height=135,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0’); return false” href=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/franco.jpg”><img title=”Franco” height=”180″ alt=”Franco” src=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/my_weblog/images/franco.jpg” width=”120″ border=”0″ style=”FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px” /></a>"I also will read a lot on the computer and a lot of baseball books. I like to read about other players to see how they think and what they went through."</p> <p align=”right”><em>48-year-old Julio […]
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is available on Amazon.com,
Presidential deja vu?
November 13, 2007
You would have thought that George Steinbrenner had learned his lesson. From UPI, Oct. 26: Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is the top recipient of baseball cash among the candidates for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations. An analysis of contributions by USA Today shows that diehard Yankees fan Guiliani has scored more than […]
Tagged as: George Steinbrenner, politics, presidential race
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