The main story — and it’s a biggie — is Bruce Schoenfeld’s “Stealing Home,” an ode to a dying art.
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Yes! The double “Where are they now” issue! The mag includes pieces on Orel Hershiser, Stan Musial (by Joe Posnanski), and the print edition has a page comparing the managerial careers of Lou Pinella vs. Lou Brown, probably more well known by the actor who portrayed him, James Gannon. Gannon died July 16 at the […]
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So here’s a list of unusual injuries sustained by players this season, courtesy of SI.com’s Hot Clicks blog: — Feb. 12: Brad Bergesen, Orioles: Strained his shoulder filming a TV commercial for the team. — May 29: Kendry Morales, Angels: Broke his leg celebrating a walk-off home run at home plate. — June 30: Luke […]
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The Mental Floss website offers these quizzes: Did he throw a no-hitter? The Simpsons softball quiz The baseball card brand quiz
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The issue went to press too soon to include the passing of George Steinbrenner. Instead the main story was the aftermath of “The Decision.” Baseball stories include: A Tom Verducci profile of the Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera, who’s been putting up Triple Crown numbers so far. A look at the Cliff Lee trade. Who’s MLB’s most […]
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Serena Williams wins covers honor for her Wimbledon victory. Baseball items include: Which shortstop has the best range? Tom Verducci on this year’s (young) All-Star selections L. Jon Wertheim on the woes that have befallen the Pirates, complete with sidebar
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Not really, but I thought it was a cute way to introduce this Atlantic article on “How Justice Stevens Changed Baseball,” by Henry D. Fetter, author of Taking on the Yankees: Winning and Losing in the Business of Baseball. In 1951, the future Justice Stevens was a young antitrust lawyer in Chicago when he was […]
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James Traub has two piece in this weekend’s Times: A critique of The Eastern Stars: How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macorís, by Mark Kurlansky in the book review section (which the critic deems a “charming and finely observed, if somewhat formless, baseball travelogue”), and a profile of Yankees’ reliever Mariano […]
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With five no-hitters in the book (depending on your philosophy) in the books, SI‘s cover story by Albert Chen considers the dominance of pitchers in 2010. Whoa. I was just about to link to this story and this is what I got. Will someone please tell Apple there are still a few of us who […]
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In today’s installment, the missing words are “Baseball cards,” as discussed in this piece from the Sports Illustrated website on Josh Wilker’s book Cardboard Gods, as per Ted Anthony, who writes about American culture for the Associated Press: baseball-card blogger and memoirist Josh Wilker has come through. The unforgettable “Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told […]
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Sorry, no major baseball stories this week. Just wanted to let you know.
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if not a tiny scoreboard. Mental Floss, a bright and funny publication in which a couple of my articles have appeared (and one day again, I hope. Hint, hint, Mental Floss; I have no shame) published this brief history on the evolution of the scoreboard. The piece also links to some other cool baseball items, […]
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Nationals phenom Stephen Strasburg is the latest to contend with the dreaded SI cover curse. Albert Chen does the editorial honors with this profile and a sidebar, which I’m guessing looks much better in the magazine than on the website. The other baseball feature, written by Pablo Torre, considers Ian Snell and others who suffer […]
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The cover story features Shaquille O’Neill and the Cavs playoff run. Baseball items include a tribute to Ernie Harwell and his generation of broadcasters by Michael Rosenberg a quick look at Bill Madden’s bio on George Steinbrenner an assessment of the suddenly faltering San Diego Padres and the more successful Tampa Bay Rays
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The curent issue of ESPN The Magazine features a survey of 100 MLB players on sundry issues. Here are some of the more unusual questions and results, if you believe them. (Come one, don’t you think a few of the questionees are just playin’?) The city with the best baseball groupies: Chicago How many games […]
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Cover story: Athletes behaving badly (and that was before Lawrence Taylor). The main baseball story is a profile of Carlos Pena and the Tampa Bay Rays, by Ben Reiter. Other baseball items include: A mini-review of Josh Wilker’s Cardboard Gods (but, hey, just getting your book mentioned in SI is a coup). Ben Reiter’s brief […]
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Baseball takes center stage once again as Tom Verducci has a roundtable with the Yankees’ Mt. Rushmore: Jeter, Posasda, Rivera, and Pettitte. Also, Joe Lemire on Carlos Zambrano, the Cubs’ new middle relief man.
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Man, I wish I had this type of article from Newsweek for other parts of daily life. Imagine: We eat it so you don’t have to. We go to work so you don’t have to. We argue with the wife so you don’t have to. We (fill in the blank) so you don’t have to. […]
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About fifty years ago, it was pretty much verbotten for ballplayers to lift weights. The managers thought it would make them too bulky and tight. Nowadays it’s not uncommon to find the athletes gracing the cover of fitness magazines. Case in point: Matt Holliday of the St. Louis Cardinals, who appears on Muscle and Fitness‘ […]
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These weeks (June 7, 14) in Sports Illustrated
June 10, 2010
June 14: A piece on catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia’s troubles getting the ball back to the pitcher MLB poll: Which outfielder has the best arm? What’s up with all this great pitching? Wave of the Future, by Tom Verducci. More on the MLB draft here, here, here, and here. Joe Posnanski on Stephen Strausburg June 14 […]
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