From the category archives:

“Oddballs”

* Happy birthday, Psycho

June 3, 2009

A.K.A. Steve Lyons. The nine-year veteran has done well for himself in retirement, currently working in the broadcast booth for the Dodgers. He’s the coauthor of The Psycho 100, an entertaining — if somewhat uneven — collection of outrageous moments in the game, which I will review at a later date.  Lyons turns 49 today.

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* "This is a simple game…."

May 26, 2009

Meant to post this as it happened. The best laid plans… So what’s up with the recent rash of line-up mistakes? First Tampa Bay skipper Joe Maddon inserts two players in the third baseman position and no one as a DH, thereby losing that offensive possibility and forcing pitcher  Andy Sonnanstine to tote lumber. Fortunately, […]

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* Now hear this: Gabriel Schechter

May 23, 2009

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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* Another reason to join SABR: Free books

May 21, 2009

From the SABR List-serve: Marc Okkonen’s terrific pictorial book, 2000 Cups of Coffee, is now available for download on the members-only portion of the SABR website. You can find a link to it as soon as you log onto the members’ page. This book contains images of approximately 2,000 major leaguers of the 1900-1949 era. […]

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* Shades of Crash Davis

May 19, 2009

In this article on the Atlanta Braves’ Brian Barton, the write pretty much brands the ballplayer an egghead. Last summer, during his first full season in the major leagues, he read 17 books. He recently finished off the 900-page “Roots” by Alex Haley. Which made me think of this line from Bull Durham by Max […]

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* Can I get fries with that, Mickey?

May 19, 2009

Having eaten at Mickey Mantle’s Manhattan restaurant, I found this review of a two-year old book by owner William Liederman interesting yet curious (because of the timing). Nothing to especially recommend it other than the subject matter. It’s a throwback to the days of Toot Shor‘s.

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