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Player-written book

* A look ahead at baseball titles

February 17, 2009

From our friend Greg Spira comes this link to LibraryJournal.com’s annual baseball feature. Among the usual share of biographies and memoirs, histories, and social commentaries are such themes as: Yet another biography about Yogi Berra, this one by homonymic author Allen Barra, and one on Walter O’Malley by Michael D’Antonio Ira Berkow’s bio of Lou […]

Tagged as: new baseball books

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* Q&A with author and former MLB pitcher Dave Baldwin

February 12, 2009 · 2 comments

Dave Baldwin pitched for the Washington Senators, Milwaukee Brewers, and Chicago White Sox during his six-year career (1966-70 and ’73). Used strictly in relief, he compiled a 6-11 record in 176 games, but posted a very respectable 3.08 ERA, giving up just 190 hits in 224-plus innings. But numbers can never tell the whole story. […]

Tagged as: baseball memoirs, Dave Baldwin, Snake Jazz

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* With fingers crossed…

December 5, 2008

The Hall of Fame veterans Committee will announce any decision on Monday, Dec. 8. Players who are under consideration include: SINCE 1943 • Dick Allen • Gil Hodges • Jim Kaat • Tony Oliva • Al Oliver • Vada Pinson • Ron Santo • Luis Tiant • Joe Torre • Maury Wills PRE-1943 • Bill […]

Tagged as: Hall of Fame elections, Veterans Committee

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* Book Review: Dropping the Ball

November 4, 2008

Bill Jordan of BaseballReflections.com critiques Dave Winfield’s “how-to-fix-it” title. Upshot: Overall, Winfield presents a very interesting argument and while some of his proposed bandages to this problem may be a bit much, especially at this time, he may be pointing the baseball world in the right direction. While his issues may have to take a […]

Tagged as: Dave Winfield, Dropping the Ball

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