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Review by Ron Kaplan

<p>Appeared in <em>ForeWord Magazine</em>, May/June 2004<a onclick=”window.open(this.href, ‘_blank’, ‘width=321,height=500,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/baseballforever.jpg”><img title=”Baseballforever” height=”155″ alt=”Baseballforever” src=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/my_weblog/images/baseballforever.jpg” width=”100″ border=”0″ style=”FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px” /></a></p> <p>&quot;Ralph Kiner was smart enough to realize early on that a career in sports is short and uncertain. Nevertheless, he happily contradicts that notion as he reminisces in this […]

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<p>Brief reviews from Bookreporter.com including:</p> <ul><li><em>Praying for Gil Hodges</em>, by Thomas Oliphant </li> <li><em>Brooklyn Remembered</em>, by Maury Allen </li> <li><em>You Never Forget Your First</em> </li> <li><em>Last Time Out</em></li></ul> <p><a href=”http://www.bookreporter.com/features/051021-baseball.asp”>Read the whole review from Bookreporter.com</a>.</p>

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<p>Appeared in <em>ForeWord Magazine, </em>May/June 2006<a onclick=”window.open(this.href, ‘_blank’, ‘width=150,height=225,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/buryingtheblacksoxbookcover.jpg”><img title=”Buryingtheblacksoxbookcover” height=”150″ alt=”Buryingtheblacksoxbookcover” src=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/my_weblog/images/buryingtheblacksoxbookcover.jpg” width=”100″ border=”0″ style=”FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px” /></a> <a onclick=”window.open(this.href, ‘_blank’, ‘width=240,height=240,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/burying.jpg”></a></p> <p>“The scandal … was not ‘eight men out’ for throwing the series,” writes the author in his new take on the most […]

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Appeared in ForeWord Magazine, May/June 2004 “One of the charming qualities about baseball is that a fan from a hundred years ago would easily recognize the modern game. Little has changed: there are still four bases, nine innings, and three strikes, you’re out. “Ed Delehanty is also recognizable — a stereotypical player who could have […]

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<p><a onclick=”window.open(this.href, ‘_blank’, ‘width=240,height=240,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/fewchosen.jpg”><img title=”Fewchosen” height=”100″ alt=”Fewchosen” src=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/my_weblog/images/fewchosen.jpg” width=”100″ border=”0″ style=”FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px” /></a> </p> <p>Appeared in <em>ForeWord Magazine, </em>January/February 2002</p> <p>&quot;Next to the Marines, the New York Yankees are the epitome of ‘the few and the proud.’ Throughout their major league existence–more precisely since they &quot;stole&quot; Babe […]

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<p>&quot;<a onclick=”window.open(this.href, ‘_blank’, ‘width=329,height=500,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/fntasyland.jpg”><img title=”Fntasyland” height=”151″ alt=”Fntasyland” src=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/my_weblog/images/fntasyland.jpg” width=”100″ border=”0″ style=”FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px” /></a>Fantasy baseball was developed more than 20 years ago by a group of bored guys in the publishing field who decided they could do a better job of putting a winning team together than the […]

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