Note: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]
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Ted Williams,
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This year represents the golden anniversary of the most successful Washington Senators in history, bearing in mind that this was the 1961 expansion model and not the previous incarnation that relocated to Minnesota where they became the Twins that same year. Two years, later the “new” Senators themselves moved to Texas to change their uniform […]
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Note: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]
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David Cone,
Houston Astros,
Jerry Remy,
Jim Bouton,
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Oakland As,
Pitching,
Ted Williams
Note: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]
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Jerry Remy,
Jim Bouton,
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New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Pete Rose,
Pitching,
Ted Williams
Note: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]
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David Cone,
Houston Astros,
Jerry Remy,
Jim Bouton,
Moneyball,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Pete Rose,
Pitching,
Ted Williams
Note: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]
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Jerry Remy,
Jim Bouton,
Keith Hernandez,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Pete Rose,
Pitching,
Ted Williams
Note: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]
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David Cone,
Houston Astros,
Jim Bouton,
Los Angeles Dodgers,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Pete Rose,
Pitching,
Ted Williams
Happy Solstice, everybody! Note: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull […]
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Philadelphia Phillies,
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Roger Angell,
Roger Kahn,
Ron Swoboda,
Yogi Berra
Note: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]
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David Cone,
Houston Astros,
NY Yankees,
Pete Rose,
Philadlephia Phillies,
Pitching,
Ted Williams,
World Series
Note: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]
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Pete Rose,
Pitching,
Ted Williams,
World Series
Note: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]
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David Cone,
Houston Astros,
Michael Lewis,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Philadelphia Phillies,
Pitching,
Ted Williams,
Yogi Berra
Note: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]
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Ted Williams,
Yogi Berra
Note: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]
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Ron Darling,
Ted Williams
Continuing on our theme of celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the “Miracle in Flushing,” we catch up with Wayne Coffey, author of They Said It Couldn’t Be Done: The ’69 Mets, New York City, and tew Most Astounding Season in Baseball History. The last time we spoke with Coffey, it was for his work on […]
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Wayne Coffey,
World Series
Headnote: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]
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Chicago Cubs,
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Harry Caray,
Houston Astros,
Michael Lewis,
Moneyball,
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New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Pete Rose,
Ron Darling,
Ted Williams
It’s becoming almost a bittersweet habit talking with Erik Sherman. On the one hand, it’s great reliving past glories of my favorite team. On the other, it’s sad to see the heroes of my youth aging and even dying. It reminds me of my own mortality and who the hell wants that? Last time it was Kings of Queens: […]
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Erik Sherman,
Maury Allen,
New York Mets,
Tom Seaver,
World Series
As I said in my recent roundup review of New York-centric baseball books: A lot of New Yorkers think the world revolves around their city. When it comes to baseball books, that’s probably true. More words have been written about their teams than all others combined, and fans can usually count on a number of […]
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New York Mets,
New York Yankees
Headnote: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]
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Pitching,
Ron Darling,
Ted Williams