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* Bits and pieces

July 20, 2009

Trying to play catch-up once again: From SlidingintoHome, a Yankees-centric blog, a couple of new titles about the Bronx Bombers. Boogiedownbaseball, another blog about the Yankees, is one of several outlets that profile the new Marty Appel biography on Thurman Munson. For more, check out BaseballHotCorner. The JorgeSayNo blog features an interview with the author […]

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* The joy of sections

April 6, 2009

One of the major complaints from fans and (especially) non-fans is that the games take too long. Don’t look at it as a lot of down time; instead perceive it as a chance to catch up on your reading. That’s why I love compilations such as those published by The Washington Post‘s Thomas Boswell and […]

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* Now hear this: Lisa Winston

April 2, 2009

A veteran of the minor league beat, Lisa Winston has been a writer, reporter, columnist, and multimedia correspondent  for such outlets as USA Today, Baseball/ Sports Weekly and, most recently,  MLB.com. She is a frequent guest on radio and TV sports talk shows around the country, and was the original host of the Fox News […]

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* Murray Chass turns the page

September 4, 2008

This profile of the former NY Times’ veteran baseball columnist appears in the current issue of the New Jersey Jewish News. During the interview I did not bring up the fact that I was blogger (as you will see, his views on the subject are crystal clear ), lest I incur his wrath. * * […]

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* The next Red Smith?

August 15, 2008

Ya gotta start ’em young. The youth of America, as Casey Stengel would say.

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Writer Profile: Sportswriter Maury Allen is Burning to act

September 7, 2007

As a sportswriter for the New York Post, Maury Allen had a front row seat for the tumultuous 1977 baseball season. The Yankees were in turmoil; the city was mired in social and economic woes that came to national attention when disastrous blackout struck; and a serial killer was on the loose. Jonathan Mahler brought […]

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Writer Profile: Murray Chass, NY Times

August 22, 2007

Henry Chadwick, a mid-19thcentury newspaperman, was credited with transforming baseball from a local event into the national pastime through his stories. Will history say the same about Murray Chass, veteran New York Times sports columnist, and the Israel Baseball League? Chass’ May 13, 2006, column, “Israel Dreams Big, As in Big League,” appeared more than […]

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