* This week (Nov. 2) in Sports Illustrated

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Who could have conceived of a time where the Nov. 2 issue wouldn’t include any information about World Series games that had already been played. Anyway, this week features Ryan Howard on the cover in a Series preview by Lee Jenkins. Also: Tom Verducci on Alex Rodriguez’s resurrgence in the post-season. Joe Sheehan’s prediction  

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* Bits and Pieces

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According to CantonRep.com, the Kent State Univ. Press will reprint a “facsimile edition” of Fred Lieb and Stan Baumgartner’s 1953 team history of the Phillies, which was part of a series of baseball club histories published by G.P. Putnam. Several years ago, the Southern Illinois University Press was handling this project, reissuing books about the […]

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* A nice distraction

Because I can...

Sorry I’ve been away and neglectful. I’m a bit excited about going to Yankees Fantasy Camp in November. I’ll be writing about the experience for my other blog as well as the NJ Jewish News and a few other outlets because of the new kosher component, which offers kosher food and special programming for Jewish […]

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* Review: Sixty Feet, Six Inches

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The New York Times Book Review published this article by David Leonhardt, who writes a weekly economics column for the paper. His upshot in this full-page review: Despite its engaging moments, though, “Sixty Feet, Six Inches” is mostly unsatisfying, because Gibson and Jackson play their roles as the grizzled veterans too predictably…. The men go […]

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* Now hear this: Gibson and Jackson on NPR

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again, I wonder how these guys, from one show to another, manage to kep the information fresh. I can just imagine the host of a program that appears later listen to a previous program and muttering at the host, “Bastard! I was going to ask that.” Anyway, Gibson and Jackson appeared on NPR’s Weekend Edition […]

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* World Series titles: some classics, some not

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My regular Fall baseball book roundup  — all revolving around the World Series — was posted to Bookreporter.com this evening. Titles include: The Machine, by Joe Posnanski Game Six, by Mark Frost Perfect, by Lew Paper The Original Curse, by Sean Deveney The First Fall Classic, by Mike Vaccaro The careful reader will not I […]

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* This week (Oct. 26) in Sports Illustrated

Magazines

Basketball preview this week, so not much in the way of baseball. Basically it’s Joe Posnanski on the Yankees.

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* TWIBB — October 23

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This week in baseball books, featuring the best-sellers according to Amazon.com on Friday, October 23. Title Rank General Now I Can Die in Peace: How The Sports Guy Found Salvation Thanks to the World Champion (Twice!) Red Sox, by Bill Simmons 1 Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & a Hall of […]

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* Claims about Larsen Series gem seem odd … on Paper

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Lew Paper, that is, author of the new book on Don Larsen’s World series no-hitter. Bill Littlefield offered this commentary on the Oct. 17 episode of Only a Game: In a new book misleadingly titled Perfect: Don Larsen’s Miraculous World Series Game and the Men Who Made It Happen, Lew Paper, the author, tells a […]

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* National Pastime Radio: Word for the day

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Words, actually. And days. In recognition of the post-season, the Brian Lehrer Show on NPR had two days of baseball terms, courtesy of Erin McKean of wordnik.com. The program was so nice, they ran it twice, first on Oct. 20and an “extra innings” segment the following day. McKean, who publishes Verbatim Magaizne (to which I […]

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* Congrats to the Phils

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Looks like Jayson Stark will be coming out with a new edition next year. More titles about the Phillies include: View from the Booth: Four Decades with the Phillies, by Chris Wheeler Phillies Confidential: The Untold Inside Story of the 2008 Championship Season, “by” Gary Matthews More Than Beards, Bellies and Biceps: The Story of […]

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* Bits and pieces

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The Daily Reflector ran this piece on Chasing Moonlight. Moonlight Graham was a North Carolina product. Bronx Banter ran a Q&A with Arnold Hano, author of the acclaimed A Day in the Bleachers, his account of the first game of the 1954 World Series. BaseballDigest.com’s review of Satchel, by Larry Tye. Upshot: “Before I read […]

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* Neo-classics?

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Several new titles consider World Series past. Two — by Joe Posnanski and Mark Frost — deal with the 1975 Red Sox-Reds contest, which was highlighted by Carlton Fisk’s game-winner in the sixth game, the closest to that point Boston had come to winning a title since 1918.  The next most recent is Perfect, by […]

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* What's your Hang Up, man?

Author profile/interview by Ron Kaplan

If the Internet is good for nothing else, it brought podcasts into the world. The ability to hear so many quality programs should make the radio and TV industry just as worried as those in the newspaper industry. Some are “on-demand” versions of programs broadcast on regular TV and radio. Among my favorites: Wait Wait […]

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* Remembrances of magazines past

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Up on the roof…well, the attic actually. I was going through some stuff, trying to decide whether it’s time to lighten the load, so to speak. I hve a bunch of Sports, Inside Sports, Baseball Quarterly, and other assorted titles, long gone from this mortal coil. This one caught my eye: The July 1986 issue […]

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* Now hear this: Mike Vaccaro

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Tis the season. As the summer game segues into fall’s finales, no less than five titles deal with the World Series, including two about the 1975 games between the Red Sox and Reds, one about Don Larsen’s 1956 perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers, and But the one that goes back the furthest is The […]

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* Post-season (annoying) wordplay

"Ripped from today's headlines..."

The Newark Star-Ledger published a small supplement in preview of the Yankees-Angels ALCS which may or may not  begin tonight. Headline: “Angels and Demons.” Ha ha. Don’t you just know that if a erayin Yankees’ outfielder does anything heroic, this will change to “Angels and Damon”? Can’t wait to see how the folks at Fox […]

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* TWIBB — October 16

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This week in baseball books, featuring the best-sellers according to Amazon.com on Friday, October 16. Title Rank General Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & a Hall of Fame Hitter Talk about How the Game is Played, by Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson, and Lonnie Wheeler 1 The Machine: A Hot Team, a […]

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* This week (Oct. 19) in Sports Illustrated

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Tom Verducci writes about the chances the Dodgers and Angels face each other in the Fall Classic. Lee Jenkins on Bobby Abreau, who had a major impact on his Angels teammates. And Phil Taylor’s column on the dyspepsia of being a Nationals fan.

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* National Public Radio: Fantasyland

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All Things Considered often features stories about baseball. But they don’t podcast so it’s a rare treat to post one of their stories. In this case, it’s a pro-fantasy piece by Tony Horwitz which sings the praises of books on the topic. Sometimes a fantasy…is all you need.

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