Baseball Best-Sellers, August 24, 2018

"Annuals"

Headnote: I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about the quality. As far as the audio goes, I’m […]

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Because you can put these on your baseball bookshelf

"Oddballs"

Fifteen bobbleheads for $300 seems like a bargain. (especially when you can buy them individually for $25 bucks apiece) but when you see that these are figurines from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, it’s a true find. Teams represented include: Rockford Peaches Chicago Colleens Battle Creek Belles Grand Rapids Chicks Fort Wayne Daisies South […]

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Baseball Best-Sellers, August 17, 2018

"Annuals"

Headnote: I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about the quality. As far as the audio goes, I’m […]

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Happy Birthday, Teddy Ballgame

Anniversaries

Posting this now in case anyone out there wants to attend… From the The Great Fenway Park Writers Series… At noon Tuesday, August 28, the Red Sox, Bank of America, Writers Series, BoSox, and Residence Inn Back Bay Boston/Fenway, will honor the life of Ted Williams on what would have been his 100th birthday, August 30 […]

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Pardon the interruption, Pardon the Interruption

2017 Title

One of my favorite shows/podcasts is the ESPN warhorse, Pardon the Interruption. I’ve been a fan of Tony Kornheiser for decades (boy, does that make me sound old). And because of that, I tolerate Michael Wilbon. And out of loyalty, I hardly ever pay attention when they have guest hosts (especially Dan Le Batard). Thanks […]

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Baseball Card Day! Hooray!

Baseball art

Did you have it on your calendar? August 11 is National Baseball Card Day. MLB.com posted this story yesterday in advance of the occasion, listing the coolest card for each year since Topps launched in 1951. No spoiler alerts here, but if you want to jump to the specific decade… 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s […]

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Baseball Best-Sellers, August 10, 2018

2017 Title

Headnote: I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about the quality. As far as the audio goes, I’m […]

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Review Roundup, Aug. 8, 2018

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Haven’t done one of these in a while. Of course haven’t done much of anything in a while, so… From the NWItimes.com site, (Munster, IN) this review of Joe Maddon’s Try Not to Suck. From the Lincoln Journal Star, this review of Donald Hall’s posthumously-published memoir, A Carnival of Losses: Notes Nearing Ninety. And one […]

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What’s your baseball “beach reading?”

2018 Title

Since I began working at Trader Joe’s I find my time for intellectual pursuits such as reading and writing greatly curtailed. Truth is, I’m usually just too damn tired by the time I get home to delve into anything that requires too many brain cells. Since I only get a half-hour for lunch, there’s not […]

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Baseball Best-Sellers, Aug. 3, 2018

"Annuals"

Holy cats, has it really been almost two months since I posted one of these? Moving on… Headnote: I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so […]

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Hello? Is this thing on? (aka, a new ‘Sandlot’ movie?)

"Ripped from today's headlines..."

Hi. Remember me? It’s been awhile. Couldn’t blame you if you didn’t. Long story short, I spent the last month after my regular job working with a gentleman on his memoirs. Nobody you know, so don’t bother trying to figure out who. Nothing baseball, or even sports, oriented. It was truly an educational experience, since […]

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Lest We Forget: Tab Hunter

Baseball movies

Tab who? Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, MO. Hunter, a heartthrob in the 1950s and 60s, played the character of Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees, one of the great musicals of all time. Of course, Hunter, who died on Sunday at the age of 86, played in many other movies, but for the purposes of this […]

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Lest we forget: Donald Hall

Classic title

Hall published two baseball titles which  what I would classify as “quiet classics,” in that they never created as much buzz as something like, say, Moneyball or The Glory of Their Times. He passed away on Saturday at the age of 89. Here’s his obit from The New York Times. Perhaps his best known was […]

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Haiku Review: I’m Keith Hernandez: A Memoir

2018 Title

I’m Keith Hernandez? How could he miss mentioning Sienfeld’s show? E-3.

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Hall of Fame announces lineup for 2018 Summer Author Series

2018 Title

Having participated in the 2017 Series, I can attest to home much fun it is for the authors. Sorry not to have posted earlier for the events that have already taken place, but here’s the rest. Normally, I would include links to Amazon, but the idea is to buy the books there. From the Hall’s […]

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The Bookshelf Conversation: Todd Radom

"Oddballs"

And how we love to hate some of those shirts (and pants). Todd Radom, a graphic designer specializing in branding for professional sports franchises, has compiled an entertaining collection and deconstruction of some of the greatest, worst, and most unusual baseball attire in his recent release, Winning Ugly: A Visual History of the Most Bizarre Baseball Uniforms […]

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TV pop review: Johnny Damon on Dancing with the Stars

"Oddballs"

Full disclosure: Prior to this, I have never watched more than a few minutes of DWTS in any of its previous seasons. I know sports figures have competed and some have acquitted themselves very well, but I can only guess the idea to have a bunch of athletes as a stand-alone theme was one of […]

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Baseball Best-Sellers, June 15, 2018

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Headnote: I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about the quality. As far as the audio goes, I’m […]

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Baseball Best-Sellers, June 8, 2018

2017 Title

Headnote: I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about the quality. As far as the audio goes, I’m […]

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Lest we forget: Red Schoendienst

Autobiography/memoirs

The baseball lifer, who spent 76 years in the game — 67 with the St. Louis Cardinals — died yesterday at the age of 95. He had been the oldest living Hall of Famer. He was the subject of several books, including The Red Schoendienst Story (1961, by Gene Schoor); The Man Who Fought Back (1962, […]

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