Welcome to a new feature on the Bookshelf. I’ve always been as interested in the process as the finished project, so a frequent question in the Bookshelf Conversations is “Why did you decide to write this book.” Diane Firstman is a long-time member of SABR who has contributed wise and witty articles to numerous baseball […]
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Diane Firstman
What kills me about this “Players Weekend” business is the fact that MLB probably paid beaucoup bucks to some enterprising lads or lasses to come up with these? And I’m not the only one who thinks so. Nope. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for the fun part, generated mostly by the players being […]
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Who's on First
When I play ball, most of my teammates call me Ronnie. When I was in college, they called me Kap, a take-off on my name coupled with the Kangolish-type of headgear I always wore (at camp in the Laurentian Mountains, they called me Casquette for the same reason). When I look for those literary birthday […]
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Philip Roth
Jewel Ens, manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1929-1931 (176-167) was born this date in 1889. Wheezer Dell, who pitched for four season for the Cardinals (1912) and Dodgers (1915-17), died this date in 1950. He had a record of 19-23 in 92 games.
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Happy Felsch was one of the cadre of Black Sox banned from the game for throwing the 1919 World Series. Guess he wasn’t so happy after that. His best season was the last of his six-year career, all spent with Chicago, in which he had 40 doubles, 15 triples, 14 homers and 115 runs batted […]
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Kitty Bransfield,
Turk Wendell
Made his debut this day in 1912. From BaseballLibrary.com: Brown got his nickname because he was discovered playing on the sandlots of Atlantic City by a scout for Connie Mack. He was 13-11 for the A’s in 1912 and followed with 17-11 for the pennant winners of 1913, but was not used in the A’s […]
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Boardwalk Brown