Because I used to keep model rockets on my bookshelf…
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This article in National Review Online is all about how baseball is the professional sport that best embodies conservative principles. The reasons have nothing to do with the game itself — the absence of a clock, the lack of penalties called by officials, the way fans can keep a ball hit into the stands, none […]
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Herewith, the program highlights for the 15th annual Nine Spring Training Conference held in Tucson, Arizona from March 13-16. Lee Lowenfish, author of Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman, is the keynote speaker for the meeting, which will also pay tribute to the late Bill Kirwin, the journal’s former editor. Presentations include: Frantic Frankie Lane The […]
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Received this e-mail from Dugoutcentral.com: DugoutCentral is pleased to announce that the winners of its Spring Training Writing Contest will receive free, one-on-one consulting with esteemed writing coach Susan White for the first half of the 2008 MLB season. For those fan writers who are serious about improving their skills, this is a unique opportunity.Susan […]
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Not for nothing, but I think we can eliminate the adjective “record” when describing how baseball salaries increase every year. Baseball’s average salary rose 4.6 percent last year to a record (emphasis added) $2.82 million, and the New York Yankees set a high for teams at $7.47 million. Like they’re ever going to go down? […]
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Edited by John Thorn, Collins, 2007. Don’t let the slim size of this elegant book fool you. Inspired by an exhibit sponsored by the Museum of the City of New York, with essays from some heavy hitters, The Glory Days recaptures a simpler time for baseball and the country. Ballplayers who lived in our neighborhoods, […]
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A few months back, I had the opportunity to chat with Joseph Rinaldi, director publicity for Thomas Dunne Books (an imprint of St. Martin’s Press), on how his company picks its baseball titles and what works best in a discriminating, and relatively small readership. In 2007, TD released Ty and The Babe: Baseball’s Fiercest Rivals; […]
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My favorite pieces of mail, aside from the books I receive, are the catalogs announcing the books I will shortly receive. Like gardeners, I look forward to these colorful brochures that hold the promise of hours of enjoyment during the months to come. The University of Nebraska Press and its imprint, Bison Books, publish some […]
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Peter Morris, author of the two-volume Game of Inches, has a new title coming out next March. But Didn’t We Have Fun? An Informal History of Baseball’s Pioneer Era, 1843-1870, published by Ivan R. Dee, looks back at an innocent time before the game turned pro. From Publisher’s Weekly: Morris … explores the earliest days […]
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This piece from the Berkshire Eagle is a bit old, but the concept is still interesting. I’d love to get one of thee for my home. Here’s a look at the finished products. Unfortunately, I don’t get a sense of just how big these things are. Would it fit on a bookshelf? Or are closer […]
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Jack Kerouac’s On the Road celebrated its 50th anniversary in September, an event feted by re-releases of the watershed oeuvre and other events. According to Bloomberg.com: The New York Public Library offers an exhibition of Kerouaciana that includes about 60 feet of the scroll unrolled in a long display case, numerous notebooks, a fantasy baseball […]
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NPR’s Fresh Air replayed this May 2007 interview with Costner to mark the release of his latest movie, Mr. Brooks, on DVD. The interviewer is with Dave Davies. Costner discusses his love for the game (not coincidentally the title of his trilogy of baseball films; and no, The Upside of Anger, in which he plays […]
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A by-no-means complete, annotated (in some cases) bibliography of books about the Baltimore Orioles and their incarnations. (Note: This is only a list of books about the team in general. It does not include biographies of the team’s players, managers, front office personnel, etc.) Baltimore Orioles: Where Have You Gone? by Jeff Seidel (Sports Publications, […]
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The New Ballgame: Understanding Baseball Statistics for the Casual Fan, by Glenn Guzzo (ACTA Sports). A brief review of a brief book. Guzzo does a nice job explaining the key stats to newcomers to the game who want to enhance their experience by adding that numerical component, rather than “just watching.” He also offers an […]
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The Big R: An Internal Auditing Action Adventure, by D. Larry Crumbley, Douglass E. Ziegenfuss and John J. O’Shaunessy. Academic Press. $25. There is an old cartoon of a person with a cartful of groceries on a supermarket checkout line under a sign that reads “10 items or less.” The person behind him asks, “Are […]
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* Those silly Americans
April 14, 2008
The BBC’s analysis of the American pastime, courtesy correspondent Kevin Connolly. can be read read here, or heard on BBC Baseball (try to zero in on time code 19:22). By the way, Mr. Connolly, the name of the song is not “Take Me Out to the Ball Park.” And, dear anchor, it is my understanding […]
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