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Bill Littlefield

Can I pick ’em or what?

May 9, 2025 · 0 comments

When it comes to poetry, I readily admit my deficiency. But my ignorance didn’t stop me from seeking out two of the best poets as guests on The Bookshelf Conversations. E. Ethelbert Miller and Bill Littlefield helped kick off (can you say that when talking about baseball?) the recent Baseball Poetry Festival, held May 2-4 […]

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The Bookshelf Conversations #187: Bill Littlefield

January 30, 2025

There was something about Bill Littlefield’s voice when he read his poetry (or as he refers to it, doggerel) on NPR’s Only a Game that was so soothing, as opposed to those loud-mouthed shouters on various sports talk programs. I miss him. But to prove that the Bookshelf is timeless, I had him on recently […]

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National Pastime Radio, March 5

March 5, 2014

Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me ran one of its “highlight shows” last week, including a “Not My Job” segment with Jim Bouton. Always a pleasure to hear him. It’s impossible for players to publish a book these days without a reference to Ball Four; Dirk Hayhurst — who is release his fourth title this spring […]

Tagged as: Bill Littlefield, John Feinstein, John Rosengren, National Public Radio, NPR, Only a Game

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Review roundup, June 10

June 10, 2013

John Sexton’s Baseball as a Road to God: Seeing Beyond the Game picked up a couple of review recently including this one from the New York Law Journal and this one from Philly.com. The San Diego Union Tribune ran this about Inside the Baseball Hall of Fame. Believe it or not (and I’m guessing my […]

Tagged as: Baseball and religion, Baseball Hall of Fame, Bill Littlefield, Christy Mathewson, John Sexton, Only a Game

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Review roundup, April 17

April 17, 2012

♦ Tom Hoffarth’s latest 30/30 entry: Ruling Over Monarchs, Giants & Stars: True Tales of Breaking Barriers, Umpiring Baseball Legends and Wild Adventures in the Negro Leagues. ♦ Only a Game host Bill Littlefield offered his thought’s on John Grisham’s Calico Joe (scroll down about half way). Upshot: “some of the baseball elements of Calico […]

Tagged as: Bill Littlefield, John Grisham, Tom Hoffarth

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National Pastime Radio: A bonanza!

April 17, 2012 · 2 comments

The airwaves sure have been busy over the past few days. ♦ Jim Abbott (Imperfect: An Improbable Life) was a guest on yesterday’s Leonard Lopate Show. I find it interesting that the subtitle does not include “Baseball,” as in “An Improbable Baseball Life.” ♦ John Grisham, author of Calico Joe  was a guest on Only […]

Tagged as: Ball Four, Bill Littlefield, Jim Abbott, Jim Bouton, John Grisham, National Public Radio, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me

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Spanning the Globe

May 17, 2010

The Boston Globe has been active on the baseball review front of late. Bill Nowlin, author of several titles on the Red Sox, contributed this piece on Howard Bryant’s bio of Hank Aaron for today’s edition. Yesterday, Bill Littlefield, host of NPR’s Only a Game, considered two baseball titles — Cardboard Gods by Josh Wilker […]

Tagged as: Baseball Cards, Bill Littlefield, Hank Aaron, NPR, Only a Game, San Pedro de Macaris

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