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Lest We Forget: Bob Newhart

July 30, 2024

I’ve been remiss. Bob Newhart passed away July 18 at the age of 94. I don’t know how this comes across, but when a celebrity dies, I look for baseball connections. Actors who portrayed athletes in films or on stage; writers of other topics who had a fondness for the game; musicians who palled around […]

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Bits and pieces

March 22, 2011

It’s amazing how everyday life can get in the way of posting here lately. In a poor attempt to compensate, here’s the occasional links dump. A review of John Thorn’s Baseball and the Garden of Eden from The Hardball Times. Upshot: “It must be said that Thorn is a historian first and a writer second. […]

Tagged as: Allen Barra, Bob Newhart, Hardball Times, John Thorn, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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