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Clayton Kershaw

The Bookshelf Conversation #180: Andy McCullough

July 3, 2024

As I keep mentioning, regular readers of The Bookshelf know of my disdain for superlatives and similar declarations, such as “Greatest,” “Worst,” “Complete,” in titles. But there are a few cases in which they seem totally appropriate. In the case of Andy McCoullough’s new (and first) book, Clayton Kershaw just might be The Last of […]

Tagged as: Andy McCullough, Clayton Kershaw

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Baseball Best-Sellers, May 10, 2024

May 10, 2024

A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes (see my piece on “Why Amazon’s search engine sucks“). In addition, occasionally […]

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Five Cards Whenever #22-26: Clayton Kershaw, Fernando Tatis Jr., Miguel Cabrera, Byron Buxton, Trent Grisham

August 23, 2023

See here for a headnote and explanation. Fanatics — which bought out Topps — recently posted an offering for a complete factory sealed box set for 2023. Here are the details: Base Cards (660 Subjects) – Base cards from Topps Baseball Series 1 & Series 2: 660 base cards, 5 rookie cards, 5 base card […]

Tagged as: Byron Buxton, Clayton Kershaw, Fernando Tatis Jr., Miguel Cabrera, Trent Grisham

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All-Star reading

July 12, 2012

Maybe it’s just the sports new cycles, but it seems there was a lot of emphasis on how young many of this year’s All-Stars were, juxtaposed with Chipper Jones, who is probably making his last appearance in the summer classic. (Did anyone else think his locker room “pep talk” was uncomfortable and stagey?) It occurred […]

Tagged as: Bryce Harper, Chipper Jones, Clayton Kershaw, Cole Hamels, Curtis Granderson, David Ortiz, Derek Jeter, Justin Verlander, R.A. Dickey

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Preparing for the next phase? Dickey, Kershaw turning author

January 18, 2012

Because you always need to have a career plan. R.A. Dickey, he of Mt. Kilimanjaro fame, will  publish Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball (with Wayne Coffey) in March via Blue Rider Press, a Penguin imprint. You can get samples of Dickey’s writing (about his recent adventures) from […]

Tagged as: AIDS, Clayton Kershaw, Mount Kilimanjaro, New York Times, RA Dickey

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