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Review roundup

July 27, 2017

Once again, a semi-regular attempt to catch up on reviews from other sources… From BlueBirdBanter, a Blue Jays-centric site — this on Stacey May Fowles’ Baseball Life Advice: Loving the Game That Saved Me. Upshot: ” It is deeply human and relatable, even when dealing with uncomfortable situations which would be easier to gloss over.” From […]

Tagged as: Baseball Hall of Fame, Casey Stengel, Cincinnati Reds, Dick Allen, Los Angeles Dodgers

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30 for 30 (baseball books), Week 1

April 8, 2016

Recapping Tom Hoffarth’s entertaining and educational series: April 1: The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports, by Jeff Passan April 2: Baseball Field Guide: An In-Depth Illustrated Guide to the Complete Rules of Baseball, by   Dan Formosa and Paul Hamburger April 3: The Cardinals Way: How One Team […]

Tagged as: Babe Ruth, baseball history, baseball injuries, Dick Allen, George Castle, Glenn Stout, Howard Megdal, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals

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Coming down the pike, Feb. 23, 2016

February 23, 2016 · 1 comment

Or is it “coming down the pipe?” That would make sense, too. Of course, it would have to be a wide pipe… Been in conversation with Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News who does a marvelous job every year with his 30 baseball books in 30 days feature on his “Farther off the […]

Tagged as: baseball biography, Dick Allen, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Tim Kurkjian

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Looks like we won’t be seeing any new Hall of Famer bios this year

December 8, 2014

At least not from the Veterans Committee output. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s Golden Era Committee announced balloting results Monday for its 2014 election of players, managers, executives and umpires. The ballot featured nine former players and one former executive and was considered by a 16-person committee featuring eight Hall of Famers, […]

Tagged as: Baseball Hall of Fame, Dick Allen, Tony Oliva

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Literary birthday greetings: Dick Allen

March 8, 2012

One of the best players of his generation not to be elected to thew Hall of Fame, Allen turns 70 today. Allen published his autobio/mem — Crash: The Life and Times of Dick Allen, written with Tim Whitaker. He was also the focal point for books about Philadelphia’s racial attitudes, as profiled by William Kashatus […]

Tagged as: Dick Allen, Philadelphia, Phillies, Race-Ethnic-Religious Relations

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Literary birthday greetings: Player A and Player B

March 8, 2011

One of our birthday boys is in the Hall of Fame, although their numbers are amazingly similar. 162-Game Avg Player A Player B At bats 638 586 Runs 97 102 Hits 190 171 Doubles 29 30 Triples 6 7 Home Runs 30 33 RBI 113 104 Walks 52 83 Strikeouts 110 144 Batting Average .298 […]

Tagged as: Baseball Hall of Fame, Dick Allen, Jim Rice

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