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Ellis Henican

The Book of the Week contest: Doc

May 12, 2014

First of all, congratulations to Micheal A. of Cherry Hill, NJ, winner of last week’s book, The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams, by Ben Bradlees Jr. And thanks all for the comments. This week’s offering is Dwight Gooden’s 2013 memoir, Doc, written with Ellis Henican. A reminder about the rules: The fifth person […]

Tagged as: Doc Gooden, Ellis Henican, New York Mets

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Back in business

July 9, 2013

Our long national holiday being over, it’s time to get back to work. Had the opportunity to finish (and re-finish) a couple of baseball books over the last few days. I found Doc, the memoirs of fallen super-ace Dwight Gooden, a frustrating experience. On the one hand I thought it was a great self-assessment of […]

Tagged as: 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die, Doc Gooden, Ellis Henican, Filip Bondy

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Bits and pieces, June 12

June 12, 2013

John  Rosengren was recently interviewed in Prime Time Radio to discuss his new bio on Hank Greenberg (audio). BlueJaysBanter, a “subsidiary” of Baseball Nation, posted this review of Jeff Blair’s Full Count: Four Decades of Blue Jays Baseball. David King will sign copies of his new book, Ross Youngs: In Search of a San Antonio Baseball […]

Tagged as: Bad News Bears, Baseball Cards, Doc Gooden, Ellis Henican, Hank Greenberg, John Rosengren, Josh Wilker, Ross Youngs, Toronto Blue Jays

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