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Just like the movies, this is the baseball book awards season. On Monday, I wrote about Kostya Kennedy’s biography Pete Rose: An American Dilemma, winning Spitball Magazine’s Casey award. Now the other shoe has dropped. Mover and Shaker: Walter O’Malley, the Dodgers, & Baseball’s Westward Expansion, by past SABR President Andy McCue was selected as […]

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There are so many books coming from three publishers, I thought to give them a page of their own. McFarland gets high marks for taking on subjects and people that might otherwise go under the radar. That’s not to say that every book is fantastic, all due respects to the writers, but at least they […]

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Two Steve Travers titles — The 1969 Miracle Mets: The Improbable Story of the World’s Greatest Underdog Team and A Tale Of Three Cities: New York, L.A. and San Francisco in October of ‘62 — are currently available at no charge in various e-reader formats on Smashwords.  

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The former embattled Major League pitcher passed away yesterday at the age of 57. Welch wrote about his addiction issues in Five O’Clock Comes Early with George Vecsey. Originally published in 1981 with the subtitle “A Young Man’s Battle with Alcoholism,” it was re-released a decade later with “A Cy Young Award-Winner Recounts His Greatest […]

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Baseball book ‘prospects’

February 27, 2014

This it the time of year when the baseball media offer their considered opinions on their favorite prospects. Sometimes they’re spot on, other times, not so much. So I thought, why not apply this to the upcoming “rookie crop” of baseball books? That is, titles that are making their debuts in 2014 — no reprints/reissues […]

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Forgot to post this amusing standoff between Joe Kelly of the St. Louis Cardinals and Scott Van Slyke of the Los Angeles Dodgers prior to the final game of the NLCS (love the frustrated umpire towards the end of the clip). Enjoy.

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Heh.

October 8, 2013

As first seen on HardballTalk (the writer is no relation):

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Review roundup, May 3

May 3, 2012

♦ I don’t usually look at e-books if they haven’t been published on paper as well, but David H. Martinez (The Book of Baseball Literacy: 3rd Edition: Nearly 700 People, Places, Events, Teams, Stats, and Stories – Everything You Need to Know in One Massive Book) has enough of a track record for me to […]

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Bits and Pieces, March 30

March 30, 2012

Baseball Reflections posted this review of High Fives, Pennant Drives, and Fernandomania: A Fan’s History of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Glory Years (1977-1981), by Paul Haddad. Just in time for Opening Day in Japan (which just passed. Sorry for the late post): baseball terms in Japanese! Another late post: GQ ran this profile on broadcasting […]

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One-a-day: Tom Hoffarth

April 2, 2011

Just like the vitamins, only with baseball books. April is that time of year when our old friend Tom — who writes about sports and sports media for the Los Angeles Daily News — does his “30 baseball books in 30 days” bit. And, just like last year, we’ll be posting his considerations within these […]

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This charming young lady came out with Lady in the Locker Room: Madcap Memoirs of the Early LA Dodgers last year. It’s one of the best self-published books I’ve come across in a long time. Part family photo album — and as the first person put on the team payroll after they relocated from Brooklyn […]

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Tom Verducci writes about the chances the Dodgers and Angels face each other in the Fall Classic. Lee Jenkins on Bobby Abreau, who had a major impact on his Angels teammates. And Phil Taylor’s column on the dyspepsia of being a Nationals fan.

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The Sons of Steve Garvey Blog posted this review of Steve Traver’s new book, one of his many projects this year. Upshot: …Dodger fans might already be quite familiar with most of the tales Travers recounts, and he often doesn’t go into the depth necessary to capture the drama of a moment or emotion of […]

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One of the things I liked most about working for STATS Inc.  was going to the ballpark, having a seat waiting for me in the press box, and being treated (almost) like any veteran member of the media. That included perks such as all matter of printed material, including media guides. For those who may […]

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According to an item in Publishers Weekly daily email, there will be a new sports-heavy imprint launching this spring. MVP Books, an imprint of Quayside Publishing Group, will specialize in “distinctive, high-quality books for the sports enthusiast,” with both illustrated coffeetable books and narrative nonfiction in a hardcover format. The MVP titles to hit the […]

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* Fan mail

December 11, 2008

Dear Joe, Welcome to LA. Tommy Lasorda is thrilled about your arrival. Now you have someone to talk to in Italian. Too bad he canceled the parade for you, but when he found out he couldn’t be in the lead car… well, we all knew you’d understand. Hey, at least you don’t have to wash […]

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When the Dodgers were away, the authors came out to play in this book event, as reported in the LA Times.

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