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In my most recent "day job," I was the sports and features editor for a weekly New Jersey newspaper, where I hosted another blog. Busy, busy, busy.
I did a profile piece on the award-winning cartoonist Arnold Roth and he was nice enough to "immortalize" me.
In Forbes Magazine re: Baseball Business Books
On Will Carroll’s “Under the Knife” substack
Updated 5/2/24
The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City, by Kevin Baker (via Bookreporter.com)
The Body Count, by Lincoln Michel
Calico Joe, by Robert Grisham
Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments, by Joe Posnanski (via Bookreporter.com)
The Last Miracle: My 18-Year Journey with the Amazin’ New York Mets, by Ed Kranepool with Gary Kaschak
Most recent books read updated 5/2/24:
The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City, by Kevin Baker
Grade: A. Well-researched, well-written. What else could you ask for? Baker has a lot of street cred writing about New York as well, both in fiction and non-fiction.
The Body Scout, by Lincoln Michel
Grade: C. Perhaps the ultimate performance enhancers -- interchangeable body parts -- help major leaguers of the future. But, as with all of these things, there's a price to pay.
Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards, by Josh Wilker
Grade: A. Re-read in preparation for a Bookshelf Conversation with the author. Had a deeper meaning than when I first read it more than a decade ago.
The Bookshelf Conversation
Discussions about all things baseball with authors, journalists, filmmakers, musicians, artists, et al
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Jim Gilmore and Tracy Holcomb (video)
"The Lost Tapes": Conversations prior to 2011 (audio)
My article on the later biographies of Babe Ruth appears in
My article on the Mets’ 1969 postseason appears in
Profiles of several Jewish baseball figures appear in
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Because you could put this on your bookshelf…if your name was Steinbrenner
September 23, 2010
They probably have humongous bookshelves in their palatial estates. Wouldn’t you know, the Steinbrenners can never do anything simple. The latest deal: is the monument honoring the late King George too big? Many fans have a problem with tributes to players like Mantle and DiMaggio This big while the new one saluting GS monument is […]
Tagged as: George Steinbrenner, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Monument Park, Yankee Stadium
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