Jessica Mendoza replaced Curt Schilling as the third person in the booth for ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball telecasts and people lost their minds. I can’t believe the misogynistic vitriol over that decision. Sure, the cynical among us might think it was done solely because she was a woman and ESPN anted to expand their audience. […]
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Since I posted the first of these last Thursday, which is known on social media as a time of reflection, I thought to make it a regular thing under this rubric. As a reminder, I highly recommend Pocket as a way to hold onto links you come that you want to keep. Unlike bookmarks, Pocket […]
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Dan Epstein,
Japanese baseball,
Robert Fitts,
Robert Whiting,
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I first met Judy Lynn Johnson at Hoftsra University’s symposium marking the 50th anniversary of the NY Mets. Along with Jason Antos, we presented papers on literature about the team; hers was a lot more literary than either Jason’s or mine. So it was a pleasant surprise to learn that she was publishing a baseball […]
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Madcap Memoirs of the Early LA Dodgers, by Flo Thomasian Snyder (Desert Publications). This comes via TheCalifornian.com. Upshot: The collection of photos alone is worth the price of admission for this behind-the-scenes look at the L.A. Dodger organization. Fans who bleed Dodger blue will love this book, and even those who follow the San Francisco […]
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Glad to see I’m not the only one who doesn’t review every title as soon as it comes out. This one from the estimable Baseball Toaster.
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This article from the Brockton, MA Enterprise, features It Takes More Than Balls — The Savvy Girls Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Baseball. It might not have been so if one of the authors wasn’t a local product.
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“Two friends worked as a team to introduce more women to baseball.” From the Jan. 30 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Read more about the authors and their book, The Savvy Girl’s Guide to Baseball, here and here.
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