Sunday, February 22, 2009

THE BOOK REVIEW: Spring Baseball Books Part I: Baseball Prospectus 2009, Diamond Gems, Baseball Dictionary, The Big Field

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With spring training underway another sure sign that the 2009 baseball season will soon be with us is the deluge of new books focused on all...
Sunday, February 08, 2009

February 1927 Part II

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(Excerpt from Five O'Clock Lighting: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and the 1927 New York Yankees, The Greatest Baseball Team Ever) This 1927 sp...
Monday, February 02, 2009

February 1927:(Excerpt from Five O'Clock Lighting: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and the 1927 New York Yankees, The Greatest Baseball Team Ever)

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The pieces were falling into place for the 1927 Yankees. But the biggest piece, Babe Ruth, had not yet signed a new contract and seemed not ...
Monday, January 19, 2009

THE BEST OF TIMES

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(For your reading pleasure adapted from FIVE O'CLOCK LIGHTNING: BABE RUTH, LOU GEHRIG AND THE GREATEST TEAM IN BASEBALL HISTORY, THE 192...
Thursday, December 18, 2008

Remembering Yankee Stadium: 21ST CENTURY!

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(For your reading pleasure adapted from REMEMBERING YANKEE STADIUM: AN ORAL AND NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT, on sale ever...
Friday, December 05, 2008

The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2009 and other sports reads

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Its sub-title proclaims: “Timeless commentary. Innovative stats. Great Baseball writing.” And as they say it ain’t bragging if you can back ...
Friday, November 21, 2008

Remembering Yankee Stadium: THE TWENTIES

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(For your reading pleasure adapted from REMEMBERING YANKEE STADIUM: AN ORAL AND NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT, on sale ever...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

For this holiday season, give and get - - the best baseball gift book of the year:

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For this holiday season, give and get - - the best baseball gift book of the year: *Remembering Yankee Stadium(Definitive Book) on Amazon ,...
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

BOOK REVIEW"YANKEE FOR LIFE" & other reads

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As we round third base in 2008 and head for home and 2009, there are all kinds of sports books out there vying for one's attention. Some...
Monday, November 10, 2008

YANKEE STADIUM FIRSTS (a very partial list)

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As the days draw closer to a precious few for Yankee Stadium, herewith some “firsts” on the big ballpark in the Bronx that has been with us ...
Friday, November 07, 2008

Remembering Yankee Stadium: THE THIRTIES

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(For your reading pleasure adapted from REMEMBERING YANKEE STADIUM: AN ORAL AND NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT , on sale ev...
Thursday, October 30, 2008

THE BOOK REVIEW: SPAHN, SAIN and TEDDY BALLGAME & other intriguing reads

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The prolific Bill Nowlin is at it again. "Spahn, Sain and Teddy Ballgame" edited by the Boston baseball sage (Rounder Books, pap...
Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Remembering Yankee Stadium: THE NINETIES

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( For your reading pleasure adapted from REMEMBERING YANKEE STADIUM: AN ORAL AND NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT , on sale e...
Thursday, October 23, 2008

Remembering Yankee Stadium: EIGHTIES

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(For your reading pleasure adapted from REMEMBERING YANKEE STADIUM: AN ORAL AND NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT, on sale ever...
Thursday, October 16, 2008

Remembering Yankee Stadium: The Seventies

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(For your reading pleasure adapted from REMEMBERING YANKEE STADIUM: AN ORAL AND NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT, on sale ever...
Monday, October 06, 2008

Remembering Yankee Stadium: Fifties

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(For your reading pleasure adapted from REMEMBERING YANKEE STADIUUM: AN ORAL AND NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT ) The World ...
Sunday, October 05, 2008

BOOK SIGNING

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REMEMBERING YANKEE STADIUM (THE DEFINITIVE BOOK) AN ORAL AND NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT Borders 57th and Park Avenue Fr...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOHNNY PESKY

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It was some years ago when I was at Fenway Park doing research and interviewing for one of my baseball books. My son Fred was then a teenage...