Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The Book Review: “Bottom of the Ninth” by Michael Shapiro and other Reads

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If you like an untold story, and who of us does not, and if you are even a little bit of a sports junky than “Bottom of the Ninth” by Michae...
Monday, April 13, 2009

Jackie Robinson Remembered (FROM THE VAULT)

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He was born in Cairo, Georgia on the last day of January in 1919, and died on October 24, 1972 in Stamford, Connecticut. A chilly April 15, ...
Sunday, April 12, 2009

THE BOOK REVIEW

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“George” by Peter Golenbock I had two chance encounters with George Steinbrenner and both were memorable. I was sitting in his office at Ya...
Saturday, April 04, 2009

Opening Day at Yankee Stadium: 1927

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1927 (last season before the grandstand was extended around past the foul poles) Another season, another opening day. The old Yankee Stadiu...
Wednesday, April 01, 2009

CHILDREN'S SPORTS BOOK REVIEWS

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A Trio of "Sluggers" By The Team of Loren Long & Phil Bildner From Simon and Schuster Books For Young Readers/Aladdin Will App...
Thursday, March 26, 2009

Remembering Brothers Richman, Arthur & Milt

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Back in the day in the late fifties when I was a journalism major at New York University I worked the five P.M. to past midnight shift at Un...

SPRING BASEBALL BOOKS PART 3: THE BOOK REVIEW

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“Bill James Gold Mine,” “Sweet Lou and the Cubs,” “The Fielding Bible,” “Graphical Player” “Tim McCarver’s Diamond Gems” This spring has on...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

REMEMBERING GEORGE KELL

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The sad news of passing of Hall of Famer George Kell at his home in Swifton, Arkansas in his sleep on March 24, 2009 has just come out. The ...
Saturday, March 21, 2009

What's in a Yankee Nickname? (I)

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Yankee nick-names have run the gamut from complimentary to embarrassing, from hero worshipping to amusing from over-reaching to on target. H...
Thursday, March 12, 2009

BASEBALL NAMES AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY (Part 9)

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Another spring. Another baseball season. Another time for baseball lingo to be spoken, The words and phrases are used and written day after ...
Monday, March 02, 2009

Spring Baseball Books Part II: “Under The March Sun,” “Becoming Manny,” “As They See ‘Em,” “Hardball Times Season Preview 2009”

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All sizes, all shapes and for all tastes and budgets the spring 2009 parade of books about different aspects of the national pastime keep ...
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...