Monday, March 29, 2010

Encore 2010 - - RED SOX / YANKEES . . .THE GREATEST RIVALRY:

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Every time I get before an audience talking sports I am always reminded of when I was promoting one of my early books – “New York Ci...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

The Book Review: The Open

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There are sports books and there are sports books and then there is “THE OPEN: GOLF’S OLDEST MAJOR.” You don’t even have to be a fan of golf...
Thursday, March 18, 2010

The Book Review "100 Baseball Icons" & "Not Without Hope"

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As Opening Day approaches it seems an avalanche of baseball tomes in all sizes, all shapes, all prices and all quality levels are there for ...
Sunday, March 14, 2010

BASEBALL NAMES AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY, PART XIV (G)

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The words and phrases are spoken and written day after day, year after year - generally without any wonderment as to how they became part of...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

The Book Review : “Big League Ballparks,” “Fifty-Nine in ‘84” and more

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It is March and the new baseball season is just over the horizon. Like spring bulbs popping up, an avalanche of worthwhile sporting read...
Tuesday, March 02, 2010

The Book Review : “Mark and Me” and more

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As we come closer to the start of the 2010 baseball season, teams and publishers are gearing up for big prizes. Small houses and mega publis...
Thursday, February 25, 2010

Baseball Names - and How They Got That Way! Part XIII (F)

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The words and phrases are spoken and written day after day, year after year - generally without any wonderment as to how they became part ...
Sunday, February 21, 2010

Frommer's newest work

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Frommer's newest work an oral and narrative history of Fenway Park will be published in 2011.
Saturday, February 20, 2010

Baseball Names - and How They Got That Way! Part XII (E)

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The words and phrases are spoken and written day after day, year after year - generally without any wonderment as to how they became part of...
Friday, February 12, 2010

The Book Review - “Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend”

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When I was researching and interviewing for my ”New York City Baseball,1947-1957, the Last Golden Age,” I naturally attempted to intervi...
Monday, February 08, 2010

The Super, Super Bowl! Or “Who Dat?”

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The triumph of the New Orleans Saints over the Colts of Indianapolis in Super Bowl 44 was watched by more than 106 million people, the bigge...
Tuesday, February 02, 2010

From the Vault Harvey Frommer on Sports

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Football Names and How They Got That Way The words and phrases are spoken and written day after day, year after year, decade after decade - ...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

What's in an NBA Nick-Name? Part V, I-L

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For those who liked Parts I, II, III, IV - - here is Part Five of the always interesting, always memory stoking, always talking point rel...
Sunday, January 17, 2010

What's in an Nick-Name? The NBA Part IV, E-H

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There were so many responses to the last piece on NBA nick-names that here is another batch. Some names come from the physical look of athle...
Sunday, January 03, 2010

What's in an NBA Nick-Name? Part IV, A-D

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Once upon a time in all sports, nick-names were the thing. Some came from the physical look of athletes, others from their place of origin...
Monday, December 21, 2009

Nolan Ryan - -The Way to Go!

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Harvey Frommer on Sports (From the Vault) The news that Nolan Ryan will be running the show for the Texas Rangers and also be part own...