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Monday Rockpile: MLB Hall of Fame vote draws closer; SBN HoF vote unveiled later today
It's the first Monday of the new year and I'm sure we're all looking out the window, waiting for the new season to start. The Baseball Analysts: Graphing the HittersIf you like looking at graphs, the two in this piece will show you how far away Albert Pujols and to a lesser extent Joe Mauer were...
A Cubs Annual By Any Other Name...
The Cubs annual I edited last year has returned... only it's not called "Wrigley Season Ticket" this year. The publisher, Maple Street Press, has decided to "brand" it with their name. No matter the name on the cover, this year's version will have the same types of articles that last...
Mike Mussina didn't know Torre and Verducci were writing a book when he was being quoted!
I watched Mike Francesa interview Mike Mussina yesterday about his participation in Joe Torre's new book, "The Yankee Years." Mussina admitted that he didn't even know that Verducci was writing a book when Francesa asked him about how heavily he was quoted, Francesa: And you were prominently...
Tuesday Book Review -- Best D/FW Sports Arguments
Another book that was sent my way a while back, and that I've checked out, is Jaime Aron's "The Best Dallas/Fort Worth Sports Arguments," part of a series of books that addresses various arguments that fans of the teams in a certain city or metropolitan area can have. It basically poses about 100...
Book Review -- Rob Neyer's Baseball Legends
One of the neat things about having a blog is that people will sometimes send you free stuff to review. However, that also results in me feeling badly, oftentimes, because I get busy and don't review what I've been sent. With the season over, I'm going to try to fix that by talking about some...
Rolling On: Cubs 5, Rockies 4
HAMILTON, New York -- The rest of you sweated out a tense top of the 9th inning; never fear, Carlos Marmol is here! Despite giving up a home run to Scott Podsednik, a non-power guy who seems to hit HR at the weirdest times (he is one of only two players in history to not homer during the regular...
How to placate Yankees fans using Depression Era stories as told by Bobby Doerr to Dan Migala, Author of Dugout Wisdom
Dan Migala sets the scene : I'm riding the 6 train to Yankee Stadium for tonight's Yankees/Orioles game clutching the book. In the midst of a quiet moment, I start thumbing through the book innocently when a handful of people start asking me about it. They are clearly Yankee fans (I'm a Chicago...
Ten Best Baseball Books
Alex Belth, of Bronx Banter, polled lots of bloggers and baseball writers to come up with a list of the best baseball books ever . I wasn't asked, but that doesn't mean I don't have an opinion. Here's my top ten. The Unforgettable Season, by GH Fleming. I'm not just being contradictory for...
Review: Mets By The Numbers
There are probably dozens of new Mets books published every year, and most of them are redeeming to varying degrees. I recently* got my hands on a copy of Mets By The Numbers, the softcover companion piece to the wonderful Mets By The Numbers website and blog. *This is a lie. It's been sitting...
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