Tag: baseball
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March 17, 2008 06:46 PM EST --
Here is a nice travelogue for a baseball fan. And in fact, some baseball fanatics fans might even try to visit every place listed in Josh Pahigan's book, "101 Baseball Places To See Before You . . . more
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March 21, 2008 08:43 PM EST --
Fans of Yogi Berra should thank Carlo DeVito for making his biography necessary.
Berra's fractured language sometimes overshadowed his Hall of Fame baseball career. In "Yogi: The . . . more
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August 19, 2008 01:45 AM EDT --
Seeing the opening hoopla briefly and from a distance reminded me of the show Dr. Goebbels put on in the 30's...releasing hundreds, maybe thousands, "doves of peace"...
uh . . . more
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April 16, 2008 06:03 PM EDT --
It would not have been a far-fetched scenario.
Bill Veeck, returning from World War II, buys the Philadelphia Athletics from Connie Mack. Baseball's biggest maverick then stocks . . . more
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April 02, 2008 08:18 PM EST --
Jose Canseco begins his sequel to "Juiced" with a rant about Roger Clemens and implies a coverup. At times he blends vindication with a dash of vindictiveness, but by the time he is . . . more
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May 03, 2008 07:37 PM EDT --
The Red Sox may have glamour stars like Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz and Dice-K, but I like guys like Mike Lowell. Players like Lowell are truly the heart and soul of the squad.
Lowell's . . . more
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April 09, 2008 10:05 PM EDT --
These days, Bucky Dent's three-run homer that propelled the New York Yankees past the Boston Red Sox in a 1978 playoff game seems stilted and grainy on film. But certainly at the time, . . . more
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June 11, 2008 07:44 PM EDT --
I have to admit that I rooted for the New York Yankees during the late 1960s and early 1970s, which took a little bit of courage. After all, the haughty dynasty that rang up 29 pennants and 21 World Series . . . more
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August 15, 2008 03:18 PM EDT --
POLITICAL COMMENTATORS ANONYMOUS
CASTING OFF THE OBSESSION by John W. Cassell
Do you find yourself boiling inside when you see a so-called "news program"? or when you listen to the . . . more
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September 15, 2008 11:55 AM EDT --
REVIEW OF E. DON HARPE'S LAST OF THE SOUTH TOWN RINKY DINKS by John W. Cassell
The Last of the South Town Rinky Dinks
I HAVE TO BE CANDID HERE...you will only enjoy . . . more
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June 04, 2008 08:26 PM EDT --
If you want to be a fly on the wall in an athletic setting, just read the work of John Feinstein. He has been providing that view for more than two decades.
Feinstein has taken us to the locker . . . more
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August 10, 2008 06:40 PM EDT --
What I always have admired about David Halberstam was his ability to write about diverse subjects and still hold my interest. He wrote 21 books and many more essays and articles during his career, covering . . . more
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