(Potomac Books, 2007) 384 pages. Up until this publication, any mention of “the book” in a conversation about baseball was a reference not to a written piece of work, but rather to a body of…
May 2008
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Written by Steve Bartley Before he was sent down the headline that made me reach for my foam baseball bat the quickest was that the gaunt and wobbly looking Pete…
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Matt’s latest book review got me thinking about hitting streaks, and -Â being a fan of the sport in Britain – my thoughts naturally turned to the subject of our domestic…
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(Touchstone, 2001), 546 pages. Heralded for many years as ‘baseball’s greatest living player’, Joe DiMaggio was, and due to his enduring legend still is, one of the true giants of…
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The A’s fansite, Athletics Nation, is in the enviable position of having a good relationship with GM Billy Beane. Every now and then, Beane gives up a bit of his…
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The National League North standings are beginning to take shape, with four games being played last Sunday and the results of several games from previous weeks having also been submitted.…
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BST Game Guides
Avoiding England friendlies – Live early games this week
by Matt Smithby Matt SmithThere are eleven early games this week, with British fans only drawing a blank on Tuesday. All times are listed in BST. Monday 26 – It’s Memorial Day in the…
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Tick, Tock. Tick, Tock … Like the White Rabbit in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig is frantically rushing around, looking at his watch and muttering “Oh dear!…
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MLB.com introduced a whole range of changes to its multimedia content for the 2008 season. Some have been popular, some less so. One of the main sources of discontent among…
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Getting hit in the face by an Albert Pujols line drive doesn’t sound like much fun. It certainly didn’t look like much fun last night, so I’ll resist the temptation…