Jul 21, 2011
Steve Buckley of the Boston Herald shares his list of summer reads. His five picks include The Last Boyi: Virtually everyone who follows baseball (and a lot of people who don’t) has taken a course in Mickey Mantle 101: truly great baseball player, beset with...
Jul 5, 2011
The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood This gripping tale of the American legend blends myth and fact to create a nuanced portrait of The Mick Ross Atkin | Christian Science Monitor | July 2, 2011 One wouldn’t think that in the...
Jun 20, 2011
One Round He was rapidly losing his eyesight — and then he took up golf. Jane Leavy celebrates her father, and the only nine holes he ever played. GRANTLAND | JUNE 17, 2011 When my father realized he was going blind he took up golf. Empirical evidence of his loss of...
Jun 7, 2011
“The Father’s Day Book Section. It’s come to my attention that America doesn’t read anymore. I know I certainly fall within that category. For that reason, I’m expanding the book recommendations of the past few Father’s Days to a...
Mar 22, 2011
John Thorn, the Official Historian of Major League Baseball, will serve as chairman of the “Baseball Origins Committee” as his first official task in his new capacity, Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced today. Major League Baseball has established...
Jan 31, 2011
Dave Smith–the guru of Retrosheet–joins me for a photo at the SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) meeting on Saturday in Rosslyn, VA
