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Jeff Garlin is reading SANDY KOUFAX
Curb Your Enthusiasm's Jeff Garlin has Sandy Koufax in his library: I'm a Chicago Cubs fan — I was born there — and the framing of this book is a perfect game he pitched against the Cubs in Dodger Stadium. I loved Sandy Koufax. In a world where athletes have so little...
Squeeze Play Chosen as One of Best in Baseball Fiction
In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Allen Barra selects Squeeze Play as one of the five best novels that "take fiction out to the ballgame": A.B. Berkowitz—the "A" is for Ariadne—writes for the mythical Washington Tribune and covers the team that would...
Summer is Made for Books (including The Last Boy)
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...
The Last Boy in the Christian Science Monitor
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 heart of Red...
Grantland: One Round
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...
Peter King recommends THE LAST BOY for Father’s Day
"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 beefier list with longer explanations...
Jane Leavy to Serve on Baseball Origins Committee Panel
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 an...
Me and Dave Smith
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
Bases Loaded at Steuben’s
on Madison Avenue