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Sunday, April 26, 2015

Here's Your Hat, What's Your Hurry?

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Remember the 5-card series I did on the Brooklyn Bushwicks ? Well, my pal Will Arlt of the Ideal Cap Co. took a shine one of the caps I had...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015

195. Bill Leinhauser: Ty Cobb for a Day

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When it came down to delivering the manuscript for my book, The League of Outsider Baseball , I found I had run way past my intended targ...
Saturday, April 18, 2015

Jackie Robinson: 69 Years Ago Today

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69 years ago today, Jackie Robinson sat in the visitor's locker room of Jersey City's Roosevelt Stadium. Suiting up with his M...
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Thursday, April 2, 2015

It's Almost Opening Day for My Book!

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I finally received a few advance copies of The Book . Now, I'm usually my own worse critic, but I ha...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015

194. Johnny Frederick: A Diamond in the Muck

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I'm usually not one to blame a manager on the overall performance of his team. There's usually a combination of circumstances t...
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Sunday, March 1, 2015

Minnie Miñoso: An Eternal Shame on Whoever Votes for the Hall of Fame

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Min nie Mi ñ os o passed away today at a well seas oned 90 years old. Though his Ma jor League Baseball career was not very long, his st...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

193. Cesar Fernandez: Spring, 80 Years Ago

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Today the pitchers and catchers of the Cincinnati Reds organization begin spring training. Although it's 12 degrees here in Kentucky...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

192. Shumza Sugimoto: A False Spring or Lost in Translation?

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Yesterday I found a box on my porch containing five advance copies of my book "The League of Outsider Baseball" . With shaki...
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Sunday, February 1, 2015

191. Shipwreck Kelly: Football Star, Baseball Mercenary

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Ah, Super Bowl Sunday. For a die-hard baseball fan like myself, no day makes baseball season seem as far away as Super Bowl Sunday . As a...
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Friday, January 30, 2015

190. Marius Russo: Battle-tested on the Fields of Bushwick

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This is the fifth and last of 5 Bushwicks Stories in 5 days. For the introduction to the Bushwicks and this series please go HERE first...