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The Bookshelf Conversations: Andrew Forbes

The Bookshelf Conversations: Andrew Forbes

It’s no secret that I particularly enjoy books that make me think. Buddha Takes the Mound has a special place on my bookshelf and in my heart for getting me through some tough times. No downplaying of biographies, histories, etc., but these works that almost go to the metaphysical aspects of the game are my meat (even though I’m a vegetarian). Yes, some can get a little esoteric, almost too…

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The Bookshelf Conversations: Andrew Forbes

The Bookshelf Conversations: Andrew Forbes

It’s no secret that I particularly enjoy books that make me think. Buddha Takes the Mound has a special place on my bookshelf and in my heart for getting me through some tough times. No downplaying of biographies, histories, etc., but these works that almost go to the metaphysical aspects of the game are my meat (even though I’m a vegetarian). Yes, some can get a little esoteric, almost too…

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Chris Williams

Author of "Stealing First and Other Old-Time Baseball Stories"

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Lest we forget: Donald Hall

Lest we forget: Donald Hall

Hall published two baseball titles which  what I would classify as “quiet classics,” in that they never created as much buzz as something like, say, Moneyball or The Glory of Their Times. He passed away on Saturday at the age of 89. Here’s his obit from The New York Times.

Perhaps his best known was his 1976 Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball, about the iconoclastic pitcher who once threw a…

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Lest we forget: Donald Hall

Lest we forget: Donald Hall

Hall published two baseball titles which  what I would classify as “quiet classics,” in that they never created as much buzz as something like, say, Moneyball or The Glory of Their Times. He passed away on Saturday at the age of 89. Here’s his obit from The New York Times.

Perhaps his best known was his 1976 Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball, about the iconoclastic pitcher who once threw a…

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Baseball Best Sellers, March 18, 2016

Baseball Best Sellers, March 18, 2016

NOTE: I have been posting these things long enough now that a few have commented that the introductory section isn’t necessary anymore. But I’m leaving it in because, to paraphrase Joe DiMaggio when asked why he played so hard all the time, there may be people who’ve never read the best-seller entries before. So on with the show…

Caveat 1: Print editions only (at least for now); because I’m old…

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Baseball Best Sellers, March 18, 2016

Baseball Best Sellers, March 18, 2016

NOTE: I have been posting these things long enough now that a few have commented that the introductory section isn’t necessary anymore. But I’m leaving it in because, to paraphrase Joe DiMaggio when asked why he played so hard all the time, there may be people who’ve never read the best-seller entries before. So on with the show… Caveat 1: Print editions only (at least for now); because I’m old…

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Baseball Best Sellers, March 11, 2016

Baseball Best Sellers, March 11, 2016

NOTE: I have been posting these things long enough now that a few have commented that the introductory section isn’t necessary anymore. But I’m leaving it in because, to paraphrase Joe DiMaggio when asked why he played so hard all the time, there may be people who’ve never read the best-seller entries before. So on with the show…

Caveat 1: Print editions only (at least for now); because I’m old…

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