Baseball (More)

Since baseball’s come up this week how about a little more? This is from BARK TO THE FUTURE, a recent … Read More

Baseball

Vaseball was the subject of yesterday’s post. It comes up a lot in my work, including in the Chet and … Read More

Bruce the Bat Dog

Many thanks to Maury M for the tip! https://curlyw.mlblogs.com/nationals-call-up-top-paw-spect-bruce-the-bat-dog-ad9d6cd0262d

Beginnings

Sunday is for beginnings, when we take a look at the start of a Peter Abrahams novel, including those written … Read More

RIP El Tiante

RIP Luis Tiant, one of my all-time favorites, who died last week. His famous pitching motion was famously described by … Read More

RIP Willie Mays

Pure baseball joy. The famous catch in the 1954 World Collection is my first TV memory.

Baseball

Cam Booser walked away from baseball in 2017 and became a carpenter. Now he’s in the major leagues

The Fan

First Things, an excellent magazine, has a piece about baseball and books, written by the fine critic, John Wilson. (I … Read More