<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736</id><updated>2011-12-20T11:57:21.508-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Boy of Summer's Baseball Books &amp; Reviews</title><subtitle type='html'>Baseball Book Reviews by Travis M. Nelson, from Boy of Summer blog</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>41</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-1134653630022199083</id><published>2011-03-14T18:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-14T18:58:02.527-04:00</updated><title type='text'>ScoreCasting, by Tobias J. Moskowitz and L. John Wertheim</title><summary type='text'>ScoreCasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won
by Tobias J. Moskowitz and L. John Wertheim

This is one of those books.

It's the kind of book you needed  to read.  You just didn't know it. It's not just a baseball book, but  there's no shortage of baseball in it.  It's not just a numbers book,  but it's got plenty of numbers.  It's not just a psychology book, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/1134653630022199083/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=1134653630022199083&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/1134653630022199083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/1134653630022199083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2011/03/scorecasting-by-tobias-j-moskowitz-and.html' title='ScoreCasting, by Tobias J. Moskowitz and L. John Wertheim'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-5759018625236996998</id><published>2011-03-02T10:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-02T10:23:01.977-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Willie Mays - The Life, The Legend, by James S. Hirsch</title><summary type='text'>



"Mays would have made a splash no matter when he entered the major leagues, but 1951 served him unusually well.  His skills shined brightly on a sluggish team in a plodding league in a big-stage city that was about to lead a communications revolution.  He was a game-changing catalyst in a storied rivalry about to embark on a historic pennant race, a radiant contributor to an era forever </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/5759018625236996998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=5759018625236996998&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/5759018625236996998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/5759018625236996998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2011/03/willie-mays-life-legend-by-james-s.html' title='Willie Mays - The Life, The Legend, by James S. Hirsch'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-5733633068288816634</id><published>2010-12-13T00:32:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-13T00:32:16.723-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Book Review: Strike IX - by Paul Lonardo</title><summary type='text'>Everybody loves an underdog.  Paul Lonardo has brought you the compelling story of 25 of them in his new book, Strike IX: The Story of a Big East College Forced to Eliminate its Baseball Program and the Team That Refused to Lose.



The background on the book is that Providence college, despite having fielded a baseball team since 1923, found itself in the midst of an era in which a myriad of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/5733633068288816634/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=5733633068288816634&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/5733633068288816634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/5733633068288816634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2010/12/book-review-strike-ix-by-paul-lonardo.html' title='Book Review: Strike IX - by Paul Lonardo'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-5971026551932108970</id><published>2010-03-01T11:15:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-01T11:27:42.059-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend, by Larry Tye</title><summary type='text'>"History binds Josh [Gibson] and Satchel at the hip as the two towering figures of the Negro Leagues, but nature left them as mismatched as yin and yang. Josh was a hitter who mashed pitches, Satchel a pitcher who undid batters. Josh's power emanated from his huge arms and torso, Satchel's from his string-bean legs. The differences, however, went deeper. Josh steered clear of the limelight. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/5971026551932108970/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=5971026551932108970&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/5971026551932108970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/5971026551932108970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2010/03/satchel-life-and-times-of-american.html' title='Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend, by Larry Tye'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-622524380407867219</id><published>2009-05-09T14:37:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T09:26:08.373-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Book Review: The Yankee Years, by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci</title><summary type='text'>As the field manager of the New York Yankees from 1996 to 2007, Joe Torre epitomized class and dignity on the baseball field, so it's fitting that even his book's title and cover are classy. A simple title, with no ridiculous subtitle that's four times as long as the title itself. The authors should really be listed as TomVerducci with Joe Torre, as it's clear that Verducci does the writing in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/622524380407867219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=622524380407867219&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/622524380407867219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/622524380407867219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2009/05/book-review-yankee-years-by-joe-torre.html' title='Book Review: The Yankee Years, by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-9127993050102094821</id><published>2008-09-28T22:08:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-28T22:08:47.283-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Remembering Yankee Stadium: An Oral and Narrative History of the House That Ruth Built, 1923-2008, by Harvey Frommer</title><summary type='text'>Remembering Yankee Stadium: An Oral and Narrative History of the House That Ruth Built, 1923-2008, by Harvey FrommerHarvey Frommer has outdone himself this time.The Ivy League professor and celebrated and accomplished author of such works as Rickey and Robinson, Growing Up Baseball and A Yankee Century was humble enough to admit he could not tell the story of Yankee Stadium all by himself. An </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/9127993050102094821/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=9127993050102094821&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/9127993050102094821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/9127993050102094821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2008/09/remembering-yankee-stadium-oral-and.html' title='Remembering Yankee Stadium: An Oral and Narrative History of the House That Ruth Built, 1923-2008, by Harvey Frommer'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-1037918066271446944</id><published>2008-09-15T11:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-18T09:06:01.557-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Things to Know and Things to Do</title><summary type='text'>Observations from an insiderby LB ValentinoBoston Red Sox tickets are probably the most popular baseball tickets in demand this season. This Beantown team has had a loyal following since they began playing in the early 20th Century and their millions of fans are always the first in line at the box office and on the Internet.But fear not, you can always get a great selection of tickets for all </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/1037918066271446944/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=1037918066271446944&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/1037918066271446944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/1037918066271446944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2008/04/tickets3dcom.html' title='Things to Know and Things to Do'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-2417889434733664206</id><published>2008-07-01T09:55:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T06:11:18.723-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Review: Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Legends</title><summary type='text'>Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Legends: The Truth, the Lies, and Everything Elseby Rob Neyer“Because only a good story well told is worth all this effort.”- Rob Neyer in “Big Book of Baseball Legends”The latest release from Rob Neyer, Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Legends: The Truth, the Lies, and Everything Else, follows in several of his traditions, but also explores some new ground. This </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/2417889434733664206/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=2417889434733664206&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/2417889434733664206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/2417889434733664206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2008/07/review-rob-neyers-big-book-of-baseball.html' title='Review: Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Legends'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/SGo21Q3RWOI/AAAAAAAAAG0/71j2qlnBXfk/s72-c/neyer+legends.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-5588405233977382270</id><published>2008-06-15T22:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-08T22:16:16.588-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Major League Baseball is something of an anomaly in American sports. It is by far the most pastoral of games. This has obvious roots in the summer time game being played in fields when the ground was not rock hard, but goes beyond that.Sports like football and basketball, which are the only other two that actually matter here (hockey used to but the NHL shot itself in the foot again and again and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/5588405233977382270/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=5588405233977382270&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/5588405233977382270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/5588405233977382270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2008/07/major-league-baseball-is-something-of.html' title=''/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-1904497003208448147</id><published>2008-06-08T07:13:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T06:11:18.951-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Greatest Game: The Yankees, the Red Sox and the Playoff of ’78 by Richard Bradley</title><summary type='text'>“It felt not just like a singular moment, but a fragile one, a rare convergence of tradition and rivalry and timelessness that would not be easily, if ever, re-created.” - Richard Bradley in The Greatest GameYou know the story: The Yankees storm back from 14.5 games down in July to overtake the Red Sox in September, only to end up tied at the end of the season, forcing a one-game playoff at </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/1904497003208448147/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=1904497003208448147&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/1904497003208448147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/1904497003208448147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2008/06/greatest-game-yankees-red-sox-and.html' title='The Greatest Game: The Yankees, the Red Sox and the Playoff of ’78 by Richard Bradley'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/SEvCF5JEucI/AAAAAAAAAGc/YYtjjuF27EE/s72-c/greatest+game+cover.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-7623377139043362850</id><published>2008-04-28T10:09:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-28T10:13:29.448-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>FOX broadcast the Saturday afternoon Yankees-Indians game, so I got to watch some Yankees baseball on my television instead of MLB.tv, which was nice. These kinds of games are of course blacked out from MLB.tv as well as the MLB Extra Innings package you can get on most satellite and some cable systems. fair enough. But on Thursday night, I was blacked out of both the Yankees-White Sox game and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/7623377139043362850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=7623377139043362850&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/7623377139043362850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/7623377139043362850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2008/04/fox-broadcast-saturday-afternoon.html' title=''/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-5103801823866966155</id><published>2008-04-22T20:42:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T06:11:19.259-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hammerin' Hank, George Almighty and the Say Hey Kid, by John Rosengren</title><summary type='text'>The word "skeptical" barely begins to describe my demeanor as I was asked to review John Rosengren's new book, Hammerin' Hank, George Almighty and the Say Hey Kid.First of all, I'd never heard of its author, so how good could the book be, right? Well, I'd never heard of Michael Shapiro before I read his excellent book on the Brooklyn Dodgers a few years ago. Before I happened upon A Dirty Job in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/5103801823866966155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=5103801823866966155&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/5103801823866966155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/5103801823866966155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2008/04/hammerin-hank-george-almighty-and-say.html' title='Hammerin&apos; Hank, George Almighty and the Say Hey Kid, by John Rosengren'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/SA07wmXn6jI/AAAAAAAAAFc/Hcw1xhwOPpk/s72-c/hammerin+cover.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-554605127001749443</id><published>2008-04-08T22:16:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-08T22:20:41.452-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Somewhere along the way I became obsessed with statistics and baseball. Ever since I was a little kid I would take the box scores for the previous days games and line by line go through each game. The sport, with its highly structured play, makes it the best candidate of all sports to be continually dissected by numbers.Basketball players are remembered for their dunks and three pointers, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/554605127001749443/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=554605127001749443&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/554605127001749443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/554605127001749443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2008/04/somewhere-along-way-i-became-obsessed.html' title=''/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-106784813321663697</id><published>2008-02-04T09:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-04T10:36:36.279-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Harvard Boys, by John Wolff and Rick Wolff</title><summary type='text'>I wanted to like this book.I was offered a chance to review Harvard Boys back in November, and I finished reading it weeks ago, but I'm just getting around to reviewing it now. That should tell you something.John Wolff went to Harvard, like his father, and was drafted in the later rounds as a secondbaseman, like his father. So, like his father, he decided to write a book about his experiences in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/106784813321663697/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=106784813321663697&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/106784813321663697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/106784813321663697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2008/02/harvard-boys-by-john-wolff-and-rick.html' title='Harvard Boys, by John Wolff and Rick Wolff'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-2170383459520287195</id><published>2007-09-19T12:20:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-19T12:20:53.770-04:00</updated><title type='text'>3 Yankees vs Blue Jays Main Box 327 Tickets Sat 9/22/07</title><summary type='text'>I've got three tickets for sale for Saturday's Yankees/Blue Jays game at Yankee Stadium.  It's "The Bronx is Burning" DVD Sampler Day, and the game starts at 1:05.  You can buy them on eBay here.I have another commitment and need to get rid of them, but of course I don't want to take a loss.  The $200 minimum bid covers my expenses only, though if I can make a profit, all the better.  Happy </summary><link rel='related' href='http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=250166766859' title='3 Yankees vs Blue Jays Main Box 327 Tickets Sat 9/22/07'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/2170383459520287195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=2170383459520287195&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/2170383459520287195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/2170383459520287195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2007/09/3-yankees-vs-blue-jays-main-box-327.html' title='3 Yankees vs Blue Jays Main Box 327 Tickets Sat 9/22/07'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-1074030510325944032</id><published>2007-07-02T10:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-02T10:20:03.152-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Book Review: The Stark Truth, by Jayson Stark</title><summary type='text'>The Stark Truth: The Most Overrated and Underrated Players in Baseball Historyby Jayson Stark C. 2007, Triumph Books, Chicago, IL206 p., $24.50 US/$32.50 CanadianJayson Stark has won me over.Not that he's necessarily convinced me that he's right about some of the things he thinks, and not that I automatically believe that anything he says is gospel. But I've decided that I like him, faults and </summary><link rel='related' href='http://mvn.com/mlb-yankees/2007/07/02/book-review-the-stark-truth-by-jayson-stark/' title='&lt;strong&gt;Book Review: &lt;u&gt;The Stark Truth&lt;/u&gt;, by Jayson Stark&lt;/strong&gt;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/1074030510325944032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=1074030510325944032&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/1074030510325944032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/1074030510325944032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2007/07/book-review-stark-truth-by-jayson-stark.html' title='&lt;strong&gt;Book Review: &lt;u&gt;The Stark Truth&lt;/u&gt;, by Jayson Stark&lt;/strong&gt;'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-7620949029114690160</id><published>2007-06-18T09:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-20T20:39:28.342-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>You can hit a baseball homerun or even better - you can hit the jackpot playing the best casino games online at online-casino.com. The premiere online casino offers roulette, blackjack, slots and many more and the chance to enter the major league of online gambling.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/7620949029114690160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=7620949029114690160&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/7620949029114690160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/7620949029114690160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2007/10/you-can-hit-baseball-homerun-or-even.html' title=''/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-7964141997262698794</id><published>2007-05-15T15:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T06:11:19.710-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Game Review: Grand Slam Trivia - Yankees &amp; Red Sox Editions</title><summary type='text'>Grand Slam Trivia: Yankees and Red Sox EditionsSnap TV Games, Inc.$24.95/each ($19.99 from Amazon)Snap TV Games would like you to know about their new Yankees and Red Sox Editions of their Grand Slam Trivia games, available on DVD. I was able to review one of each of these editions in my home, and thought my readers might be interested to know about them.Packaging: Each game is a DVD that comes </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/7964141997262698794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=7964141997262698794&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/7964141997262698794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/7964141997262698794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2007/05/game-review-grand-slam-trivia-yankees.html' title='&lt;strong&gt;Game Review: Grand Slam Trivia - Yankees &amp; Red Sox Editions&lt;/strong&gt;'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/RkyxWT8DxOI/AAAAAAAAAAo/u_BUg1Xsg3Q/s72-c/YankeesTrivia%5B1%5D.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-8717543349429436521</id><published>2007-04-27T09:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-27T09:10:43.140-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Oasis Media Blitz</title><summary type='text'>Spreading the word about a new worship service at First Presbyterian Church in Bethlehem, PA, starting on Arril 28th at 6PM. That's me doing the Chris Farley thing in the beginning and showing off the cards and posters, and my wife next to me, saying that we'll hand these out to "anyone we see". For the record, she promptly chickened out when faced with actual "anyone"s, but did very well at </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.fpc-bethlehem.org/worship/contemporary.html' title='&lt;strong&gt;Oasis Media Blitz&lt;/strong&gt;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/8717543349429436521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=8717543349429436521&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/8717543349429436521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/8717543349429436521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2007/04/oasis-media-blitz.html' title='&lt;strong&gt;Oasis Media Blitz&lt;/strong&gt;'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-1975278685537901582</id><published>2007-01-24T13:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-24T13:01:11.293-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Feeding the Monster: How Money, Smarts and Nerve Took a Team to the Top</title><summary type='text'>Feeding the Monster: How Money, Smarts and Nerve Took a Team to the Topby Seth MnookinHardcover, $26.00 US ($36.00 Can.)c. 2006, Simon &amp; Schuster"...by the middle of November, they had  a $20 million per year left fielder who wanted out, an $11 million shortstop so offended by the team's offer for an extension that his agent had told the Red Sox to trade him, and in Pedro Martinez, a $17.5 </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.all-baseball.com/double/archives/024348.html' title='&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Feeding the Monster: &lt;i&gt;How Money, Smarts and Nerve Took a Team to the Top&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/1975278685537901582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=1975278685537901582&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/1975278685537901582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/1975278685537901582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2007/01/feeding-monster-how-money-smarts-and.html' title='&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Feeding the Monster: &lt;i&gt;How Money, Smarts and Nerve Took a Team to the Top&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-115643796852253706</id><published>2006-08-24T12:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-01-24T13:06:18.232-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Team That Changed Baseball: by Bruce Markusen</title><summary type='text'>The Team That Changed Baseball: Roberto Clemente and the 1971 Pittsburgh PiratesBy Bruce Markusenc. 2006 Westholme Publishing Inc. 240 pgs. $25.00 (paperback)Fellow blogger Bruce Markusen's newest book covers the story of the 1971 Pirates team from beginning to end, and goes beyond that, really, since it starts with General Manager Joe Brown’s assembly of the club in the winter of 1970-71 and </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.all-baseball.com/double/archives/024015.html' title='&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Team That Changed Baseball:&lt;/u&gt; by Bruce Markusen&lt;/b&gt;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/115643796852253706/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=115643796852253706&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/115643796852253706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/115643796852253706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2006/08/team-that-changed-baseball-by-bruce.html' title='&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Team That Changed Baseball:&lt;/u&gt; by Bruce Markusen&lt;/b&gt;'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-115495818745988573</id><published>2006-08-07T09:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-07T09:43:07.483-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders</title><summary type='text'>Mr. Wrigley [...] announced [...] the College of Coaches.  The idea was that eight top coaches would rotate through the organization, from Class D all the way up to the big club, ensuring that players at every level were taught the same way to botch rundowns, miss cutoff men, ground into double plays, and so forth.  [But...]Who would manage the Cubbies?  Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.all-baseball.com/double/archives/023780.html' title='&lt;strong&gt;Rob Neyer&apos;s Big Book of Baseball Blunders&lt;/strong&gt;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/115495818745988573/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=115495818745988573&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/115495818745988573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/115495818745988573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2006/08/rob-neyers-big-book-of-baseball.html' title='&lt;strong&gt;Rob Neyer&apos;s Big Book of Baseball Blunders&lt;/strong&gt;'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-115289414446226974</id><published>2006-07-14T12:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-07-14T12:22:24.483-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Press Release and Yankees DVD Give-Away!!!</title><summary type='text'>A&amp;E Home Video has asked me to announce the impending release of a series of vintage World Series DVD sets, and as part of their promotion, they have given me five of these sets to give away to you!New York Yankees Vintage World Series DVD Set One of the DVD sets will be given to visitor number 2500, according to the counter on the left.  So all you have to do, if you're visitor number 2,500, is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/115289414446226974/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=115289414446226974&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/115289414446226974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/115289414446226974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2006/07/press-release-and-yankees-dvd-give.html' title='&lt;strong&gt;Press Release and Yankees DVD Give-Away!!!&lt;/strong&gt;'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-115014982261242958</id><published>2006-06-12T17:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-13T11:31:22.796-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Only Game in Town, by Fay Vincent</title><summary type='text'>The Only Game in Town: Baseball Stars of the 1930s and 1940s Talk About the Game They Loved by Fay VincentIn an era in which it seems like the game of baseball has been abused and scandalized, its name dragged trough the proverbial mud, a new book by the former Commissioner of Major League Baseball, Fay Vincent, harkens back to a time when the game was more than a little bit purer.  The Only Game</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.all-baseball.com/double/archives/023190.html' title='&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Only Game in Town&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;by Fay Vincent&lt;/i&gt;'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/115014982261242958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/115014982261242958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2006/06/only-game-in-town-by-fay-vincent.html' title='&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Only Game in Town&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;by Fay Vincent&lt;/i&gt;'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-114786869785134898</id><published>2006-05-17T08:19:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-30T17:30:37.473-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Burying the Black Sox, by Gene Carney</title><summary type='text'>Burying the Black Sox: How Baseball's Cover-Up of the 1919 World Series Fix Almost Succeeded by Gene Carneyc. 2006 Potomac Books Inc. $26.95 (Hardcover)"Was [reporter and scandal-investigator Hugh] Fullerton a Don Quixote?  He took a huge risk, and lost.  He underestimated baseball's ability to keep the lid screwed tightly on the scandal.  Fullerton had a blind spot when it came to the Sox's </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.all-baseball.com/double/archives/022818.html' title='&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Burying the Black Sox&lt;/u&gt;, &lt;em&gt;by Gene Carney&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/114786869785134898/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=114786869785134898&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/114786869785134898'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/114786869785134898'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2006/05/burying-black-sox-by-gene-carney_17.html' title='&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Burying the Black Sox&lt;/u&gt;, &lt;em&gt;by Gene Carney&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-114476371393664104</id><published>2006-04-11T09:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-12T10:36:48.893-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Last Nine Innings, by Charles Euchner</title><summary type='text'>The Last Nine Innings: Inside the Real Game Fans Never Seeby Charles Euchner $22.95, 2006, Sourcebooks, Inc.Charles Euchner is not a baseball writer.  Unlike the Frank Defords and Dan Shaughnessys and Roger Kahns of the world, Euchner came from outside the sports writers' Old Boy Club, and yet he somehow managed to pen a book almost every bit as good as any from the hand of David Halberstam or </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.all-baseball.com/archives/022364.html' title='&lt;strong&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Last Nine Innings&lt;/i&gt;, by Charles Euchner&lt;/strong&gt;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/114476371393664104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=114476371393664104&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/114476371393664104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/114476371393664104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2006/04/last-nine-innings-by-charles-euchner.html' title='&lt;strong&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Last Nine Innings&lt;/i&gt;, by Charles Euchner&lt;/strong&gt;'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-114123504118587038</id><published>2006-03-01T12:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-13T11:30:11.263-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ebbets Field, by Joseph McCauley</title><summary type='text'>Ebbet's Field: Brooklyn's Baseball Shrine by Joseph McCauleyc. 2004, Authorhouse, $34.75 (Paperback)A brand new book on an old and endearing subject for baseball fans, Joseph McCauley's book Ebbet's Field: Brooklyn's Baseball Shrine revisits a long-gone place and time, a favorite subject of young and old fans of the game.  McCauley grew up and lives in the Midwest, and is too young (I think) to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/114123504118587038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=114123504118587038&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/114123504118587038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/114123504118587038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2006/03/ebbets-field-by-joseph-mccauley.html' title='&lt;b&gt;Ebbets Field, by Joseph McCauley&lt;/b&gt;'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-113198524693106170</id><published>2005-11-14T11:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-13T11:00:05.573-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Sports Junkie's Book of Trivia, Terms &amp; Lingo, by Harvey Frommer</title><summary type='text'>Frommer's latest work, Sports Junkies' Book of Trivia, Terms and Lingo, provides a resource to solve a problem I didn't know I faced.  That problem is to find the origin and/or meaning of various sports terms, many of which have become so commonplace that most of us no longer have any idea of their sources.  Frommer's book endeavors to fill that imformational void, though I think with only </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/113198524693106170/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=113198524693106170&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/113198524693106170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/113198524693106170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2005/11/sports-junkies-book-of-trivia-terms.html' title='&lt;strong&gt;The Sports Junkie&apos;s Book of Trivia, Terms &amp; Lingo, &lt;em&gt;by Harvey Frommer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-112845523389966603</id><published>2005-10-04T15:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-14T12:22:39.313-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bat Boy: My True Life Adventures Coming of Age With the New York Yankees by Matt McGough</title><summary type='text'>Bat Boy: My True Life Adventures Coming of Age With the New York Yankees by Matt McGoughc. 2005, Doubleday, $22.95The world of baseball has always been rich enough to accomodate both young boys' dreams and grown mens' nostalgia. - Matt McGough, from Bat BoyI have only two criticisms of Matt McGough's new book, "Bat Boy": It's too short, and it didn't happen to me.  Most young boys who grow up </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/112845523389966603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=112845523389966603&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/112845523389966603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/112845523389966603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2005/10/bat-boy-my-true-life-adventures-coming.html' title='&lt;b&gt;Bat Boy: My True Life Adventures Coming of Age With the New York Yankees&lt;/b&gt; by Matt McGough'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-111990037829151529</id><published>2005-06-27T15:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-13T11:30:30.213-04:00</updated><title type='text'>License to Deal, by Jerry Krasnick</title><summary type='text'>License to Deal: A Season on the Run with a Maverick Baseball Agent by Jerry CrasnickLicense to Deal (Rodale; June 2005; $24.95)Captain Kirk and his crew took a five-year mission (and seven movies) to "go where no man has gone before."  Jerry Crasnick took one year, and did it all by himself.  Of course, Crasnick didn't need a starship for his journey, though after reading License to Deal, I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/111990037829151529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=111990037829151529&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/111990037829151529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/111990037829151529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2005/06/license-to-deal-by-jerry-krasnick.html' title='&lt;strong&gt;License to Deal, by Jerry Krasnick&lt;/strong&gt;'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-111021302269394798</id><published>2005-03-07T11:30:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-20T12:30:38.389-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Juiced by Jose Canseco</title><summary type='text'>Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits and How Baseball Got Bigby Jose CansecoJuiced It's been said that one should not judge a book by its cover, though if one is to judge anything of an author by his book's cover, Jose Canseco is pretty impressed with himself.  The cover of Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits and How Baseball Got Big, (Regan Books, $24.95, though you should </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/111021302269394798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/111021302269394798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2005/03/juiced-by-jose-canseco.html' title='&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Juiced&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;by Jose Canseco&lt;/i&gt;'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-108680430286007924</id><published>2004-06-09T14:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-13T11:31:42.773-04:00</updated><title type='text'>New York City Baseball: The Last Golden Age, 1947-1957</title><summary type='text'>New York City Baseball: The Last Golden Age, 1947-1957by Harvey FrommerThe Perfect Game.  The Tape Measure Home Run.  The Catch.  Integration.  The Shot Heard ‘Round the World.  You know the events.  Now read the stories behind them.  The latest offering from noted author and historian Harvey Frommer, a reprinting of New York City Baseball: The Last Golden Age, 1947-1957, (Paperback, University </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/108680430286007924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=108680430286007924&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/108680430286007924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/108680430286007924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2004/06/new-york-city-baseball-last-golden-age.html' title='&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;New York City Baseball: The Last Golden Age, 1947-1957&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-107990409908732932</id><published>2004-03-21T16:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-13T11:29:49.466-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Red Sox vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalry by Harvey Frommer and Frederic J. Frommer</title><summary type='text'>Red Sox vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalryby Harvey Frommer and Frederic J. FrommerThe newest offering from father/son duo Harvey Frommer and Frederic J. Frommer, Red Sox vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalry (Sports Publishing LLC, $24.95) found its way into my hands about a week and a half ago, and I have taken nearly any opportunity I could to review it.  Not only because I promised the senior Frommer </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/107990409908732932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/107990409908732932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2004/03/red-sox-vs-yankees-great-rivalry-by.html' title='&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Red Sox vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalry&lt;/u&gt; &lt;em&gt;by Harvey Frommer and Frederic J. Frommer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-107288533870116930</id><published>2003-12-31T10:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-01T10:20:14.903-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe BergBy Nicholas DawidoffNicholas Dawidoff might better have entitled this book “The Sad Life and Death of Moe Berg.”  For a man so known and so beloved in the public eye, a man with such talent and potential inside him, a man like Moe Berg, to have met his pathetic and prolonged demise in such manner does not seem appropriate.  And yet, whether</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/107288533870116930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=107288533870116930&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/107288533870116930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/107288533870116930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2003/12/catcher-was-spy-mysterious-life-of-moe.html' title=''/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-95866892</id><published>2003-06-20T12:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-30T13:10:26.433-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Last Good Season: by Michael Shapiro</title><summary type='text'>The Last Good Season: Brooklyn, the Dodgers, and Their Final Pennant Race Togetherby Michael Shapiro"Everyone wants to stay except for me...so we're going."- Former Dodgers' Owner Walter O'MalleyMichael Shapiro's book, The Last Good Season, describes, as the sub-title indicates, the events surrounding the Brooklyn Dodgers' concurrent pursuit of what would be the franchise's 12th (and last for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/95866892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=95866892&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/95866892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/95866892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2003/06/last-good-season-brooklyn-dodgers-and.html' title='&lt;strong&gt;The Last Good Season: &lt;em&gt;by Michael Shapiro&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;'/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-94345549</id><published>2003-05-14T15:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-10-24T11:21:42.170-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Rickey and Robinson: The Men Who Broke Baseball's Color Barrierby Harvey Frommer"I want a ballplayer with guts enough not to fight back." - Branch RickeyHarvey Frommer's Rickey and Robinson, recently re-released in paperback (Taylor Trade Publishing, $18.95), has lost none of its poignancy in the two decades that have elapsed since the first edition in 1982.  The new forward by Hall of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/94345549/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=94345549&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/94345549'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/94345549'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2003/05/rickey-and-robinson-men-who-broke.html' title=''/><author><name>Travis M. 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She really enjoyed it, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/90991801/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=90991801&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/90991801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/90991801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2003/03/joe-dimaggio-heros-life-by-richard-ben.html' title=''/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-90497561</id><published>2003-03-10T22:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-10T22:23:16.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Growing Up BaseballAn Oral Historyby Harvey Frommer &amp; Frederick J. FrommerHarvey Frommer and his son Frederick must have had a fantastic time writing Growing Up Baseball (Taylor Trade Publishing, Hardcover $23.95).  Together this tandem collected dozens of stories of major leaguers for this unique piece of literature.  From A to Zeile, from Hall-of-Famers like Jim Palmer and Ralph Kiner to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/90497561/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=90497561&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/90497561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/90497561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2003/03/growing-up-baseball-oral-history-by.html' title=''/><author><name>Travis M. 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The phrase also entitles Doris Kearns Goodwin's</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/90412705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=90412705&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/90412705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/90412705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2003/03/wait-till-next-year-memoir-by-doris.html' title=''/><author><name>Travis M. Nelson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_4QBzcfMaDA8/Rwb_unlodeI/AAAAAAAAABo/8fNwOx_rr2o/s200/DSC03789.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151736.post-89688908</id><published>2003-02-24T22:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-03-10T22:25:07.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>A Yankee CenturyA Celebration of the First Hundred Years of Baseball's Greatest Teamby Harvey FrommerFrom the introduction by erstwhile Yankee rightfielder Paul O'Neill to the pages of famous and infamous quotes, to the lists of firsts and feats and statistics, Harvey Frommer's A Yankee Century ($26.95, Berkley, hardcover) is a joy to read.  Frommer includes not only the accomplishments that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/feeds/89688908/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4151736&amp;postID=89688908&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/89688908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4151736/posts/default/89688908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://baseballbook.blogspot.com/2003/02/yankee-century-celebration-of-first.html' title=''/><author><name>Travis M. 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