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Now hear these: Author event podcasts from the Bergino Baseball Clubhouse
Now hear these: Author event podcasts from the Bergino Baseball Clubhouse
Tying up the laces and hitting the (fantasy) hardwood
The Chosen People, fantasy basketball edition
Just what we needed: more “smart Jew” stereotypes
The Sporting News’ Dean’s List
I’ve got a little list…
Actually, the list belongs to Jeremy Fine, aka The Great Rabbino, who in turn submitted it to OyChicago in response to Spike.com’s list of the 10 greatest contemporary Jewish athletes. (FYI, Spike is one of those “testosterone-laden” outfits, i.e., heavy on girls, games, and gizmos.) Spike’s list: 10) Jordan Farmar – Backup Point Guard Los [...]
And they said it wouldn’t last
The Korner celebrates its first anniversary.
Stein, for the prosecution
Former NFLer Bob Stein finds a new fight on the legal gridiron.
A way-cool source
Every issue of the classic publication is available through Google books. The first issue: July 1945. Cover price: 15 cents. Tag line: “64 Pages — and Every Word Baseball!” Thanks to John Zajc of the Society for American Baseball Research and writer Rob Neyer for the item. The next step is to go through them [...]
Grabow joins elite company
When Pirates pitcher John Grabow won his teams opener against the Cardinals he joined a very elite group. According to Bob Wechsler, author of Day by Day in Jewish Sports History (KTAV), Grabow is just the fifth Jewih pitcher to win a game on opening day. The others include: Steve Stone, Orioles 5, Royals 3, [...]
“But he was such a quiet man…”
Josh Borenstein over at Jewsinbaseball posted this interesting entry on Jews who have been ejected from Major League games.
Wait, Wait, Mr. President-elect
Taking advantage of the holiday, our old friend and neighbor Peter Sagal prepared yesterday’s edition of Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me as a highlight reel. The program offered items regarding the 2008 Presidential election. It included this one from August, 2005 featuring Senator Barack Obama in the “Not My Job” portion, in which popular figures [...]
