SubscribeOn-line documentary traces baseball’s roots
For a limited time only, MLB.com features a one-hour on-line documentary that takes “a look at baseball’s ancestors, the various theories behind the game’s origin and an unexpected historical discovery made along the way.” You can see the video here.
Before it became a symbol for the ultimate evil
Whoever thought THIS was a good idea?
Stop Googling yourself, stop Googling yourself…
Meet Ron Kaplan (not me).
Book review: Once Upon a Fastball
By Bob Mitchell. Kensington, 2008. As a lover of the TV show Lost and sci-fi in general, I always welcome the chance to mix the genre with baseball (see, Baseball Fantastic, edited by W.P. Kinsella). So it was with a sense of joy when Bob Mitchell’s Once Upon a Fastball swerved from a regular work [...]
Legitimate concern or sour grapes?
Former Times writer calling out his former bosses: Fair or foul?
Well that was easy…
Kaplan’s (secular) podcast debut
It is easy being green
For the “people of the book,” a free baseball tome.
Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking
I nevertheless gave a talk to a local men’s club about the November trip to Yankees Fantasy Camp. For all the prepping I do, it never seems to come off the way I envision it. I guess I’m more comfortable in a Q&A situation rather than a straight “lecture.” I screened the DVD from the [...]
A posthumous Mazal Tov
Allan Roth, a Hall of Famer at last
More thoughts on Hall of Fame voting
Here’s another good analysis of what should (and should not) go into the thought processes of those voting for the Hall of Fame, by Tyler Kepner. It should be noted that The New York Times does not allow its staffers to participate in such elections.
