Der Schvartzer Zoks

Posted by Ron Kaplan on October 22, 2009 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

This year marks the 90th anniversary of the infamous Black Sox Scandal.

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Lest we forget: Studs Terkel

Posted by Ron Kaplan on November 1, 2008 | Comments (1) | Trackbacks (0)

Studs Terkel died on October 31 at the age of 96. He never wrote a baseball book (as far as I’m aware), but Stud Terkel was always a favorite of mine, long before he appeared as sportswriter Huey Fullerton in John Sayle’s Eight Men Out. His acting style might not have been Oscar material, but [...]

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