SubscribeFalling economy means a whole new ball game
Any baseball fan following the sports and economic news over the winter knows that, with the expected exception of the New York Yankees, the latest batch of free agents didn’t do too well. Salaries weren’t as high and contract lengths weren’t as long as in previous years. Such decisions come from people like Livingston native [...]
Mutual admiration society
The Jews in Baseball blog ran this entry on Howard Megdal’s upcoming book, The Baseball Talmud. Because we Jews have to stick together.
When sportswriters were fun guys
Before the Internet/cable sports era of 24/7 reporting — heck, even in the nascent days of television — back when there were only 16 big league teams, sportswriters had time to dream up such story ideas as “The Low-Down on Majors’ Big Shots,” a survey published in the Jan. 6, 1954 issue of The Sporting [...]
Check it out: Jews in Baseball
Josh Borenstein, a 22-year-old writer from Chicago (22? I’ve got socks older than that.) launched this blog a few months back, which, in his words is “exactly what it sounds like.” It’s a nice place to spend some time, as he mixes stats (“Obsessed with OPS?”) with commentary (“Gold Glove Gripe”) on current and retired [...]
