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* <i>Ball Four</i>: The gift that keeps on giving
The Hardball Cooperative now features a “book club” to discuss those watershed titles on the national pastime. This month, they take up the classic Ball Four. A few excerpts from the essay… more →
Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
11.09.09 - A Monday
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wrote 1 month ago: WORD actuate [ak-choo-eyt] v. 1. to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish m … more →
"The First Fall Classic"
wrote 1 month ago: One of the things that keeps me watching baseball is its sense of history. The icons (buildings, clu … more →
Great Jim Bouton Reference.
wrote 2 months ago: Huge Balls From Extra Bases: Hamels hung the curveball and Pettitte lined it into cent … more →
The Seattle Pilots' First Game at Sicks Stadium
wrote 2 months ago: After a last-minute rush to install as many seats in the new right-field bleachers at Sicks Stadium … more →
Robin Yount Corked?
wrote 2 months ago: A link to this auction was posted on Pat Neshek’s forum. The item is supposed to be a game-use … more →
Top 5 Sports Books
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wrote 2 months ago: Dryden's book elevates the game to another level Is Ken Dryden’s THE GAME the best … more →
The Boys of Summer
wrote 2 months ago: I completely forgot I had it, gathering dust and nearly hidden on my bookshelf. It was a book I boug … more →
* Ball Four: The gift that keeps on giving
wrote 3 months ago: The Hardball Cooperative now features a “book club” to discuss those watershed titles on … more →
* "What Ball Four means to me."
wrote 4 months ago: Well not me, specifically, but to this guy, Seth Magalaner, the “sports literature examiner … more →
* Jim Bouton: Still crazy after all these years?
wrote 4 months ago: Some 40 years ago, Jim Bouton published what many consider to be the most important baseball book of … more →
Legacies
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wrote 4 months ago: “…you spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out it … more →
I'm not making this up, it actually happened!
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wrote 5 months ago: I had an experience yesterday that was so out-of-the-blue strange that I have to share it with you. … more →
Prank on Shaq
wrote 8 months ago: Found this on the Yahoo Sports NBA Blog, “Ball Don’t Lie”. Link. Great blog btw, … more →
STORYTELLING IN MARKETING
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wrote 8 months ago: 9 inch axiom – Storytelling ‘People respond to stories. The ability for your marketing t … more →
Put Up Or Shut Up
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wrote 9 months ago: The last hurrah. Game 2 of the '07 World Series Curt Schilling never had to shut up because he a … more →
* For the records
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wrote 10 months ago: With the latest news of Rodriguez and Bonds comes a renewed cry to literally rewrite the record book … more →
Once again, Jim Bouton is the best
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wrote 10 months ago: Pax Arcana Back in my college days, I greeted every spring by re-reading Jim Bouton’s seminal … more →
Jim Bouton defends Torre...says there is No MLB clubhouse 'sanctity'
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wrote 11 months ago: Did Joe Torre break the code of what happens in the clubhouse should stay int he clubhouse? Jim … more →
THE GREEDY & THE KINKY
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wrote 11 months ago: Every now and then as I’m reading something, I come across a line that freezes me. Such was … more →
