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Book Review: Shawn Green's The Way of Baseball
Last week a got a review copy of Shawn Green's book The Way of Baseball, Finding Stillness at 95 MPH. I love baseball books and Shawn Green was a favorite of mine. I'll admit, I am likely the least spiritual person you are ever going to meet. I'm not a big believer in Zen or any of that. But I do...
The Extra 2%, and What it Means for the Mets
In retrospect, Moneyball had to bring a backlash. It is undeniably great book that kickstarted baseball's sabermetric revolution, but it also has an undercurrent of smugness. The tone of Billy Beane and his acolytes suggests they can scarcely believe how stupid the rest of the league is, and...
Interview: Cardboard Gods author, Josh Wilker
I really liked that book Cardboard Gods and I sent some interview questions over to Josh and he answered them and now I will share with you what has transpired: Gaslamp Ball: Cardboard Gods is a deeply personal memoir and, frankly, paints your family in not necessarily the best light. How did your...
Book Review: Cardboard Gods by Josh Wilker
Memoirs are always bittersweet, which is what I love about them. I love things that are funny, but just a little bit sad, or maybe even a lot sad, but then funny too. I especially like when they fall closer in line to the self-descriptive namesake of "bittersweet" and are bitter, but with that...
Book Review: Doug Glanville's The Game from Where I Stand
A copy of Doug Glanville's new book came through the Gaslamp Ball Offices and I had the task of reviewing it. Doug Glanville, for the casual fan, is a former Major League ballplayer and currently writes a column for the New York Times. He was the first African American Ivy Leaguer in the Major...
The Funniest Book Review Ever about the Funniest Baseball Book Ever
O irony, thy name is book review! I had the relative indifference of reading The Funniest Baseball Book Ever: The National Pastime's Greatest Quips, Quotations, Characters, Nicknames, and Pranks recently. A review copy was supplied to me and I can't help but think that landing this book in my lap...
SSS Book Review: White Sox Outsider 2009
There are quite a few baseball season reviews/previews out there. If you’re more a fan of an individual team, however, and don’t really care about how some anonymous BP author evaluates the 2008 Seattle Mariners or what somebody thinks the Washington Nationals will do in 2009, you can...
Book review: "Deep Drive"
via images.barnesandnoble.com It is usually hard for me to pick up a book and read it right through in just a couple of sittings. Usually I pick the book up and read 10 pages at a time. That tends to end with A) me never finishing the book or B) finishing the book 2.5 years later. With "Deep...
Living on the Black
Last night, I finished reading Living on the Black, John Feinstein's 500 page chronicle of the 2007 season focused on the performances of Mike Mussina and Tom Glavine. The title, of course, comes from way both cerebral pitchers have to pitch in order to get major league hitters out. After reading...
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