Autobiographies written by former players tend to not make my must read list very often. A lot of the time they are just pages of self-praise…how great I did this, how great I did that, how hard it was for me, and so on. Needless to say, I had some reservations when I started Mel [...]
Entries from May 2007
May 11, 2007
Pride and Pinstripes: The Yankees, Mets, and Surviving Life’s Challenges – by Mel Stottlemyre
May 3, 2007
Dropping the Ball – by Dave Winfield
Hall of Famer Dave Winfield believes that baseball is in trouble, which can be hard to believe when you consider that revenue is at an all-time high, attendance at games is strong and the reach of baseball around the world grows every day. But to Winfield, there are some significant problems that unless corrected, will [...]
May 2, 2007
Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan’s Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks — by Zach Hample
When I picked up Zack Hample’s new book – Watching Baseball Smarter – I was really looking forward to gaining some new insight into how to watch a ballgame and get something totally different out of it. I’ve been watching baseball almost my entire life – and I felt like I had a good idea [...]
