Entries from February 2008

February 27, 2008

Snake Jazz by Dave Baldwin

Former big league pitcher Dave Baldwin shares highlights from his years in baseball in his autobiography, Snake Jazz.
I’ve found that autobiographies are one of the tougher reviews to write – because often times the work is a compilation of so many different flavors and tastes that compose a person’s life – it’s tough to fairly [...]

February 26, 2008

The Soul of Baseball – by Joe Posnanski

I’m fortunate in that I get the opportunity to read lots of baseball books and discuss them with you and countless people. It’s certainly something that shouldn’t have much of a downside.
But like everything – there is a downside – and that is that occasionally I finally get around to reading a book, only to [...]

February 12, 2008

The McFarland Baseball Quotations Dictionary – by David H. Nathan

For a time in my life I use to put some snappy quote on my e-mail signature line…it made me feel like I had some pearl to share with my recipient that merited an automatic insertion. A lot of folks I know do similar things — put quotes up at their desk, around the house, [...]