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The eternal story of professional sports has one particular constant: The winners will always be perpetual winners, no matter how bad they get, and the losers will always be perpetual losers, no matter … more
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When this was first announced, I had trouble making up my mind about it. Now that one actually exists, I can't say I'm a fan. Here's how the new format works: … more
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Ty Cobb's reputation as a racist is a wee bit more overblown than it should be. I realize that to a lot of critical theorists who can't look at Tony the Tiger without spotting racism, I'm … more
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Despite the juice, the cream, and the clear becoming big time factors in the home run's recent surge in baseball, looking at the all-time home run numbers can really boggle one's mind. In the … more
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A great baseball team had better have a lot of truly great stories in its history, and with the New York Yankees, there are just tons. With the new book Pinstripe Empire, Marty Appel makes a concentrated, … more
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Chris_Pandolfi reviewed 'Trouble With The Curve' Starring Cli....
September 24, 2012
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Star Rating: While harmless and well intentioned, Trouble with the Curve tells a story that isn’t worthy of the talent involved – star/producer Clint … more
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2_TwoJewsOnFilm reviewed 'Trouble With The Curve' Starring Cli....
September 21, 2012
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By Joan Alperin Schwartz 'Trouble With The Curve' is...a)corny...b)nothing you haven't seen before and c) totally entertaining. Clint Eastwood … more
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BaronSamedi3 reviewed Cincinnati Reds: Vintage World Series.
September 20, 2012
posted in Just Baseball
No review for this. Not a proper one, anyway. Having not fulfilled my writing obligation last month and being in danger of not fulfilling it this month, I recently ordered a set of vintage World Series … more
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BaronSamedi3 reviewed Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?: T....
July 21, 2012
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Like every other baseball team, the New York Mets have fielded their fair share of squads revered by their fans, teams which struck a note with followers more than any of the others. They've been to the … more
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I can honestly say I've taken a real shine to Mike Shropshire's work. Or at least his baseball work. I've never read his football work, which is the majority of the books he's written, but his work revolving … more
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BaronSamedi3 reviewed Now I Can Die in Peace: How The Sport....
May 29, 2012
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I like the writing of Bill Simmons for a couple of reasons: First of all, I think he's got a biting, witty, easy-to-read style. Second, he's a Boston sports fan who's redeemed of his crime of being a … more
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I tend to dismiss most baseball books that have the word "last" in the title, unless it's a reference to a last-place team. "Last" in the context of the passage of time is usually a look through the nostalgia … more
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**Review Contains What Could Be Considered Spoilers** Calico Joe is a fantastic novel. When Joe Castle comes up to the big leagues he has an unbelievable … more
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I've been a stalwart champion of the Billy Beane school of statistics ever since I first read Moneyball. I've defended the idea that, in spite of never winning a Pennant, Beane's new method of collecting … more
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The big difference between cliches that work and cliches that don't can sometimes be boiled down to simple context. Often, it's a lazy writer trick. If a screenwriter has an immediate need to connect … more
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The funny thing about Major League II is that it appears to have a specific team being used as the primary antagonist. The Cleveland Indians spend so much time playing against and worrying about the Chicago … more
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Baseball is a game of spitting, crotch scratching and often interminably long innings. Moneyball is a movie that deconstructs the myths of America’s home-style game and shows how it becomes an exemplar … more
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MichaelN reviewed Best Mets: Fifty Years of Highs and L....
January 09, 2012
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Being a huge baseball fan and following the Mets since the mid-1960's I was glad to get an advance copy of this book. It is not the normal fare in that the first 24 pages has a summary of the Mets' … more
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Moneyball was one of my most anticipated movies of this year. The simple combination between Miller, Sorkin, Pitt, Hoffman, and Pfister projected the prospect of a bomb movie. The clock was … more
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MichaelN reviewed STL Cardinals Official 2011 World Ser....
December 17, 2011
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I have purchased every WS video since 1996 and am rarely disappointed. The 2011 World Series ranks up with the most exciting I ever saw and Game 6 was the most exciting game I have ever watched in all … more
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The only material the Farrelly brothers culled from Nick Hornby's classic book was the title. I suspect the inspiration process didn't go anywhere beyond reading the title of the book. Even the plot summary … more
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So you're in the market for a baseball team, and you have a certain set of qualifications that never, ever waver: You want to have a team that wins a lot, but without raiding the whole of the league for … more
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Moneyball is not a conventional sports movie that ends with a team winning the big game. It is a film that shows the highs and lows of the game of baseball. Brad Pitt stars as … more
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Is it more surprising that a movie was made of Moneyball, Michael Lewis's great account of how Billy Beane made the A's a winning baseball team by finding undervalued players, or that it took … more
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Oakland A’s fans would be right at home with “Moneyball” as they would be very familiar with the amazing historic run of the team during the 2002 baseball season. Well, I am currently … more
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