Some of these have been publicized pretty well already, but but below is the list I came up for the Twins. If you can think of other good ones, let me know....
... Because I have nothing to contribute, I will instead remark that this game is one of the two most notable I ever attended (the other being, sadly, Kirby's...
Events are moving pretty fast on the steroid front, one development after another. First, A-Rod's mea culpa, then Pat Reusse's strident call for punishment...
Yes I have an opinion and its that the era is over and done with - leave it alone. The games have long been played and either remembered or forgotten. Every...
What did Marvin Miller say? Do you have a link to it? Stew ... after another. First, A-Rod's mea culpa, then Pat Reusse's strident call for punishment (and...
I did not say anything earlier because I thought it would bore or annoy everyone becajuse I had said so much in the past about what a hypocrisy I think the...
A few quotes stood out to me among the articles that Alan provided ... About the current outrage, Rob Neyer wrote: "And yet I can promise you that in 10 years...
When I was in college, greenies were rampant and easily obtainable. I won't even try to estimate the number of students who took them but it was a lot. Some...
... obtainable. I won't ... was a lot. ... athletes. Mostly ... being ... anyone. The use of ... would major ... college ... I'm not exactly sure of your...
On the contrary Stew. I must not explain myself well since I pretty much agree with the position that you outlined. Steve Smith Burnsville MN In a message...
Reusse was interviewing a local mystery writer/novelist this morning on KSTP, and she told him he probably has a novel in him. His reply was that he had...
... Dan L. ... I hope that one never becomes a selection of the book club. BTW, nothing wrong with cross postings if it's general stuff. We have different...
Does anyone think that Edwin Moses makes good points here or is he just blowing smoke? Are these obvious criticisms or do they need to be aired (or both)? I...
I just finished reading the Politics of Glory, our next book club selection. Without yet getting into the content, I was surprised at how many errors there...
Stew and friends: I have the same edition (hardcover, from Macmillan). I wonder if later editions caught some of these egregious errors, some worse than...
I can't look up the page at the moment (I'm on the road) but at one point he also places Kid Nichols on the 1894 Baltimore Orioles, the archrivals of Nichols'...
... Ah yes, it is embarasing (even embarrassing) to be caught with typos in a message about typos. But I feel less chagrined about typos in an e- list post...
... Some things in the book that stood out to me: Chapter 5 – It's interesting that what happened early in the process with the BBWAA voting is what's...
Hope to see a bunch of you at the Hot Stove Saturday Morning at 9 this Saturday at Bakers Square, 66th Street just east of Xerxes in Richfield. Jerry and I...
Interesting observations, Stew. The discussion of peak value vs. career value raises the Kirby Puckett issue, which I had recently been thinking about anyway....
I would not have voted for Puckett, but I think he was clearly more deserving than Hrbek. While they arrived there in different ways, they were nearly...
As bad as the Frisch influence was, he was not alone. And from 1945-1946 (long before Frisch joined them) the VC added Tommy McCarthy, perhaps the worst HOF...
... Beyond the reasons Alan stated regarding the differences between Hrbek and Puckett, a big thing that helped Puckett was the perceived image of him. It's...
April 11 is the date for the next Halsey Hall Chapter Book Club meeting. That means you've got four weeks to read (or re-read) Bill James's The Politics of...
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