One of the best parts of baseball – at least as far as I’m concerned – is the stories. The anecdotes, legends, and tall tales that define the game add a richness to the history of the game, that otherwise would be just numbers and play-by-play recaps. But what do you do if those stories […]

A while back I wrote about It Takes More Than Balls by Deidre Silva and Jackie Koney, otherwise known as The Savvy Girls. While I wasn’t totally a fan of the book – the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I’m a fan of what they’re trying to do, which is […]

It should be no surprise that this was one of the books that I eagerly dove into — from the minute I found out that it would be published, to the original publisher dropping it and the book moving to a new publisher, to the early leaks from the book — all of it made […]

If you’re not familiar with the Savvy Girls (formerly Of Summer, now just presumably savvy in general) – I have a feeling you will be. What started as two women who met through soccer and found a common enjoyment of baseball is on the verge of becoming a brand name in the marketing of baseball […]

Still basking in the new-season smell of Opening Day 2008, I thought it best to start with a book that certainly has the power to affect how you look at baseball past, present and future: The Bill James Goldmine 2008. If you’re not familiar with Bill James, well, shame on you. OK, enough with the […]

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