When I hear people talk about the business of sports, the cynic in me wonders if there ever really was a time when it was “just a game.” Thinking about the Chicago […]
This DVD consists of three Peanuts specials celebrating Charlie Brown’s continual love of baseball. If you’re from the same era I am, you probably had at least a few soft-cover books with […]
As a life-long fan of the New York Mets, I have been through the ups and downs with that team, lasting through some terrible times in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s […]
This week was a bit of a challenge. I am still healing from my appendectomy and the ensuing complications, but the nice weather is calling me. I want to go out and […]
Written by David Eyre Jr.Directed by Robin B. Armstrong It’s the year 1957 in California. Roy Dean Bream (portrayed by William Russ) is an aging pitcher still stuck in the minor leagues. […]
As the baseball season winds down, and my team is no longer competing, I look for ways to keep myself connected to the game while I wait for “next year.”. That usually […]
Written by Hank SteinbergDirected y Billy Crystal New York fans are brutal, there are just no two ways about it. Through the years I’ve seen great players broken by a combination of […]
It’s now been thirty-five years since what I could honestly say was the most memorable summer and fall of my life. There are several reasons why I say that, but one of […]
This book was the basis for the film Field of Dreams. A few things have been changed (J.D. Salinger apparently was not willing to be represented in the film), but if you […]
Written by Paul Gallico, Jo Swerling, and Herman J. MankiewiczDirected by Sam Wood Throughout the years of baseball, many of the heroes of the era have had their images torn down and […]
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