Ten Games

Wednesday, September 17, 2008
by Geoff Young
What a grind it's been. In 30+ years of following baseball, I can't ever remember looking forward to season's end, but that's pretty much where I'm at right now. Actually, I've been there for a few months. It's a strange feeling, and kind of sad. I just want the friggin' games to end so I can breathe a little and get back to focusing on research. Is that so much to ask? Just finish these 10 meaningless games so I can start working with final stats. Sigh. . . . We're driving to Vegas on Thursday for Blog World Expo. I made it out to last year's inaugural event and had a blast. The sessions were mostly informative, and networking opportunities abounded. I got ...
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Q&A With Rob Neyer

Tuesday, May 27, 2008
by Geoff Young
Ordinarily I would have a series preview in this space, but today I've got something much cooler in store. Rob Neyer is known to baseball fans everywhere as a long-time columnist at ESPN and author of several books. His latest is Rob Neyer's Book of Baseball Legends, which we reviewed here in April. I first met Rob at BlogWorld & New Media Expo last November, and we've been in touch off-and-on since then. Recently he was gracious enough to take time out of his busy schedule and chat with me about the book, baseball, and life in general... Ducksnorts: I'm assuming that all the stories that ended up in the book were fascinating to research, but ...
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Review: Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Legends

Monday, April 14, 2008
by Geoff Young
By Rob Neyer Fireside: 331 pp., $16 paperback What is baseball without its stories? The game has captured America's heart over the years not only through the calling of balls and strikes but also through the telling of tales. As stories are passed along, sometimes the details get shifted. Other times, they were wrong from the beginning but nobody bothered to check. Now Rob Neyer has checked for us. In Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends, the author dissects more than 80 stories that have embedded themselves in the baseball canon. As a devout follower of baseball, I'm struck by three elements of Neyer's work: how thorough his ...
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I, Me, Mine

Thursday, April 10, 2008
by Geoff Young
No game on Thursday. Hey, the Padres can't lose. ;-) Meanwhile, I've been working on a few other things: John at MadFriars asked me a few questions about the Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual. I'll also be pimping the Annual on Bases Loaded with Elliott Price. Elliott is the former long-time play-by-play voice of the Montreal Expos. This is scheduled to air at 11 a.m. PT. My latest article at Hardball Times examines the belief that Trevor Hoffman struggles in non-save situations. I'm leaving Knuckle Curve to join the staff at Baseball Digest Daily. I've been ...
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