Kingman-Style Baseball “Dave Kingman was Rob Deer before Rob Deer was Rob Deer” and, if you know what that means, then this is the book for you. I’m talking about a line from ‘Make Me Commissioner’ by Jane Leavy in which she examines the problems with the game of baseball today, including the origin of the term “three-true outcomes” and
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Season 3, Episode 8: In this episode: Two players with the same name, Aaron Judge and the unusual walk, something unique about Blake Snell’s no-hitter, and a review of the baseball book “The New York Game” by Kevin Baker. Also available in Podcast format. Download this Episode.
Season 3, Episode 3: In this episode: Tigers extension with Colt Keith, a book review of “Why We Love Baseball” by Joe Posnanski, Sandy Koufax’s perfect game by Vin Scully in 1956, the 1975 Red Sox and Carl Yastrzemski, the saga of the Oakland A’s and Oakland B’s (Oakland Ballers), former Tiger star Ray Boone, the 1951 Giants and a
Season 3, Episode 1: In this episode: Ohtani’s signing with the Dodgers; Detroit’s new pitchers Jack Flaherty and Kenta Maeda along with Andrew Chafin; Automated Balls and Strikes (a.k.a. RoboUmp); and a book review of “Singles and Smiles” the story of PCL and Negro Leagues star Artie Wilson; and congrats to Hall of Famer Jim Leyland. We’ll also talk about
Singles and Smiles: How Artie Wilson broke baseball’s color barrier Book’s Author: Gaylon H. White Having recently read Singles and Smiles, it’s a book you’ll enjoy especially if you like the Pacific Coast League (PCL) of the late 1940’s and into the 1950’s and beyond. Artie Wilson was a terrific ballplayer. He was the consummate singles-hitter; a hit-it-where-they-ain’t type of