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Two audiences, mostly, will find this book useful and/or interesting: Those interested in the 1949 through 1952 Tigers, and those interested in how baseball’s field managers go about their job. The second group, I fear, will be somewhat frustrated by the editor’s methods.
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Mitten State
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September 6th 2009
Kuklenski grounded to Ron Henderson at second base, but the infielder couldn’t make a throw because First Baseman Bob Iglesias was watching Novick and Williams. As a result, Kuklenski was called back to bat again.
Filed under Baseball CrankSpace Posted on September 4th 2009
“I’m tired of having people send me newspaper clippings telling me that the Kitty is better than the Valley,” Mondino told the league meeting. “If they’re good, let them prove it.”
Filed under Baseball CrankSpace Posted on September 1st 2009
League records last season showed the Dans drew 24,775, but when Lyons took over this year, he and a government tax expert checked the figures and found the gate actually was only 14,487 paid. The Dans surpassed that figure on June 8 this season with 15, 979. After 45 games, the total for the current campaign was 55,424–an average of 1,232.
Filed under Baseball CrankSpace Posted on August 16th 2009
In this book Morris explores how the game of baseball became respectable by focusing on the developing role of the catcher. I’m not sure his effort is entirely successful. But it’s certainly interesting.
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August 8th 2009
Terrific minor league yearbook/program; just an enormous amount of information in here. As good as these things get.
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July 28th 2009
When asked why Hutchinson didn’t drive him down after they gassed up, Curtis said, “He had a date for Sunday night.”
Filed under Baseball CrankSpace Posted on July 14th 2009
Hoekstra, who writes for the Chicago Sun Times, has been writing essays, called “The Glove Compartment,” for publication in the Kane County Cougars’ gameday program for most of the team’s history. About sixty of the essays here originated as Glove Compartment pieces; the others were newly composed for the book. The result is episodic, of course, but it’s a reasonably thorough history and (as it says) field guide to the league. Moe Hill, Deacon Jones, and the 1951 Paris team are all profiled. Paul Molitor, Joey Meyer, and scores of Cubs are mentioned. The emphasis, though, is on the current teams and recent players.
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July 12th 2009
This is a very pretty package, with some very fine photographs, but the text consists of transcribed newspaper articles, none of which are dated. The result is neither thorough nor coherent. The book really could have used some serious editing. For instance, two articles are repeated word-for-word; in both cases they’re just a few pages apart. I really expected better.
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Rant
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May 28th 2009
It’s a well-executed book of the minor league team history genre. As with all Arcadia Press books, it’s a picture book with explanatory text, but in this case the text actually explains the photographs. That’s always a good thing.
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May 8th 2009
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