Book Review - Juicing the Game by Howard Bryant
While this book is fairly comprehensive in baseball’s offense explosion before the Mitchell Report it doesn’t read very well and jumps from idea to another in a chapter.
Book Review: Satchel Sez
Frank Robinson - Letter to the AuthorÂ
Here is something new for MUD. This is a edited letter I wrote to Frank Robinson after reading his 1987 bio Extra Innings. This is a great read and it is not only a bio it also goes into the struggles that he and his contemporaries had in being the [...]
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Billy Martin Book Review - “Billy Ball”Â
I always thought of Billy Martin as a weasel or a rat. I never really liked him but over the last little while I have been looking into his numbers and he had an outstanding career.Â
 After reading this, I think the man was incredibly fragile, a relic, a braggart, [...]
Book Review: Play Baseball The RIPKEN Way
2 summers ago I attempted to coach a pee-wee baseball team. After the first practice, I quickly realized that I was in way over my head. Not only did I not remember any drills from my days as a 12 year old, but I had trouble keeping the attention [...]
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