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A Trip to the Library

Cover to Power Ball by Rob Neyer.
A Trip to the Library

A Trip to the Library: Power Ball

Power Ball was a Christmas pick up for me, one of a handful of books that I bought with bonus Amazon money from work. I picked it up on the strength of lots of positive reviews, and yet it sat on my bookshelf for many months and I found myself constantly passing it over to […]

Posted on July 12, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Cover to Smart Baseball by Keith Law.
A Trip to the Library

A Trip to the Library: Smart Baseball

I’m a relatively new convert to the sabermetrics side of baseball. I know it may seem at times, based on my writing at least, that I am someone who is deeply entrenched in the sabermetric world. I’d like to think I’m someone who has slowly been able to immerse himself into sabermetrics and gain a […]

Posted on June 25, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Cover of The Soul of Baseball by Joe Posnanski
A Trip to the Library

A Trip to the Library: The Soul of Baseball

Writing a book about Buck O’Neil couldn’t have been an easy task. The author of The Soul of Baseball, Joe Posnanski, spent an entire year with Buck and came away with countless stories to relate to his readers. All it takes is watching one interview with Buck to know that any time spent with him […]

Posted on June 11, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Cover of The American Association: A Baseball History by Bill O'Neal.
A Trip to the Library

A Trip to the Library: The American Association: A Baseball History, 1902-1991

A while back I had the idea of offering quick takes on baseball books as I finish them. There are a plethora of baseball-related books on the market. I know I’m always seeking the opinions of others on which ones I should check out, and I figured why not offer a bite-sized take on what […]

Posted on April 30, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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