Slightly Better than Replacement Level
On the trip home after passing my Critical Care Emergency Medical Transport Program my wife and I stopped at a humongous book store in Columbus, Ohio called The Book Loft. I, of course, beelined through all the fire hazard death trap tunnels of books to the baseball section. My wife’s gift for passing the aforementioned […]
When it comes to the Negro Leagues and the position of catcher the first name that pops into most folks’ heads is Josh Gibson. That’s understandable, Gibson is the only player who I feel gives Bullet Rogan an actual run for his money as the greatest player of all time. After Gibson, the next name […]
I’ll be the first to admit, I’m not the biggest fan of biographies. Far too often, I find them lacking in actual content and bereft of the compelling moments that made up the subjects’ lives. Not that biographies don’t cover those moments, mind you. Rather, it’s that I’ve found it to be the case, especially […]
As I was in the middle of writing this article the direction of the article changed thanks to a rather large announcement. Before we get to that announcement, the original impetus was the trend of major baseball writers and sites continuing to write about major league stats and milestones while not incorporating Negro Leagues stats […]
If ever there was a topic that is geared specifically for me, it’s the topic that this book purports to be about. I have written extensively about the major league status of the leagues I have come to refer to as the Negro major leagues. Any exploration of this topic is welcome by me as […]