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Take Me Out to Dodger Stadium
Welcome to Flashback Friday: Take Me Out to 34 Ballparks, a celebration, critique and countdown of every major league ballpark one baseball fan has been fortunate enough to visit in a lifetime of going...
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This Night Won’t Last Forever
The grizzled cabbie craned his neck out of the taxi window to survey the madhouse on Market Street. San Francisco’s busiest downtown boulevard, even on normal days, was teeming with thousands of...
View ArticleA Voice Like Few Others
The Village Voice recently and wisely named Alex Belth of Bronx Banter New York’s best sportswriter, and it’s a pleasure to present compelling evidence: “Two Rogers,” Alex’s exploration of the...
View ArticleThe Sorrow and the Pity
The Mets are bad and will continue to be bad for the rest of the season. That I’ve basically made my peace with. They have the second-worst record in the National League. Since winning seven of their...
View ArticleImmortals at Play
It’s a long way from Matty vanquishing Athletics in 1905 to MadBum mowing down Royals in 2014, though if you’ve pitched yourself into the same conversation, the gap grows short. In Game Five of the...
View ArticleLast Played at Shea
Late spring is the time to see Gil Hodges work. Not summer. Then heat sits on the cylinder of Shea Stadium and a baseball season, like New York summer, grinds down strong men. —Roger Kahn, The Boys of...
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