WEST OF THE RIVER
Monday, September 29, 2014
MONEYBALL: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis
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In honor of the MLB postseason, I am resurrecting a book review that I wrote back in 2009. I hardly know where to begin in attempt...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
I'M TALKIN' BASEBALL
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‘ T is the season! No, not those seasons. I’m talking about the MLB postseason. I ’m not the fanatical fan (fan being derived fr...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
STRANGE PEACHES by Edwin Shrake
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W hen anybody asks me what Dallas was like during the time of the Kennedy assassination, I always refer them to one book: Edwin 'Bud...
Monday, September 8, 2014
FEAR ON TRIAL by John Henry Faulk
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F ear on Trial (published in 1964) is John Henry Faulk's story of his lonely and courageous fight against the practice of blacklis...
Sunday, August 24, 2014
BORDER PATROL (Sherman/UA, 1943)
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W hat are the odds that the cast of a B-Western movie would include a future superstar, a future Cisco Kid, a future Superman, and a boss...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
BLESSED MCGILL by Edwin Shrake
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E dwin "Bud" Shrake was a crime reporter, sportswriter, magazine writer, and screenwriter. He also wrote novels -- ten o...
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