"Heart of a Tiger" by Herschel Cobb is a book about the summers spent by the author with his grandfather Ty Cobb at his home in Lake Tahoe in the 1950s and 1960s. The purpose of the book was to give another viewpoint of Ty Cobb, one of the greatest baseball players to ever play… Continue reading Heart of a Tiger
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Strat-O-Matic Fanatics
"Strat-O-Matic Fanatics" by Glenn Guzzo is the true story behind the creation of America's most popular sports board game, Strat-O-Matic. The book traces the game's roots from 11-year-old Hal Richman's bedroom, his first rudimentary attempts at developing a baseball game when he was not satisfied with the statistical accuracy of games on the market, down… Continue reading Strat-O-Matic Fanatics
Hero of the Heartland
Hero of the Heartland by Robert Martin is a biography of evangelist Billy Sunday. Sunday was a fundamentalist evangelist whose sermons concentrated on personal salvation and individual morality. He was the most influential revivalist in the United States between 1896 and 1935. He had a theatrical aspect to his sermons. Those who attended his sermons expected to be entertained… Continue reading Hero of the Heartland
The Fallen Mystique of Baseball
I was recently watching a baseball related movie called "61" about the home run race between Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris in 1961. They both had a chance to break Babe Ruth's all time home run record of 60. When Roger Maris hit his 61st homerun on the last day of the season only a… Continue reading The Fallen Mystique of Baseball
