Book Review by Budd Bailey The subtitle of “The Grandest Stage” is “A History of the World Series.” That sounds rather deep and ponderous. You can almost imagine paragraphs that…
Book Review: The Grandest Stage
Book Review: Boston Red Sox
Review by Budd Bailey Sometimes I think I’ve been reading a little too much lately – at least on a particular subject. I can blame retirement, at least in part,…
Book Review: The Last Folk Hero
Review by Budd Bailey I loved “The Last Folk Hero” at hello, as the line from the movie “Jerry Maguire” goes. The hello in this case is the introduction. Author…
Review: A Wonderful Waste of Time
Review by Budd Bailey Terry Bonadonna had me on the first page of the introduction to this book. The future baseball writer describes how he was the biggest baseball expert…
Book Review: In Scoring Position
Review by Budd Bailey Bob Ryan and I have at least one thing in common. We reflexively, and perhaps even compulsively, keep score at baseball games. That was a skill…
Book Review: Rickey
Review by Budd Bailey With Rickey Henderson, the stories always start before the facts. Here’s one that didn’t make the book: A sportswriter asked Henderson for an interview, and Rickey…
Book Review: Playing Through the Pain
Review by Budd Bailey Author Dan Good spent 10 years trying to figure out the puzzle that was Ken Caminiti’s life. That sort of dedication shows up on every page…
Book Review: The Church of Baseball
Review by Budd Bailey The 1980s were a good period for movies that used baseball as an important part of the story. “The Natural,” “Field of Dreams,” “Major League” and…
Where’s Budd Bailey? Watching the SnowWolves
By Budd Bailey I received most of my baseball education as a child watching games on the Double-A level. Elmira had a team in the Eastern League during the late…
Turn Back the Clock Day
By Budd Bailey It was 1868 during a visit to Genesee Country Village in Mumford on Sunday afternoon – at least in baseball terms. New York’s largest outdoor museum has…
Book Review: The Saga of Sudden Sam
Review by Budd Bailey It’s time for another look at the tragedy and triumph of unfulfilled potential in the sports world. Sam McDowell seemed as if he was one of…
Book Review: Pinnacle on the Mound
Review by Budd Bailey The concept is a simple one: track down 10 pitchers who have won a Cy Young Award, have a nice, long conversation with them about their…
Book Review: True
Review by Budd Bailey It was particularly appropriate – and perhaps a little scary – to read this book shortly after the mass shooting in Buffalo that killed 10 African…
Book Review: Tom Seaver
Review by Budd Bailey I waited about 10 years for someone to get this right. Back around 2011, I read a biography of Tom Seaver called “The Last Icon.” It…
