Review by Budd Bailey They really did it. The smart guys from Baseball Prospectus managed to put out their 2021 annual this spring, and make it the same size as…
Book Review: Baseball Prospectus 2021
Book Review: America’s Game in the Wild-Card Era
Review by Budd Bailey A discussion of most books starts with thoughts about the execution of the publication rather than the creation of the idea behind it. “America’s Game in…
Book Review: Bases to Bleachers
Review by Budd Bailey There’s only one way to start a discussion about Eric C. Gray’s book, “Bases to Bleachers” – with a story. When I was seven years old,…
Book Review: Boxed Out of the NBA
Review by Budd Bailey What’s better than reliving a fun part of your childhood, and perhaps making a little money along the way? Nothing, of course. That’s what author Syl…
Book Review: The Best American Sports Writing 2020
Review by Budd Bailey To use a newspaper term, it’s sadly time to put a “-30-” at the end of the Best American Sports Writing series as its presently constituted….
Book Review: Attacking the Rim
Review by Budd Bailey It’s easy to wonder if Dave Bing considered borrowing the words “I Led Three Lives” for his new autobiography. That was the name of a 1952…
Book Review: Willie
Review by Budd Bailey t took the National Hockey League quite a while to learn what a special player and person Willie O’Ree was and is. Luckily, we now have…
Book Review: Catch 22
Review by Budd Bailey A few years ago, I had a good-sized chat with Rick Vaive at a banquet. I knew him very slightly when he was a member of…
Book Review: You’re Hired
Review by Budd Bailey Once in a great while, I receive a request on this site from a new author that asks me to take a look at his or…
Book Review: One to Remember
Reviewed by Budd Bailey It’s always interesting to be read about “the one and done” club. That is to say – stories about someone who did something worth noting once,…
Book Review: Dalko
Review by Budd Bailey The number of recent sports legends who remain something of a mystery probably can be counted on less than two hands. Such performers needed to play…
Book Review: Off Mike
Review by Budd Bailey Mike Emrick deserves all sorts of credit in the field of sports broadcasting. He’s outlasted just about everyone when it comes to hockey announcing in the…
Book Review: 24
By Budd Bailey My favorite quote about baseball legend Willie Mays comes from, of all people, actress Tallulah Bankhead, Apparently around 1962, she said something like “There have only been…
Book Review: Commander in Cheat
Review by Budd Bailey The first question about Rick Reilly’s book, “Commander in Cheat,” is a basic one. Does it deserve to be put on a website that includes sports…
