Review by Budd Bailey Something has gone wrong in baseball in the past few years. The symptoms are quite obvious. Games take too long to play, and there’s less ball-in-play…
Book Review: How to Beat a Broken Game
Book Review: Valentine’s Way
Review by Budd Bailey Ah, Bobby Valentine. No matter what you think of him, you have to admit it’s difficult to ignore him. That means the baseball lifer has a…
Book Review: Baseball Prospectus 2022
By Budd Bailey It can be easy to produce the biggest annual book regarding an upcoming baseball season every year. You’d think at Year 27 they’d get used to the…
Review: Papi
Review by Budd Bailey It’s time for another discussion about that literary phenomenon – the double autobiography. And the person in question is baseball standout David Ortiz. Fans of the…
Baseball’s Hall of Confusion
By Budd Bailey Remember when it was easy to figure out who should be in the Baseball Hall of Famer in Cooperstown? It was the equivalent of a smell test….
Book Review: The Baseball 100
Review by Budd Bailey Ever hear of “the sweet spot” in sports? It usually comes up in baseball, although it probably applies to golf too. The sweet spot is that…
Book Review: Billy Martin
Review by Budd Bailey Weren’t there enough books out there about Billy Martin to leave almost anyone satisfied? Apparently not. It’s a little difficult to explain Martin to those who…
Book Review: Gathering Crowds
Review by Budd Bailey A great deal happened to baseball in the years between 1975 and 1993, more or less. That doesn’t include what happened on the field, either. That…
Photo essay: Sahlen Field 2.0
By Budd Bailey During the past two summers, there has been some mystery surrounding Sahlen Field, the home of the Buffalo Bisons. As you know, the Blue Jays came to…
Book Review: Hurricane Season
Review by Budd Bailey Here’s a book that did not age well, even though it might have seemed like a reasonable idea at the time It’s called “Hurricane Season,” and…
Book Review: Stealing Home
Review by Budd Bailey Some of the best sports books are the ones that barely touch the activity that takes place on the playing field. “Stealing Home” can be found…
Book Review: Fenway 1946
Review by Budd Bailey There’s never been a baseball season quite like the one in 1946. After almost 40 years of stability and growth, major league baseball faced some difficult…
Book Review: Our Team
Review by Budd Bailey It takes some imagination to picture the scene. Think about four men, who couldn’t be more different, racing toward a mutual destiny. That’s part of the…
Book Review: Buzz Saw
Review by Budd Bailey When a sports team approaches a championship, you can bet that there’s one thing that always on the back of the mind of the reporters who…
