Mitch Nathanson and the Mystery of the Disappearing Photo Budget
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With last year's release of Bouton, Mitchell Nathanson became one of the PBBC's first members. This spring, McFarland released an...
PBBC
- Jul 14, 2021
- 1 min
Escape From Castro's Cuba
Novelist Tim Wendel brings his readers back to Havana for Escape from Castro's Cuba, his visionary sequel to Castro's Curveball, where...
PBBC
- Jul 12, 2021
- 1 min
Telling Baseball People's Stories
Convened in conjunction with the Tattered Cover bookshop's array of author panels in conjunction with the All-Star Game, this group of...
PBBC
- Jul 7, 2021
- 1 min
Vida Blue & Black Baseball, with Author Howard Bryant
Fifty years ago, Vida Blue, a 21-year old fireballing lefthander from Mansfield, LA, ravaged the major leagues, becoming the youngest...
PBBC
- Jun 30, 2021
- 1 min
Lights, Camera, Fastball
The Hollywood Stars were the most inventive team in baseball history, with celebrity owners and fans, including Clark Gable, Jimmy...
PBBC
- Jun 23, 2021
- 1 min
Cheated: The Inside Story of the Astros Scandal and the Colorful History of Sign Stealing
At this point, we all know what happened with the Houston Astros ... or do we? Using new, in-depth research, award-winning journalist...
PBBC
- Jun 9, 2021
- 1 min
#Never Give Up
Ruppert Jones' life and big league career was altered when he collided with an outfield wall in 1980, the resulting brain injury slowly...
PBBC
- Jun 2, 2021
- 1 min
The Giants and Their City
In the late 1970s, the Giants had no recognizable stars, were last in the league in attendance, and had more than one foot out the door...
PBBC
- May 26, 2021
- 1 min
The Best Team Over There
Epilepsy, alcoholism and the Great War. In The Best Team Over There, author Jim Leeke discusses the fascinating and tumultuous World War...
PBBC
- May 5, 2021
- 1 min
Comeback Pitchers
In Comeback Pitchers, author Steve Steinberg and co-author Lyle Spatz uncover two great, forgotten Dead Ball Era pitchers, Jack Quinn and...
PBBC
- Apr 28, 2021
- 1 min
COBRA: A Life of Baseball and Brotherhood
Dave Parker was one of the biggest and most badass baseball players of the late twentieth century. COBRA is the story of a Black athlete...
PBBC
- Apr 21, 2021
- 1 min
The Captain & Me
Dan Epstein tells the story of former Yankee Ron Blomberg's friendship with legendary catcher Thurman Munson during the early days of the...
PBBC
- Apr 14, 2021
- 1 min
Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir
Former minor league clubhouse attendant Greg Larson airs all the dirty laundry on life in the minors, as well as the lengthy and...
PBBC
- Apr 7, 2021
- 1 min
Two Sides of Glory: The 1986 Boston Red Sox In Their Own Words
People best remember the 1986 Red Sox for one play: Bill Buckner's error. In Two Sides of Glory, Erik Sherman goes in depth with the...
PBBC
- Apr 2, 2021
- 1 min
The Only Way is the Steady Way
Andrew Forbes offers a series of mediations on baseball as he sees it, pertaining to society, geography, parenthood and, from his perch...
PBBC
- Mar 30, 2021
- 1 min
Our Team: Larry Doby, Satchel Paige, and the World Series that Changed Baseball
Just 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball with the Dodgers, Larry Doby integrated the American League for the...
PBBC
- Mar 23, 2021
- 1 min
The Sports Revolution: How Texas Changed the Culture of American Athletics
How did integration, free agency and wealthy team owners across all sports help Texas change the culture of the American sporting...
PBBC
- Mar 16, 2021
- 1 min
So Many Ways to Lose
How many ways are there to lose? If you're the New York Mets, SO MANY. Author Devin Gordon discusses his chronology of Mets failure and...
PBBC
- Mar 10, 2021
- 1 min
Double Plays and Double Crosses
We all know about the Black Sox scandal of 1919, in which certain members of the Chicago White Sox were paid to throw the World Series....
PBBC
- Mar 3, 2021
- 1 min
Stealing Home On The Podium!
Last week, Stealing Home was awarded the Seymour Medal, SABR's award for baseball book of the year. To commemorate the moment, we sat...
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