Halcyon days? Polo Grounds crowd, 1908 playoff game.
posted by John Thorn at 1:06 PM
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
About Me
- Name: John Thorn
- Location: Catskill, NY, United States
John Thorn wrote his first book 50 years ago and since then has produced dozens more. "Baseball in the Garden of Eden" was published with Simon and Schuster in 2011. The official historian of Major League Baseball, he was editor of "BASE BALL: A Journal of the Early Game," a scholarly annual. He has continued, since 2011, to write weekly stories for his MLB blog, ourgame.mlblogs.com.
Previous Posts
- As the Fan Turns
- Bleacher democracy ... and worship?
- Baseball as a National Religion
- Dear Abner
- New York Herald, Nov. 11, 1845
- An Unremarked Baseball Game of 1845
- For What the Bell Tolls
- W.C. Heinz and Nathan Ward, editors
- “Bill Heinz, Here”
2 Comments:
Hi John,
I'm a reporter for Crain's New York Business. Working on a story on the businessman's special-the weekday afternoon game- and was hoping to chat with you. I'm at 212-210-0481. Or email me at dmassey@crainsnewyork.com. Thanks,
Danny
Nice blog yyou have
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