Thorn Pricks

This account of a day at the Mets' new ballpark on April 29 is by my friend Eric Rolfe Greenberg, celebrated for his novel The Celebra...

These remarks were delivered at the first annual conference of SABR's 19th Century Baseball Research Committe, at Cooperstown on April 1...

From "Play's the Thing," Woodstock Times, January 29, 2009: Fans of the New York Giants can only grind their teeth and shut u...

The current essay--"Poster Girl," about Ethel Reed--may be found at my blog more typically associated with arts and letters: http:...

From "Play's the Thing," Woodstock Times , November 6, 2008: On Tuesday night America got the change it needed and wanted. All...

Forty-five years of mixed memories.

From "Play's the Thing," Woodstock Times , October 2, 2008: This year was hard, but last year was harder. Such are the crumbs ...

Spornography

From "Play's the Thing," Woodstock Times , September 4, 2008: Tom Brady and the New England Patriots open their NFL season at ...

Cheers from the pressbox to Jerome Holtzman (1926-2008)

From "Play's the Thing," Woodstock Times, July 31, 2008: For baseball fans and, particularly, knights of the keyboard and bul...

It's a book ... no, it's a reader... no ... it's radiovision.

From "Play's the Thing," Woodstock Times , July 17, 2008: I work at a computer. I prowl databases for late-night fun. I don’t ...

From "Play's the Thing," Woodstock Times, June 5, 2008: Nine years after a crowning, unique achievement in baseball history, ...

“Vot? It’s not for you good enough? Strike two!”

This previously unpublished riff on the immortal "Casey at the Bat" is by Mikhail Horowitz, bon vivant, raconteur, performance art...