Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Down the Stretch

Notes #457 — Down the Stretch

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #457                                                                                                           SEPTEMBER 4, 2008                                                          DOWN THE STRETCH               I’m starting this issue on September 3, as one more time baseball teams head down the homestretch, having made the final turn of the summer […]

Notes #456 — Out East

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #456                                                                                                                  AUGUST 26, 2008                                                      OUT EAST               Last issue, I borrowed an old baseball phrase, western swing, for the headline. This time, it’s the other direction, and again the phrase has a couple […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Out East

ME AND ELIOT My tribute to Eliot Asinof appeared in NOTES #350, not too long ago, and I do not need to reprint it here. Indeed, there is much about Asinof and Eight Men Out in my book, so much that I can recommend Burying the Black Sox as a companion to 8MO, or a […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Western Swing

Notes #455 — Western Swing

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #455                                                                                                                  AUGUST 15, 2008                                                              WESTERN SWING               If you read a lot of Deadball Era baseball, you read about the “western swings” that ball clubs made, train rides to the outer edge of […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: August

Notes #454 — August

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #454                                                                                                                    AUGUST 8, 2008                                                                       AUGUST               I recently observed to several Met-fan friends that my summer has become even more relaxing lately. The great thing about being a Pirate fan, is that we […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Tell Me a Story

Notes #453 — Tell Me a Story

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #453                                                                                                                        JULY 29, 2008                                                               TELL ME A STORY               It’s still July, yet with most of my traveling for 2008 behind me now, it feels a little like the summer is over. […]

Notes #452 — Midsummer Musings

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #452                                                                                                                        JULY 15, 2008                                                         MIDSUMMER MUSINGS               My summer shifted into high gear around June 13 and has not slowed down a bit. There are four or five new items in this issue, […]

Notes #451 — Thirty-Eight

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #451                                                                                                                           JULY 3, 2008                                                                 THIRTY-EIGHT               SABR 38, that is, held June 26-29 in Cleveland. Another convention of the Society for American Baseball Research is in the books. This was my seventh, and […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: ‘Tweener

Notes #450 — ‘Tweener

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #450                                                                                                                        JUNE 25, 2008                                                                    ‘TWEENER               Pirate fans who remember broadcaster Bob Prince know what a Tweener is — it’s a hit that falls in between the infield and outfield, or between outfielders, […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Then and Now

I enjoy linking history to today, events in baseball’s past to what is happening this season. So the title above not only fits the two items in this issue, but covers a lot of my stuff.

Notes #449 — Then and Now

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #449                                                                                                                          JUNE 5, 2008                                                 THEN AND NOW               I enjoy linking history to today, events in baseball’s past to what is happening this season. So the title above not only fits the two […]

Notes #448 — On the Road again

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #448                                                                                                                          MAY 28, 2008                                            ON THE ROAD AGAIN               It looks like this will be the last Notes for a while. I’m going to be away from my home and my PC for […]

Baseball History — As Seen From The Shadows of Cooperstown: Part XI

This issue concludes my eleven-part series on “Baseball History,” with a look at 1995-200. It’s been fun writing this series, and I recommend it to others. No, seriously — try it, see what happens.

Notes #447 — Neverending Story

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #447                                                                                                                          MAY 16, 2008                                                         NEVERENDING STORY               This issue concludes my eleven-part series on “Baseball History,” with a look at 1995-200. It’s been fun writing this series, and I recommend it to others. […]

Baseball History — As Seen From The Shadows of Cooperstown: Part X

This was supposed to be an issue covering the 1990s, but it turns out that it just covers the first five years of that span. I predicted a somewhat different take on this decade, and I was right about that. But I had not expected my excerpting and reflecting on my old scorebooks, to take […]

Notes #446 — Change of Pace

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #446                                                                                                                            MAY 8, 2008                                              CHANGE OF PACE               This was supposed to be an issue covering the 1990s, but it turns out that it just covers the first five years of that span. […]

Baseball History — As Seen From The Shadows of Cooperstown: Part IX

In the ninth of a 10-part series, the author takes an in-depth look at Major League Baseball history from 1981 to 1989.

Notes #445 — Remembering the ’80s

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #445                                                                                                                            MAY 2, 2008                                        REMEMBERING THE ’80s               As I finished moving thru the Eighties for this issue, I was reminded of how superficial this history, or any history of baseball, really is. […]

Baseball History — As Seen From The Shadows of Cooperstown: Part VIII

In the eighth of a 10-part series, the author takes an in-depth look at Major League Baseball history from 1971 to 1980.

Notes #444 — The Seventies

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net) #444                                                                                                                       APRIL 25, 2008                                                THE SEVENTIES               This is pretty much a one-topic issue: the 1970s. It takes us up to 1980, so just two decades to go in this series.               I […]

Baseball History — As Seen From The Shadows of Cooperstown: Part VII

In the seventh of a 10-part series, the author takes an in-depth look at Major League Baseball history from 1961 to 1970.

Notes #443 — Then and Now

NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #443                                                                                                                       APRIL 18, 2008                                                 THEN AND NOW               Eliot Asinof, while writing Eight Men Out, must have noticed that 1919 was one of those years in American history where things were topsy-turvy, seeming at […]

Baseball History — As Seen From The Shadows of Cooperstown: Part VI

In the sixth of a 10-part series, the author takes an in-depth look at Major League Baseball history from 1951 to 1960.

Notes #442 — From History to Autobiography

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #442                                                                                                                       APRIL 11, 2008                            FROM HISTORY TO AUTOBIOGRAPHY               There is just one item in this issue, the next installment of my trip thru Baseball History … this time, the 1950s. It is […]

Baseball History — As Seen From The Shadows of Cooperstown: Part V

In the fifth of a 10-part series, the author takes an in-depth look at Major League Baseball history from 1941 to 1950.

Notes #441 — And They’re Off

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net) #441                                                                                                                         APRIL 4, 2008                                              AND THEY’RE OFF               For most fans, I think, there is Opening Day, and then there is Opening Day, when their team plays its first game of the new season. […]

Baseball History — As Seen From The Shadows of Cooperstown: Part IV

In the fourth of a 10-part series, the author takes an in-depth look at Major League Baseball history from 1931 to 1940.

Notes #440 — Sweet Sixteen

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #440                                                                                                                    MARCH 29, 2008                                                               SWEET SIXTEEN               For the sports-minded these days, the phrase “Sweet Sixteen” refers to the long weekend we are now enjoying, the phase of the annual NCAA Division I […]

Baseball History — As Seen From The Shadows of Cooperstown: Part III

In the third of a 10-part series, the author takes an in-depth look at Major League Baseball history from 1921 to 1930.

Notes #439 — Remember the Past — Or Else

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #439                                                                                                                    MARCH 20, 2008                               REMEMBER THE PAST — OR ELSE               “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” the maxim goes. Sometimes it goes a little differently: “He who […]

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