Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Playoffs!

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Remembering 1988

1988 seems to me like two light years away, instead of just two decades.

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Play it Again, Jocko

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Down the Stretch

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 From the Shadows of Cooperstown: August

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Tell Me a Story

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: ‘Tweener

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.

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.

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 […]

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Baseball History — As Seen From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Part II

In the second of a 10-part series, the author takes an in-depth look at Major League Baseball history from 1911 to 1920.

Baseball History — As Seen From the Shadows of Cooperstown

In the first of a 10-part series, the author takes an in-depth look at Major League Baseball history from 1900 to 1910.

White Stocking Stuffers (#385)

There was so much more I wanted to get into this issue, but I just ran out of time and space. Look for one more issue in ’06. A NOTE FROM JIM ELFERS Last issue, I reviewed Jim’s book, The Tour to End All Tours, and received this note, which I pass along with Jim’s […]

NOTES #142

NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN Observations from Outside the Lines By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net) #142 JULY 28, 1996 PEANUTS AND CRACKER JACK That’s the heading I use for pages where I collect all kinds of unrelated baseball stuff, and this is that kind of issue. No main theme, no big events, just a […]

NOTES #140

NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN Observations from Outside the Lines By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@borg.com) #140 July 16, 1996 ONE OLD CAT One old cat is a game that is older than baseball, and is usually considered an ancestor. Rules vary, but it’s a ball and stick game, with running and bases, hits and […]

NOTES #126

NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN Observations from Outside the Lines By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@borg.com) #126 MARCH 23, 1996 GONE FISHING “‘I would like to take the great DiMaggio fishing,’ the old man said. ‘They say his father was a fisherman. Maybe he was as poor as we are and would understand.’” I enjoyed […]

NOTES #125

St Patrick Invented Baseball I have suspected for some time that I’ve always felt at home in the country of baseball, partly because of my ancestry. Both of my grandfathers, long gone from the planet long before I arrived, were Irish. So what? Well, if you look closely at the hairs on baseball’s head, you […]

Some Reflections on Pete Rose

Some Reflections on Pete Rose From NOTES #116, October 20, 1995: PONDERING PETE ROSE, 1995 I was living in Cleveland when Pete Rose torpedoed Ray Fosse, but I think I disliked the guy even before then. I certainly respected him when he was hustling hits. He was, in a way, the John Kruk of his […]

Notes #77

NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN Observations from Outside the Lines By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net) #77 August 3, 1994 TAKING TIME FOR PARADISE Americans and Their Games was Giamatti’s subtitle for his small but tedious book with the wonderful title I’ve borrowed, and it could fit nicely as the subtitle for my week on […]

Notes #52

NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN Observations from Outside the Lines By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net) #52 — AKA: Hot Stove Issue #14 February 5, 1994 WHAT MAKES FOR A GOOD HOT STOVE QUESTION? The logs that burns longest and hottest are the kind I like in my hot stove. Trivia questions are like newspaper: […]

Notes #20

NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN Observations from Outside the Lines By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net) #20 June 27, 1993 Week Twelve: June 21 – 27 WHO WAS THAT LADY I HEARD YOU WITH LAST NIGHT? A question I wanted to ask Gary Cohen, after tuning in the Mets for a while on June 5th, […]

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