I Miss My Friend Nellie King

July 4, 2013 by Bob Hurte · Leave a Comment

I can remember it as if it were yesterday. The family and I had returned from a “cook-out,” and my wife Barbara noticed a message on the answering machine. She informed me that it was from “one of those baseball people.” I should explain that I am a member of SABR (Society of American […]

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Instants Of Clueless Clarity

May 18, 2010 by Gabriel Schechter · Leave a Comment

I had dinner last night with a couple of friends visiting from out of town, and told two of my favorite Hall of Fame library stories. They’re dandies, so I may as well tell the rest of the world. The stories have two things in common. Both involved telephone inquiries from people who were entirely […]

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