Banzai Babe Ruth: A Review

May 4, 2012 by Andrew Martin · Leave a Comment

No matter how popular the NFL or NBA becomes, baseball still holds the title of America’s pastime. For over a century it has been seen as a way to connect Americans with fellow countrymen and those from abroad, but is that a true representation? Baseball has also served as a backdrop to larger diplomatic and […]

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19 to 21…Life Imitates Baseball

July 28, 2011 by John Shiffert · Leave a Comment

Volume 9, #19 About 30 years ago, the Washington Postâ€™s Thomas Boswell brought out his first book, â€œHow Life Imitates the World Series.â€ Boswell had a good point, but he stopped short of the essential truth. While life DOES imitate the World Series, it would be more comprehensive, and accurate, to say that life imitates […]

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