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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Atlantic League Economics Seem Bright As 2010 Independent Baseball Season Launches

April 23, 2010 by Bob Wirz · 1 Comment

As best we can read it, the economic picture could not look a whole lot better than it does in the Atlantic League as the 13-year-old circuit prepared to raise the curtain on the 2010 Independent Baseball season this very evening (Thursday). Definitive figures are not easily assembled, but Camden (NJ) Riversharks General Manager Adam […]

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