Review: Time in the Minors

November 13, 2010 by Tony Lastoria · Leave a Comment

If you want a very good representation of the minor league baseball lifestyle and the near impossible road to the Major Leagues most of these players follow, you should check out Tony Okunâ€™s â€œTime in the Minors.â€ Coming in at just over 85 minutes in length, the movie tells the tale of two minor leaguers […]

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Another Great Story Bites The Dust

February 27, 2010 by Gabriel Schechter · Leave a Comment

At the 2008 SABR convention, baseball historian Norman Macht gave a fascinating one-hour presentation on the pitfalls of accepting great stories as true simply because they sound great. He discussed several classics, including one involving Lefty Grove that was attested to by several eyewitnesses, all of whom happened to be mistaken because the events detailed […]

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