Beloved skipper lived, breathed Dodger baseball

Jeff Ballard – Society for American Baseball Research

The Book of Joe: Trying Not to Suck at Baseball and Life by Joe Maddon

Patriots Day: Red Sox knew what 2013 World Series meant after bombing

Sal Bando, three-time World Series winner, passes away at age 78

The Paintmaster - Sports Illustrated Vault

The Bronx Is Burning meets Chuck Klosterman in this wild pop-culture history of baseball's most colorful and controversial decade The Major Leagues witnessed more dramatic stories and changes in the '70s than in any other era. The American popular culture and counterculture collided head-on with the national pastime, rocking the once-conservative sport to its very foundations. Outspoken players embraced free agency, openly advocated drug use, and even swapped wives.

Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s [Book]

Sports Briefs, Briefs

Player Profile: Mike Scioscia – LA Dodger Talk

Reviews - GEORGE VECSEY

Story to Hornsby to Banks: Building a team of the best players DFW has produced - The Athletic

Part Tuesdays with Morrie, part Field of Dreams: a true American story of World War II and redemption Driven by word of mouth and the author's heroic efforts to tell the world his father's story, Playing with the Enemy was a surprise hardcover hit for its independent publisher. Gary Moore's book about his father--a baseball phenom whose future in the majors was cut short by World War II and a fateful occurrence during a top secret mission for the U.S.

Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams [Book]

Tommy Lasorda Remembered: Vin Scully Praises Dodgers Icon, Billy Crystal Says Baseball “Is Crying” As Tributes Pour In

George Steinbrenner: 'He's more than just an owner to me, he's a friend,' says Derek Jeter – New York Daily News