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Mr. Asinof’s journalistic re-creation of the 1919 Black Sox scandal, “Eight Men Out,” became a classic of both baseball literature and narrative nonfiction.

Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:14 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Deaths (Obituaries), Books and Literature, Asinof, Eliot

In the World of Books, Every Game Is the Best

If one game is the greatest ever, can another also be the greatest — or the best? In publishing, where superlatives are spread like cream cheese, the answer is yes.

Posted Monday, April 21, 2008 12:21 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Athletics and Sports, Books and Literature

In Publishing World, Every Game Is the Best

If one game is the greatest ever, can another also be the greatest — or the best? In publishing, where superlatives are spread like cream cheese, the answer is yes.

Posted Sunday, April 20, 2008 9:31 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Athletics and Sports, Books and Literature

Baseball: Author Up: Canseco Has His Opening Day

About 35 people showed up at a New Jersey bookstore to see Jose Canseco, whose new book, “Vindicated,” claims that he introduced Alex Rodriguez to a steroids supplier.

Posted Tuesday, April 01, 2008 11:41 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Steroids, Canseco, Jose, Books and Literature

Author Up: Canseco Has His Opening Day

About 35 people showed up at a New Jersey bookstore to see Jose Canseco, whose new book, “Vindicated,” claims that he introduced Alex Rodriguez to a steroids supplier.

Posted Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:54 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Steroids, Canseco, Jose, Books and Literature