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Articles
 Baseball
Lingo: What the Expressions Mean and How They Got
that way (Part I)
/ Part II
The
Sad Story of Shoeless Joe Jackson, Who Belongs in
the Hall of Fame
1927
New York Yankees Spring Training Flashback
1927
New York Yankees Spring Training Flashback
Sox
Stuff: Get Ready for 2019
Sox
Stuff: Get Ready for 2019 (Part
II)
The
Yankees and Spring Training
Mariano
Rivera:
Almost Perfect!
The
Boss:
George Steinbrenner
You
Could
Look It Up
Shoeless
Joe
Remains a Scapegoat
The
Rivalry
Continues: Red Sox Fans Mockingly Sing Yankee Theme
Song
Red
Sox
Flashback: The First World Championship
Shoeless
Joe and Ragtime Baseball
How
Far
the Game Has Come
Yaz, Sox, October
The Not So Amazin'
Mets
The Greatest Team
Ever
Fenway
Flashback
Rivalry - Red Sox
vs. Yankees
Things You Probably
Never Knew about the Yankees / Part
II
13 Things You
Probably Didn't Know about Jackie Robinson
Yankees
by
the Numbers
Fenway
Park
Flashback
More
Yankee
Nicknames
First
Opening
Day at Fenway
You
Could
Look It Up
Not
How
You Start - Yankee Beginnings
How
Professional
Baseball Began
BoSox
Sidebars:
Spring Training, "The Kid," Tom Yawkey & more
Yankees:
Spring
Training: Mini-Timeline
Yankee
Quiz,
Part III
More
Yankee Quiz
More
Yankee
Quiz
2
Talking
Yankee
Factoids, Trivia, Oddities
Giancarlo
Stanton
Meet George Herman Ruth
Boone Town October 16,17, 2003 from Ultimate
Yankees
Book
Ultimate
Yankees
Quiz Girardi Part 2
Ultimate
Yankees
Quiz Gehrig
Here
Come
the Yankees
The
Shot
Heard 'Round the World
Yankee
Monikers
& Nicknames
Summer
of
'41: Joe DiMaggio's Epic 56-Game Hitting Streak
The
Rivalry:
Yanks vs. Red Sox
Dog
Days
at Fenway Park
How
Murderers'
Row Shaped Baseball
Derek Jeter by the
Numbers
Start Spreading
the News
/ Start
Spreading
the News II
Forward: Rickey
and Robinson
Opening Day at
Yankee Stadium 1961
Opening
Day
at Yankee Stadium 1927
The Bucky Dent
Home Run
Yankee Monikers
& Nicknames, How They Got That Way
Bill Mazeroski's
World Series Homer
Bobby Thomson's
Famous Homer Lives On
Fenway Park Begins
Shoeless
Joe
and Ragtime Baseball
All-American
Out
and other Nicknames
Remembering
the
1939 ALL-STAR Game at Yankee Stadium
New
York
Yankees by the Numbers 1-5
New
York
Yankees by the Numbers 6-10
New
York
Yankees by the Numbers 11-15
New
York
Yankees by the Numbers 16-25
New
York
Yankees by the Numbers 26-35
ULTIMATE
Yankee
Quiz New
York
Yankees Quiz IIIYankee
Quiz
Part IV Yankee
Quiz
Part V
Yankee
Quiz
Part VI Yankee
Quiz
Part VII
Yankee
Quiz
Part VIII Yankee
Quiz
Part IX
Remembering
Yogi
Berra
Remembering
the
1999 All-Star Game at Fenway
Forward from "Five O'Clock
Lightning"
Forward
from
"Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball"
Flashback:
Yankee
Stadium Twenties
23
Fabulous
Facts About the Old Yankee Stadium
Hot
Stove
Reading, Remembering Yankee Stadium: Fifties
Remembering
the
First World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates versus Boston
Americans
The
Called
Shot
New
York
Yankees September Song
Wait
‘Til
Next Year, BoSox
Old
Time
Baseball: Part One: Ball Parks
Old
Time
Baseball: Part Two: Umpires
Shoeless
Joe
An
All
Star Moment at Fenway
Sad
Days
in Beantown
All
About
“A” in Baseball Names All
About “B” in Baseball Names
RED
SOX
vs. YANKEES: The Great Rivalry
Say
It
Ain't So Joe!
What’s
In
a Baseball Name?
Impossible
Dream
Red Sox:1967 (Part I & Part II)
The
First
World Series
Red
Sox
vs Yankees:The
Great Rivalry
The
Real
Jake: Colonel Jacob Ruppert:
the Man Who Built the Yankee Empire / Part
2 / The
Real
Jake 3: Colonel Ruppert’s
End Game
The
Wild,
Wacky and Sometimes Wondrous World of Baseball
Trades
Inside
Baseball
Lingo the Sometimes Untold, Fairly Fascinating,
Oddly Amazing, Stories of How They Came to Be That
Way / PART
2 / PART
6
The
First
World Series
“Dat Day” Bobby
Thomson's Famous Homer Lives On
Sad
Days
at Fenway Park in the 1960's
Massive
Fire
Sale at Fenway: Sixties
Swamp Time Looming
Yankees
vs.
Red Sox: Baseball's Absolutely Amazing and Greatest
Rivalry
The
Storied
and Sensational Subway Series: Battle of New York
City Baseball
TALKIN'
YANKEES:
Quips, Quotes, Asides, Philosophy and More (Part I)
The
1927
New York Yankees,Babe
Ruth and Lou Gehrig and Company: How Murderers' Row
Shaped Baseball
Baseball's
Greatest
Rivalry: Red Sox vs. Yankees (Part I)
Red
Sox Quiz Red
Sox Quiz
2
New
York
Yankees Quiz New
York
Yankees Quiz II
Best
Baseball
Team Ever: 1927 New York Yankees
Yankees
by
the Nick Names (I)
All
About
Baseball's Greatest team - - the New York Yankees
Shoeless
Joe
Jackson Belongs in the Hall of Fame!
“Sandman”
Mariano
Rivera & the “Save Rule”
New York Yankee September Pasts
(From Vault)
Pine
Tar
Game July 24, August 18, 1983 (From Vault)
Yankees
World
Series 2001
The
Armando
Galarraga Imperfect
Perfect Game
NY
Yankees
'27 World Champions
Collision
Course:
Red Sox versus Yankees
From
New
York Yankee September Pasts
New
York
Yankees Quiz (Part 1)
The
Harmonica
Incident
Redux - Red Sox Vs Yankees:
the Great Rivalry / Encore
Baseball
Names
and How They Got That Way! (Parts I - V) / Part
III / Part
IV / Part
V / Part
VI (A&B) / Part
VII (C) / Part
VIII
(W&Y) / Part
IX (D) / Part
X (M)/ Part
XI (more, C) / Part
XII (E) / Part
XIII (F) / Part
XV (H) / Part
XVI / Part
XVII (J&K) / Part
XVIII (I) / Part
XIX (M) / Part
XX (N) / Part
XXI (O) / Part
XXII (P) / Part
XXIII (R) / Part
XXIV (S, part 1) / Part
XXV (S, part 2) / Part
XXVI (S, final part)
Remembering
Brothers
Richman, Arthur & Milt
Opening
Day
at Yankee Stadium: 1927
New
York
Yankees By The Numbers III
Yankees
Stuff
(Through 2007 Mid-Season)
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Harvey Frommer
Players
/ Records &
Feats / Yankees
/ Red Sox
 About the Author
Harvey Frommer is a noted oral historian and sports journalist
and the author of 41 sports books including the classics: "New
York
City Baseball,1947-1957" and "Shoeless
Joe
and Ragtime Baseball," his acclaimed REMEMBERING
YANKEE
STADIUM was published in 2008 and his REMEMBERING
FENWAY
PARK: AN ORAL AND NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THE HOME OF RED SOX
NATION was published to acclaim in 2011.
His work has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles
Times, Washington Post, New York Daily News, Newsday, USA Today,
Men's Heath, The Sporting News, among other publications.
FROMMER SPORTSNET (syndicated) reaches a readership in the
millions and is housed on Internet search engines for extended
periods of time.
on Twitter: http://twitter.com/south2nd on
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on the Web: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~frommer
Dr. Frommer is the Official Book Reviewer of BaseballGuru.com
*Autographed copies of Frommer books are available .
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Other Frommer sports related articles can be found at Baseball
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Harvey Frommer along with his wife, Myrna Katz Frommer are the
authors of five critically acclaimed oral/cultural histories,
professors at Dartmouth College, and travel writers who
specialize in cultural history, food, wine, and Jewish history
and heritage in the United States, Europe, and the Caribbean.
Backlisted
Frommer Baseball Books
The
New
York Yankee Encyclopedia (1997)
Big
Apple
Baseball: An Illustrated History from the Boroughs to the
Ballparks (1993)
Growing
Up
at Bat: 50 Years of Little League Baseball (1989)
150th
Anniversary
Baseball Picture Albums (1988)
Primitive
Baseball:
The First Quarter Century of the National Pastime (1988)
Baseball's
Greatest
Managers (1985)
Baseball's
Hall
of Fame (A First Book) (1984)
Baseballs
Greatest
Rivalry Yankees-Boston (1984)
Jackie
Robinson
Impact Biography (1984)
Baseballs
Greatest
Records Streaks Feats (1983)
Sports
Lingo:
A Dictionary of the Language of Sports (1983)
Throwing
Heat
Autobiography Nolan Ryan
Contact
Email
Harvey
Frommer
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Book
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Fenway images
from Harvey's book being released in early 2011.
PDF's from book: Interior
/ Cover
The
Patriots
The
New
York Yankees Home Run Almanac
Ali
and
the Fifth Street Gym
Hank
Greenberg
1938
Dinner
with
DiMaggio
Golden
Success
is
the Only Option
Fields
of
Battle
Jackie
Robinson
in Quotes and Other Worthies
Super
Bowl
Gold 50
Breaking
Ground
Baseball
Immortal
Derek Jeter
Basketball
My
Way - Nancy Lieberman
A
Triple Play of Top Baseball Reads
Billy
Martin
Cooperstown
Chronicles
& Others Step Up to the Plate
Derek
Jeter
#2
Brooks
Blood
Sport
The
Wait Is Over
Major
Tayor
Wrigley
Field
Year by Year
All
American
Football
Nation
The
Cracker
Jack Collection Baseball’s Prized Players
Mickey
and
Willie
Nailed
Francona: The Red Sox Years
Just
Win
Baby (and other non baseball tomes)
Sports
Book
Reviews: Jan 1, 2013
Sports
Book
Reviews From Random House, Canada
One
Last
Strike
Football
Sporting
Reads
August
Sporting
Reads
The
Weather
is Heating Up and so is the Baseball Reading about
"Ozzie's School of Management," John Smoltz and more
. . .
"Bill
Veeck," "Pinstripe
Empire," and "Driving Mr. Yogi"
Duke
vs.
Kentucky, Hack Wilson, Summer of '68 & More
Faux
NBA:
Caveat Emptor, Got Game? Or Gotcha?
Howard
Cosell
"West
by
West," "100 Yards of Glory" and more . . .
Greatest
Game
Ever Pitched
Those
Guys
Have All the Fun
"The
House
That Ruth Built," "An Accidental Sportswriter" and
other Summer 2011 Reads
2011
Spring
Roundup - Part 1 / Part
2 / Part
3 / Part
4 / Part
5 / Part
6
Baseball
How
to Play the Game
Graphical
Player
Traded
Bill
James
Handbook
Glory
in
the Fall
Yankee
Classics
The
Mudville Heritage
The
Open
Golf's Oldest Major
"The
Amazing
Tale of Mr. Herbert and His Fabulous Cowboys
Baseball Club"
"Satch, Dizzy & Rapid
Robert" & "Blows To The Head"
The 300
Club
Steinbrenner
The
T206
Collection
"Terrific
Tomes
from Triumph"
"The
Eastern
Stars"
"Bums"
and
"Dynasty"
1921
The
Open
100
Baseball
Icons and Not Without Hope
Mark
and
Me
Willie
Mays:
The Life, The Legend
Where
Men
Win Glory
Baseball
Americana
"The
First
Fall Classic," Heroes & Ballyhoo," Ron Darling's
"The Complete Game" and more . . .
The
Wizard
of Waxahachie
Soldier
Field
- The Machine - Satchel
Cooperstown
Confidential
Torre
-
ARod - Yogi - Munson
Straw
Book
Review - "Bases
Loaded” by Kirk Radomski
Book
Review - "Yankee
Colors” by Al Silverman
Book
Review - "Bottom
of
the Ninth” by Michael Shapiro
Book
Review - "George"
by Peter Golenbock
2009
Spring
Baseball Books / Part
II / Part
III / Children's
The
Hardball
Times Baseball Annual 2009
Yankee
for
Life
SPAHN,
SAIN
and TEDDY BALLGAME
Babe
Ruth:
Remembering the Bambino in Stories, Photos and
Memorabilia
Red
Sox
Threads & Other August Reads
Baseball
Bits
June
2008
Book Reviews
May
Reads
for Sports Fans
Walkoffs, Last Licks and
Final Outs
Vindicated
(Canseco)
I
Live for This!: Baseball's Last True Believer
Holiday
Reads
2007: Part 1 / Part
2
Senior
Year
The
Pride
and the Pressure
Through
a
Blue Lens
Keepers
from
Bison Books
The
Joy
of Keeping Score
Jonathan
Eig's "Opening Day"
DEADBALL
STARS
of the American League
STAT
BOOK
TREATS FOR ALL: The 2006 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia
and More
Older
Book Reviews (scroll down)
http://travel-watch.com//frommerss.htm
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Baseball
Records & Feats
Bobby
Thomson's
Famous Homer
Lou
Gehrig:
The Streak / 4 HR Game
Gionfriddo's Catch
First
Designated
Hitter to Bat: April 6, 1973
The
Copa Incident: May 16,
1957
Joe
Dimaggio's 56 Game Hitting
Streak Began May 15, 1941
Joe
Dimaggio Show at Fenway
Park: June 28-30, 1949
Johnny
Blanchard,
Four Straight Hommers -
July 21- 22, 1961
The
Eleven
Walk Inning: September 11, 1949
Ruth:
The
Called Shot - October 1, 1932
Babe
Ruth: First HR, May 6, 1915 / Ruth's MLB Debut /
Final Appearance
Jim
Leyritz and the Great
World Series Comeback: OCTOBER 23, 1996
Pine
Tar
Game July 24, August 18, 1983
Mickey
Mantle,
Tape Measure Shot, April 17, 1953
Bill
Mazeroski's World Series
Homer, October 13, 1960
No Hitters
Dave Righetti: The No Hitter July 4,
1983
Vandy's Masterpiece: The
Double No-Hitter
David
Wells'
Perfect Game
Allie
Reynolds
- The Two No Hitters, 1951
David
Cone,
The Perfect Game, July 19, 1999
Dwight
Gooden
No Hitter, May 14, 1996
The
Bevens' No-Hitter Lost:
October 3, 1947
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Summer
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1927
Feb
1927
Excerpt
The
Best
of Times
March
1927
Excerpt
Pre
Season
Excerpt
Feb
2008
Excerpt
Ruth
Excerpt
Ruth
60
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Yankees
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Has
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Book: A
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And introducing Harvey's son Frederic's new book...
You
Gotta Have Heart
FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL ARTICLES
NFL:
 When It Was Just a Game:
Remembering the First Super Bowl
THE
First
Super Bowl
How
It All Began: Super Bowl I
Remembering
the
first super bowl - part 1
From
the First to Super Bowl 51
What
I
Learned Writing "When It Was Just a Game"
Remembering
the
first super bowl - excerpt 7
Remembering
the
first super bowl - excerpt 6
Remembering
the
first super bowl - excerpt 5
Remembering
the
first super bowl AFL-NFL Championship Game
Remembering-the-first-super-bowl-pete-roselle
A
Dozen Things I learned Researching, Interviewing, and Writing
When it Was Just a Game / Ten
More
Things I learned Researching, Interviewing, and Writing When it
Was Just a Game
Remembering
the
First Super Bowl Excerpt
Remembering
Frank
Gifford
California,
Here
I Come, Maybe
When
It
Was Just a Game with a Different Name
When
It
Was Just a Game
Super
Bowl
Game time / Excerpt:
Super
Bowl Game time
Remembering
Super
Bowl 1 - Remembering
the
First Super Bowl - More
Remembering
the First Super Bowl
Super
Bowl 2012: What's in the Giants, Patriots, 49ers and Ravens'
Name?
Football
Names
and How They Got That Way / Who
Dat? / Football
Names
and How They Got That Way - Part 3 / Inside
Football
Names
NBA:
NBA
Draft
History
NBA
Team
Nicknames
NBA
- Score, Score, Score!
NBA
Names
and How They Got That Way
Tales
from
NBA Draft history 2015
Basketball
Flashback:
Celebrating the New York Renaissance Five
Tales
from
NBA Draft History 2014
Lowest
Scoring
& Longest Lasting NBA Games
Remembering:
the
New York Renaissance Five
Amusing,
Amazing,
Addictive, Audacious: The NBA Draft (2013)
NBA
Draft: All at once Amazingly Addictive
Hoop
Names
and How They Got That Way / Part
2
What's in an NBA Nick-Name? Part
IV,
A-D - Part
IV,
E-H - Part
V,
I-L
Faux
NBA:
Caveat Emptor, Got Game? Or Gotcha?
Amazing,
Historic,
Lowest Scoring NBA Game & the Birth of the 24-Second Clock
World Cup Soccer 2014: The
Language
of the Beautiful Game
Boxing: ALI
AND
THE FIFTH STREET GYM
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