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Baseball Crazy
Friday, August 31, 2007
Modern baseball began in 1908. Fortune editor - and former Little League infielder - Cait Murphy has written a lively history of that landmark season, when riots, rivalries, corruption, greed, and a cast of characters that included Christy Mathewson, Hal Chase, John McGraw, Cy Young, and Ty Cobb made for a truly unforgettable year.
Purchase Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History at amazon.com.
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Watching baseball over the past few days, I was struck by how intrusive the umpires have become. Jeez, they're *supposed* to pitch inside. They're *supposed* to try to break up the double play. After watching a bunch of micromanaged over-sized Little League, I felt kind of wistful hearing about Merkel's boner and such.
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