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* Author appearance: Ray Negron
It might be a bit later, but Negron, a special advisor to the Yankees, will read from and sign his new book, The Greatest Story Never Told: The Babe and Jackie, tonight (July 25) at Mickey Mantle’s Restaurant at 42 Central Park South in Manhat...
* SI online needs more quality control
Before the advent of the wonderful Sports Illustrated “Vault” archives, the magazine’s only presence had a little more pizzazz than it seems to these days. Maybe the company doesn’t want to devote time or resources to making t...
* Happy birthday, Barry Bonds
The nominative all-time home run king turns 44 today. Despite the accusations, it’s still hard to believe that nobody wanted to sign him for the season. Coincidentally, this week’s Sports Illustrated features a piece on why he can’t...
* “It was twenty (-five) years ago today…”
That George Brett went ballistic when his “pine tar” home run was disallowed. The New York Times‘ Tyler Kepner returns to the scene of the “crime” in this piece. Jim Kaplan (no relation) wrote about the 1984 season in Pi...
* More on Holtzman
From The Canadian Press USA Today MLB.com Chicago Tribune...
