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The Bookshelf Conversation #158: Jon Leonoudakis

If it seems there have been a lot of Conversations with Jon Leonoudakis, it’s because he’s constantly putting out new product. In this case, it’s Ball Four Turns 40, a documentary about that watershed memoir by the irrepressible Jim Bouton. In our latest chat, we talk about the gathering of the Baseball Reliquary in 2011 —  the actual anniversary of the seminal publication —  where Bouton and…

The Bookshelf Conversation #158: Jon Leonoudakis

If it seems there have been a lot of Conversations with Jon Leonoudakis, it’s because he’s constantly putting out new product. In this case, it’s Ball Four Turns 40, a documentary about that watershed memoir by the irrepressible Jim Bouton. In our latest chat, we talk about the gathering of the Baseball Reliquary in 2011 —  the actual anniversary of the seminal publication —  where Bouton and…

Lest We Forget: Arnold Hano

The long-time sportswriter and the first author to focus on a single-game analysis passed away Sunday at the ripe old age of 99. I had interviewed Arnold Hano back in 2012 to discuss A Day in the Bleachers, a classic about the 1954 World Series between the New York Giants and Cleveland Indians. It would have been a sensation regardless, but Hano had the good fortune to decide to go — on the spur…

Lest We Forget: Arnold Hano

The long-time sportswriter and the first author to focus on a single-game analysis passed away Sunday at the ripe old age of 99. I had interviewed Arnold Hano back in 2012 to discuss A Day in the Bleachers, a classic about the 1954 World Series between the New York Giants and Cleveland Indians. It would have been a sensation regardless, but Hano had the good fortune to decide to go — on the spur…

The Bookshelf Conversation: Jon Leonoudakis

If I had the wherewithal, I think I’d be doing something like Jon Leonouakis‘ streaming TV show, The Sweet Spot: A Treasury of Baseball Stories. I mean, he interviews, people, I interview people. But as the saying goes, “Show me, don’t tell me,” and as a veteran filmmaker, he’s the man behind several well-crafted baseball documentarian. Not Exactly Cooperstown, about the quirky Baseball Reliquary;

The Bookshelf Conversation: Jon Leonoudakis

If I had the wherewithal, I think I’d be doing something like Jon Leonouakis‘ streaming TV show, The Sweet Spot: A Treasury of Baseball Stories. I mean, he interviews, people, I interview people. But as the saying goes, “Show me, don’t tell me,” and as a veteran filmmaker, he’s the man behind several well-crafted baseball documentarian. Not Exactly Cooperstown, about the quirky Baseball…

Music Video of the Day: Somebody’s Watching Me by Rockwell (1984, dir. Francis Delia)

A few years ago when the Snowden stuff happened, it was priceless to come and look at this music video. You’d see comments along the lines that if Rockwell had only knew it was really the NSA that was watching him, or simply that Rockwell was right that somebody was watching him. Of course you also got the usual comments of people…