Bill James is mostly known as a numbers man, but I really admire his historical writing more. He wrote a very long and fascinating piece on Ernie Lombardi and other profiles that I loved, I think it was a Quixotic effort to say something about nearly every player that every played in the major leagues, …
Daily Archives: October 17, 2007
Cobb by Lee Blessing
If you ever want to see what a huge missed opportunity Ron Shelton’s movie Cobb was, you should read (or see a production of if you are lucky enough to find one) Lee Blessing’s similarly named play on the baseball legend.