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The Joys of Chautauqua And In Memory of Bob Wolff and Lee May

August 2, 2017
Tags: Chautauqua Institution, Charles Young Hickory Crawdads, Julian Mock, P.J. Dragseth, Annette Gordon-Reed, Theodore Olson, Pablo Ziegler, Astor Piazzolla, Edvard Grieg, Jared Jacobsen, Emil Gilels, Bob Wolff, Babe Ruth, Lee May, Brooks Robinson, Eddie Murray, Al Bumbry, Pat Kelly, Earl Weaver, Andres Mora
I just got back from a blissful week at the Chautauqua Institution in southwestern New York State past Jamestown and not far from Erie, Penna. For the second straight summer, I was privileged to teach a class in Baseball and American Culture.

My students were a diverse and fascinating group that included former concession  Read More 
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December 30, 2009
Tags: "Eye for Talent" - Dragseth book on baseball scouts, Julian Mock, Dick Wilson, "Juan and John" play
I just finished an interesting if somewhat uneven book "Eye For Talent: Interviews with Veteran Baseball Scouts", edited by the Northern California writer and sociologist P. J. Dragseth (McFarland, 2009). Among the wonderful insights from oldtime scouts are Five Questions that veteran Cincinnati scout Julian Mock always asks young players thinking of a career in  Read More 
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