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Old 01-25-2023, 11:43 AM   #128
Syd Thrift
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FWIW, this book was recommended by a delayed spammer whom I've since banned (they edited spam into a post of theirs in another thread). A delayed spammer is an account that posts seemingly legitimately and then only some time later edits their post with some ad link, often about essay writing or drugs. Some threads are magnets for these spammers. And unfortunately this thread is one of them as several have been banned from it already as I'm sure more will be in the future.

Anyway, it may still be a worthwhile book, it's certainly by a well known author, but I'm just posting to let everyone know to maybe be a bit skeptical of any advice from an account with only a few posts or less.
TBH I still have a bad taste in my mouth regarding Posnanski for all of his work covering for Joe Paterno and the Notre Dame coaching squad during that horrible pedophilia scandal they had a few years ago. I get that JoePa was a lifelong hero to him but man, you're a reporter and when you hear about stuff like this, it's your duty to report it, not contribute to the coverup and then write apologia about the head of the program because, like, in spite of looking the other way when his DC was diddling kids in the shower you thought he gave good speeches and stuff.
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The Great American Baseball Thrift Book - Like reading the Sporting News from back in the day, only with fake players. REAL LIFE DRAMA THOUGH maybe not
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