Praise in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Posted: May 27th, 2009 | Author: mshapiro | Filed under: Reviews, Updates | No Comments »“a fascinating piece on a long neglected aspect of baseball’s past.”
Praise From Sports Illustrated
Posted: May 21st, 2009 | Author: mshapiro | Filed under: Reviews | No Comments »Exactly how the Continental League gathered strength and then faltered, and exactly how its impact is felt today, are treasures to be unearthed in Ninth. There are others, many in Stengelese.
From the Ed Kranepool Society
Posted: May 21st, 2009 | Author: mshapiro | Filed under: Updates | No Comments »Michael Shapiro lays out in detail the behind the scenes negotiations that led to the threat of a new league helping bring back National League baseball to NYC plus the drama between Bill Shea, Casey Stengel and the Mahatma himself.
Review on Bluebird Banter Blog
Posted: May 19th, 2009 | Author: mshapiro | Filed under: Reviews, bloggers | No Comments »Michael Shapiro’s Bottom of the Ninth was released last week by Times Books/Henry Holt, and I barely put it down between the time I got my copy in the mail and the time I finished it.
Praise from NY Post’s Mike Vaccaro
Posted: May 19th, 2009 | Author: mshapiro | Filed under: Reviews, bloggers | No Comments »Some books you know are going to be terrific before you even crack open the spine, given the subject and the author.
Listen to LATB Blog Talk Radio
Posted: May 18th, 2009 | Author: mshapiro | Filed under: bloggers | No Comments »Interview with Bernadette Pasley
Required Reading says the NY Post
Posted: May 18th, 2009 | Author: mshapiro | Filed under: Reviews, bloggers | No Comments »A little-remembered chapter of our national pastime, chronicling the fallout from the departure of the Dodgers and Giants for California after the 1957 season.
Featured Q & A on Gothamist
Posted: May 15th, 2009 | Author: mshapiro | Filed under: Updates, bloggers | No Comments »If you were the commissioner of Major League Baseball, what would you change (assuming no union issues)? I’d want to actually be in charge. Like the commissioners of other sports. The owners run baseball. Always have. Somehow the game survives them.
Praise From the Sports Books Review Center
Posted: May 13th, 2009 | Author: mshapiro | Filed under: Updates | No Comments »Shapiro is best known to baseball readers for his book on the departure of the Dodgers from Brooklyn, “The Last Good Season.” It was one of the best sports books of the past few years, using great research mixed with excellent insight. If you’d like to call “Bottom of the Ninth” a sequel to that, be my guest.
From the Buffalo News
Posted: May 13th, 2009 | Author: mshapiro | Filed under: Reviews, bloggers | No Comments »I was always curious about the story of the Continental League, which Buffalo tried to use to gain admission to major league baseball about 50 years ago. This answered my questions nicely. Fine job
