Gotham Baseball Minor League Report: SI Yankees’ Saxon Butler
by Yankees prospect Saxon Butler has just begun his professional baseball career, but his maturity and intensity level has already been noted, according to Gotham Baseball’s Jessica Quiroli.
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Cooperstown Archive: The More Things Change: A History Lesson
by One day, a legendary writer and literary fixture in the early days of Gotham decided he wanted to see what this baseball business was all about. The great Cecilia M. Tan, one of Gotham Baseball’s original contributors, shares the tale of Christopher Morley’s trek to the Fall Classic of 1921.
Going Nine: Nash Way Off Base With Halper Smear
The newspaper industry is in enough trouble these days without printing smear jobs written by “journalists” who have a conflict of interest about the very subject they are writing about. But this past week, the New York Post did just that by publishing Peter J. Nash’s despicable and transparent smear job on deceased baseball memorabilia collector Barry Halper.
Gotham Greats: Sal Maglie: The Barber Of Gotham
For the first four years of his professional career, Sal Maglie wasn’t much of a presence, a prospect or a pitcher. Before he would hang up his spikes, he would be part of New York baseball folklore forever.
1969 New York Mets – Art Shamsky Remembers
(Editor’s Note- This story was originally published in the Summer 2008 issue of Gotham Baseball Magazine – MH) Living in New York City offers me …