Kindle Edition – The Last Boy by Jane Leavy

On October 20, 2010, in Amazon Kindle, by Wilfried F. Voss

Jane Leavy, the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller Sandy Koufax: A Lefty’s Legacy, returns with a biography of an American original—number 7, Mickey Mantle. Drawing on more than 500 interviews with friends and family, teammates, and opponents, she delivers the definitive account of Mantle’s life, mining the mythology of The Mick for the true story of a luminous and illustrious talent with an achingly damaged soul.

The Murderous Red Sox – Yankees Rivalry

On April 19, 2010, in Baseball is NOT a Sport!, Life in New England, by Wilfried F. Voss

The rivalry between the Red Sox and the Yankees is a much needed spice for an otherwise sober game that, more than once, challenged my ability to stay awake during late night hours.

Really! Baseball is NOT a Sport!

On April 16, 2010, in Baseball is NOT a Sport!, by Wilfried F. Voss

Yes, I do stand to my statement that Baseball is not a sport. To put it in a nut-shell, Baseball is a game interrupted by momentary eruptions of athletic interferences, or, as Yogi Berra put it so much more exquisitely, “Baseball is 90% mental; the other half is physical.”