Dugout Dirt is a column with regular musings about baseball, baseball books, and baseball movies.
Dugout Dirt is a column with regular musings about baseball, baseball books, and baseball movies.
Danielle SolzmanExtra Innings from 9/11: 20 Years Later takes a look at baseball’s role in the power of healing in the aftermath of the terrorist attack. It’s fitting that the documentary…
Danielle SolzmanThe Phillies’ Legendary Slugger
Danielle SolzmanHow Steve Carlton and Tim McCarver Became Baseball’s Best Battery
Danielle SolzmanBranca’s Pitch goes beyond The Shot Heard Round the World as retired Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca works on writing his memoir. While perusing through the baseball documentaries available through the…
Danielle SolzmanThe Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
Danielle SolzmanThe Phenomenon of Scapegoating
Danielle SolzmanPull Up a Chair: The Vin Scully Story by Curt Smith is the long overdue biography of the longtime Dodgers announcer. I’ve had the paperback since 2014 but it took…
Danielle SolzmanPlaying and Broadcasting the Game that I Love
Danielle Solzman“He is living a perfect game.” – Vin Scully
