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Letter To A Rookie

Will Venable PETCO Park 100 Park Blvd San Diego, CA. 92101 Dear Will The other day I received an e-mail from a writer who had interviewed me a couple of years ago for Black History Month. We’d kept in touch, and he was writing to inform...

A Model Home Plate

The New York TimesDecember 10, 2008by Doug Glanville I’m Doug Glanville and my wife approved this message.Being a major league baseball player has its perks, one of which is the wide-open access you can have to celebrities in all industries. I’...

The Endless (Off-) Season

The New York TimesNovember 10, 2008by Doug Glanville The season is over; my old squad, the Philadelphia Phillies, have been crowned kings of baseball; and all is well throughout the land. But the champagne will eventually go flat, or maybe you...

Series of Dreams

The New York TimesNovember 1, 2008by Doug Glanville For Game 5 (Part 1) of the Philadelphia-Tampa Bay World Series, I had the pleasure of bringing out the ball for the first pitch, to be thrown by former Phillies great and current United...

Nice Guys Finish Last

The New York TimesOctober 16, 2008by Doug Glanville My recent prediction on a radio show that the Los Angeles Angels were the team to beat in the American League turned out to be wrong, but even when I made that statement I qualified it — it...

Ask Doug: Is Travel Ball the Only Way?

Baseball FactorySeptember 26, 2008By Doug GlanvilleDoug Glanville is working with the Baseball Factory and Team One Baseball as a Special Consultant. He will be writing articles and looking for your questions and feedback. If you have a question for...

One September

The New York TimesSeptember 18, 2008by Doug Glanville Seven years ago this week — Sept. 17, 2001, actually — my team, the Phillies, played a key game against the Atlanta Braves inside a packed Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. The electricity...

The Call Up

The New York TimesSeptember 8, 2008by Doug Glanville This is an exciting time of year for a special group of minor league baseball players. Every Sept. 1, major league teams can expand their rosters from 25 to 40 players, and because of that...

Ask Doug: Cold Climate Visibility

Baseball FactorySeptember 2, 2008Doug GlanvilleDoug Glanville is working with the Baseball Factory and Team One Baseball as a Special Consultant. He will be writing articles and looking for your questions and feedback. If you have a question for...

Birthday on the Bases

The New York TimesAugust 31, 2008by Doug Glanville I used to complain to my parents about my late-August birthday. Since my mom was a teacher, the family vacation took place the week before school started. So most of my early birthdays were...

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