Middlebury’s Tom Hart ’56, the leading rebounder in the history of college basketball, pulls one down against Brown. Number 35 for Brown is Gerry Alaimo, Middlebury coach from 1965-70
Miscellaneous Writing
Selected Baseball Writing: (and some basketball and football too)
“Clyde Sukeforth: The Dodgers Yankee and Branch Rickey’s Maine Man,” The Baseball Research Journal (a publication of the Society of American Baseball Research SABR), Volume 43, Spring 2014, Sukeforth was an important figure in baseball’s integration, Jackie Robinson’s advocate and mentor, living his entire life in Maine and representing that state’s Yankee values
“The Fabulous Fifties: The Tony Lupien Era, 1951-56,” The great Middlebury basketball teams of the 1950s with Tom Hart, Sonny Dennis, Charlie Sykes and others, A Middlebury publication on the occasion of basketball alumni weekend, 2010
“A Celebration of a Century and a Half of Middlebury Baseball: Socko, Ike, Pickeral, . . . Hammer, Diz, Smitty, and Friends,” an anecdotal, pictorial history of Middlebury baseball, prepared for a 2006 celebration.
“Sliding Head First,” (an estimate of Pete Rose upon the publication of his book, acknowledging his lies, using terms provided by Robert Coover in his novel, “The Universal Baseball Association,) Long Island Newsday, January 10, 2004
“‘A Ball Near his Heart’: The Life of Thomas James Lynch, 19th Century ‘Base Ballist,'” chapter in The Green Mountain Boys of Summer (Anthology, March, 2000)
“‘My Best Efforts’: The Baseball Life of René Gonzales,” (He wrote, “To Karl, My best efforts.” Who was Rene Gonzales? Bob Costas called him “the most utility infielder in history as Cal Ripken’s backup) The National Pastime, Spring, 1998,
“If I Were Baseball Commissioner,” (I could do it. I would be diplomat, scholar, negotiator, authority, fan), Nine, A Journal of Baseball History, April, 1998
“Wild Play: Black and White in Jerome Charyn’s Baseball Novel, The Seventh Babe,” Nine: A Journal of Baseball History, Fall, 1997
“The Book,” (Where is it? Who Wrote it? Manager Dick Williams said, “I never play by the book because I never met the guy that wrote it. The Book of baseball)The National Pastime, spring 1996
“Lefty and the Vet: Jeff McKay ’65 and Bill Lee of Red Sox fame seek – and share – the ‘way of baseball” Middlebury Magazine, Spring, 1993
“A Father, A Son, and the Red Sox: He’s Only Six, but he’s got it bad for the Red Sox” (Cover Story) Middlebury Magazine, Spring 1989.
“Safe at Home” (fiction):(“He’s a tough kid, David. The kind you want nine of.” A father in need of a son. A son in need of a dad. They find each other in baseball) The National Pastime, Winter 1987
“Also Plays: To Go 1-24, you have to be bad – and unlucky”: About our miserable 1967 season, and its benefits! Middlebury Magazine, spring 1986
“First Words: My Father’s Watch”: My father was a fine football player at Bates College, team captain. His coach, Dave Morey, who also coached at Middlebury, gave him a watch which my day gave to me, a keepsake of his unspoken love, Middlebury Magazine, Winter 1984 (I love this piece – kl).
“Clippings” (Addison Independent – not sports)
“Elvis Has Left the Building!” (on leaving Vermont for a year in West Africa), 29 August 2013
“Time’s Winged Chariot” (reflections on my terminal condition – mortality!) 22 January 2015
“They Peek When Francois Sings” (nobody sings the National Anthem better than Francois Clemens at Middlebury basketball games), April 4, 2013
“Men Find refuge, Solace in their Cars” (I’m like my dad: my car is my refuge), October 25, 2012
“Reading Obituaries: A Stage of Life” (for a long time I read obituaries selectively – no longer) April 2, 2009
“Hope Returns After Historic Election” (my take on the election of Barack Hussein Obama), November 13, 2008