@DZminda

Don is the author of 2019 Casey Award nominee "The Legendary Harry Caray" and "Double Plays & Double Crosses: The Black Sox & Baseball in 1920" (March 2021).

 California, USA
Joined October 2011
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Holy Cow! Phil Rosenthal's Chicago Tribune column celebrating Harry's Chicago debut 50 years ago references my 2019 Caray bio, "The Legendary Harry Caray: Baseball's Greatest Salesman" (the whole column is stuff from the book). digitaledition.chicagotribun…
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Talking about my latest, "Justice Batted Last: Ernie Banks, Minnie Miñoso, and the Unheralded Players who Integrated Chicago’s Major League Teams;" it's coming next spring. EWPK Ep. 12: Kenny & Paul chat with baseball historian Don Zminda youtube.com/live/_2EGroEukt4… via @YouTube

EWPK Ep. 12: Kenny & Paul chat with baseball historian Don Zminda

Don Zminda is one of the foremost baseball historians in the world....

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Benetti is the best. ⁦@sabr⁩
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There is nothing like a great game with great company. A fun night with Mark Armour at the big A. Also, this Ohtani guy is pretty good!
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On the Fox broadcast yesterday, Adam Wainwright opined that the games were going too fast for the fans to enjoy their food, etc., and suggested adding 5 sec to the pitch count clock. Figuring 250 pitches for an avg gm, that adds 21 min. Welcome back 3 hr games!
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Congratulations Steve... you're having a much better year (so far) than the Cardinals!
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White Sox involved in a crucial series with the Kansas City Royals, each team hoping to avoid relegation. Sorry, wrong sport, but it would definitely liven things up.
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Well this is an interesting read. I have a lot of thoughts, but there's one thing I want to push back especially on... (Also thank you to @stephenjnesbitt for such a deeply reported piece.) theathletic.com/4503613/2023…

The Negro Leagues are major leagues — but merging their stats has been anything but seamless

MLB and Seamheads are not partnering, prolonging the process — an unwelcome surprise for those hoping the finish line was in sight.

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The White Sox broadcasters have been playing highlights from Sunday's 9th inning comeback vs. TB like the Sox were the 1951 Giants, and Andrew Vaughn was Bobby Thomson. Now that they finally lost another game (they're 10-22), can we stop this, please?
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Things are starting to turn around for the White Sox: Southpaw just won the latest Great Mascot Race on video during the 7th inning stretch of the StL-SF broadcast. I could feel the excitement in Bob Costas' voice.
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Hoping that maybe the Bears could draft the "best available baseball player" and lend him to the White Sox....
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Great news! My abstract "8 Strong Men: The Chicago Cubs' First Move Toward Integration (1949)" has been accepted as an ORAL presentation at SABR 51 in Chicago. This story will be a chapter in my forthcoming book about the Black players who integrated the Cubs and White Sox.
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It's not fair to expect the White Sox to compete with big-market, high-spending teams like the Tampa Bay Rays. When do we play Oakland?
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The A's-Giants Bay Area dynamic always struck me as being like WSox-Cubs in Chi... an obviously smaller fan base, but a very passionate one, and a franchise that can succeed w/ proper management. As for bending over to a billionaire to keep them, I would say, "Take a hike, son."
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