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Doug Glanville: Wise Men at Their End
Published 4/25/2008 by Eamonn Brennan at FanHouse
Filed under: MLB Media Watch, MLB BizThe name Doug Glanville probably inspires little in most baseball fans. At least to me, Glanville is one of those hazy fringe 90's ballplayers I'll always sort of remember, the way I remember Phil Collins' worst 90's efforts. (IIIII can't dance! IIIII can't talk!) They're there, in my brain, but rarely do they mean anything. But Glanville's post-playing career is quickly becoming worth watching, most notably for his New York Times baseball column, which today contains some genuine wisdom about age and development and the difficulties -- and necessities -- of stepping aside: These inspirational ...

Dodger Thoughts: A Baseball Life Cycle
Published 4/25/2008 at Baseball Toaster
In a guest column for the New York Times (found via Baseball Musings ), former major leaguer Doug Glanville writes about baseball's circle of life. In theory, I had come to the Yankees ready to play ball "from Day One." The idea that my history didn't give me the benefit of the doubt was disconcerting. Because there was this younger kid, who played a little better than I did that spring and who would certainly be less expensive. I'd had a bad week, and he'd had a good week, and that made all the difference. I understood that I was now entrenched on the ...

PM Roundup: Elijah Dukes, Now Cleaning Zoos
Published 4/25/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... has two kids. Celebrating (almost) the 25th anniversary of Lee Elia’s tirade! Patrick Imig’s up this weekend to take you through the draft madness. Elijah Dukes is cleaning zoo cages. Sensory. Joke. Overload. (St. Pete Times) Awesome: Mel Kiper’s Myspace page. (Joe Sports Fan) Driver with road rage accidentally shoots himself. (AZ Star) Former MLBer Doug Glanville with a good read on young vs. old in MLB. (NYT) Buried in here, a scout implies Vernon Gholston may have gone all Canseco. ( ...

N.Y. Times: Glanville: It Gets Late Early Out There (RR)
Published 4/25/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
N.Y. Times: Glanville: It Gets Late Early Out There (RR) Another terrific piece by Doug Glanville...(as Lupica squats out another teen novel). In theory, I had come to the Yankees ready to play ball “from Day One.” The idea that my history didn’t give me the benefit of the doubt was disconcerting. Because there was this younger kid, who played a little better than I did that spring and who would certainly be less expensive. I’d had a bad week, and he’d had a good week, and that made all the difference. I understood that I was now entrenched on the other side of the bell ...