Karl Lindholm
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Karl Lindholm: Two books — ‘Right on time!’
Editor’s note: Second in a series on the centennial of baseball’s Negro leagues. Over the years I have conjured a number of fantasy jobs for myself. None were…
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Karl Lindholm: Tipping our caps — saluting the Negro Leagues but scratching the surface
This is the first in a series. Perhaps you have seen this “tip your cap” campaign celebrating the centennial of baseball’s Negro Leagues. In December 1920, Andrew “Rube”…
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Karl Lindholm: Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic
A week or so ago, I met Mike, and he asked me (behind his mask) what I thought of the most recent plan to begin the Major League…
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Karl Lindholm: Anti-climax: Tall, fair and famous in his school days
One of my heroes growing up was Joey O’Brien, a star athlete at Lewiston High School in Maine, three or four years older than I. He was a…
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Karl Lindholm: Meet the fastest woman in Middlebury sports history
In the new (2015) field house at Middlebury College, against the north wall (nearest the main entrance), down on the actual playing surface, large boards behind glass list…
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Karl Lindholm: The Book of Baseball: Who wrote it? Where can I get it?
SABR, the Society of American Baseball Research, is in its 50th year. Begun in 1971 by 16 serious baseball fans, the organization today has over 6,000 members. To…
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Karl Lindholm: Death of the handshake
“Shake hands and come out fighting.” When I was a kid watching the Friday Night Fights with my dad (brought to you by Gillette — “to look sharp…
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Peter Lindholm: White men (from Vermont) also can’t jump
Editor’s note: Peter Lindholm takes over the space in the Independent this week usually occupied by his dad, Karl. He offers a reflection on playing basketball, pickup hoops, in Middlebury,…
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Karl Lindholm: 14,000 days in a row and counting!
I ran a few times with Ben, quite a while ago. He worked at Redlands University in California and I was from here at Middlebury College. Our jobs…
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Karl Lindholm: The time is out of joint
We “shelter in place,” practice “social distancing” hoping to “flatten the curve” of the “pandemic” afflicting the world. These are terms that were largely unfamiliar to us only…
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Karl Lindholm: Rube Foster and the Negro leagues centennial
I grew up a baseball-obsessed boy at a time when there were lots of boys who shared my obsession. I was born in Boston and raised in Maine,…
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Clippings: Automythology: A writer drives west
One of my favorite writers is Ernest Hebert, author of seven novels in his Darby Chronicles series, and a number of other works of fiction. Hebert grew up…
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Karl Lindholm: Say it isn’t so, Mookie!
One hundred years ago last month (Jan. 5, 1920), the Red Sox unloaded their best player for financial reasons. They sold the best left-handed pitcher in the American…
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Karl Lindholm: “So then I said to Larry…”
Stories! An hour and a half of great stories by four of America’s most highly respected sportswriters — verily, a Mount Rushmore: Alex Wolff, Bob Ryan, Jackie MacMullan,…
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Karl Lindholm: ‘Bring it back’: The compelling legacy of UVM baseball
Whenever I go to a Lake Monsters game in Burlington, I find an occasion to declare casually to my companions that I played at historic Centennial Field for…
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UVM club baseball coach backs organ donations
Jim Carter is a man of passions. He is passionate about baseball: He coached baseball at Winooski High for 21 years and at the University of Vermont for…