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Jerome Holtzman, known as sportswriting 'Dean,' is dead

3575Jerome_Holtzman.jpgJerome Holtzman, the much-respected "Dean" of baseball writers, inventor of the save statistic and author of the classic book "No Cheering in the Press Box,'' has died at age 81.

Here is a thorough obit from our Tribune Co. teammates (for now) at the Chicago Tribune.

Posted by Neil Best on July 22, 2008 10:09 AM | | Comments (1)

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Posted by Kundalini | July 22, 2008 18:09

What?!?! No mention of the word "mensch" when describing Mr. Holtzman? For shame!

 

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