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Jerome Holtzman, Famed Baseball Writer, Dies at 82

By Eamonn BrennanJul 21st 2008 – 6:56PM

Plenty of people reading FanHouse today will likely have no idea who Jerome Holtzman is. I didn't. But for baseball fans, his is a death worth reflecting on, if only for a couple hundred words. A legendary baseball writer, he passed away today at the age of 82: Known as "the Dean" in baseball press boxes, Holtzman...

Background on Jerome Holtzman

Jerome Holtzman (July 12, 1926 – July 19, 2008) was an American sportswriter known for his writings on baseball who served as the official historian for Major League Baseball from 1999 until his death.

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