by ROBERTLATORRE » Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:37 pm
While I'm not old enough to remember those players, I'm a huge fan of the era. When I was growing up and building an interest in baseball (70's), I got a daily history lesson from my uncles and mother, who were Yankee fans since the 40's. My Grandfather raised his family in the Bronx and used to take them to games all the time, my Mom could quote stats from the Yankee teams in the 40's, 50's, and 60's like nobody's business! LOL
Anyway, some of you know PWootten from leagues here, he sent a couple great books to me that you might enjoy, some I picked up on my own:
- The Era, 1947-1957: When the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers Ruled the World by Roger Kahn
- Black and Blue: Sandy Koufax, the Robinson Boys, and the World Series That Stunned America by Tom Adelman
- Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & a Hall of Fame Hitter Talk about How the Game is Played by Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson, and Lonnie Wheeler
- We Would Have Played for Nothing: Baseball Stars of the 1950s and 1960s Talk About the Game They Loved (The Baseball Oral History Project) by Faye Vincent
- A Tale of Three Cities: The 1962 Baseball Season in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco by Steven Travers
Not a single tale of Steroids, HGH, the clear and the cream, or blood spinning in any of them!!!
Summer's here, anyone from the old geezer crowd have any recommendations for a good read???