I'm looking for some good books for summertime reading.
There was a thread a while back, but can't find it.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Good Sport's Book
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Good Sport's Book
by rjohaire » Sun Jul 03, 2011 3:50 pm
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by george barnard » Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:03 pm
Haven't read them, but they got some good reviews:
The Greatest Game Ever Pitched: Juan Marichal, Warren Spahn, and the Pitching Duel of the Century by Jim Kaplan
Playing for Keeps: A History of Early Baseball by Warren Goldstein
Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History by Cait Murphy
Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball by Rebecca Alpert
Turbulent Seasons: Baseball in 1890-1891 by Charles Alexander
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The Greatest Game Ever Pitched: Juan Marichal, Warren Spahn, and the Pitching Duel of the Century by Jim Kaplan
Playing for Keeps: A History of Early Baseball by Warren Goldstein
Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History by Cait Murphy
Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball by Rebecca Alpert
Turbulent Seasons: Baseball in 1890-1891 by Charles Alexander
Bill
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by george barnard » Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:11 pm
Some more:
Before They Were Cardinals: Major League Baseball in Nineteenth-century St. Louis by Jon David Cash
Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession by David Jamieson
Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game by Dan Barry
Hank Greenberg: The Hero Who Didn't Want to Be One by Mark Kurlansky
Joe DiMaggio: The Long Vigil by Jerome Charyn
Before They Were Cardinals: Major League Baseball in Nineteenth-century St. Louis by Jon David Cash
Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession by David Jamieson
Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game by Dan Barry
Hank Greenberg: The Hero Who Didn't Want to Be One by Mark Kurlansky
Joe DiMaggio: The Long Vigil by Jerome Charyn
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by george barnard » Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:19 pm
...and one more
Fifty-nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had by Edward Achorn
Fifty-nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had by Edward Achorn
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by wesleyeugeneclark » Sun Jul 03, 2011 6:17 pm
[url]http://www.amazon.com/Baseball-Codes-Beanballs-Bench-Clearing-Unwritten/dp/0375424695[/url] This is a great book!
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by bontomn » Sun Jul 03, 2011 6:24 pm
Four truly great books:
Summer of '49 by David Halberstam (baseball, focusing on the pennant race between the Yankees and th Red Sox)
The Teammates by David Halberstam (baseball, focusing on the friendship of Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, Dom DiMaggion and Johnny Pesky)
The Majors by John Feinstein (golf, a behind-the scenes look at a year's worth of the four big tournaments)
My Losing Season by Pat Conroy (basketball, describing his senior season as point guard for The Citadel)
Summer of '49 by David Halberstam (baseball, focusing on the pennant race between the Yankees and th Red Sox)
The Teammates by David Halberstam (baseball, focusing on the friendship of Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, Dom DiMaggion and Johnny Pesky)
The Majors by John Feinstein (golf, a behind-the scenes look at a year's worth of the four big tournaments)
My Losing Season by Pat Conroy (basketball, describing his senior season as point guard for The Citadel)
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by The Last Druid » Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:37 pm
Good baseball books:
The Glory of their Times
Walter Johnson - Baseball's Big Train
Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend
Wrigleyville
Cobb: A Biography
The Bad Guys Won
The Glory of their Times
Walter Johnson - Baseball's Big Train
Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend
Wrigleyville
Cobb: A Biography
The Bad Guys Won
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