Which DiMaggio and Ted Williams Bio Books do you recommend?
 

Thanks in advance Guys.

Best, Jimmy

Ted Williams book recommendation
 

Hey Jimmy,

I read a FANTASTIC book on Teddy Ballgame called "Ted Williams-the Ted we Hardly Knew" by John Underwood 2005.

If you're not familiar with John Underwood, he was a writer for Sports Illustrated for many years and he also co-wrote "The Art of Hitting" with Ted Williams. They became close friends through the association at SI and Underwood became a fishing and hunting buddy of Williams. The book gives you a tremendous look at who Williams really was. The best part of the book is that it comes with a CD with audio interviews with Ted in the duck blind. To say that Williams took swearing to new frontiers as an artform is an understatement. Really a good read, and definately a must in order to get a feel for who Williams actually was IMHO. This was my favorite Christmas gift a few years back. It definately was better than some ungodly plaid shirt that I will never wear...

Nab it! ;)

Just bought it Scott. Thanks Brutha.

Jimmy,

Summer of '49 is very good.

Cy

Bought it. Thanks for the heads up Cy!

Still looking for a good bio on Joltin Joe...

The Teammates, but David Halberstamm is pretty good- it's about Dom, Ted, Pesky and Doerr. It's not as good as his Summer of '49 (or his non baseball book The Fifties, which was incredible) but gives a lot of insight in the four old friends in their twilight years.

Summer of '49 is a really great book.

Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life - by Ben Cramer is a great read, and it shows Joe's selfish side without trying to shine it up.

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Thanks Griff. I bought "The Fifties"

Thanks Chris. Just nabbed one on ebay.

Thanks to all yous guys! I bought FIVE books today for like $20-25 bucks and never left the house. And best of all, I got great selections from guys who are just as passionate about the game as me. Darn, I could have gone to B&N and asked the girl at the info desk what she would recommend I buy. :rolleyes:

I highly recommend Ted Williams : the biography of an American hero. I downloaded the book on my Ipod and listened to the biography during my commute each day. The gentlemen who narrates the book, Scott Brick, did and excellent job.

my dad gave me "Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life - by Ben Cramer", he said it was great, i plan to read it soon.

+1 Excellent read!