Three good ones
The Brothers K - David James Duncan
Sort of a Brothers Karamosov with baseball as the through theme.
Cardboard Gods
From the blog of the same name. The writer uses his collection of baseball cards as a starting point to pontificate about life.
7 The Mickey Mantle Novel - Peter Golenbock
Raunchy. Written as a novel but containing a lot of "true" stories about the Mick. Includes his favorite jokes, and various exploits.
From amazon:
Mickey Mantle loved sex. And getting drunk. Those are the topics of discussion as the baseball hero, now in heaven, pulls up a chair with writer Leonard Shecter. Together they rehash Mantle's life, from his X-rated bedroom exploits and his treatment of fans to his relationship with the media and his phenomenal career. Nothing is left uncovered in a story that reveals Mantle's dark side.
Funny.
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