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Old 11-30-2013, 03:26 PM
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"The Fireside Book of Baseball" has always been my favorite, any volume. If you read, for example, Volume 4 you will immediately want to read the rest of the volumes. I believe there are 5 volumes total.

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Originally Posted by johnmh71 View Post
I am reading "Baseball When the Grass was Real" by Donald Honig. It has been around awhile and I am finding it to be an excellent read. Some great profiles and stories from players that played between the twenties and forties.
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Does the new Veeck book add anything not covered in "Veeck as in Wreck" (which I read at least once a year)?
"Veeck as in Wreck" and "The Hustlers Handbook" were both a LOT of fun
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