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01-01-2011, 10:28 PM
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more suggestions
forgot to add some others;
The First Fall Classic-story of the 1912 series between Red Sox and Giants Connie Mack and the early years of baseball- excellent biography 
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01-01-2011, 10:36 PM
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A fiction book, that is about the best baseball fiction ever written, is The Celebrant. I've read You Know Me All, If I Never Get Back, Bang The Drum Slowly, Shoeless Joe... all good books. I think The Celebrant exceeds them, it covers Mathewson's time, I really enjoyed it.
To really understand why there are 2 leagues in the majors, and lots of good background stuff on why the game is as it is, read July 2, 1903: The Mysterious Death of Hall-Of-Famer Big Ed Delahanty, by Mike Sowell. He also wrote The Pitch That Killed, another good read. A fine author. Mr. Ritter's book is tops. Fleming wrote a book (The Unforgettable Season) about the 1908 season that I thought better than Crazy '08's. Last edited by FrankWakefield; 01-02-2011 at 01:21 PM.
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01-01-2011, 11:06 PM
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I really enjoyed "The Old Ball Game" by Deford.
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01-02-2011, 02:19 AM
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book
i love a number of the books mentioned but i have to say that the one book that i never grow tired of and still read almost daily is Lew Lipset's 3 in 1
volume. best, barry
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01-02-2011, 08:30 AM
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Fred Lieb's book "Baseball as I've Known It" is another great read. Fred is a member of the Hall of Fame's writer's wing. The book was published in 1977 and it was his memoir of his 70 years as a sportswriter (mostly for the Sporting News).
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01-02-2011, 09:43 AM
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This question comes up every few months but here is an underated book I never hear mentioned:
"Misfits! The Cleveland Spiders in 1899" by Hetrick It is about what was probably the worst team ever. It is surprisingly very amusing, interesting and historical regarding turn of the century baseball. I just noticed a new printing of this book has a slightly different name: "Misfits: Baseball's Worst Ever Team". Last edited by celoknob; 01-02-2011 at 10:40 AM. Reason: new info
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01-02-2011, 10:51 AM
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Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella.
Silent Season of a Hero (essay not book) by Gay Talese. The opening chapter of Underworld by Don DeLillo, which may be separately available as Pafko at the Wall.
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