New SABR 19thC book is out

[bmarlowe1]

Well, it only took about 3 1/2 years, but SABR's "Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the Nineteenth Century" is out. A combined effort of 42 people. I was fortunate to serve as photo editor for this great team.

Kindle:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DZZGLI2


Paperback:
http://amzn.com/1933599421

[deebro041]

Thanks for the link Mark..I ordered one, sounds like really good read!

[RCMcKenzie]

Thanks for the heads up on the SABR book. I also ordered 19th Century Stars and Summer of Beer and Whiskey while I was on Amazon. Looking forward to some great reads.

[r2678]

Ordered the book for my iPad. Will make for good reading while I'm having lunch at Toojay's.

[Tom Hufford]

Just a note -

SABR members can download the ebook edition FREE, and get the printed paperback edition for $9.99 plus postage (about half-price). No need to pay the Amazon prices! And with more books to come from SABR in the coming months, that's even more reason to join.

If you're not a SABR member, check it out here - and join us!

www.sabr.org

[jerseygary]

What other books are coming from SABR? How about a teaser?

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by Tom Hufford

Just a note -

SABR members can download the ebook edition FREE, and get the printed paperback edition for $9.99 plus postage (about half-price). No need to pay the Amazon prices! And with more books to come from SABR in the coming months, that's even more reason to join.

If you're not a SABR member, check it out here - and join us!

www.sabr.org

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AND membership includes access to The Sporting News online archives via paperofrecord.com, which is worth the membership price all on its own if you're having to do any kind of research.

[Tom Hufford]

For those who remember 1964, here's a new book from SABR, released today (7/26). I'll just cut and paste from the release, hope it works -

SABR Digital Library: The Year of the Blue Snow: The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies
What's this, another new baseball book from the SABR Digital Library to add to your collection? YES!

The Year of the Blue Snow: The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies
Edited by Mel Marmer and Bill Nowlin
Associate Editors: Clem Comly, James Forr, Russ Lake and Len Levin
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-93359-951-9
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-933599-52-6
356 pages, 70+ photos

Catcher Gus Triandos dubbed the Philadelphia Phillies' 1964 season "the year of the blue snow"-a rare thing that happens once in a great while.

The Phillies were having a spectacular season in which everything was going right. They held a 6 1/2 game lead on September 20, with just 12 games to play. But the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals never gave up, and when the Phillies lost 10 consecutive games, it became a horrific collapse for Phillies fanatics.

But wait a minute. When it was seemingly too late, the Phillies finally won a game-and the first-place Cardinals lost two to the lowly Mets, so on the last day of the season there might be a three-way tie for first place. On the final day, the Phillies beat the Reds, 10-0. Could the Mets knock off the first-place Cardinals for a third straight game? The Mets carried a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the fifth, but succumbed, 11-5.

But what a season for Phillies fans. Jim Bunning threw the first NL perfect game in 84 years. The hero of the 1964 All-Star Game was Johnny Callison, who hit the third walk-off home run in the history of the All-Star Game. The team also boasted the electrifying NL Rookie of the Year, slugging third baseman Richie Allen (later called Dick Allen).

In Philadelphia, the '64 campaign left an ache that lasted for years. This book sheds light on the facts for the reader to determine answers to lingering questions they may still have about the Phillies team in the 1964 season-but any book about a team is really about the players. A collaborative effort by 37 members of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), this work offers life stories of all the players and others (managers, coaches, owners, and broadcasters) associated with this star-crossed team, as well as essays of analysis and historical recaps.

SABR members, get this e-book for FREE!

E-book: Click here to download the e-book version of The Year of the Blue Snow for FREE from the SABR Store. Available in PDF, Kindle/MOBI and EPUB formats.
Paperback: Get a 50% discount on the The Year of the Blue Snow paperback edition for $9.95 (plus shipping) from CreateSpace.
To view all books in the SABR Digital Library, visit SABR.org/ebooks.