Good Baseball Books

[Snapolit1]

Over the holiday break I finally read The Luckiest Man bio on Gehrig. Just loved it. Realize it came out a while ago. What an icon. And a very complex guy. Is there an equally good Ruth bio that is not a sugar coated idol worship or just gossip rag? The Gehrig book was so good has me looking for another similar read.

[Wildfireschulte]

It's been about 20 years, but I really enjoyed Smeltzer's Life That Ruth Built. I was told that it is more realistic than Cramer's Babe, but I haven't read Babe. If you haven't read Celebrant (Greenberg), it's a must read even though it's fiction.

[Fred]

Ball 4

[Jobu]

I haven't read many, but I liked:

Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train by Hank Thomas (hi Hank)

The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood by Jane Leavy

[vthobby]

and:

Miracle Ball: My Hunt for the Shot Heard 'Round the World

and:

Praying for Gil Hodges

Awesome books!

Peace, Mike

[jerseygary]

I'll toot my own horn and recommend my book "The League of Outsider Baseball". I illustrated, wrote it and am proud as heck of it. Came out in May and received better reviews than I could have ever asked for, which you can read HERE. ESPN called it "The most beautiful baseball book of the summer" and I've gotten really great responses at all the book signings I've done this year. And I just found out it was selected as one of the nine best baseball books of the year nominated for the Casey Award...

[Tedski_TX]

As a Tigers fan, I'm currently enjoying SABR's "Detroit the Unconquerable: The 1935 World Champion Tigers."

[cardsfan73]

Here are some of my favorites (a few already being named)

Ball Four
Glory Of Their Times
Crazy 08
59 in '84
The Spirit Of St. Louis: A History Of The St. Louis Cardinals & Browns
That's A Winner! (Jack Buck)
Opening Day (Jackie Robinson)
What Ever Happened To The Hall OF Fame?

There are several more but I'll stop there!

Scott

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Over the holiday break I finally read The Luckiest Man bio on Gehrig. Just loved it. Realize it came out a while ago. What an icon. And a very complex guy. Is there an equally good Ruth bio that is not a sugar coated idol worship or just gossip rag? The Gehrig book was so good has me looking for another similar read.

"The Big Bam" is an outstanding book on Ruth.

I would highly recommend "War on the Basepaths" by Tim Hornbaker. IMHO, it's the better of the two Ty Cobb books that came out this year.

[the 'stache]

John Thorn, the official historian of Major League Baseball, gives a review of a book I quite enjoyed, Christy Mathewson's Pitching in a Pinch. Matty didn't actually write it (it was ghostwritten by John Wheeler), but the historical accounts, and the very language used in the first decade of the Twentieth Century makes for a fascinating read.

[Bretsky]

I finally just finished Glory of Their Times. What a fantastic read!

[deltaarnet]

I just finished Three Finger by Cindy Thompson and Scott brown. Very, very good read.

[dscards]

Shameless plug. Feel free to check out my book, Beyond Baseball


I have enjoyed reading all of Dirk Hayhurst's books, Jim Bouton, Odd Man Out by Matt McCarthy and just finished Steve Fireovid's the 26th Man.

[Prince Hal]

This is my favorite baseball book closely followed by Bill James "Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame?"

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

I am actually looking for a specific baseball book. Does anyone have a copy of Erik Varon's book on Philadelphia Caramels they would sell me? He wrote it in 2009 and only 100 copies were issued and he has no more.

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[Jason]

Its a regional book but anyone from RVA or the vicinity would enjoy this one I think. It tells some great stories of MLB'ers starting and ending there careers in Richmond including the pictured Jack Chesbro, Chief Bender, Kid Elberfield, and a few others. I mean check out that uniform on Chesbro how cool is that?

Side note I met the author at the Richmond Card Convention a few years back. Great guy and very knowledgable about Baseball and Football as well. I really wish the powers that be gave that show a chance. I dont think it should have been scrapped after one "bad" year. The weather was horrendous that weekend. Brinfg the show back to RVA guys.