The five best books?

<p>Former MLB commissioner Fay Vincent contributed <a href=”http://www.opinionjournal.com/weekend/fivebest/?id=110009881″>this editorial</a> to the <em>Wall Street Journal</em>, in which he gives his considered opinion on the five best books on the national pastime. They include:</p>

<ul><li><em>Men at Work</em>, by George F. Will (1990)</li>

<li><em>Eight Men Out</em>, by Eliot Asinof (1963)</li>

<li><em>High Pockets</em>, by John R. Tunis (1948)</li>

<li><em>The Glory of Their Times</em>, by Lawrence Ritter (1966)</li>

<li><em>Veeck as in Wreck</em>, by Bill Veeck (1962)</li></ul>

<p>What’s most interesting about his selections are that they were all published more than 15 years ago. And if you remove WIll’s title, you’re saying that there hasn’t been a "top-five worthy" contribution to baseball literature in almost 50 years. These are all excellent choices, but does Vincent really believe that no books since then are worthy of consideration? Is he like some of his contemporaries, who believe that everything was better "in the day," including the books on the game?</p>

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