* Baseball book roundup: The Palm Springs (CA) Desert Sun

May 26, 2008

A set of mini-reviews, mostly of older titles, from the Desert Sun, including:

  • Playing With The Enemy, A Baseball Prodigy, A World at War and a Field of Broken Dreams, by Gary Moore.
  • Teammates, A Portrait of a Friendship, by David Halberstram.
  • Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball’s Last Hero, by David Maraniss.
  • The ERA, 1947-1957 When The Yankees, The Giants and The Dodgers Ruled The World, By Roger Kahn.
  • Hank Greenberg, The Story of My Life, by Hank Greenberg.
  • The Big Bam, The Life And Times of Babe Ruth, by Leigh Montville.
  • Baseball Dynasties, The Greatest Teams of All-Time, by Rob Neyer and Eddie Epstein.

Is there any rhyme or reason to these selections? Hard to tell, the writer — Peter Donovan — offers no introductory note other than “some summer baseball reading.” Except for the Clemente and Ruth biographies, they seem to all consider baseball during and immediately after WW II. And sicne the folumn is dated May 22, it doesn’t seem to be in connection with Memorial Day.

Maybe I’m thinking too hard on this one.

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