Review roundup: June 5

June 5, 2012

♦ The New York Times posted their annual baseball roundup, albeit with fewer titles than usual. But remember, it’s quality, not quantity. Jim Bouton offers his review of two Yankees books: Marty Appel’s Pinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees from Before the Babe to After the Boss and Damn Yankees: Twenty-Four Major League Writers on the World’s Most Loved (and Hated) Team, edited by Rob Fleder. David Oshinsky does a turn with Fenway Park: 100 YEARS — The Official, Definitive History of America’s Most Beloved Ballpark, produced under the auspices of Major League Baseball.

♦ Jewish Baseball News posted this review of Peter Ephross’ new book, Jewish Major Leaguers in Their Own Words: Oral Histories of 23 Players.

♦ Athomeatfenway posted this on the 60-year-old The Psychologist at Bat by Dr. David F. Tracy, who served in that capacity for the St. Louis Browns. Fat lot of good that did.

♦ The Bleader posted this on Tim Wendell’s Summer of ’68: The Season That Changed Baseball–and America–Forever.

 

 

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