A late resolution? (Coming down the pike)

Just renewed the domain for another year, so to make it worthwhile I guess I should be posting more often, and not just “Lest We Forget.”

I don’t seem to have the free time to read as I did when I was working as a journalist, which is kind of weird, considering these days I’m working from 4 a.m. until noon. So you think I would have a lot of free time. But the truth is, by the time I get home, I’m pretty wiped and just have a few hours before I have to get ready for the next day.

Be that as it may…

Looking forward to a more productive year and there’s no better way to do that than with a “coming down the pike” piece.

So, without further ado and in no particular order (other than a rough reverse release date):

Tommy Lasorda: A Baseball Life, A Dodger’s Heart, Los Angeles Times
Why Baseball Is a Sport and Golf Is Not: Separating the Players from the Poseurs, by Bayley and Di Serio
The Young Pitcher, by Zane Grey
BASEBALL Adult coloring book for stress and anxiety: BASEBALL sketch coloring book (Not something I would normally include for a Bookshelf entry, but as we all know, these are not normal times.)
From Rube to Robinson: SABR’s Best Articles on Black Baseball
Lightning Strikes Twice: Johnny Vander Meer and the Cincinnati Reds, by Lew Freedman
The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell: Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues, by Lonnie Wheeler
42 Today: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy, edited by Michael Long
Invisible Ball of Dreams: Literary Representations of Baseball behind the Color Line, by Emily Ruth Rutter
Double Plays and Double Crosses: The Black Sox and Baseball in 1920, by Don Zminda
The Great Bambino: Babe Ruth’s Life in Pictures, by Sam Chase
One Line Drive: A Life-Threatening Injury and a Faith-Fueled Comeback, by Daniel Ponce de Leon and Tom Zenner
The Short Life of Hughie McLoon: A True Story of Baseball, Magic and Murder, by Alan Abel
The Giants and Their City: Major League Baseball in San Francisco, 1976–1992, by Lincoln Mitchell
100 Miles of Baseball: 50 Games, One Summer, by Dale Jacobs and Heidi LM Jacobs
Madman: Out of the Shadows of Shame and into the Light of Grace, by Jeremy Affeldt
Baseball Prospectus Futures Guide 2021
Major League Turbulence: Baseball in the Era of Drug Use, Labor Strife and Black Power, 1968-1988, by Douglas Branson
Lights, Camera, Fastball: How the Hollywood Stars Changed Baseball, by Dan Taylor
New York Times Story of the Yankees: 1903-Present
So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin’ True Story of the New York Mets―the Best Worst Team in Sports, by Devin Gordon
The New York Yankees of the 1950s: Mantle, Stengel, Berra, and a Decade of Dominance, by David Fischer
The Ultimate Chicago Cubs Time Machine Book, by Martin Gitlin
Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball, by Luke Epplin
Comeback Season: My Unlikely Story of Friendship with the Greatest Living Negro League Baseball Players, by Cam Perron
Baseball’s Who’s Who of What Ifs: Players Derailed en Route to Cooperstown, by Bill Deanne
Walter Alston: The Rise of a Manager from the Minors to the Baseball Hall of Fame, by Alan Levy
America’s Game in the Wild-Card Era: From Strike to Pandemic, by Bryan Soderholm-Difatte
The Only Way Is the Steady Way: Essays on Baseball, Ichiro, and How We Watch the Game, by Andrew Forbes
Gettysburg Eddie Plank: A Pitcher’s Journey to the Hall of Fame, by Dave Heller
11 in ’11: A Hometown Hero, La Russa’s Last Ride in Red, and a Miracle World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals, by Benjamin Hochman
Mount Rushmore of the New York Mets: The Best Players by Decade to Wear the Orange and Blue, by Brett Topel
The Captain & Me: On and Off the Field with Thurman Munson, by Ron Blomberg and Dan Epstein
1930: The Story of a Baseball Season When Hitters Reigned Supreme, by Lew Freedman
Tokyo Junkie: 60 Years of Bright Lights and Back Alleys . . . and Baseball, by Robert Whiting
Max Gordon: Life, Loss and Baseball’s Greatest Comeback, by Jacob Kornhauser and Dylan Kornhauser
Gathering Crowds: Catching Baseball Fever in the New Era of Free Agency, by Paul Hensler
The Reshaping of America’s Game: Major League Baseball after the Players’ Strike, by Bryan Soderholm-Difatte
Miracle Moments in New York Mets History: The Turning Points, the Memorable Games, the Incredible Records, by Brett Topel
The Forgotten 1970 Chicago Cubs: Go and Glow, by William Bike
Beyond Baseball’s Color Barrier: The Story of African Americans in Major League Baseball, Past, Present, and Future, by Rocco Constantino
Picturing America’s Pastime: Historic Photography from the Baseball Hall of Fame Archives
Dr. Strangeglove: The Life and Times of All-Star Slugger Dick Stuart, by William Reczyk
Amazin’ Upset: The Mets, the Orioles and the 1969 World Series, by John G. Robertson and Carl T. Madden
Baseball Under the Lights: The Rise of the Night Game, by Charlie Bevis
Till the End, by CC Sabathia and Chris Smith
Baseball’s Ultimate Power: Ranking The All-Time Greatest Distance Home Run Hitters, by Bill Jenkinson
Ted Sullivan, Barnacle of Baseball: The Life of the Prolific League Founder, Scout, Manager and Unrivaled Huckster, by Pat O’Neill and Tom Coffman
Barney Dreyfuss: Pittsburgh’s Baseball Titan, by Brian Martin
Winning Fixes Everything: The Rise and Fall of the Houston Astros, by Evan Drelich
Cheated: The Inside Story of the Astros Scandal and a Colorful History of Sign Stealing, by Andy Martino
The Bronx Zoom: Inside the New York Yankees’ Most Bizarre Season, by Bryan Hoch
Power and Pinstripes: Untold Stories of Berra, the Boss, and Building a Yankees Dynasty, by Jeff Mangold and Peter Botte
When Your Wife Has Tommy John Surgery and Other Baseball Stories: Poems, by E. Ethelbert Miller
The Baseball 100, by Joe Posnanski
The Least Among Them: 29 Players, Their Brief Moments in the Big Leagues, and a Unique History of the New York Yankees, by Paul Russell Semendinger
Maris & Mantle, by Tony Castro

That should keep us busy for a while.

I’m most looking forward to the collection of essays on Jackie Robinson and the Hall of Fame’s collection of photos, though I’m sure many will be the usual classic shots. Also the Mets books. As well as new books written by old Bookshelf friends Bryan Hoch, Tony Castro, and Dan Epstein.

Note that I have not included books schedule for publication by the University of Nebraska Press because it was an entry unto itself (you can see that one here). Also, new titles only, no reprints. Or repeats on a theme, as Baseball Prospectus will published books for each MLB team.

Just as an aside, I had to wade through a whole lot of crap — more than 70 pages and 3,000 Amazon listings — to cull these titles. I’m asking for books and they include podcasts and sporting goods? They need to work on their algorithms. You’re welcome.