Traditionally, this is the time of year when newspapers (remember those?) run round-ups of baseball book reviews (like this one by yours truly on Bookreporter.com). They’re good for those with short attention spans, since they tend to cover multiple titles briefly (but then, if that’s your problem, how will you get through the books themselves?).
From The Los Angeles Times:
- 1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York
; Satch, Dizzy, and Rapid Robert: The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball Before Jackie Robinson
; High Heat: The Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time
; and The Empire Strikes Out: How Baseball Sold U.S. Foreign Policy and Promoted the American Way Abroad
The Christian Science Monitor‘s Chapter and Verse blog suggests a 10-best list, featuring mostly older titles, including
- Eight Men Out, The Natural, The Boys of Summer, Ball Four, Men at Work, Moneyball, Game Time, Bang the Drum Slowly, Summer of ’49, and Clemente.
From the Lebanon (Ohio) Western Star:
- Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert; Roger Maris: Baseball’s Reluctant Hero
; The Eastern Stars: How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macoris
; and The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America’s Pastime
The Dayton Daily News offers mini-reviews on
- Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert; Roger Maris; The Eastern Stars; and The Baseball Codes
The Deseret (Utah) News ran this piece on kids’ books.
And it’s not just newspaper. The Green Apple Corps book store in San Fransisco also gets into the act, with topical books such as
- Willie’s Boys: The 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, The Last Negro League World Series, and the Making of a Baseball Legend
; Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend
; and Big League Ballparks: The Complete Illustrated History
Look for more of these “round-ups” in the near future.
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