Sneak peek: the NY Times annual baseball book feature

June 5, 2010

Marc Tracy, who writes for the online Tablet magazine, publishes the Times‘ big baseball roundup, which appears in the June 6 issue.

This year’s titles include:

  • Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu, a 50th anniversary reprinting (in book form) of John Updike’s iconic paean to Ted Williams in his last game
  • Mint Condition, by Dave Jamieson
  • Satch, Dizzy and Rapid Robert, by Timothy Gay
  • Roger Maris: Baseball’s Reluctant Hero, by Danny Peary and Tom Clavin
  • High Heat, by Tim Wendell

In addition, Jonathan Eig, author of books on Lou Gehrig and Jackie Robinson (as well as his current title on Al Capone), contributed a duo-review of The Bullpen Gospels, by Dirk Hayhurst, and The Game From Where I Stand, by Doug Glanville, while Bill Scheft, a writer for Late Show with David Letterman, weighs in on Dan Epstein’s Big Hair and Plastic Grass.

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