(Note: Links in the list below are mine.)
The Editors of Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine are pleased to announce that the following books have been nominated as finalists for the 2023 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year:
- Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas, by Jesse Cole
- Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era: Rediscovering the Early Lensmen and Their Indelible Images that Brought the Game from the Field to the Fans, by Jim Chapman
- Baseball: The Turbulent Midcentury Years, by Steven P. Gietschier
- Daybreak at Chavez Ravine: Fernandomania and the Remaking of the Los Angeles Dodgers, by Erik Sherman
- The Fireballer: A Novel, by Mark Stevens
- From the Front Row: Reflections of a Major League Baseball Owner and Modern Art Dealer, by Jeffrey H. Loria
- The New Ballgame: The Not-So-Hidden Forces Shaping Modern Baseball, by Russell A. Carleton
- Spitter: Baseball’s Notorious Gaylord Perry, by David Vaught
- Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer, at the Perfect Ballpark, at the Perfect Time, by Ryan McGee
- Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments, by Joe Posnanski
- The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, and Unbreakable Friendship between John Glenn and Ted Williams, by Adam Lazarus
The 41st annual CASEY Awards will take place in Cincinnati, Ohio, in March of 2024. More details about the event will be posted on the Spitball website in the coming months.
See here for a list of previous winners.
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