From BookClubClassics.com, this list of fiction and non-fiction classics. No reviews, just links to Amazon.
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General: Yankee for Life: My 40-year Journey in Pinstripes, by Bobby Murcer. T Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective, by Santasiere and Vancil. Living in the Black, by John Feinstein. Yankee Stadium: A Tribute: 85 Years of Memories, 1923-2008, by Les Krantz. The 33-Year Old Rookie, by Chris Coste Essays and Writings: You Can Learn a […]
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From Philosopher Stone.
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I was planning to do my own analysis of Derek Gentiles recent title, Baseball’s Best 1,000: Rankings of the Skills, the Achievements, and the Performance of the Greatest Players of All Time. One thousand? seems like a mighty task Mr. Gentile has undertaken. Would you mind being the last on that list? After all, there […]
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General: Yankee for Life: My 40-year Journey in Pinstripes, by Bobby Murcer. The passing of the former ballplayer puts this one on top. Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective, by Santasiere and Vancil. The closing of the ballpark makes this subgenre hot. But why don’t they wait until the final season is over, which would complete […]
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In a May 3 piece for The Wall Street Journal, Dawidoff — author The Catcher was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg and, the just-released The Crowd Sounds Happy — lists his top choices in the genre: You Know Me, Al by Ring Lardner The Natural, by Bernard Malamud The Universal Baseball Association, […]
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From AskMen.com, five obscure facts (well, perhaps for those who visit such Web sites, rather than read about the game): Early MLB teams were not distinguished by their jerseys Jackie Robinson was not the MLB’s first black player The MLB has a long tradition of cheating The MLB’s rules used to allow one side of […]
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Alex Belth appends his theme of essential baseball books, with lists from Richard Sandomir, The New York Times‘ sports media columnist and Roger Kahn, along with a slew of comments.
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The Bullpen section of Baseball-Reference.com (“Baseball’s collaborative encyclopedia”) published this list of 130 books (with links) that deal with baseball. Not sure of the criteria or why that specific number, but it’s there for the browsing.
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Several bloggers have weighed in on the Bronx Banter’s theme of essential (not greatest or best) baseball books, including: Brew Crew Ball Steve Rubio’s Online Life Baseball Mud Nothing earth-shattering here, just some more lists, FYI.
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The Phillies catcher/author has the best-selling baseball book at the moment, according to Amazon.com. The only other baseball title is Cubs Forever: Memories from the Men Who Lived Them, by Bob Vorwald (not bad considering it’s not even in stock yet.) Coste’s auto-bio, The 33-Year-Old Rookieis ranked #1 in biographies & memoirs/biographies/baseball; History/United States/State & […]
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This list appeared on the SABR listserve (?). Thanks, to Greg Spira for compiling this extensive collection. Some of these review may be duplicate of what I’ve already posted and I have made no changes in style or contents to his list. “Links to many, many reviews (not features) of new baseball books reviews […]
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From the blog A Special Way of Being Afraid, this list, which, as might be expected, is heavy on historical material. Murphy’s romance with baseball books includes: The Glory of Their Times Touching Second, by Johnny Evers Ty Cobb, by Al Stump The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball by Jonathan Fraser Light The Ultimate Baseball Book […]
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The Mets have had a relatively short history, not even 50 years yet, and much of their lore is based on failure rather than success. Except for a handful, the players for the first few years of the team’s existence were nothing to write home about. So when authors like Matthew Silverman toss out names […]
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This overview of lots of new titles by Bruce Dancis leads off with books about the scandals of the game, new and old, and includes: Facing Clemens: Hitters on Confronting Baseball’s Most Intimidating Pitcher Asterisk: Home Runs, Steroids, and the Rush to Judgment Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle To Save Baseball (surprisingly […]
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is available on Amazon.com,
* Catching up, Part 1
April 8, 2008
There’s a lot of material that’s fallen by the wayside as I try to keep this blog fresh with the latest in baseball book publishing information. But in the words of the revered philosopher, Regis Philbin, “I’m only one man!” So I’m using this space to try to catch up. Some of the items might […]
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