I came across this 12-year-old article from Marylaine.com on baseball novels. It’s no less relevant now, and maybe, with the hindsight of time, can offer a few suggestions that might have gone unconsidered.
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Repeating yesterday’s movie theme, here are two more lists about the top baseball flickers. The SCNow web site, serving several communities in South Carolina, posted this column by Mark Haselden in which he picks some of the classics, but adds The Sandlot and the 1994 version of Angels in the Outfield. Meanwhile, StLtoday offers this […]
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SI.com has a slide show of their fantasy baseball team comprised of movie characters. Nice idea, until you see some of their selections: Jack Elliot (Tom Sellick), in Mr. Baseball Eppy Calvin “Nuke” Laloosh (Tim Robbins), Bull Durham Dotty Hinson (Geena Davis), A League of Their Own Montgomery Brewster (Richard Pryor), Brewster’s Millions Amanda Wurlizter […]
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Granted this list of books about the Orioles comes from the University of Baltimore’s Langsdale Library, but it’s still a source for further information.
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An “all-time” list, including: Ball Four No Cheering in the Press Box, by Jerome Holtzman (an overlooked classic) Moneyball A Whole Different Ball Game, by Marvin Miller Clemente, by David Maraniss The Bill James Handbook Casey at the Bat
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From the Ground Rule Double blog, this eclectic list of favorite books, including Shoeless Joe; Ty and The Babe; We Are the Ship; The Catcher Was a Spy; I Was Right on Time; The Teammates; and Clemente.
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My five “must-reads,” as reported in the Lawrence (KS) Journal World & News.
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Several children’s titles here.
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“Baseball books for a snowy day” include: Last Days of Summer, by Steve Kluger (a novel) Shoeless Joe, by W.P. Kinsella (the basis for Field of Dreams) Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig,” a biography by Jonathan Eig Waiting for Teddy Williams, by Howard Frank Mosher (novel) Eight Men Out, by Eliot […]
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Maybe it’s the long lazy days, the lack of intensity, that lends itself to so many friendly interviews. These days I listen to the ESPN Baseball Today podcast, hosted by Peter Pascarelli, which includes at least two friendly little per show, often with a player and a manager. This morning I as I was driving […]
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From Rich Karlgaard’s “Digital Rules” column on Forbes.com, this brief recommendation for Frank Deford’s latest: You’re Entitled early each spring to read at least one good baseball book. Slide into Frank Deford’s novel, The Entitled, now out in paperback (Sourcebooks). This fine work ranks with Field of Dreams and The Natural. His praise, indeed, but […]
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In a recent “Inside Baseball” column, Sports Illustrated‘s John Donovan gives fans something in which they can take comfort: The All-Clean Team. The list includes: Alex Rodriguez Ken Griffey, Jr. Albert Pujols Frank Thomas Vladamir Guerrero Greg Maddux Pedro Martinez Ichiro Suzuki He tosses kudos to a few more, including Jeter, Glavine, Smoltz, Vizquel, Randy […]
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Since we’re heading into awards season, this seemed appropriate:The Gummies, picking the best and worst baseball card-related items of the year. Unfortunately, there’s no explanation for the picks, nor a list of the other nominees that were in the running.
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The CASEY Award was inaugurated in 1983 by Mike Shannon and W.J. Harrison, the editors and co-founders of Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine, to honor the authors and publishers of outstanding baseball books, a heretofore unrealized notion. Seven books were named as finalists for the first CASEY: Baseball’s Greatest Experiment, The Celebrant, Hoopla, Invisible Men, […]
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Every time the High Holidays come around, you can be sure you’ll be reading stories about Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg, the two greatest Jewish baseball players of all time. Both refused to compromise their religious beliefs to play on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for Jews — Edgar Guest even penned […]
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The Spaceman turns 61 today. Books by or about Lee include: Baseball Eccentrics: The Most Entertaining, Outrageous, and Unforgettable Characters in the Game, with Jim Prime (Triumph, 2007) The Wrong Stuff, with Richard Lally (Paperback edition by Three Rivers Press, 2006) Have Glove, Will Travel: The Adventures of a Baseball Vagabond, with Richard Lally (Paperback […]
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