From the weekly White Bear Lake (MN) Press, this article about the Twins’ Justin Morneau’s appearance at a local public school. Morneau said he liked reading about baseball. Shocker.
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[This appears as a sidebar to the “Class in Session” article in the May/June 2008 issue of ForeWord Magazine.] And now a word from our druggist Raymond Angelo Belliotti’s Watching Baseball, Seeing Philosophy devotes a chapter to Jose Canseco and the questionable use of performance enhancing drugs. The December 2007 release of the Mitchell Report—the […]
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Some new stuff, some old in this mini-review.
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But the story on these books — Anatomy of Baseball, Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman, and Baseball’s Greatest Hit: The Story of Take Me Out to the Ball Game — did not appear in the Sunday Book Review section, but rather these Big Apple-centric titles appeared in “Reading New York” on May 11.
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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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Time to play catch-up again. From Great Britain’s Guardian, this article about Billy Beane and the Moneyball phenomenon. Why on earth would it appear in a British paper? Because Beane is “Tottenham Hotspur fanatic, as well as a fan of the team’s coach, Sir Alex Ferguson. A list of recommended baseball novels from the Campaign […]
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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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Two baseball related items in the May 2 issue of The Week: The Book List has mini-capsule reviews of four titles including But Didn’t We Have Fun?, The Greatest Game; We Would Have Played for Nothing; and The Code. In “The last word” section, “The truth about baseball’s roots” is excerpted from Kevin Baker’s “At […]
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Time to play catch-up: From a rival site about baseball book reviews, this piece on Hammerin’ Hank, George Almighty and The Say Hey Kid (another of those books that uses words like “greatest” and “forever” in its title). An oldie, but good: this review of The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, by Douglass Wallop, […]
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by Steve Johnson, as critiqued in the Gary (IN) Post-Tribune. Upshot: Chicago Cubs fans will soon receive an opportunity to enjoy a gem that will give them an appreciation of the history and heritage of one of the country’s most beloved sports franchises.
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The LiterateLives blog highlights two baseball titles for young adult readers: Mike Lupica’s The Big Field, and Six Innings, by James Preller.
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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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Recently came across this piece I did for ForeWord Magazine in 2004. Titles include The Baseball Necrology: The Post-Baseball Lives and Deaths of over 7,600 Major League Players and Others Busting ‘Em and Other Big League Stories The Baseball Filmography: 1915 through 2001 Reel Baseball: Essays and Interviews on the National Pastime, Hollywood and American […]
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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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Titles include: The 33-Year-Old Rookie, by Coste The Dark Side of the Diamond, by Abrams My Bat Boy Days, by Garvey Playing with the Enemy, by Moore
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Came across this piece on one of my Google searches. It’s dated (2003), but there still valuable information to be gleaned.
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* 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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