Baseball Reads

The Entitled, by Frank Deford. Fiction, but seems to resemble reality and its an easy, quick read. I enjoyed it.

The Blind Side (football book), by Michael Lewis of Moneyball fame. I really enjoyed this book a lot!

For you pitcher's parents:

Throwing Bullets: A Tale of Two Pitchers Chasing the Dream by Roy Rowan

I was kinda waiting for this topic to come up again. I'm currently reading Roy Campanella's book, It's Good to be Alive. After reading about him in Roger Kahn's The Boys of Summer, I really wanted to know more about Campy. He was quite a guy.



Some others I've liked are in this thread.

I'm in the middle of a Lou Gehrig bio, I read and shared Kahns "Head Game", if you enjoy bb history try "Play For A Kingdom" by Dan Dyja or "No Fun on Sunday" I can't remember the author, it's on Amazon though, this was one of the greatest baseball books I've ever read, it's about "town teams" in Iowa in the early 1900's, you'll read it in one sitting.

Have you ever gotten anything worthwhile out of those superfluous newspaper book reviews? All they try to do is show you how extensive their vocabulary is.

I just went to Amazon and bought "No Fun On Sunday" because jdfromfla said "this was one of the greatest baseball books I've ever read."

Works for me.

I'm anxious to read this book. I met a man from our church who was probably pushing 90 years old. He told me in his 20s he played on what you might call one of these town teams. They were sponsored by the local furniture store and they traveled to area towns. Today they are 20-30 minute rides but I'm sure it was an all day event back then.

Sounded like a great time.

Let me add:

"Senior Year" by Dan Shaughnessy
"Twice Around The Bases" by Kevin Kennedy
"My Bat Boy Days" by Steve Garvey

An obvious "classic" for me would be "Ball Four" by Jim Bouton.

and by the way, one on the list was THe Teamates, awesome book.

A book sure to bore everyone.
A Book

Make sure to stay away from this one. Supposed to be released in November, maybe! You have been warned!

For the skeptical... This book was not written by us. We will not make "any" money from this book. I do think the HSBBW is mentioned, though.

Quick, Julie. Find the publisher and get the advertising revenue started on HSBBW. I smell a bestseller, at least from all our HSBBWers.

Thanks for the heads-up PG.

The 26th Man by Steve Fireovid is really good. It is a journal that Steve kept when he played in the Expo's organization in I think 1991.

We've been told they changed to a different cover. Hoping that actually happened.

Also heard that the book might be included in nearly all school libraries. I guess McFarland Publishing specializes in academic books.

The book is actually mostly about us, but there are some interesting and somewhat controversial chapters written by the author, giving his opinion on a few youth baseball subjects.

Here's hoping the book doesn't get us in trouble.

Veeck as in Wreck

First published in the early 1950s, and last updated in 2001.

"There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball."....Bill Veeck

I looked at my sons current reading and saw it was " Mind Gym An Athletes Guide To Inner Excellence".

Overview:
Combining well-researched psychological principles with inspirational stories, a guide to help amateur athletes take their game to the next level, overcome adversity, stay motivated, and follow their dreams.

I asked what he thought of it and he said it was an athletic "read" that can be applied throughout life.

My son actually READ a book this summer...the Ripken bio...he said it was awesome.

"Sermon on the Mound"; really, a guy finds his faith after Buckner has the ball go through his legs. A great read for Christian baseballers...

My older brother found this book, in Hard Cover at the local thrift store.

Sandy Koufax, A Leftys Legacy written by Jane Leavy

I have jury duty next week, Sounds like a good time to read it.

EH

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Was reccomended by a parent of a minor league player...Poorly written...slow to get into...father son angle is weak and unnecessarily...but parent was right...

...an absolute MUST read for anyone Players/parents pondering/anticipating a stay in the minor leagues...puts it all out there honestly in pretty gritty detail...





http://www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=1602391041


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Just finished reading The 33-Year-old Rookie by Chris Coste. Good book about his climb to the Bigs. Shows what perserverance and hard work can do.

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Originally posted by iheartbb:
I would also like suggestions from 2003-2008.

"The single best baseball book" is:
The Glory of Their Times : The Story of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It By Laurence Ritter
(1992)

As the cover promotes: "The Story of the Early Days of Baseball told by the Men Who Played It" and it is.

Another must have in the library is:
The Baseball Encyclopedia: The Complete and Definitive Record of Major League Baseball

If interested in listings of books
and movies on this great game, emme.

Regards

One of my favorite baseball books was The Last Best League by Jim Collins. It basically follows a group of Chatham A's through their summer in the Cape Cod League.

http://www.amazon.com/Last-Best-League-Summer-Season/dp/0738209015

"Heads Up BB" by Ravizza and Hanson, the Bible on the mental game.