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I devour the occasional book and recently picked up a classic I'm sure many have already enjoyed, but had to encourage those who have not read it to do so.  The Glory of Their Times, by Lawrence Ritter.  Simply makes me wish I could go back to those days and see, smell, hear, experience those days!  Anyone else care to throw out (pun intended) a must read?!?

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I'm reading "The Only Rule is it Has to Work" by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller. About a pair of Sabrmetrics baseball writers that spend a year trying to induce the use of advanced metrics and data gathering into the management of the Sonoma Stompers, an independent professional baseball team in the Pacific Association. First of all, it's a true story and enjoyable to read. As such, it'a wonderful vehicle through which a newbie can gain a working knowledge of basic sabrmetrics, most of which are finding increasingly common usage now. Second of all, and maybe the most interesting part to me, is how the so-called "stats guys" deal with communicating personnel and in-game decision-making to the team manager, coaches, and players, and the various (and sometimes unpredictable) ways those guys take the information for use. Highly recommend.

 

Rick Ankiel; "The Phenomenon; Pressure, Yips & The Pitch That Changed My Life."

Josh Hamilton: "Beyond Belief."

Both Incredible true stories.

H. A. Dorfman wrote 4 Books that are essential if you really want to understand the game & learn something. These would be critical for players seeking to compete at a high level. I wish I had read these while I played.

(1)"The Mental Game Of Baseball;" (2)"Coaching The Mental Game" (Every Player Parent should be forced to read this book & submit a book report to the youth coach  (3)" The Mental ABC's Of Pitching;"  (4)"The Mental Keys To Hitting."

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