Great books to read.

Rob, I think I would enjoy the book Mr Wendel is writing since the middle of 1967 is when I really started following baseball day by day. The 1968 season was the REAL "year of the pitcher" and I followed that season day by day. It was an interesting and scary time in other ways also with many the cities burning from riots and the Viet Nam War at its height.

I think this is an awesome thread!

It doesn't have to be just baseball books though!

Rob, I just got back from the library--got to read my two or three books a week--and lo and behold, they had the book " High Heat" by Tim Wendel. This is just the kind of Baseball book I love--the improbable search for the fastest pitcher of all time. Especially interested in seeing what he found out about the legendary minor leaguer Steve Dalkowski whom I try to track every bit of info about that I can. Little guy from the 50's who people like Earl Weaver and anyone who saw him swear threw by far the hardest they ever saw. Unfortunately a typical scoreline for him in a game was 16 or 17 K's with 15 or 16 BB's. Some of the stories about the things he did with his fastball are legendary such as supposedly tearing a batters ear off and hitting a batter in the on deck circle. Unfortunately he eventually had a severe drinking problem that helped drive him out of the game. Wouldn't have wanted to face him in the throes of a bad hangover!

For those interested, Dirk Hayhurst has a new book coming out that was reviewed by Baseball America. It's called Out Of My League.

I haven't read Dirk's new book yet however I'm a big fan of his "Non-Prospect Diary" blog as well as his first book (Bullpen Gospels).

I absolutely loved The Bullpen Gospels! I just checked and Amazon and Kindle both have Dirk Hayhurst's new book. Off to go order....

My daughter is currently reading Out of My League. She keeps calling me and reading parts of the book to me. It is hysterical. We keep trying to figure out if we know the people Dirk talks about, since we live(d) in the same neck of the woods.

"The extra 2%" is a good read for those interested in the Rays ascent and their approach to competing with the big money clubs.

I laughed out loud while reading Bullpen Gospels!

End The Fed by Ron Paul

God's Covenant People by Ted Weiland

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04....html?pagewanted=all

The author Dan Berry can describe a scene in a few words. This is a history book of the "journeymen" players and future "Hall of Fame" players in a classic baseball story of "life".

Bob

The Road to Omaha is an outstanding book about the experience of the 2008 CWS

I sure some of your son's are going to New England to play this summer. This book is a wonderful chronicle of a summer team called the Chatham A's. It's a true story written by Jim Collins. The title is The Last best league. If you have a son going this is a must read for you and your son.