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10-13-2006 10:47 PM |
Best Ruth Biography
Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>Babe, by Robert Creamer, 1974. Get her to look at abebooks.com<br /><br />And I really suggest you read some of these:<br /><br />The Glory of Their Times, Lawrence Ritter. A cornerstone of even a modest baseball library.<br /><br />The Celebrant, Eric Rolfe Greenberg, fiction about a fellow who befriends Mathewson, one fantastic read. A++++++<br /><br />Bill James' Historical Baseball Abstract. I'm partial to the mid 1980s edition, there is a revised edition about 5 years old.<br /><br />Baseball When the Grass was Real, Donald Honig. Closely follows on the heels of Mr. Ritter's book, great stuff!<br /><br />1941, by Robert Creamer.<br /><br />The Politics of Glory, Bill James, 1994. Upon reading this, you will really understand the National Baseball Museum's Hall of Fame. And it will make a baseball fan's blood boil. After you calm down, watch ESPN, read some baseball articles and listen to friends.... then your HOF knowledge will evaporate and you'll return to blissful ignorance. But then, in the back of your mind, you'll recall that you could reread Mr. James' book and return to a cogent understanding of how the HOF works.<br /><br />Pennant Races, Dave Anderson. This is really a pretty good book.<br /><br />Memories of a Ballplayer, Bill Werber, 2001, a not too old decent read. And you could mail it to him and get it signed.<br /><br />Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms, Elden Auker, 2001. A nice small book. <br /><br />Moneyball, Michael Lewis. This is about how the Oakland A's ignored old baseball wisdom and used statistics and "new" wisdom to draft players so they could compete with a fraction of the salary of the Yankees. Eye opening stuff.<br /><br />One more book that should be treasured and read would be The Fix is In, A history of baseball gambling and game fixing scandals, Daniel E. Ginsburg. If you mindlessly think Pete should be in the HOF, then don't buy this book. You will think it is blasphamy. If even the slightest bit of openmindedness is present, this book will explain about how gambling affected professional baseball in its early days, why the rules are as they are today, and why Pete stays out. Forever. <br /><br /><br />Glory of Their Times, Historical Baseball Abstract, and The Celebrant, they deserve repeating...<br /><br />Frank.
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