Rube Waddell Books

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Posted By: Rob

Hey guys,

I have become increasingly interested in the life of Rube Waddell on and away from the diamond. I know there were a couple books written on him, can anyone recommend the best one to get started with? Also would anyone happen to have a copy they don't need. Figure I give it a shot here before I went on a book selling website. I mean this guy was really one of the best pitchers ever, I don't think he gets his just due probably because of his shortened career. I guess he was also overshadowed by other great pitchers of his same era.

Thanks for any insight you can give me.

Rob

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Posted By: Cy

Rob,

Here is an excellent book about Rube Waddell. here is the link from amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Rube-Waddell-Brilliant-Strikeout-Artist/dp/0786407867/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237049318&sr= 8-1

An interesting sidelight from this book is that when I searched for it I was excited to get a book about Rube, myself. So I figured that I would read the reviews and preliminaries of the book before I bought it. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the author is a friend of mine that I played basketball with 20 years ago. We hooked up again via the telephone. So it was a doubly good experience.

Rob, this is a great book and well written. The book reads very easily. I think you will enjoy it immensely.

Sincerely,

Cy

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Posted By: Aaron Patton

....agree 100%

Levy's work, in the context of baseball biography, is one of the best.