In my earlier post, recommending the Fireside Book of Baseball series, I inadvertently described the series as consisting of three volumes. I somehow forgot that Charles Einstein came up with a Fourth volume in 1987, a full nineteen years after the third. I may have discounted it in my memory because it's the only volume I don't have in hardcover, just in a trade paper edition. It's just as good as the first three.
Also - I join with those who recommend The Glory of Their Times, as well as the Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book - which may in fact be the funniest book I've ever read. If it's not the funniest, it's certainly part of the discussion.
Alan
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