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Posted By: Greg Ecklund

I would highly recommend "July 2, 1903: The Mysterious Death of Hall of Famer Big Ed Delahanty" and "The Pitch That Killed" both by Mike Sowell. The latter is borderline for being a deadball era book since it is about the 1920 season, and 1920 was Ruth's first year for the Yankees.

I agree about "The Player" (the Mathewson book) being bad...I thought Ray Robinson's "Matty" was better - still not great, but better than "The Player".

Has anyone read "A Clever Base-ballist: The Life and Times of John Montgomery Ward"? I'd like anyone's thoughts on it since my local bookstore still has a copy and I'm debating whether to pick it up or not.