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Posted By: Scott Forrest

My favorite book is a boxed set of two from the '50s that gives team bios of the original 16 teams, each bio by a different sports writer. No stats, just fun history that's easy to read and puts each team's past in perspective to the current '50s era: "The Book of Major League Baseball Clubs" by Fitzgerald.

Other great reads:
"The Glory of Their Times" (GET THE 5-CD SET!!!)
"The Red Sox Reader" by Riley
"Baseball in 41" by Creamer


For great history:
"Nineteenth Century Baseball" by Wright
"Baseball 1845-81" by Preston Orem
"The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues" by Riley
"The Negro Leagues Book" - SABR pub

and if you grew up in the '50s or '60s and collected cards, it's a sin not to own "The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book"