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Posted By: Bob

I agree, The Black Prince of Baseball was one of the better biographies of preway players I have read, along with The Ginger Kid (Buck Weaver). On the other hand, I didn't agree with all the acclaim for Frank Deford's new book about Matty and Muggsy and the Giants and how they invented modern baseball. (I forget the exact name). It was a warm rehashing of so many other books about Matty and McGraw and I thought was not that well written or illuminating. I read it this past weekend and was very disappointed. I felt that the book I read about the 1908 pennant race (which sadly had no mention of the incredible AL race which has long been forgotten in the wake of Merkle's Boner and Evers, Chance, Tinker, Honus, Matty, etc.) was terrific and would recommend it to everyone. It is by Gordon Fleming and is called The Unforgettable Season.
I bought the book about allegedly the greatest season ever, 1924, today so I'll have plenty to read with it and Red Legs and Black Sox by Susan Dellinger and Burying the Black Sox by Gene Carney. Don't you love the summer?