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Bob DonaldsonOne group of book I've not seen mentioned is "The Fireside Book of Baseball" edited by Charles Einstein. This came out in 1956, a second came out in 1958, third in 1968 and a fourth (which I seem to recall included items from the first three) came out in 1987.
These books are anthologies with newspaper accounts of games, first person accounts including those by players, fiction and other BB writing. Some wonderful writing. I've not read them in 10+ years but can still remember an account of a boy who's hero was Swede Risburg at the time of the 1919 W/S and the newspaper account of Walter Johnson pitching the final few innings of the 1924 WS for his only WS championship.
I'd highly recommend any of these volumes if you come across them at a used book store.