Jeff is right about October 1964. It is an eyeopening book. I love the comment that I think Curt Flood made to team-mates as they watched the Yankees take the field for game 1 of the WS in St. Louis. Halberstam wrote well.
Tony mentions Boys of Summer, it is a good read.
And may I add July 2, 1903: The Mysterious Death of Big Ed Delahanty, by Mike Sowell. THIS is the book to read about Delahanty. Sowell writes well, and the book explains the formation of the American League and the contract jumping of the day, something about which many baseball fans know nothing. A great book. His other book, The Pitch that Killed, about Chapman and Mays, is good, too.
And the Alexander books are good, especially the one about Mr. McGraw. And below me Bosox mentions the Thomas book about Walter Johnson, a respectful book by his grand son. A well written book. It was a joy to read, well researched, with quotes for baseball news writers (back when those guys were worthy of casting HOF ballots, today's writers are part of what's wrong with the HOF) of the day.
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