OT?: Book recommendations?

[Ericc22]

Hopefully this is not too OT!

I am interested in books that give insight into baseball, pre WW 1. I got some good book recommendations from another thread including:
- Glory of their Times
- Crazy '08s
- America 1908 by Jim Rasenberger

I thought the first two were great and I am looking forward to reading the third.

I was wondering if anyone had any other recommendations? Favorite bios? History? Season recaps? Etc.!

All recommendations are most appreciated. Thanks!

Eric

[Delray Vintage]

I recommend several:

fifty nine in 84- the story of hoss radbourn, a great pitcher for boston in the 1880's who won 59 games that year for providence

1921- the story of the giants and yankees season and series

The Spalding Word Tour-the story of 1880's all stars going around the world to publicize baseball

A Clever Base-Ballist- story of john ward of the giants of the 1880's who was a union leader fighting for player rights

[Delray Vintage]

forgot to add some others;

The First Fall Classic-story of the 1912 series between Red Sox and Giants

Connie Mack and the early years of baseball- excellent biography

[FrankWakefield]

A fiction book, that is about the best baseball fiction ever written, is The Celebrant. I've read You Know Me All, If I Never Get Back, Bang The Drum Slowly, Shoeless Joe... all good books. I think The Celebrant exceeds them, it covers Mathewson's time, I really enjoyed it.

To really understand why there are 2 leagues in the majors, and lots of good background stuff on why the game is as it is, read July 2, 1903: The Mysterious Death of Hall-Of-Famer Big Ed Delahanty, by Mike Sowell. He also wrote The Pitch That Killed, another good read. A fine author.

Mr. Ritter's book is tops. Fleming wrote a book (The Unforgettable Season) about the 1908 season that I thought better than Crazy '08's.

[Robextend]

I really enjoyed "The Old Ball Game" by Deford.

[ethicsprof]

i love a number of the books mentioned but i have to say that the one book that i never grow tired of and still read almost daily is Lew Lipset's 3 in 1
volume.

best,
barry

[mintacular]

Cold Mountain