Favorite Baseball Books? Let's Share!

[FrankWakefield]

Many erudite choices, guys.

Crazy '08 was written by Flemming, I think. He also wrote The Dizziest Season (1934 Cardinals).

I agree with The Glory of Their Times. Start by reading that one.
James' first Historical Baseball Abstract, I liked that one better.
Baseball When the Grass Was Real
Fireside Book of Baseball
2 Mike Sowell books: July 2, 1903 (about Ed Delahanty and how the two leagues reached an agreement to honor the other's contracts), and The Pitch that Killed... (about Ray Chapman and Carl Mays, Had that pitch not hit Chapman, I think both would have had a good shot at making the Hall)
Beer and Whiskey League
Only the Ball Was White
The Fix is In.
Halberstam's October 2964

I've not read that Bender's Burden book, I think I will.


Now, when it comes to fiction... #1 is The Celebrant. It's set in the times of the T206 players... an enchanting book. #2 The Art of Fielding. It's about baseball, and life, and so much more.