Any good baseball book recommendations?

[Nashvol]

I just finished this book, written by Doris Kearns Goodwin, and really enjoyed it. Kearns, you may remember, was featured in the Ken Burns PBS "Baseball" feature from a few years ago.

A memoir, she depicts her live growing up and tells how her love of baseball and the Brooklyn Dodgers began, and is quite insightful of a different day and time. It's a easy, pleasant read and if you choose to read it yourself, I believe you'll find it very good.

[gnaz01]

The Glory of Their Times by Lawrence Ritter

[earlywynnfan]

Anything by Robert Creamer and Charles Alexander is going to be well-written and and interesting. Personally, I love Bill Veeck's books.

Ken

[r2678]

I just read a bio on Lefty Gomez written by his daughter. Full of surprising information. It was a Kindle purchase.

[RelicSports]

These are all great recommendations,..I am sure I will be adding these to my library shortly, thanks everyone!!!!!!!!

[UnVme7]

Not baseball, but a friend of mine has told me I needed to get the following book. Said it was really good:

http://www.amazon.com/Unbroken-World...ion/1400064163

Basically its about Louie Zamperini who grew up in the 20's, competed in the 1936 Olympics, was in WWII where his plane went down and, "On a May afternoon in 1943, Louie took off on a search mission for a lost plane. Somewhere over the Pacific, the engines on his bomber failed. The plane plummeted into the sea, leaving Louie and two other men stranded on a tiny raft. Drifting for weeks and thousands of miles, they endured starvation and desperate thirst, sharks that leapt aboard the raft, trying to drag them off, a machine-gun attack from a Japanese bomber, and a typhoon with waves some forty feet high. At last, they spotted an island. As they rowed toward it, unbeknownst to them, a Japanese military boat was lurking nearby. Louie’s journey had only just begun."

Anyways, not baseball, but somewhat sports related and from what I've been told by others, a great story about a veteran..

[BBSD]

Unbroken is a must read. Especially for the younger generation.

[quinnsryche]

Originally Posted by gnaz01

the glory of their times by lawrence ritter

+1000

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by gnaz01

The Glory of Their Times by Lawrence Ritter

+1
I believe that this is the best book on early baseball ever written, period!

[RichardSimon]

Ron Keurajian's Baseball Hall of Fame Autographs book is a must for all collectors of Hall of Fame autographs. Amazon is where I got mine.

I also loved Glory of Their Times.

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

Ron Keurajian's Baseball Hall of Fame Autographs book is a must for all collectors of Hall of Fame autographs. Amazon is where I got mine.

I also loved Glory of Their Times.

I echo Richard's thoughts on Ron's book, it is incredible!!!