Any good baseball book recommendations?

[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.

[earlywynnfan]

Originally Posted by BBSD

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

Absolutely!!! One of those books that you stay awake 2-3 extra hours every night because you can't put it down.

Ken

[Bored5000]

Two great ones I have read in recent months are Shoeless: The Life and Times of Joe Jackson and Wicked Curve: The Life and Troubled Times of Grover Cleveland Alexander. The David Fleitz book on Jackson is the best bio I have come across on Shoeless Joe. It goes far beyond the Black Sox Scandal and presents a more balanced look at the man than the hero worship of Jackson in Eight Men Out and Field of Dreams. The book also details the 30 years of Jackson's life following his banishment from baseball more than any other source I have found.

Likewise, the John Skipper book on Alexander is a fascinating read of a man whose demons (alcoholism, epilepsy, shellshock from World War I) completely overwhelmed him over the last 20 years of his life. Over the final couple decades of his life, Alexander slid into an existence of constant unemployment, drunkeness and poverty, despite the efforts of numerous people in baseball to help him either through jobs or just outright handouts. I am a Phiilies fan, so in addition to the gripping tale of Alexander, the Skipper book also provided some of the best information on the 1915 Phillies National League pennant winners that I have read anywhere.

http://www.amazon.com/Shoeless-The-L...tz+joe+jackson

http://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Curve-T...over+alexander