OT: Any new good book suggestions?

[mckinneyj]

> but love history books about mid century baseball as well.

How about mid century baseball cards?

http://www.amazon.com/American-Baseb.../dp/0395586682

[begsu1013]

not sports related, but try: the wizard of sun city

pretty cool stuff.

"charles always had the touch"

[JTysver]

I would read some of Bill James books.
The New Baseball Historical Abstract is amazing.
You could also read Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame.

Both are easy reads, loaded with information and can be read all at once or in many sittings.

[pclpads]

Drew - I'm finishing up "Veeck as in Wreck." Not current, but a good read. 1st edition was in 1962. He was a character and gives a lot of incite, anecdotes re: '40's - '60's baseball. Informative and entertaining. My copy is from 2001, so it isn't out of print. Your Aunt can likely find it on Amazon.

[RTK]

Montville's Ted Williams book is great. I have his Ruth book, "The Big Bam" but haven't started it yet.




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If you want to test your Mantle love, this one is good too

[pawpawdiv9]

OT- my 1st time in a Barnes&Noble:
Totally lost when i walked in, i was like oh shit, what did i walk into?
I can tell ya, COOKBOOKS is out of the question for the future. I had to pick up some Pioneer Woman book combo and it cost 60.00, plus also
added a fruit tree gardening book for the old man, another 20.00
I never would of thought spending 80.oo at a book store.
BTW, i did notice a collecting section on coins and toys, but failed to reach any baseball books. Damn it.

[jerseygary]

I'll toot my own horn and recommend my book "The League of Outsider Baseball". I illustrated, wrote it and am proud as heck of it. Came out in May and received better reviews than I could have ever asked for, which you can read HERE. ESPN called it "The most beautiful baseball book of the summer" and I've gotten really great responses at all the book signings I've done this year. And I just found out it was selected as one of the nine best baseball books of the year nominated for the Casey Award...

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by RTK

Montville's Ted Williams book is great. I have his Ruth book, "The Big Bam" but haven't it yet.




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If you want to test your Mantle love, this one is good too

All of the above are excellent. I have read the Williams 3x and the Mantle twice (sorry Babe, only got through you once). I would also recommend the recent biography of Ty Cobb, which came out this past summer or so. Sorry, but I can't remember the author's name.

Regards,

Larry

[flkersn]

I read the recent biography of Billy Martin and thought it was terrific. I did not expect to like it as well as I did. I find it interesting to read about the stuff going on behind the headlines that I read when I was a lad. Back in the day reporters kept secrets instead of revealing them.

Baseball's Flawed Genius by Bill Penington.

Bill