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01-02-2011, 02:19 AM
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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 
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01-02-2011, 08:30 AM
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Fred Lieb's book "Baseball as I've Known It" is another great read. Fred is a member of the Hall of Fame's writer's wing. The book was published in 1977 and it was his memoir of his 70 years as a sportswriter (mostly for the Sporting News).
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01-02-2011, 09:43 AM
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This question comes up every few months but here is an underated book I never hear mentioned:
"Misfits! The Cleveland Spiders in 1899" by Hetrick It is about what was probably the worst team ever. It is surprisingly very amusing, interesting and historical regarding turn of the century baseball. I just noticed a new printing of this book has a slightly different name: "Misfits: Baseball's Worst Ever Team". Last edited by celoknob; 01-02-2011 at 10:40 AM. Reason: new info
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01-02-2011, 10:51 AM
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Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella.
Silent Season of a Hero (essay not book) by Gay Talese. The opening chapter of Underworld by Don DeLillo, which may be separately available as Pafko at the Wall.
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01-02-2011, 11:26 AM
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"Baseball: The Early Years" by Harold Seymour (Oxford University Press, 1959).
Traces the growth of the sport from the time of the first recorded game at Valley Forge during the Revolution to the formation of the two present major leagues in 1903. Besides meticulously chronicling the game's early development, Dr. Seymour details the influence of baseball on American business, manners, morals, social institutions ... and show business. 365 pages of terrific storytelling.
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01-02-2011, 12:19 PM
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"Ed Delahanty in the Emerald Age of Baseball" by Jerrold Casway
Great stuff not just on baseball of the time but the life of a star ballplayer of the time as well. Really great stuff. Tom C
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01-03-2011, 03:57 PM
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I think you would like Box Socials by Kinsella....underrated.
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05-19-2011, 12:43 AM
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I'm apologize for bringing a book thread back up, but i was curious if anyone had suggestions for books specifically about Tris Speaker. I've read Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life and was just hoping to find more reading material on him.
Thanks  -Tucker
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05-19-2011, 01:51 PM
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Tucker
Unless there's some obscure bio circulating somewhere, that bio is the only one I've seen on Mr. Speaker 
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