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Hrycaj · 12-02-2020, 03:14 PM

This thread comes up every few years and I love it everytime. I wish we could get a stickied thread just devoted to books about the game. Like many here I have a ton of favorites. Not many have helped me play OOTP but they have definitely helped me write about leagues I have created. Here are a few that I really enjoyed.

Turkey Stearns and the Detroit Stars: The Negro Leagues in Detroit 1919-1933 by Richard Bak

Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History by Cait Murphy

A Game of Brawl: The Orioles, the Beaneaters, and the Battle for the 1897 Pennant by Bill Felber

Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-era Detroit by Tom Stanton

Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan by Peter Morris

And one of the best fictional reads.. The Iowa Baseball Confederacy by W.P. Kinsella
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Outside the Lines of Gilded Age Baseball: Alcohol, Fitness, and Cheating in 1880's Baseball by Dr. Rob Bauer

How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! The True Story Revealed by Thomas W. Gilbert

12-02-2020, 03:14 PM	#15
Hrycaj All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,520	This thread comes up every few years and I love it everytime. I wish we could get a stickied thread just devoted to books about the game. Like many here I have a ton of favorites. Not many have helped me play OOTP but they have definitely helped me write about leagues I have created. Here are a few that I really enjoyed. Turkey Stearns and the Detroit Stars: The Negro Leagues in Detroit 1919-1933 by Richard Bak Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History by Cait Murphy A Game of Brawl: The Orioles, the Beaneaters, and the Battle for the 1897 Pennant by Bill Felber Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-era Detroit by Tom Stanton Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan by Peter Morris And one of the best fictional reads.. The Iowa Baseball Confederacy by W.P. Kinsella __________________________________________________ ________Current reads: Outside the Lines of Gilded Age Baseball: Alcohol, Fitness, and Cheating in 1880's Baseball by Dr. Rob Bauer How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! The True Story Revealed by Thomas W. Gilbert __________________ Click on my signature to read about the great game of baseball in Normington.