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swoboda · 12-07-2020, 07:41 PM

Like many of you I have read so many baseball books I could not name them all if I tried.
Just a few of my favorites:

"Summer of '49" and "October 1964" both by David Halberstam both great journeys thru memorable seasons and times

Ball Four by Jim Bouton, (I consider this a must read for any sports fan)

The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn more of a sweet "where are they now"

"Baseball for Brain Surgeons" by Tim McCarver with Danny Peary a highly detailed breakdown of a major league game and another similar type of analysis
"Pure Baseball" by Keith Hernandez and Mike Bryan

Finally McMillan's "The Baseball Encyclopedia" 8th (and final?) edition published circa 1989. Yeah, I know Baseball Reference.com is far far superior, but I can easily spend an hour just leafing thru the old encyclopedia and losing myself in the history of the game on paper.

12-07-2020, 07:41 PM	#43
swoboda All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Guarding The Line Posts: 1,220	Like many of you I have read so many baseball books I could not name them all if I tried. Just a few of my favorites: "Summer of '49" and "October 1964" both by David Halberstam both great journeys thru memorable seasons and times Ball Four by Jim Bouton, (I consider this a must read for any sports fan) The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn more of a sweet "where are they now" "Baseball for Brain Surgeons" by Tim McCarver with Danny Peary a highly detailed breakdown of a major league game and another similar type of analysis "Pure Baseball" by Keith Hernandez and Mike Bryan Finally McMillan's "The Baseball Encyclopedia" 8th (and final?) edition published circa 1989. Yeah, I know Baseball Reference.com is far far superior, but I can easily spend an hour just leafing thru the old encyclopedia and losing myself in the history of the game on paper. __________________ "...If you want to look ahead to the bottom of the ninth, the Mets will be sending up Buddy Harrelson, Jerry Buchek , and Don Bosch, we'll be right back after this word from Rheingold Beer" The late great Lindsey Nelson Last edited by swoboda; 12-07-2020 at 07:42 PM.