Baseball book recommendations?

[BigSlim16]

I just finished The Only Rule Is It Has To Work (about 3-4 years after it was released but whatever) and loved it. I was wondering if there are any other good baseball book out there that you would recommend?

The MVP Machine is most likely next up on my reading list

[flyercle]

I'd highly recommend Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick by Paul Dickson. Crazy stories, and a really interesting read. I really enjoyed it considering it was not a player/team-focused work.

[schmidtcollectr]

I listen to a bunch of baseball books while I'm at work so I can recommend a few.
1. Ty cobb a Terrible beauty
2. The kid
3.the big bam
4. Sandy koufax by Jane leavy
5. Fall from grace

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[ottobord]

Ball Four by Jim Bouton

[Mister2Bits]

Card Sharks by Pete Williams

[eastbayak]

Maybe this one? See the link

https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1361274

[eastbayak]

Also “Sadaharu Oh: A Zen Way of Baseball”

[JRX]

The glory of their times by ritter

[oplum29]

i just finished DiMaggio: A Hero's life, that was a very good book.

right now i'm reading Clemente by David Maraniss.

[Giants1964]

My favorites are...

"The Best They Could Be" by Scott H Longert {about Cleveland Indians 1916-1920 easy Read and informative and not dull}

"Five O'Clock Lightening" By Tommy Henrich...NY Yankees Book and told form someone who truly loved the game.

2- Newer but still quite good.
"24" by Willie Mays and John Shea...best book on Willie Mays in his words out there.
"Lou Gehrig-The Lost Memoir" Great book on Lou Gehrig in his own works during 1927 season--just excellent even if you have read his bio and his wife's too {Lost great Bk too}

Finally the very best baseball book ever of the old time players "The Glory of their Times" I am still reading this to savor it...each chapter in one players accounts. I will reread this one every 5 years.
Good Luck

[MiamiMarlinsFan]

The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America by Joe Posnanski.

[OscarOne]

I have read a bunch of baseball books. And I am...so often disappointed.

There are only a couple that I have bothered to reread.

The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book is a book written by Brendan C. Boyd & Fred C. Harris about baseball cards, primarily ones issued during the 1950s and 1960s, and the players on the cards. The book was published by Little, Brown & Co. in October 1973, creating a nostalgia for baseball books like The Boys of Summer published two years earlier. After several years of being out of print, Seamhead Books reprinted the book in April 2015, with some new contents.

Ball Four is a book written by former Major League Baseball pitcher Jim Bouton in 1970. The book is a diary of Bouton's 1969 season, spent with the Seattle Pilots and then the Houston Astros following a late-season trade. In it, Bouton also recounts much of his baseball career, spent mainly with the New York Yankees. Made me understand why we have unions. The crap the owners pulled was...insane.

Stolen Season: A Journey Through America and Baseball's Minor Leagues by David Lamb. An inside study of minor league baseball provides a portrait of the small cities and towns that house the teams and the colorful people--players, owners, coaches, and fans--who contribute to the baseball legend. Made me want to get drunk eating steaks in an RV with Eddie Mathews.

The Curse of Rocky Colavito: A Loving Look at a Thirty-Year Slump by Terry Pluto. This is a great book that maps the downfall of the Cleveland Indians. It's good enought that you don't have to be a fan of the team to enjoy it. Infact, its probably more fun if you are not. We are now on year 71 since the Tribe last won a World Series.

Of course, I liked Moneyball too.

[bavariancream]

Ballpark by Paul Goldberger.

[palmetto7]

The Bronx Zoo by Sparky Lyle...just goes to show you that you dont have to love your fellow teammates.

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[mfw13]

I would recommend all of Ron Luciano's books from the 80's:

The Umpire Strikes Back
Fall of the Roman Umpire
Strike Two
Remembrance of Swings Past
Baseball Lite

He was an AL ump during the 70's, and his books all contain great stories from his career as an umpire.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Luciano

[RL 1953]

Fear Strikes Out

[kdog4187]

I am surprised this one hasn't been mentioned yet...

Buzz Bisinger Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager

It is essentially an in depth look at a three game series with Tony LaRussa in the midst of a pennant race. I thought it was extremely interesting and well written.

[HighDesertCC]

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[callou2131]

Originally Posted by mfw13

I would recommend all of Ron Luciano's books from the 80's:

The Umpire Strikes Back
Fall of the Roman Umpire
Strike Two
Remembrance of Swings Past
Baseball Lite

He was an AL ump during the 70's, and his books all contain great stories from his career as an umpire.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Luciano

This this and this. Great stories.

[Cliffroach]

The Summer of '49 and October '64 are two of the best books I've read about anything. Both are by David Halberstam. And then another Halberstam book is The Teammates - it's about Williams, Dom DiMaggio, Doerr, and Pesky.

Few others:
Joe DiMaggio by Richard Ben Cramer
Ted Williams - Leigh Montville
Dynasty - Yankees "49 to '64 - Peter Golenbock
Satchel - Larry Tye

Lot of other good books already mentioned.

[Prox3]

Matt Christopher was my favorite baseball author when I was 7. The Kid Who Only Hit Homers is an all time great. Dont sleep on the Lucky Baseball Bat.

[majestik101]

Ball Four is a must-read, if not just for the historical significance.

I also recommend The Bird: The Life and Legacy of Mark Fidrych

[This is]

The Yankee Years by Joe Torre and Tom Verduci.

[Skipscards]

Lords of the Realm is the greatest baseball book ever.

Politics of Glory is also excellent.

[Burbot]

The Iowa Baseball Confederacy by Kinsella

The Science of Hitting by Ted Williams