Baseball Books

[Cocos Disciples]

What are the best baseball books out there this year? I've read Fantasyland and Baseball Between the Numbers, but I want more. Read any good ones?

[KeepTheFaith1229]

Well Moneyball is a must...

[Sizzlin22]

Baseball and Philosophy (sp?) it was a good read.

[KeepTheFaith1229]

I'm reading a book called "The pitch that killed" about Ray Chapman, the only baseball casualty on the field of play. Pretty good.

[Cocos Disciples]

Well Moneyball is a must...

 

yeah i read that a while ago and enjoyed it.

[The Monster is my Mom]

I like to read baseball biographies. I have recently read Ty Cobb, Ted Williams, and Joe DiMaggio. They were all pretty good.

[RedRuffing15]

Well, I doubt youd want Yankee books to read, so I'll just say along with MIMM, I like to read bios

 

(Red Ruffing bio can be found in the link in my sig under Hall of Fame!!!)

[jsinger121]

A good Yankee book I read was the Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty by Buster Olney.

[ahhchon]

baseball prospectus (enter year)...

 

i'm in the process of reading between the numbers and finishing up baseball prospectus 2006.

 

john

[HeadOfSoxNation]

David Wells's Biography was hysterical. I'm not a huge boomer fan, but you feel like you're reading the bio of a college frat boy with all the partying he does, it was a riot.

 

My Favorite Summer: 1956 about the Mick was an awesome book.

 

I assume everyone here has already read Now I Can Die In Peace by Bill Simmons? If not, and if, by some chance, you've never read any of Simmon's columns on Page 2 on ESPN.com, you're really missing out. The guy is HYSTERICAL. He writes his columns almost like conversations between friends. It's hard to explain, but if you read him, you'll get what I mean.

 

Game of Shadows was interesting, if not good.

[RedRuffing15]

All my Octobers by Mantle was maddd good too

[Cocos Disciples]

Well, I doubt youd want Yankee books to read, so I'll just say along with MIMM, I like to read bios

 

(Red Ruffing bio can be found in the link in my sig under Hall of Fame!!!)

 

 

i could be intrested in yankee books, i almost got last night of the yankee dynasty.

[Ray10]

You have to read Moneyball it's a great book.

[Cocos Disciples]

yeah i did like 2 years ago

[Youk Of The Nation]

I'm reading a book called "The pitch that killed" about Ray Chapman, the only baseball casualty on the field of play. Pretty good.

 

 

No offense to the departed Mr. Chapman, but how can you write a book on that?

 

"Once upon a time, Ray Chapman played baseball. Then he was hit in the head with a pitch and died."

[Youk Of The Nation]

I'm reading a book called "The pitch that killed" about Ray Chapman, the only baseball casualty on the field of play. Pretty good.

 

 

No offense to the departed Mr. Chapman, but how can you write a book on that?

 

"Once upon a time, Ray Chapman played baseball. Then he was hit in the head with a pitch and died."

[jimmyd]

"The Teammates" by David Halberstam is a great book for Sox fans. Gotta check it out if you're into the history of the Sox.