For the Good of the Country: World War II Baseball in the Major and Minor Leagues David Finoli McFarland & Company, 2002 Like virtually every other aspect of American life, baseball was affected by World War II. Many of its players left the playing field for the battlefield, but the game continued, played by those who stayed behind. Wartime baseball entertained a nation in desperate need of a diversion and a morale boost in a time of crisis. This book studies baseball during World War II, with both a ...             October 196456 reviews David Halberstam Ballantine Books, 1995 This Is More Than A Sports Book + A Seminal Season and October + The End of an Era and the Dawn of a New Age in Baseball + An absolute must-read for any baseball person!             The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract88 reviews Bill James Free Press, 2001 the man and the work that put sabermetrics on the map + The essential baseball book + An awesome book to have on your shelf + Very good book             Can't Anybody Here Play This Game? (The Penguin sports library)6 reviews Jimmy Breslin Penguin (Non-Classics), 1982 It's ABOUT TIME They Republished This Jewel! + Baseball as Entertainment + A timely reprint! Jimmy Breslin, really, wrote only one book which ought to be required reading for anyone, even if they do not appreciate immediately the sublime, ridiculous, and surreal that was the 1962 New York Mets. Of every page and paragraph I have ever read of that wonderfully absurdist gathering of ...             Long Before the Dodgers: Baseball in Brooklyn, 1855-18842 reviews James L. Terry McFarland & Company, 2002 baseball belongs in brooklyn + Good local history Long before Jim Terry made the effort to report a history of baseball in Brooklyn other authors have had the same fascination with the subject and the borough. His unique contribution is his focus on the nineteenth century but the flavor of the topic and the relish of the reporting seems common to ...             Baseball Extra: A Newspaper History of the Glorious Game from Its Beginnings to the Present4 reviews Eric C. Caren Book Sales, 2000 If you are into old-school this is for you! + From the baselines to the headlines + A must have if you love baseball + For seniors only?             Voices from the Negro Leagues: Conversations with 52 Baseball Standouts of the Period, 1924-19604 reviews Brent P. Kelley McFarland & Company, 1997 Great Book about great players! + History From Those Who Were Part Of It All + really superb + An accurate and heartfelt account of life in the League             Baseball in World War II Europe (Images of Sports) (Sports History)2 reviews Gary Bedingfield Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2000 For Baseball Lovers + Baseball in World War II Europe: A Big Hit ! Gary Bedingfield has done a FANtastic job showing the American Pastime. It's like a trip though The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. This is a must for all baseball fans. The photos bring back memories of the House of David and other barnstorming teams. Seeing integrated baseball ...             Baseball's Other All-Stars: The Greatest Players from the Negro Leagues, the Japanese Leagues, the Mexican ...4 reviews William F. McNeil McFarland & Company, 2000 The Great Predictor + Set the record straight + The Worlds Greatest Baseball Players Another vote for a book that accurately predicts what the greatest baseball players from around the world would have hit if they had had a chance to play in the major leagues. How accurate is the prediction? Well, at least one of these baseball legends is still active. Ichiro, the Seattle ...             The Great 19th Century Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball8 reviews David Nemec Dutton Adult, 1997 Triple-Crown job + Unique book on an underappreciated topic + Complete 19th century baseball information + simply outstanding + A Historical Fans Bible             One Pitch Away: The Players' Stories of the 1986 League Championships and World Series (The Players' Stories ...8 reviews Mike Sowell Macmillan General Reference, 1995 Absolutely fantastic. It really takes you there. + A very good book about a very good year for Mets fans! + in depth players' accounts of the 1986 postseason + For lovers of the game             We Played the Game: Memories of Baseball's Greatest Era5 reviews Danny Peary Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2002 Cure for the winter blues + A Must For Every Baseball Library + The Best !!! + ALOT OF BANG FOR YOUR BUCK + If you grew up in the 50's and followed baseball closely....             Before They Were the Bombers: The New York Yankees' Early Years, 1903-19193 reviews Jim Reisler McFarland & Company, 2002 Baseball and Social History + Fascinating book Being the first person to review this book shows that this book is a nugget that has been ignored by readers interested in baseball history. Author Jim Reisler takes us back to the beginning of the 20th century of baseball's dead ball era. The New York Highlanders opened the 1903 season after the ...             The Official Rules of Baseball7 reviews David Nemec The Lyons Press, 1994 Best Book I've Read on This Subject + Decent Coverage + Best book on the history of baseball. + Surprise, surprise             Lords of the Realm22 reviews John Helyar Ballantine Books, 1995 Baseball owners are idiots? I'm shocked...shocked! + Best Baseball Book I Ever Read + Simply Great! + Readable, Informative, Educational + An excellent read for baseball fans             Smoke: The Romance and Lore of Cuban Baseball19 reviews Mark Rucker, Peter C. Bjarkman Total Sports, 1999 ITS ABOUT TIME + Beautiful Baseball Book + Baseball in Cuba + One of the best ever baseball books I read...             Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues9 reviews John B. Holway, Lloyd Johnson, ... Hastings House, 2001 The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues + The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues + The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues + Negro Baseball Tour de Force + The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues             The Negro Leagues Revisited: Conversations With 66 More Baseball Heroes1 review Brent Kelley McFarland & Company wonderful look, great book I have the pleasure of having season tickets right behind one of the gentlemen interviewed for this book and spent the last baseball game enjoying an advanced copy of it. The book is filled with great stats and homestyle pictures. The compilation flows with the memories of young men, that have ...             POW Baseball in World War II: The National Pastime Behind Barbed Wire Tim Wolter McFarland & Company, 2001 Nearly 130,000 American soldiers and 19,000 American civilians were captured by the enemy during the Second World War. The conditions under which they were held varied enormously but baseball, in various forms, was a common activity among these prisoners of war. Not just Americans, but Canadians, British, Australians and New Zealanders took the field, as well as the Japanese and even a few ...             The Joy of Keeping Score: How Scoring the Game Has Influenced and Enhanced the History of Baseball19 reviews Paul Dickson Harvest Books, 1997 Great book! + Entertaining book with the basics of scorekeeping + Informative and fun, a easy read gem you must have + Interesting and Fun Book