Ball Four92 reviews Jim Bouton Wiley, 1990 the first to expose how players used the groupies + Funny, Profane and Honest. Play Ball + important book + Ball Four was a HIt + Knee Surgery Gift             The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract87 reviews Bill James Free Press, 2003 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 Improbable Saga of the New York Met's First Year6 reviews Jimmy Breslin Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2003 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 ...             Baseball Prospectus 2006: The BP Team of Experts on Baseball Talent16 reviews Baseball Prospectus Team of Experts Workman Publishing Company, 2006 Calling all fantasy team owners..... + The Baseball Information Derby + Best overall baseball book ou there This is the one book you need before draft day! Oh, and if you're just a major league baseball fan, especially one that knows that there is a lot more to find in the statistics than meets the eye, this book is for you. If your eyes glaze over when you try to decipher statistics, this book makes ...             Why Time Begins on Opening Day2 reviews Thomas Boswell Doubleday Books, 1984 Superbly Eloquent look at Baseball + why time begins on opening day Sportswriter Tom Boswell of the Washington Post is a gifted analyst with a flair for moving prose. Here he covers baseball in the late 1970's and early 1980's in a series of essays that display a mixture of wit, insight, humor and reverence. Boswell focuses heavily on the nearby Baltimore Orioles ...             Take Me Out to the Ballpark: An Illustrated Tour to Baseball Parks Past and Present27 reviews Josh Leventhal Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2003 Great Coffee Table Book + Stadium-shaped coffee-table book + Awesome Book for the avid baseball fan! + baseball parks             The Broadcasters (A Da Capo paperback)1 review Red Barber Da Capo Pr, 1986 Required for baseball fans and broadcasters I broadcast baseball, minor and major league for 20 years (also football and basketball) and at the same time taught Broadcast Sports at the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. Red Barber's The Broadcasters was my only text. He put together in the first page of his sixth chapter the entire ...             You're Missin' a Great Game26 reviews Whitey Herzog Berkley, 2000 REAL BASEBALL + Thoughtful, Vibrant look at baseball + great book, no fluff + one of the greatest minds of the game             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!             Harry Caray was radio sports pioneer.: An article from: St. Louis Journalism Review Larry Hoffman SJR St. Louis Journalism Review, 1998 This digital document is an article from St. Louis Journalism Review, published by SJR St. Louis Journalism Review on March 1, 1998. The length of the article is 1470 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. 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You can view it with any web browser. ...             The Boys of Summer40 reviews Roger Kahn Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2000 The Book That Made Me A Baseball Fan + The Great American Game + We are all "Boys of Summer". + Absolute classic + The Best Baseball Book Ever             Only the Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams17 reviews Robert Peterson Oxford University Press, USA, 1992 Oh, what a game. + Very Good Baseball History + Only the Ball Was White + A Monumental Journey Into The Forgotten History Of NLB + Wonderful Book             The Summer Game (Bison Book)8 reviews Roger Angell Bison Books, 2004 The Bard of Baseball + YES, HE IS THE POET LAUREATE OF BASEBALL + Now back in print + best-written baseball book I have yet found             INSTANT REPLAY THE GREEN PAY DIARY OF JERRY KRAMER New American Library, 1969 From the locker room to the goal line, from the training field to the Super Bowl, INSTANT REPLAY is the inside story of a great pro-football team...bullied, maligned, loved and mothered by an extraordinary coach, Vince Lombardi--and the day-by-day diary of Jerry Kramer, a football veteran and this season's literary superstar...             MLB Vintage World Series Films - St. Louis Cardinals 1982, 1985 & 19872 reviews Ozzie Smith, Willie McGee A&E Home Video, 2005 Royals! As there's no KC Royals package to be had, I was forced to buy the St. Louis Cardinals DVD to experience the joy that was 1985. Yes, Denkinger's call was wrong, but the subsequent hits were right on the money, and the Royals might well have won without it. And that 11-0 drubbing in game seven was ...             1947: When All Hell Broke Loose In Baseball (Da Capo Paperback)5 reviews Red Barber Da Capo Press, 1984 An enjoyable, but slightly flawed recap of a wild season. + Readable if flawed look at 1947 baseball + A fascinating look at a seminal baseball season. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and I think any baseball fan will. Having said that, the book has one slight problem that keeps it from being great. Red rambles occasionly, going off on tangents and later repeating himself, discussing the same event he wrote about several pages earlier. On the ...             MLB Vintage World Series Films - St. Louis Cardinals 1964, 1967 & 19683 reviews Bob Gibson, Lou Brock A&E Home Video, 2005 Great St. Louis baseball nostalgia + BASEBALL CLASSIC ERA + Cardinals This DVD is a great way for any Cardinals fan to experience or re-experience the 60's-era Cardinals dynasty. Brock, Gibson, and many other Cardinals greats are all here. The video pretty much shows the last pitch of each at bat that took place during the three World Series. This is great because ...             Stengel: His Life and Times8 reviews Robert W. Creamer University of Nebraska Press, 1996 Stengel was great and so is Creamer. + Casey was a character + Great Reading + Straightforward and Entertaining + New Insights on an Old Favorite             Red Smith on Baseball: The Game's Greatest Writer on the Game's Greatest Years12 reviews Red Smith Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2002 great baseball writer reminiscences + They don't write columns like this anymore + nice collection of Smith columns + none better + Good writing should get better book production             From Ghetto to Glory1 review Bob Gibson Prentice Hall, 1968 Gibby #45 Hall of Fame Great to find a good copy of this older book about one of the games greatest pitchers!