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The Glory of Their Times : The Story of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It 72 reviews Lawrence S. Ritter
Harper Paperbacks, 1992
Baseball's Old Testament
+ Lives Up To The Hype - The Best Baseball Book Ever + The Holy Grail of all Baseball Books + Historical treasure + Greatest Sports Book Ever Written!!!
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Frank "Home Run" Baker: Hall of Famer And World Series Hero (Hall of Famer and World Series Hero) (Hall of ... 6 reviews Barry Sparks
McFarland & Company, 2005
A Simpler Time in Baseball
+ Great book to own + Home Run Baker--the first home run hitting hero in the World Series + Home Run Baker book review + A local look back.
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Baseball between the Lines: Baseball in the Forties and Fifties, As Told by the Men Who Played It 1 review Donald Honig
University of Nebraska Press, 1993
A GREAT NOSTALGIC TRIP BACK IN TIME
THIS BOOK IS TRULY A TIME MACHINE FOR BASEBALL FANS. THIS A COLLECTION OF STORIES AND BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES ABOUT 19 MEN WHO PLAYED THE GAME DURING THE GOLDEN ERA OF BASBALL. (1940-1950'S) INCLUDED IN THIS ARE TOMMMY HENRICH, RALPH KINER, ENOS SLAUGHTER, HERB SCORE AND ROBIN ROBERTS. THIS IS ONE OF ...
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Catfish, Yaz, And Hammerin' Hank: The Unforgettable Era that Transformed Baseball 2 reviews Phil Pepe
Triumph Books (IL), 2006
A Nostalgic Review of 1970's Baseball
+ Good, albeit Yankees-centric
This book is an enjoyable nostalgic read from the decade of the 1970's. It is more enjoyable having been a fan of baseball since the early 1950's, and being able to appreciate those players who made up the game of baseball during the decade of the 1970's. I would like to point out a few mistakes ...
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Baseball in '41: A Celebration of the "Best Baseball Season Ever" 3 reviews Robert W. Creamer
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1992
AN ADVENTUROUS TRIP TO A FABLED TIME IN OUR NATIONAL PASTIME
+ The Greatest Season in Baseball History.
WHERE HAVE YOU GONE JOE DIMAGGIO? THIS IS THE SEASON OF JOE'S STREAK, TED WILLIAMS BATTING .400, THE DODGERS WINNING THE PENNANT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 21 YEARS,AND THE UNITED STATES ON THE BRINK OF ENTERING THE WAR. I FELT AS THOUGH I WAS TRANSPORTED BACK TO OUR LAST YEAR OF INNOCENCE AND EBBETS ...
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Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History 61 reviews Cait N. Murphy
Collins, 2008
Not Baseball in 1908, but America in 1908
+ Boneheads, Belle, Brothels & Baseball + Baseball's modern era begins here + One Hundred Years Ago...Nothing Was Different!
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The Only Game in Town: Baseball Stars of the 1930s and 1940s Talk About the Game They Loved (Baseball Oral ... 12 reviews Fay Vincent
Simon & Schuster, 2006
For all baseball fans
+ WELL WORTH IT + For the serious fan
This is a book that any baseball fan needs to read. It makes us appreciate the game back when it was pure. When the game was truly the national pasttime, and the players such as Monte Irvin, Ralph Kiner, and so many others played a game they loved. Yes, it was a business, but it was also a game, ...
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Baseball When the Grass Was Real: Baseball from the Twenties to the Forties, Told by the Men Who Played It 5 reviews Donald Honig
Bison Books, 1993
A must-read for all who loved "The Glory of Their Times"
+ Eloquent Oral History + The Wonderful Stories of Baseball + Picks right up where Lawrence Ritter left off + A GOOD READ
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Baseball As I Knew It 6 reviews Fred Lieb
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1977
Fred Lieb is A True Hall of Famer
+ A Great Baseball Book + This Will Leave The Shelf Often + Never gets old + Fred Lieb was telling what he saw and felt.
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Only the Ball Was White 17 reviews Robert W. Peterson
Gramercy, 1999
Oh, what a game.
+ Very Good Baseball History + Only the Ball Was White + A Monumental Journey Into The Forgotten History Of NLB + Wonderful Book
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Babe: The Legend Comes to Life 22 reviews Robert Creamer
Simon & Schuster, 1992
Writing by a true fan of the greatest game
+ The Sultan of Swat + Babe: The Legend Comes To Life + Glory Of His Time + This is not the Tom Meany biography of my youth.
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Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History 61 reviews Cait N. Murphy
Collins, 2008
Not Baseball in 1908, but America in 1908
+ Boneheads, Belle, Brothels & Baseball + Baseball's modern era begins here + One Hundred Years Ago...Nothing Was Different!
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Catfish, Yaz, And Hammerin' Hank: The Unforgettable Era that Transformed Baseball 2 reviews Phil Pepe
Triumph Books (IL), 2006
A Nostalgic Review of 1970's Baseball
+ Good, albeit Yankees-centric
This book is an enjoyable nostalgic read from the decade of the 1970's. It is more enjoyable having been a fan of baseball since the early 1950's, and being able to appreciate those players who made up the game of baseball during the decade of the 1970's. I would like to point out a few mistakes ...
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The Only Game in Town: Baseball Stars of the 1930s and 1940s Talk About the Game They Loved (Baseball Oral ... 12 reviews Fay Vincent
Simon & Schuster, 2006
For all baseball fans
+ WELL WORTH IT + For the serious fan
This is a book that any baseball fan needs to read. It makes us appreciate the game back when it was pure. When the game was truly the national pasttime, and the players such as Monte Irvin, Ralph Kiner, and so many others played a game they loved. Yes, it was a business, but it was also a game, ...
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Baseball between the Lines: Baseball in the Forties and Fifties, As Told by the Men Who Played It 1 review Donald Honig
University of Nebraska Press, 1993
A GREAT NOSTALGIC TRIP BACK IN TIME
THIS BOOK IS TRULY A TIME MACHINE FOR BASEBALL FANS. THIS A COLLECTION OF STORIES AND BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES ABOUT 19 MEN WHO PLAYED THE GAME DURING THE GOLDEN ERA OF BASBALL. (1940-1950'S) INCLUDED IN THIS ARE TOMMMY HENRICH, RALPH KINER, ENOS SLAUGHTER, HERB SCORE AND ROBIN ROBERTS. THIS IS ONE OF ...
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The Glory of Their Times : The Story of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It 72 reviews Lawrence S. Ritter
Harper Paperbacks, 1992
Baseball's Old Testament
+ Lives Up To The Hype - The Best Baseball Book Ever + The Holy Grail of all Baseball Books + Historical treasure + Greatest Sports Book Ever Written!!!
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Baseball in '41: A Celebration of the "Best Baseball Season Ever" 3 reviews Robert W. Creamer
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1992
AN ADVENTUROUS TRIP TO A FABLED TIME IN OUR NATIONAL PASTIME
+ The Greatest Season in Baseball History.
WHERE HAVE YOU GONE JOE DIMAGGIO? THIS IS THE SEASON OF JOE'S STREAK, TED WILLIAMS BATTING .400, THE DODGERS WINNING THE PENNANT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 21 YEARS,AND THE UNITED STATES ON THE BRINK OF ENTERING THE WAR. I FELT AS THOUGH I WAS TRANSPORTED BACK TO OUR LAST YEAR OF INNOCENCE AND EBBETS ...
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Frank "Home Run" Baker: Hall of Famer And World Series Hero (Hall of Famer and World Series Hero) (Hall of ... 6 reviews Barry Sparks
McFarland & Company, 2005
A Simpler Time in Baseball
+ Great book to own + Home Run Baker--the first home run hitting hero in the World Series + Home Run Baker book review + A local look back.
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Babe: The Legend Comes to Life 22 reviews Robert Creamer
Simon & Schuster, 1992
Writing by a true fan of the greatest game
+ The Sultan of Swat + Babe: The Legend Comes To Life + Glory Of His Time + This is not the Tom Meany biography of my youth.
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Baseball When the Grass Was Real: Baseball from the Twenties to the Forties, Told by the Men Who Played It 5 reviews Donald Honig
Bison Books, 1993
A must-read for all who loved "The Glory of Their Times"
+ Eloquent Oral History + The Wonderful Stories of Baseball + Picks right up where Lawrence Ritter left off + A GOOD READ
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