Cobb: A Biography34 reviews Al Stump Algonquin Books, 1996 Could not put this book down! Incredible book on one of the greatest! + A hard hitting biography of the greatest baseball player, and most feared and hated man, to ever don a major league uniform. + intriguing + A product of his time, and place...... + Relentless and Revealing             Baseball Forever: Reflections on Sixty Years in the Game7 reviews Ralph Kiner, Danny Peary Triumph Books, 2004 "Baseball is, to me, a carbon copy of life": A Great Player's Reflections on Baseball + THIS IS WORTH A LOOK + Kiner's Got the Korner on Great Stories + Good primary source on baseball history in USA             Ted Williams' Hit List : The Best of the Best Ranks the Best of the Rest1 review Ted Williams McGraw-Hill, 2003 For Baseball fans who follow the hitters This is not a book on the art, the technique of successful hitting. It's a book about results - the numbers compiled and compared. The book is centered around Ted's Top 25 - sans Splinter. (In "my book" he's second to another guy who got his start in Boston). It's very refreshing that this is a ...             Bad Guys Won81 reviews Jeff Pearlman Harper Paperbacks, 2005 Great Read + Great Book + Overall, sports journalism at its best. I was only 2 years old when the Mets won it all in 1986, but reading this book made me feel like I lived through it all. Pearlman does a fantastic job bringing the highlights (and lowlights for that matter) of the 1986 season to life in full detail. A must read for any Mets fan or any fan of ...             Greatest Ballpark Ever: Ebbets Field And the Story of the Brooklyn Dodgers9 reviews Bob McGee Rutgers, 2006 Brooklyn As It Once Was-The Greatest Place to Grow Up + "There was a ballpark . . ."---Frank Sinatra + Why Bash Walter O'Malley? + Bring back the Dodgers to Ebbets Field             Brooklyn Remembered: The 1955 Days of the Dodgers6 reviews Maury Allen Sports Publishing LLC, 2007 Good Read + "Just gimme one run. That's all I'll need today."---Johnny Podres + A VERY NICE READ + A LOOK BACK AT THE MAGICAL 1955 BROOKLYN TEAM             Shoeless: The Life and Times of Joe Jackson5 reviews David L. Fleitz McFarland & Company, 2001 A balanced, thoughtful book + The definitive Joe Jackson book + The Shoeless Joe You Didn't Know + Finally, A Biography about Joe             Praying for Gil Hodges: A Memoir of the 1955 World Series and One Family's Love of the Brooklyn Dodgers36 reviews Thomas Oliphant St. Martin's Griffin, 2006 Unique Individual Perspective-Worth the Read + A Bridge In Indiana, A Bridge In New York, A Bridge To A Time Long Gone + Captures Perfectly What It Means to Be a Baseball Fan This title of Praying for Gil Hodges is very mis-leading. You need to look below that and see it is a menoir of the author and his family of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Imagine today crying if the Yankees or Mets won a World Series it would never happen. For that matter any team which wins a ...             The DUKE OF FLATBUSH4 reviews Duke Snider, Bill Gilbert Zebra, 1989 Reliving Baseball's "Golden Era" + Excellent book! + Best Bio of Brooklyn Dodgers Duke Snider recalls the days of his baseball career and his associations with the "Boys of Summer". His recollections of Jackie Robinson, Gil Hodges, Reese, Campanella, etc. is a must-read! It not only talks about the ballplayers in their prime, but how they stayed close after they retired. Their ...             Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series34 reviews Eliot Asinof Holt Paperbacks, 2000 Black-Sox classic + "Gentlemen, they went to see a ballgame. But all they saw was a con game."---States Attorney Gorman to the jury + The little guys took the fall. + ocho men out.             The Long Ball: The Summer of '75 -- Spaceman, Catfish, Charlie Hustle, and the Greatest World Series Ever ...37 reviews Tom Adelman Back Bay Books, 2004 Makes you feel like you're right there in 1975 + An entertaining read I happened to stumble upon this book at a local bookstore. The paperback cover said it was a "national bestseller." After a quick glimpse through it, I decided to pick it up. I wasn't disappointed. Adelman makes you feel as though you are right in the thick of things during the 1975 season. ...             Negro League Baseball4 reviews Ernest C. Withers Harry N. Abrams, 2005 lucky one + Beautiful + Negro League Baseball + Touching Thoughts from Mays and Great Photos             Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train16 reviews Henry W. Thomas Bison Books, 1998 Oustanding biography of a great Hall of Fame pitcher + This is a must read for Baseball fans + A Great Pitcher and Great Gentleman in a solid biography + Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train             Hal Chase: The Defiant Life and Turbulent Times of Baseball's Biggest Crook5 reviews Martin Kohout McFarland & Company, 2001 This Boy Was So Crooked He Had TO Screw On His Socks + Setting the Record Straight? + The Tragedy of Hal Chase + Was He Really That Good?             Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero43 reviews Leigh Montville Broadway, 2005 Perfection Requires Constant Practice + The Life of Baseball's Greatest Hitter + Nicely Done Look at a Complex Man + The ultimate Williams book + Terrific Book             Josh Gibson: A Life in the Negro Leagues6 reviews William Brashler Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2000 The Best Hitter of His Era + A Tragic Figure, A Tragic Story + One of the greatest baseball players of all time + Best book on baseball I've ever read + JOSH GIBSON: SUPERSTAR AND HUMAN             Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero59 reviews David Maraniss Simon & Schuster, 2007 More than a hero-worshipping fan-book + passion and grace... + Great read + Learned a lot about Roberto off the field             1,001 Reasons to Love Baseball1 review Danny Peary Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 2004 A Baseball Book Like No Other On P. 205 of 1001 Reasons To Love Baseball, Danny Peary and MaryTiegreen list 17 classic books which have become iconic reverences to baseball. They could have included one more - their own magical, wondrous, can't put it down adoration of the game. 1001 Reasons to Love Baseball is different ...             Iron Horse: Lou Gehrig in His Time16 reviews Ray Robinson W. W. Norton, 2006 A lively writing style blends history and biography + Nice Account of Gehrig's Life + Worth a read for any serious baseball fan + The Soul Of The Iron Horse             Baseball as America : Seeing Ourselves Through Our National Game4 reviews National Geographic National Geographic, 2002 A baseball book that is like taking a trip to Cooperstown + Excellent history of Baseball - but a tad bit dry + Take Me Out to the Ball Game + It's A Great Book ...