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If I Never Get Back: A Novel 56 reviews Darryl Brock
Frog Books, 2007
The Boys Of Summer...Summer Of 1869 That Is....
+ Fun to go back to the beginning + one of the best + I *** LOVE *** this book! + Best baseball novel ever
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Heat 68 reviews Mike Lupica
Puffin, 2007
An Awesome Baseball Book!
+ A Dream Fulfilled! + MUST READ + G.Brickley's Book Review
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The Natural 100 reviews Bernard Malamud
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003
A must for any literate baseball fan
+ Not so sugary sweet + The Defining Work
My father was an English teacher who also happened to be a baseball fanatic, and I still have his marked-up copy of "The Natural" somewhere in the basement. He actually built an entire English class around baseball fiction, with this book as its centerpiece.
You can't help but appreciate the ...
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Ball Four 92 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
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The Entitled 24 reviews Frank Deford
Sourcebooks Landmark, 2007
If You Are a Baseball Fan....
+ Certainly More Than Just a Baseball Book. . . + We sometimes forget
If you are a baseball fan, you are likely to find this moving, action-packed book the best of its kind you've ever read. In addition to the main plot, the author skillfully carries along about three sub-plots, every one of which would grace a well-written story with any other background than ...
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Shoeless Joe 90 reviews W. P. Kinsella
Mariner Books, 1999
If you read it, a cliche wil vanish
+ Kinsella gets it right + A Book to Read When You Feel Magic Seeping From Your Life + Uncategorizable Sport or Inspritational?
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Last Days of Summer 146 reviews Steve Kluger
Avon, 2005
I'm heartbroken
+ Good, breezy read + Tossed the Bookmark + Great book! + Most Enjoyable
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Double Play 51 reviews Robert B. Parker, 2004
Fun Summer Read
+ Gritty thriller of redemption + fast flowing hard boiled drama, with real characters
I had seen some of the movies based on Parker's Jesse Stone, but this was the first book of his I read. I really enjoyed it. While it was a novel, I enjoyed it being based around real people like Jackie Robinson. I really enjoyed the way Parker revealed and developed Burke's character. I was a ...
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Bang the Drum Slowly (Second Edition) 14 reviews
Bison Books, 2003
This book and the movie are special
+ Life Changing + When Baseball Was Still a Game + Fantastic Book. For baseball fans, and those who aren't + Bang The Drum Slowly by Joe
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The Curious Case of Sidd Finch: A Novel 4 reviews George Plimpton
Da Capo Press, 2004
Not your usual Plimpton Plays with the Pros book
+ An Enjoyable Baseball Novel + curious case of sidd finch
If you didn't know George Plimpton and you read the book jacket blurbs, you might wonder just who this Sidd Finch really was. You might even remember that Sports Illustrated featured Finch in 1985, and you may not have noticed that it was their April (Fool) issue. Plimpton weaves a whimsical tale ...
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The Iowa Baseball Confederacy: A Novel 33 reviews W. P. Kinsella
Mariner Books, 2003
Another Classic Baseball Novel
+ true imagination + A Classic! + Wonderful Baseball Fantasy
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The Boys of Summer 40 reviews Roger Kahn
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
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
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The Legend of Mickey Tussler 22 reviews Frank Nappi
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Fabulous Baseball Yarn
+ Mickey Tussler Will Touch Your Heart + Simply The Best! + Great Book + Baseball like it used to be
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The Boys of Summer 40 reviews Roger Kahn
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
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
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If I Never Get Back: A Novel 56 reviews Darryl Brock
Frog Books, 2007
The Boys Of Summer...Summer Of 1869 That Is....
+ Fun to go back to the beginning + one of the best + I *** LOVE *** this book! + Best baseball novel ever
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The Iowa Baseball Confederacy: A Novel 33 reviews W. P. Kinsella
Mariner Books, 2003
Another Classic Baseball Novel
+ true imagination + A Classic! + Wonderful Baseball Fantasy
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Last Days of Summer 146 reviews Steve Kluger
Avon, 2005
I'm heartbroken
+ Good, breezy read + Tossed the Bookmark + Great book! + Most Enjoyable
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Heat 68 reviews Mike Lupica
Puffin, 2007
An Awesome Baseball Book!
+ A Dream Fulfilled! + MUST READ + G.Brickley's Book Review
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Bang the Drum Slowly (Second Edition) 14 reviews
Bison Books, 2003
This book and the movie are special
+ Life Changing + When Baseball Was Still a Game + Fantastic Book. For baseball fans, and those who aren't + Bang The Drum Slowly by Joe
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The Natural 100 reviews Bernard Malamud
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003
A must for any literate baseball fan
+ Not so sugary sweet + The Defining Work
My father was an English teacher who also happened to be a baseball fanatic, and I still have his marked-up copy of "The Natural" somewhere in the basement. He actually built an entire English class around baseball fiction, with this book as its centerpiece.
You can't help but appreciate the ...
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