The Last Real Season: A Hilarious Look Back at 1975 - When Major Leaguers Made Peanuts, the Umpires Wore Red, and Billy Martin Terrorized Everyone
By: Mike Shropshire
3.77
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
A rollicking and ribald first-person account of the 1975 Major League Baseball season—the last year…
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1. The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
By: Joe Posnanski
4.38
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Baseball 100 “A fascinating account of a man who outlasted the ignorance of a na… read more
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"Baseball in the Negro Leagues was a little bit rougher, a little bit sweeter, a little bit faster, a little bit cooler, and a little bit more fun than anything... in Major League baseball."-Joe Posnanski, The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
2. Ball Four
By: Jim Bouton
4.05
Format: 465 pages, Paperback
Twentieth-anniversary edition of a baseball classic, with a new epilogue by Jim Bouton.When first p… read more
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"It never hurts to apologize, especially if you don't mean it."-Jim Bouton, Ball Four
"The older they get, the better they get when they were younger"-Jim Bouton, Ball Four
"High school games would just as big a deal to me as any major league game."-Jim Bouton, Ball Four
"I think I should be allowed to be only fair, or even mediocre, for a while."-Jim Bouton, Ball Four
3. The Victory Season: The End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball's Golden Age
By: Robert Weintraub
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The triumphant story of baseball and America after World War II In 1945 Major League Baseball had b… read more
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4. The Kings of Cool
By: Don Winslow
5.00
Format: 120 pages, ebook
In Savages, Don Winslow introduced Ben and Chon, twenty-something best friends who risk everything … read more
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5. Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy
By: Jane Leavy
4.00
Format: 274 pages, Paperback
"The incomparable and mysterious Sandy Koufax is revealed.... This is an absorbing book, beautifull… read more
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6. Five Seasons: A Baseball Companion
By: Roger Angell
3.62
Format: 171 pages, Paperback
Five Seasonscovers the baseball seasons from 1972 through 1976, described as the "most significant … read more
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8. The Pine Tar Game: The Kansas City Royals, the New York Yankees, and Baseball's Most Absurd and Entertaining Controversy
By: Filip Bondy
4.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An award-winning veteran sportswriter who personally covered the Pine Tar Game looks back and explo… read more
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9. Summer of '49
By: David Halberstam
3.62
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
With incredible skill, passion, and insight, Pulitzer Prize-winningauthor David Halberstam returns … read more
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10. October 1964
By: David Halberstam
3.62
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In 1989 David Halberstam published "Summer of '49," which became a #1 "New York Times" bestseller. … read more
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11. The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit
By: Ron Shelton
4.23
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning screenwriter and director of cult classic Bull Durham, the extremely enterta… read more
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12. Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf's Most Colorful Superstar
By: Alan Shipnuck
4.06
Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “A rollicking good time.” —Golfweek * “Thoroughly engaging.” —The Washi… read more
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13. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
By: Joe Posnanski
4.56
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more
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14. The Baseball 100
By: Joe Posnanski
4.74
Format: 869 pages, Hardcover
A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singu… read more
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15. The Greatest Summer in Baseball History: How the '73 Season Changed Us Forever
By: John Rosengren
4.12
Format: 445 pages, Kindle Edition
"The vivid story of a young Reggie Jackson on Charlie Finley's A's and the veteran Willie Mays on Y… read more
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16. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
By: Keith O'Brien
4.43
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more
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17. Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion
By: Tom Beaujour
4.07
Format: 535 pages, Hardcover
Hard rock in the 1980s was a hedonistic and often intensely creative wellspring of escapism that pe… read more
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18. The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson
By: Jeff Pearlman
4.20
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definiti… read more
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19. The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife
By: Brad Balukjian
4.00
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
Is there life after baseball? Starting from this simple question, The Wax Pack ends up with somethi… read more
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20. Swagger: Super Bowls, Brass Balls, and Footballs
By: Jimmy Johnson
4.21
Format: None pages, Audiobook
From FOX NFL Sunday analyst and legendary Hall of Fame head football coach Jimmy Johnson—the first … read more
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21. Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP
By: Mirin Fader
4.41
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Discover the story of one of the most transcendent players in NBA history–from his early life livin… read more
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22. They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Had Ever Seen: The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers
By: Jason Turbow
4.21
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The wildly entertaining narrative of the outrageous 1981 Dodgers from the award-winning author of D… read more
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23. Jim Kaat: Good As Gold: My Eight Decades in Baseball
By: Jim Kaat
3.59
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An unforgettable look at a lifetime of baseball packed with humor and passion for the game With a … read more
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24. Glory Days: The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever
By: L. Jon Wertheim
4.10
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
A rollicking guided tour of one extraordinary summer, when some of the most pivotal and freakishly … read more
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25. The Last Real Season: A Hilarious Look Back at 1975 - When Major Leaguers Made Peanuts, the Umpires Wore Red, and Billy Martin Terrorized Everyone
By: Mike Shropshire
3.77
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
A rollicking and ribald first-person account of the 1975 Major League Baseball season—the last year… read more
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26. Beauty at Short: Dave Bancroft, the Most Unlikely Hall of Famer and His Wild Times in Baseball's First Century
By: Tom Alesia
4.15
Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition
Dave Bancroft should not be in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He emerged from his Iowa hometown as an u… read more
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27. Depth Charge (Jason Trapp #4)
By: Jack Slater
4.46
Format: 422 pages, Kindle Edition
The clock is ticking.In the North Pacific, the crew of a deep-sea recovery ship, the MV Challenger,… read more
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28. Roberto Alomar: The Complicated Life and Legacy of a Baseball Hall of Famer
By: David Ostrowsky
4.19
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
A captivating look into the remarkable career and controversial life of a baseball Hall of Famer. R… read more
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29. The Captain & Me: On and Off the Field with Thurman Munson
By: Ron Blomberg
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The deeply personal story of a friendship between two teammates, and of a human bond which ultimate… read more
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30. You Are Looking Live!: How The NFL Today Revolutionized Sports Broadcasting
By: Rich Podolsky
3.89
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
You Are Looking Live! is about the genesis, success and magic of a live television show that in 197… read more
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31. Suds Series: Baseball, Beer Wars, and the Summer of '82 (Sports and American Culture)
By: J. Daniel
4.22
Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition
In Suds Series, J. Daniel takes readers back forty years, telling a story that is part baseball his… read more
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