The Year of the Pitcher: Bob Gibson, Denny McLain, and the End of Baseball’s Golden Age
By: Sridhar Pappu
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The Year of the Pitcher is the story of the remarkable 1968 baseball season, which culminated in o…
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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. Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History
By: Cait Murphy
3.97
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the perspective of 2007, the unintentional irony of Chance's boast is manifest—these days, the… read more
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3. The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt
By: William L. Shirer
4.29
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The Bismarck was the greatest warship ever built. But the Allies had to sink it - or risk losing th… read more
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4. Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and "The Worst Baseball Team in History" - The 1973-1975 Texas Rangers
By: Mike Shropshire
3.89
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
"Even before the start of spring training, Herzog had said, 'If Rich Billings is the starting catch… read more
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5. Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports
By: Mark Fainaru-Wada , Lance Williams
3.42
Format: None pages,
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6. Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley’s Swingin’ A’s
By: Jason Turbow
3.00
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
How the Oakland A's of the 1970s--a revolutionary band of brawling Hall of Famers--won three straig… read more
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7. The Bad Guys Won!
By: Jeff Pearlman
4.32
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
The Bad Guys Won, award-winning Sports Illustratedbaseball writer Jeff Pearlman returns to an innoc… read more
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8. Stupid History: Tales of Stupidity, Strangeness, and Mythconceptions Throughout the Ages
By: Leland Gregory
2.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
Why exactly is Paul Revere revered? Was the lightbulb really Thomas Edison's bright idea? * Best-se… read more
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9. Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius
By: Bill Pennington , Scott Waxman
3.45
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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10. The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created
By: Jane Leavy
3.76
Format: 656 pages, ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Jane Leavy, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author o… read more
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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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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15. Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago
By: Max Allan Collins
3.86
Format: 752 pages, ebook
At last, the definitive history of Al Capone, Eliot Ness's Untouchables, and gangster-era Chicago –… read more
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16. How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! The True Story Revealed
By: Thomas W. Gilbert
3.66
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating, true, story of baseball’s amateur origins. “Explores the conditions and factors th… read more
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17. True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson
By: Kostya Kennedy
4.30
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year True is a probing, richly-detailed, u… read more
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18. The Not-Quite States of America: Dispatches from the Territories and Other Far-Flung Outposts of the USA
By: Doug Mack
3.79
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
"To truly understand the United States, one must understand the 'not-quite states of America." ―Mar… read more
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19. The Year of the Pitcher: Bob Gibson, Denny McLain, and the End of Baseball’s Golden Age
By: Sridhar Pappu
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
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20. It's a Beautiful Day for Baseball: The National Pastime in the 1960s
By: Doug Kurkul
4.09
Format: 620 pages, Kindle Edition
The Sixties were one of the most memorable eras in baseball history. The story lines captured the n… read more
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21. Baseball's Bizarre Season: Recollections of 1964
By: Bill Brown
3.70
Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition
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