Babe: The Legend Comes to Life
By: Robert W. Creamer , Dick Schaap
4.31
Format: None pages,
Babe Ruth moved beyond the baselines and outfield fences of the baseball stadiums that brought him …
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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. Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty
By: Charles Leerhsen
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Finally - a fascinating andauthoritative biography of perhaps the most controversial player in base… read more
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4. The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood
By: Jane Leavy
4.15
Format: None pages,
The acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller Sandy Koufax returns with the biography of on… read more
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5. The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron
By: Howard Bryant
4.12
Format: 323 pages,
In the thirty-four years since his retirement, Henry (Hank) Aaron's reputation has only grown in ma… read more
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6. Honus Wagner: A Biography
By: Dennis DeValeria , Jeanne Burke DeValeria
4.27
Format: 359 pages, Paperback
Discusses the life and career of the famed baseball player, from his early days in the mines of wes… read more
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7. Babe: The Legend Comes to Life
By: Robert W. Creamer , Dick Schaap
4.31
Format: None pages,
Babe Ruth moved beyond the baselines and outfield fences of the baseball stadiums that brought him … read more
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8. 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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9. The Boys of Summer
By: Roger Kahn
3.80
Format: 654 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This is a book about young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and then we… read more
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10. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City
By: Jonathan Mahler
4.12
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Scheduled for release in July 2007 as an ESPN original mi… read more
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11. Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
By: Stephen Jay Gould , None
3.56
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
The headlines proclaimed the 1919 fix of the World Series and attempted cover-up as "the most gigan… read more
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12. The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It
By: Lawrence S. Ritter
5.00
Format: 299 pages,
From the Preface: This new enlarged edition of The Glory of Their Times contains the complete text … read more
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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
By: Jonathan Eig
4.24
Format: 96 pages,
Every baseball fan is familiar with Lou Gehrig. He was the Iron Horse, the New York Yankee who neve… read more
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17. 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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18. 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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19. 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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20. 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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21. The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell: Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues
By: Lonnie Wheeler
4.28
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The first full biography of the star Negro Leaguer and Hall of Famer James “Cool Papa” Bell (190… read more
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