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A group for fans and discussion of books relating to the game of baseball.

Category: General | Started February 2007

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A Pitcher's Story: Innings with David Cone

by Roger Angell

Shoeless Joe

by W. A. Kinsella, Ray Kinsella, W. Kinsella

The Natural

by Bernard Malamud

October Men : Reggie Jackson, George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin, and the Yankees' Miraculous Finish in 1978

by Roger Kahn

The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant

by Douglass Wallop

Still Pitching: Musings from the Mound and the Microphone

by Jim Kaat

Yankee for Life: My 40-Year Journey in Pinstripes

by Bobby Murcer

The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg (Vintage)

by Nicholas Dawidoff

Confessions of a She-Fan: The Course of True Love with the New York Yankees

by Jane Heller

The Only Game in Town: Baseball Stars of the 1930s and 1940s Talk About the Game They Loved

by Fay Vincent

We Would Have Played for Nothing: Baseball Stars of the 1950s and 1960s Talk About the Game They Loved (Baseball Oral History Poject)

by Fay Vincent

Bad Guys Won

by Jeff Pearlman

The Curious Case of Sidd Finch

by George Plimpton

The Bronx Is Burning

by Jonathan Mahler

The Boys of Summer

by roger kahn

Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History

by Cait Murphy

Bunts: Curt Flood Camden Yards Pete Rose and Other Reflections on Baseball

by George F. Will

Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball

by George F. Will

Play Baseball the Ripken Way: The Complete Illustrated Guide to the Fundamentals

by Cal Ripken

Making Little League Baseball® More Fun for Kids: 30 Games and Drills Guaranteed to Improve Skills and Attitudes

by Randy Voorhees

Parenting Young Athletes the Ripken Way: Ensuring the Best Experience for Your Kids in Any Sport

by Cal Ripken

Why I Love Baseball

by Larry King

7: The Mickey Mantle Novel

by Peter Golenbock

Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig

by Jonathan Eig

Is This a Great Game, or What?: From A-Rod's Heart to Zim's Head--My 25 Years in Baseball

by Tim Kurkjian

Play Ball: The Life and Troubled Times of Major League Baseball

by John Feinstein

Ball Four: The Final Pitch

by Leonard Shecter, Jim Bouton

Stranger to the Game: The Autobiography of Bob Gibson

by Bob Gibson

The Ticket Out: Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of Crenshaw

by Michael Y. Sokolove

The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship

by David Halberstam

The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract

by Bill James

October 1964

by David Halberstam

Out of My League: The Classic Hilarious Account of an Amateur's Ordeal in Professional Baseball

by George Plimpton

My Turn at Bat: The Story of My Life (Fireside Sports Classics)

by Ted Williams, John Underwood

Rookie

by Jerry B. Jenkins

Watching Baseball, updated & revised: Discovering the Game within the Game (Watching Baseball: Discovering the Game Within the Game)

by Corey Sandler, Jerry Remy

Babe Ruth

Babe & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure

by Dan Gutman

Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports

by Mark Fainaru-Wada, Lance Williams

I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson

by Jackie Robinson, Alfred Duckett

The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship

by David Halberstam

When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes

by Yogi Berra

Too Hot to Handle,

by Matt Christopher

Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager

by Buzz Bissinger

Bums: An Oral Histor of the Brooklyn Dodgers

by Peter Golenbock

The Era 1947-1957: When the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers Ruled the World

by Roger Kahn

Dodgers!: The First 100 Years

by Stanley Cohen

Moneyball

by Michael Lewis

The Final Season: Fathers, Sons, and One Last Season in a Classic American Ballpark (Honoring a Detroit Legend)

by Tom Stanton

Hank Aaron and the Home Run That Changed America

by Tom Stanton

The Road to Cooperstown: A Father, Two Sons, and the Journey of a Lifetime (Thomas Dunne Books)

by Tom Stanton

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