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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
by
Michael Lewis
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 31,223 ratings
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Ball Four
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Jim Bouton
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 5,675 ratings
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The Boys of Summer
by
Roger Kahn
4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 3,016 ratings
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The Natural
by
Bernard Malamud
3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 4,088 ratings
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The Card
by
Jim Devitt (Goodreads Author)
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Shoeless Joe
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W.P. Kinsella
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 5,162 ratings
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The Brothers K
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David James Duncan
4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 6,281 ratings
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Summer of '49
by
David Halberstam
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 2,707 ratings
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The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
by
Bill James
4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 1,892 ratings
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The Art of Fielding
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Chad Harbach
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 42,332 ratings
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The Glory of Their Times : The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It
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Lawrence S. Ritter
4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 1,090 ratings
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Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
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David Maraniss (Goodreads Author)
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 1,411 ratings
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Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
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Jonathan Eig (Goodreads Author)
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 1,212 ratings
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Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
by
Eliot Asinof
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 2,696 ratings
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The Summer Game
by
Roger Angell
4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 526 ratings
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The Iowa Baseball Confederacy
by
W.P. Kinsella
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 912 ratings
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Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball
by
George F. Will
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 1,939 ratings
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Veeck--As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck
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Bill Veeck
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 538 ratings
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The Bullpen Gospels: A Non-Prospect's Pursuit of the Major Leagues and the Meaning of Life
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Dirk Hayhurst
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 1,530 ratings
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October 1964
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David Halberstam
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 1,400 ratings
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Wait Till Next Year
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Doris Kearns Goodwin
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 2,278 ratings
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Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy
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Jane Leavy
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,810 ratings
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One Day at Fenway: A Day in the Life of Baseball in America
by
Steve Kettmann (Goodreads Author)
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 109 ratings
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Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season
by
Stewart O'Nan
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 2,159 ratings
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Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager
by
Buzz Bissinger
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 2,541 ratings
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A Pitch for Justice
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Harold Kasselman (Goodreads Author)
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 55 ratings
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If I Never Get Back
by
Darryl Brock
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 341 ratings
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The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.
by
Robert Coover
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 788 ratings
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The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship
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David Halberstam
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 1,955 ratings
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Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend
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James S. Hirsch
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 752 ratings
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Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrong
by
Jonah Keri
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 1,207 ratings
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Bang the Drum Slowly
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Mark Harris
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 621 ratings
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Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History
by
Cait Murphy
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 735 ratings
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Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life
by
Richard Ben Cramer
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,074 ratings
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The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
by
Joe Posnanski (Goodreads Author)
4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 931 ratings
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Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game
by
Daniel Okrent
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 335 ratings
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Last Days of Summer
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Steve Kluger (Goodreads Author)
4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 1,932 ratings
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The Great American Novel
by
Philip Roth
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 1,030 ratings
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Babe: The Legend Comes to Life
by
Robert W. Creamer
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 541 ratings
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Pitch That Killed
by
Mike Sowell
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 177 ratings
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Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
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Larry Tye
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 631 ratings
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The Physics of Baseball
by
Robert K. Adair
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 203 ratings
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Why Time Begins on Opening Day
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Thomas Boswell
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 119 ratings
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The Bad Guys Won!
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Jeff Pearlman
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 1,597 ratings
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The Legend of Mickey Tussler (Mickey Tussler, #1)
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Frank Nappi (Goodreads Author)
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 79 ratings
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Summerland
by
Michael Chabon
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 6,520 ratings
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For Love of the Game
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Michael Shaara
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 444 ratings
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Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers
by
Peter Golenbock
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 107 ratings
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Ty Cobb
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Charles C. Alexander
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 213 ratings
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A False Spring
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Pat Jordan
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 121 ratings
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Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book
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Brendan C. Boyd
4.55 of 5 stars 4.55 avg rating — 64 ratings
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The Celebrant: A Novel
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Eric Rolfe Greenberg
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 126 ratings
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The Yankee Years
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Joe Torre
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 2,584 ratings
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I Was Right On Time
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Buck O'Neil
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 259 ratings
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The Kid from Tomkinsville (Odyssey Classics
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John R. Tunis
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 112 ratings
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Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa: Stories
by
W.P. Kinsella
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 157 ratings
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As They See 'Em: A Fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires
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Bruce Weber
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 615 ratings
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You Know Me Al
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Ring Lardner
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 266 ratings
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Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season
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Jonathan Eig (Goodreads Author)
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 413 ratings
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Jackie Robinson: A Biography
by
Arnold Rampersad
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 236 ratings
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The Long Season
by
Jim Brosnan
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 92 ratings
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The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics
by
Alan Schwarz (Goodreads Author)
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 400 ratings
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Catcher in the Wry
by
Bob Uecker
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 136 ratings
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Baseball: The Early Years
by
Harold Seymour
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Late Innings: A Baseball Companion
by
Roger Angell
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 133 ratings
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Bronx is Burning
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Jonathan Mahler
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,222 ratings
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Sophomore Campaign: A Mickey Tussler Novel (Mickey Tussler, #2)
by
Frank Nappi (Goodreads Author)
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Fantasyland: A Season on Baseball's Lunatic Fringe
by
Sam Walker
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 1,114 ratings
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Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train
by
Henry W. Thomas
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Wrigleyville: A Magical History Tour of the Chicago Cubs
by
Peter Golenbock
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 83 ratings
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Game Time: A Baseball Companion
by
Roger Angell
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 163 ratings
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Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball
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R.A. Dickey
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 1,288 ratings
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The Wrong Stuff
by
Bill Lee
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 153 ratings
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I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story
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Hank Aaron
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 286 ratings
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Baseball
by
Geoffrey C. Ward
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 610 ratings
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The Heart of the Order
by
Thomas Boswell
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 69 ratings
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Bunts
by
George F. Will
3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 151 ratings
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Once More Around the Park: A Baseball Reader
by
Roger Angell
4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Connie Mack and the Early Years of Baseball
by
Norman L. Macht
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Only the Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams
by
Robert W. Peterson
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 142 ratings
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Perfect: The Inside Story of Baseball's Sixteen Perfect Games
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James Buckley Jr.
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 30 ratings
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How Life Imitates the World Series
by
Thomas Boswell
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 96 ratings
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Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy
by
Jules Tygiel
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 109 ratings
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Chicken Soup for the Baseball Fan's Soul: Inspirational Stories of Baseball, Big-League Dreams and the Game of Life
by
Jack Canfield
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 68 ratings
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The Kid Who Only Hit Homers
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Matt Christopher
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 511 ratings
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Maybe I'll Pitch Forever
by
Leroy Paige
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908
by
Dean A. Sullivan (Editor)
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Stan Musial: An American Life
by
George Vecsey
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 368 ratings
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Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams
by
Gary Moore
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 153 ratings
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Cobb: A Biography
by
Al Stump
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 725 ratings
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Dog In The Dugout (Softball Star #3)
by
Jody Studdard (Goodreads Author)
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Ironweed
by
William Kennedy
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 7,312 ratings
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Deadball Stars of the National League
by
Society for American Baseball Research
4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Baseball (2d ed.): A History of America's Game
by
Benjamin G. Rader
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Out of My League: A Rookie's Survival in the Bigs
by
Dirk Hayhurst
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 422 ratings
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The Mighty Roman
by
Jon Sindell (Goodreads Author)
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 25 ratings
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A Day In The Bleachers
by
Arnold Hano
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Dodger Dogs to Fenway Franks: And All the Wieners in Between
by
Bob Wood
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Past Time: Baseball as History
by
Jules Tygiel
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 49 ratings
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The Dixon Cornbelt League and Other Baseball Stories
by
W.P. Kinsella
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 150 ratings
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