The Hot Stove League

by Lee Allen

Before the modern era, the closest fans could get to big-league action during the long winters was sitting around the hot stove in general stores and barber shops, exchanging bits of baseball history and anecdotes from the uplifting to the unseemly. These fascinating true stories are collected in The Hot Stove League , and they chronicle everything from the first electrically illuminated night game and Babe Ruth's legendary gluttony to such curiosities as why some of the most populous states produce the fewest major league players.

Genres: Baseball, Sports

224 pages, Paperback

First published May 10, 1996

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Reviews

[Rick · Rating 5 out of 5]

First published in the 1950s, this is an entertaining compendium of baseball lore told in a style of men sitting around the hot stoves during the long, cold offseason discussing the game they love. One of the finest baseball books ever written.

[Mark]

Fun read for an old time Baseball enthusiast. Plenty of stories of long ago. It was interesting to read the modern style of someone writing in the 50's about baseball, how it had changed, and thoughts on how much better or worse players of the day were.

If you aren't a baseball enthusiasts, then "Meh".