One of the most fascinating books on America’s national pastime is Robert K. Adair’s The Physics of Baseball and one of the most delightful is Lawrence S. Ritter’s oral history, The Glory of Their Times. Also providing much useful detail were The Baseball by Zack Hample, Spitballers by C. F. and R. B. Faber, Baseball: An Illustrated History by Geoffrey C. Ward (with Ken Burns), Total Baseball by John Thorn and Pete Palmer, The Complete History of the Home Run by Mark Ribowsky, and Past Time: Baseball as History by Jules Tygiel.
