Your must read baseball books....

[FirstTimer]

Let's hear about them..............

 

[Sharkweather]

We Could've Finished Last Without You: An Irreverent Look at the Atlanta Braves, the Losingest Team in Baseball for the Past 25 Years

Bob Hope

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

-The Glory Of Their Times

-Cobb

-Bill James' Historical Baseball Abstract

All great reads if you want to learn about the history of the game. I will expand my thoughts when I'm at home, I'm not doing lengthy book reviews from my phone.

 

[shag773]

"Balls" by Greg Nettles. Interesting look into the Yankees of the 70's.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

And how can I forget...

Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had

 

[EmpireWF]

The Bad Guys Won by Jeff Pearlman

great stories, narration of the 86 Mets

 

[spiker]

I would have said Moneyball but it's already been said.

There's a new book coming out called "The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First" which is about the Rays 2008 run. Sounds like a good read.

 

[FirstTimer]

The Cubs-Glen Stout

Red Sox Century-Glen Stout

Sports Illustrated Great Baseball Writing-SI

Now I Can Die in Peace-Bill Simmons

 

[MvP]

Moneyball(Movie coming out this year Moneyball (2011) - IMDb)

The Yankee Years

Anything by Bill James

Moneyball and The Yankee Years are the only two baseball books I have read, not including the countless Matt Christopher books and some other book about a kid traveling back in time to stop Shoeless Joe from getting banned. I definitely recommend both of them.

 

[RyanLeaf16]

I would have said Moneyball but it's already been said.

There's a new book coming out called "The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First" which is about the Rays 2008 run. Sounds like a good read.

Book is actually already out. I read it in a just two days. It was that good. Absolute must read!

 

[Acesuper]

For Love Of The Game - Michael Shaara

 

[mcstl25]

Only book I haven't seen mentioned that I'd recommend is "The Baseball Economist". Especially a good read if you are a stat/sabermetric geek like myself.

 

[FedEx227]

Moneyball

THE BOOK-Playing The Percentages In Baseball

Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrong

The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics

Veeck--As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck

Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame

Ball Four

Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks

Game of Shadows

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

 

[RyanLeaf16]

Only book I haven't seen mentioned that I'd recommend is "The Baseball Economist". Especially a good read if you are a stat/sabermetric geek like myself.

I actually have that as well. I stopped by Borders today. Since they are going out of business they had books at 80-90% off. I picked up Bill James 2011 handbook, Baseball Almanac 2011 and Meat Market in the sports section.

I picked up Walter F Mondale: The Good Fight and Obama's Wars as well for $1 a piece. Pretty solid selection of new books still available at this particular location. They are closing down for good on Monday.

 

[Blick]

The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip through Buck O'Neil's America by Joe Posnanski

 

[spiker]

Moneyball

THE BOOK-Playing The Percentages In Baseball

Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrong

The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics

Veeck--As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck

Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame

Ball Four

Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks

Game of Shadows

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

That's a good ass list.

 

[FirstTimer]

The Boy Who Only Hit Homeruns- Matt Christopher

 

[dave]

I read Jeff Pearlman's book on Roger Clemens, it was a good read.
Have his bio on Barry Bonds on my Kindle, but haven't started it yet.