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I posted this a few months ago on another thread. I've modified it here:
Baseball books I've read and enjoyed:
The Long Season -- Jim Brosnan
The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant (source of the musical, Damn Yankees!) -- Douglass Wallop
Veeck -- As in Wreck -- Bill Veeck, with Ed Linn*
Fear Strikes Out -- Jimmy Piersall
The Fireside Book of Baseball -- Charles Einstein, Ed. **
The Second Fireside Book of Baseball -- Charles Einstein, Ed. **
Baseball is a Funny Game -- Joe Garagiola
Unfortunately I've not read the Henry Wiggen tetralogy (The Southpaw, Bang the Drum Slowly, A Ticket for a Seamstitch, It Looked Like For Ever) by Mark Harris.
Years ago I started to read Ball Four but got disgusted with Jim Bouton's moral posturing.
Books that I thought sucked big time:
Pull Up a Chair: The Vin Scully Story -- Curt Smith
*Ed Linn is FReeper Hildy's late father. (1), (2)
** Einstein also edited The Third Fireside Book of Baseball which I have not read.
@EasyAce I know I just got a book by Jim Bouton, but I can't put my fingers on it.
Got some hysterical books, too. These are old and barely used books that I got in an auction for $1, perhaps three times, plus postage and handling. I love books!
I was going to ask you, Machiavelli, if after the World Series is over and everything gets dull because who is watching football, I could post a few very short stories from "Tales From The Dugout" by Mike Shannon. It was printed in 1997, and is copyrighted with all rights reserved.
The stories are short and hysterical. I don't even know if I can text them without permission. How long does a copyright continue?
There are short stories that are true according to the writer on some such players as Catfish Hunter, Mickie Mantle, Roger Marris, Tim Belcher, Don Drysdale, Bob Feller, Sandy Koufax, Willie Mays and a whole lot more. Of course, Yogi Berra is in this book, too.
I have read about three. Funny stuff.
Would you like me to post some stories, if it is legal, after the World Series?
I, honestly, will miss my new found friends in here if we quit posting until spring training!
What do you think?
And I would bet ya that Easy has heard all of the stories and can add to them!