Baseball

Image of A People's History of Baseball
Author(s):
Mitchell Nathanson
Genre(s):
Sports, Baseball, History

A People's History of Baseball

April 7, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Dorothy Seymour Mills

“. . . brings some balance into the picture, and fans would do well to add it to their understanding of their National Game.”

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Image of Conspiracy of Silence: Sportswriters and the Long Campaign to Desegregate Baseball
Author(s):
Chris Lamb
Genre(s):
Sports, History, History, Baseball, Sports, Baseball, Sports, History, Baseball

Conspiracy of Silence: Sportswriters and the Long Campaign to Desegregate Baseball

March 26, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Dorothy Seymour Mills

“Conspiracy of Silence offers overwhelming evidence of the effectiveness of the black press in advancing integration in this country.”

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Image of Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage, and Assassination during the 1934 Tour of Japan
Author(s):
Robert K. Fitts
Genre(s):
History, Baseball, Sports, 20th Century, U.S., History, History, U.S., 20th Century, Sports, Baseball, History, History, U.S., 20th Century, Sports, Baseball, History, Sports, History, U.S., History, Baseball, 20th Century

Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage, and Assassination During the 1934 Tour of Japan

March 2, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Dorothy Seymour Mills

In this carefully prepared history dominated by the larger-than-life player Babe Ruth, author Robert Fitts corrects the errors of previous books about the famous baseball tour of Japan 1934.

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Image of One on One: Behind the Scenes with the Greats in the Game
Author(s):
John Feinstein
Genre(s):
Sports, Baseball, Basketball, Football, Golf, Hockey, Sports, Baseball, Basketball, Football, Golf, Hockey, Sports, Hockey, Golf, Football, Basketball, Baseball

One on One: Behind the Scenes with the Greats in the Game

January 30, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Tom Caraccioli

“One on One has a payoff on every page. Any sports fan will have a hard time putting this book down.

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Image of Trading Manny: How a Father and Son Learned to Love Baseball Again
Author(s):
Jim Gullo
Genre(s):
Baseball, Humor, Pop Culture, Political & Social Science

Trading Manny: How a Father and Son Learned to Love Baseball Again

January 26, 2012
Reviewed by: 
J. W. Nicklaus

“Trading Manny is, of course, about the heartbreak two fans feel when their love for baseball is betrayed.

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Image of Bullpen Diaries: Mariano Rivera, Bronx Dreams, Pinstripe Legends, and the Future of the New York Yankees
Author(s):
Charley Rosen
Genre(s):
Baseball

Bullpen Diaries: Mariano Rivera, Bronx Dreams, Pinstripe Legends, and the Future of the New York Yankees

March 27, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Kathleen Hennrikus

It’s risky to write a book about a season spent with a sports team.

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Image of Baseball in the Garden of Eden: Baseball in the Garden of Eden
Author(s):
John Thorn
Genre(s):
Baseball

Baseball in the Garden of Eden

January 14, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Dorothy Seymour Mills

". . .an impressive work, abounds with new information about the formation of what Americans have long thought of as their national game . . ."

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Image of Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don't Play Baseball
Author(s):
Jennifer Ring
Genre(s):
Baseball

Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don't Play Baseball

October 5, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Dorothy Seymour Mills

It’s not unusual for scholars to come up with approximately the same idea at about the same time.

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Image of The Pittsburgh Cocaine Seven: How a Ragtag Group of Fans Took the Fall for Major League Baseball
Author(s):
Aaron Skirboll
Genre(s):
Baseball

The Pittsburgh Cocaine Seven: How a Ragtag Group of Fans Took the Fall for Major League Baseball

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Dorothy Seymour Mills

Americans viewing those old and trite film shots of people lounging around languidly in opium dens, powerless to escape from their drugged reveries, used to feel scorn for those addicts.

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Image of Heart of the Game: Life, Death, and Mercy in Minor League America
Author(s):
S.L. Price
Genre(s):
Baseball

Heart of the Game: Life, Death, and Mercy in Minor League America

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Tom Caraccioli

Heart of the Game, by S. L.

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Image of Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams: A Library of America Special Publication
Author(s):
John Updike
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Sports, Baseball, Essays

Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Dave Moyer

“Fenway Park, in Boston, is a little lyric bandbox of a ballpark,” begins the tale of Red Sox slugger Ted Williams’ final at bat on September 28, 1960, at the oldest major league baseball stadium c

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