Originally Posted by kevarms
I eventually plumped for the Mets. Winner of the first World Series I saw and the team I've mostly been experimenting with in BM. I still get to hate the Yankees right?
Most Met fans dont actually bother to hate the Yankees.
they are not worth the time/energy.
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The Blind Side, by the same author as MoneyBall.
It is a good book.
I am currently reading, The Game of Shadows or something like that about Balco and Barry Bonds. Next I will be reading Juiced.
Oh no, not him again
I recently picked up The Last Good Season and Something Funny Happened on the Way to Cooperstown, neither of which I was familiar with beforehand but both look intriguing to me. Found both cheap in a used bookstore. Have I mentioned how much I LOVE used bookstores? If you go in there looking for a specific book, odds are you'll be out of luck but if you go in there with an open mind and just look around, odds are good you'll find something that appeals to you.
Bobby if you need a 'roids connection telephone Roger - he has some excess supply .If you can't find him in Texas try Washington.
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You so right. Anything by Kahn. Also, The Long Season by Jim Brosnan is a great look at a journeyman pitcher from contract negotiations all the way through the season. For just fun, The Iowa Baseball Confederacy by WP Kinsella and Camp Ford by Johnny Boggs. Confederacy is a bit of a fantasy. Camp Ford has baseball in the context of a civil war pow camp in Texas.
Well, since the Yankee fans I meet seem to view Mets fans as being equals to cockroaches, sure, go ahead, why not!I still get to hate the Yankees right?
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EIGHT MEN OUT (Can't believe no one mentioned it)
THE BIG BOOK OF BASEBALL BLUNDERS by Rob Neyers
Also, though you didn't ask....I recommend the three DVDS of
"When it Was a Game".
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Re: Recommend a book please
I can heartily recommend a book currently being written in these very forums!
In, of all places, the dull & dusty "Dynasty" forum!
It's "The Professional Baseball Career Of Brian Rennison", by Mets234, and it's a very authentic-sounding account of a 19-year old rookie, and his ballplaying ups and down.
It's being written in episodes of course, and it's early days, but it reminds me of "Ball Four", i.e. I believe that Mets234 is delivering the straight goods.
Definitely worth a peek, Guys...
"Whate'er should be our Zodiac's star
We all are born to make or mar.
To each is gi'en a bag of tools
Some mentors, and a set of rules:
And each must carve, ere life has flown,
A stumbling block, or a stepping-stone"
(Author unknown)
Generation 35.
"Spikes" The cleats on baseball boots
"Spikes" On which newspaper editors impale copy for future reference, or ultimate destruction.
cheaters guide to baseball , derek zumsteg
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Then there's also "Semi-Tough" a very funny book by Dan Somebody
Also a bloke, George Plimpton, specialized in arranging to play -strictly as a layman - with ball-clubs such as Detroit Tigers, and an N.F.L. Very interesting behind the scenes stuff.
"Whate'er should be our Zodiac's star
We all are born to make or mar.
To each is gi'en a bag of tools
Some mentors, and a set of rules:
And each must carve, ere life has flown,
A stumbling block, or a stepping-stone"
(Author unknown)
Generation 35.
"Spikes" The cleats on baseball boots
"Spikes" On which newspaper editors impale copy for future reference, or ultimate destruction.
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Dan Jenkins, the national writer of Texas.
All of Jenkins books are hilarious but some are just plain excellent. One of my favorite quotes of all time is from Jenkins
"I sat by the pool doing my three favorite things: drinking, smoking and not giving a shi*."
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Re: Recommend a book please
Ah, thanks, Broocks...I knew that someone would know...btw, Guys, there's more riveting reading in the Dynasty forum...a lot of the lads are hopping onto the "drama-in-baseball" wagon, and are getting real good at it!
"Whate'er should be our Zodiac's star
We all are born to make or mar.
To each is gi'en a bag of tools
Some mentors, and a set of rules:
And each must carve, ere life has flown,
A stumbling block, or a stepping-stone"
(Author unknown)
Generation 35.
"Spikes" The cleats on baseball boots
"Spikes" On which newspaper editors impale copy for future reference, or ultimate destruction.
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"Moneyball" is my favorite baseball book so far. "Ball Four" is outstanding from what I've read. I'm about halfway though....I love Bouton's honesty and humor. Haven't laughed this hard reading a book in a while.
Check out "The Soul of Baseball." It's wonderfully written by a guy who spent a year traveling the country with Buck O'Neil, just before Buck passed away. It's very inspiring, funny, and real...made me think about why I love baseball so much. And it provides a first account perspective into what Negro League baseball was really like.
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It was written by Joe Posnanski, whose free blog is practically a book an entry.
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