Any good books focusing on the 1980's?

[Cap78]

Looking at taking a trip back down memory lane. Are there any books from the 1980's are that really worth the read?

[theAmazingMet]

Looking at taking a trip back down memory lane. Are there any books from the 1980's are that really worth the read?

The Bad Guys Won, its about the 1986 Mets.

[Cap78]

The Bad Guys Won, its about the 1986 Mets.

Read some reviews on that that were not the best, from it being just a long magazine article to being critical of authors sources

[Captain Cold Nose]

Jay Johnstone's Temporary Insanity. If only for a verbatim transcript of what Lee Elia said when he ripped the Cubs fans.

[EdTarbusz]

I read The Bad Guys Won and wouldn't recommend it.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Check out George Will's Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball. . I remember enjoying when I read it some 20 years ago.

http://www.amazon.com/Men-Work-The-C...ds=men+at+work

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[tag0519]

I enjoyed Nine Innings by Daniel Okrent. You may or may not like this type of book but i do. On the same line as Pure Baseball by Keith Hernandez

[abolishthedh]

The best suggestion I can think of would be Roger Angell, and his book Season Ticket. This one covers the seasons 1983 through 1987. Roger Angell is my favorite baseball author, and maybe my favorite author overall. He writes about each season, from the perspective of his place as a free lance writer whose material often shows up in the magazine The New Yorker. He's the best in our time, IMO.

http://www.amazon.com/Season-Ticket-...s=Roger+Angell

[Cap78]

The best suggestion I can think of would be Roger Angell, and his book Season Ticket. This one covers the seasons 1983 through 1987. Roger Angell is my favorite baseball author, and maybe my favorite author overall. He writes about each season, from the perspective of his place as a free lance writer whose material often shows up in the magazine The New Yorker. He's the best in our time, IMO.

http://www.amazon.com/Season-Ticket-...s=Roger+Angell

Sadly not offered for kindle

[Jackaroo Dave]

The best suggestion I can think of would be Roger Angell, and his book Season Ticket. This one covers the seasons 1983 through 1987. Roger Angell is my favorite baseball author, and maybe my favorite author overall. He writes about each season, from the perspective of his place as a free lance writer whose material often shows up in the magazine The New Yorker. He's the best in our time, IMO.

http://www.amazon.com/Season-Ticket-...s=Roger+Angell

You can get a free 4-week trial access to the New Yorker archives, so if you read fast, you can get all of Roger Angell, Updike's "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu," James Thurber's "Catbird Seat," and so forth all the way back to 1925. newyorker.com

[Cap78]

You can get a free 4-week trial access to the New Yorker archives, so if you read fast, you can get all of Roger Angell, Updike's "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu," James Thurber's "Catbird Seat," and so forth all the way back to 1925. newyorker.com

Thanks for this...makes things interesting

[epaddon]

Thomas Boswell also had a book covering some of the seasons from the mid-80s. Terry Pluto had a fascinating book on the winter meetings following the 1984 season that provides an inside look at how the process of deal making in the off season was done. Then there are the player diary books of a season that came out such as Keith Hernandez for the 85 Mets, Phil Niekro for the 85 Yankees and the Niekro brothers together for the 87 season as they traded messages to each other.

[aztecsince79]

Haven't read it, so not sure how well it fits into your timeframe, but 1989 Rookie of the Year Gregg Olson has put out a self-pubbed book, a compilation of stories shared by his teammates. Olson is now a scout for the Padres.

http://sbpra.com/GreggOlsonandOceanPalmer/