What Are You Reading Right Now?

[The Wright Way]

Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend

[TheJourneyman]

Hey, I want to read more books about the really bad teams! Those are fun!

Seasons in Hell by Mike Shropshire - its about the first few years of the Texas Rangers written by a former beat writer - its good

[marklaker]

Not recent reads but thought I'd share anyway:

The Amazin' Mets 1962-1969, William Ryczek. Chronicles the Mets from inception to the miracle of '69. Wonderful style, chock full of interviews and anecdotes from the well known to the obscure. Loved it!

Cool of The Evening: The 1965 Minnesota Twins, Jim Thielman. Captures the teams pennant winning season. Fairly quick read, with good depth in a fine style. Definitely recommended for 60's aficionados.

Currently reading Bruce Markusen's, The Team That Changed Baseball: Roberto Clemente and the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates. Very much enjoying it.

[tag0519]

Started reading Baseball's Starry Night by Paul Kocak. I think I'm in the minority here (considering the rave reviews on Amazon), but I didn't really like it. didn't care for the style and it seemed disjointed. Anyone else read this book

[Iso7x]

Life by Keith Richards. He hasn't mentioned baseball yet.

[Biggtone23]

Started reading Baseball's Starry Night by Paul Kocak. I think I'm in the minority here (considering the rave reviews on Amazon), but I didn't really like it. didn't care for the style and it seemed disjointed. Anyone else read this book

If thats the book I think it is, I started reading it but never finished it. For me I felt like it spent too much time on the two criminal characters and not enough on the actual baseball.

[Dude Paskert]

Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend

Ditto...found it at BAM for $4.

[Danielh41]

I'm currently reading The First Fall Classic: The Red Sox, the Giants, and the Cast of Players, Pugs, and Politicos Who Reinvented the World Series in 1912 by Mike Vaccaro. I'm almost finished with it, and it has been very entertaining.

[Cowtipper]

I couldn't do it. I gave up on The Baseball Economist and put it on Book Mooch. Now I'm reading Bob Costas' Fair Ball.

[tag0519]

I couldn't do it. I gave up on The Baseball Economist and put it on Book Mooch. Now I'm reading Bob Costas' Fair Ball.

Cowtipper - how is Fair Ball? I have that on my reading list.

Thanks
Tom

[Cowtipper]

Cowtipper - how is Fair Ball? I have that on my reading list.

Thanks
Tom

It's decent. A really easy read - some books you really have to slog through, but this one is going pretty well. I don't agree with everything Costas is saying, but he makes some good points.

[machinehead11]

Seasons in Hell by Mike Shropshire - its about the first few years of the Texas Rangers written by a former beat writer - its good

This is my favorite baseball book! I especially love the story of Whitey Herzog accusing Bernie Brewer of stealing signs.

[TheJourneyman]

This is my favorite baseball book! I especially love the story of Whitey Herzog accusing Bernie Brewer of stealing signs.

That was one of the many great stories in this book. I really enjoyed it.

[TheJourneyman]

Reading Slouching Toward Fargo by Neal Karlen about the St. Paul Saints - so far its great.

[EddieJ1984]

Was at a thrift store today and got Lost Ballparks : A Celebration of Baseball's Legendary Fields by Lawrence S. Ritter (1994) only a buck

[catcher24]

Was at a thrift store today and got Lost Ballparks : A Celebration of Baseball's Legendary Fields by Lawrence S. Ritter (1994) only a buck

Terrific deal! I have that one and it's a decent book. Not as good as some (but those are much larger), but much better than others (which are also much larger).

[EddieJ1984]

There was other baseball books as well (none ballpark related) I may have to pop back in tomorrow or so and check it out just in case I want any others.

[Cowtipper]

I finished reading Smithsonian Baseball: Inside the World's Finest Private Collections by Stephen Wong. It's a really cool book, with lots of awesome pictures.

[beisbolfiebre]

Me and My Dad - A Baseball Memoir by former NY Yankee Paul O'Neill

[cooperstownersincanada]

This isn't a recent book, but I'm finally reading Donald Honig's 1975 book "When The Green Was Real." It's very similar to The Glory of Their Times. Great interview with Clyde Sukeforth about how the Pirates got Clemente.

Kevin
Cooperstowners in Canada
http://kevinglew.wordpress.com

[PVNICK]

I just started "Connie Mack Grand Old Man of Baseball".

[Cowtipper]

I read Kevin Nelson's Greatest Stories Ever Told About Baseball. It's a nice book, though lots of the stories are the "same old" ones you hear over and over. It discussed Joe DiMaggio's relationship with Marilyn Monroe, however, which I thought was interesting.

[TheJourneyman]

Anyone pick up Miracle on Grass yet?
Its about the USA winning gold in the 2000 Olympics.

[cooperstownersincanada]

I can't believe that I haven't read this until now, but I just finished Dirk Hayhurst's first book "The Bullpen Gospels." This book is as good as advertised: poignant, comical and a great inside look at life in the minors. I would recommend it.

[Michael Green]

I am reading Louis P. Masur, Autumn Glory, about the first World Series, and it is wonderful.