My favorite baseball books:
1. The Boys of Summer, by Roger Kahn
2. Veeck as in Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck, by Bill Veeck with Ed Linn
3. Summer of ‘49, by David Halberstam
4. Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston, by Howard Bryant
5. You Gotta Have Wa, by Robert Whiting (currently reading)
Tags: Baseball, Bill Veeck, Boys of Sunner, David Halberstam, Hanshin Tigers, Howard Bryant, Japanese Baseball, Opening Day, Robert Whiting, Roger Kahn, Shut Out, Summer of '49, Tokyo Giants, Veeck as in Wreck, Wa, You Gotta Have Wa
April 10, 2008 at 1:17 am
This marks the beginning of the loooooooong season and the abeyance of all good stuff like non-baseball related conversations, spontaneous dinner dates, easy happy TV time, and sex.
April 11, 2008 at 2:33 am
Play ball!