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Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Summer book list.....

seems around the All-Star break every year I start searching around for a good book or two to read. This year is no different but the number of books read and on deck has been more than a couple. So far:

"Then Roy said to Mickey..." written by Roy White and Darrell Berger...very easy read. White was a long time Yankee during those dark years forever known as the Horace Clarke era. It was an era I suffered thru when White and Bobby Murcer were about it in terms of Yankees to root for. Blew thru this in a couple of days.

"The Long Season" written by Jim Brosnan. First published in 1960 basically the author's diary of the 1959 baseball season. Brosnan, a pitcher I barely remember, played for the Cubs, Cards, Reds and White Sox. I'm halfway done with this one.

On deck:

"The Game from where I stand" written by Doug Glanville. I heard Glanville on WFAN talking about the book about his playing days with the Phillies, Cubs and the Rangers and had to get it.

In the mail:

"The Last Best League" written by Jim Collins about the Cape Cod League.


Any suggestions??

PS:

"The Power Broker" written by Robert Cano about New York City planner Robert Moses that clocked in at around 1200 pages took me the better part of 5 winter and spring months to knock off. All encompassing, incredibility researched, tackle at your own risk.

3 Comments:

Blogger Kelly said...

Since you asked.....We have more baseball books around here than you can imagine, from coaching, to the mental stuff - you name it. The Last Best League is awesome, by the way. Some of Mike's faves are written by Ted Williams - My Turn at Bat, The Hit List. Here is a list of some I'm seeing around here that were given or recommended to Mike ~~

-The Teammates by David Halberstam
-3 Nights In August by Buzz Bissinger (both of those were on the NY Times best-seller list)
-Is This a Great Game or What by Tim Kurkjian
-Season of Life by Jeffrey Marx (winner of the Pulitzer Prize)
-Walk-On - Life From the End of the Bench by Alan Williams
-Safe at Home by Bob Muzikowski

Those should keep you busy for awhile! Take care, Greg.

3:15 AM

 
Blogger greg8370 said...

Hi Kelly,

The Halberstam book (love him) and 3 nights in August I've read and are both very good.
Thanks for the tips on the others!

4:50 PM

 
Blogger Kelly said...

O.K., I'll have Mike put those two at the top of his list to read - thanks!

5:50 PM

 

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