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Jcorye1 
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| re: What's the best sports book you've read? (Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:40 pm to Porter Osborne Jr)
I'll go with the painfully obvious answer, Moneyball.
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Ysebaert
Member since Oct 2011
1257 posts
| re: What's the best sports book you've read? (Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:44 pm to Porter Osborne Jr)
It's not the "best" I've read, but Bootlegger's Boy by Barry Switzer is actually a good book.
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FoulBalls
TBD Fan
MA
Member since Feb 2009
802 posts
| re: What's the best sports book you've read? (Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:45 pm to Porter Osborne Jr)
Recommended for the 3 or 4 hockey fans on here.  Really impressed with the story, as someone who didn't get to see the games at the time.
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BluegrassBelle 
Kentucky Fan
Valar Morghulis
Member since Nov 2010
24621 posts
| re: What's the best sports book you've read? (Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:49 pm to Porter Osborne Jr)
This is one I always go back to. Absolutely loved it.
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bobbyray21 
Tennessee Fan
Member since Sep 2009
6931 posts
| re: What's the best sports book you've read? (Posted on 12/10/12 at 10:56 pm to Jcorye1)
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I'll go with the painfully obvious answer, Moneyball.
It's only painfully obvious because it's an incredible book. One of the ten best books I've ever read.
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wahoocs
LSU Fan
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2004
5042 posts
| re: What's the best sports book you've read? (Posted on 12/10/12 at 11:05 pm to Jalbow3)
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Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero
Written by Leigh Montville.
If you're going to read a book about Ted Williams, and I've read them all, this is the one.
Definitely not sugar coated.
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WarSlamEagle 
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Member since Sep 2011
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| re: What's the best sports book you've read? (Posted on 12/10/12 at 11:25 pm to Porter Osborne Jr)
My Top 5:
The Book of Basketball
How Soccer Explains The World
Brilliant Orange
Soccernomics
Playing For Pizza
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4LSU2
LSU Fan
Madisonville
Member since Dec 2009
14430 posts
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| re: What's the best sports book you've read? (Posted on 12/11/12 at 12:00 am to Porter Osborne Jr)
None But The Braves- Tom Glavine
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Agforlife 
Texas A&M Fan
Somewhere in the Brazos Valley
Member since Nov 2012
683 posts
| re: What's the best sports book you've read? (Posted on 12/11/12 at 12:33 am to Porter Osborne Jr)
Friday Night Lights great look into big time HS football
and i'll have to find it but read a book about a guy who bought an independent single a baseball team and chronicled their season I can't remember the title though dammit
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Ray Penpillage 
Arkansas Fan
The port of Houston
Member since Nov 2010
3817 posts
| re: What's the best sports book you've read? (Posted on 12/11/12 at 12:41 am to WarSlamEagle)
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The Book of Basketball
I enjoyed it.
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dutchtiger
LSU Fan
Member since Jun 2012
284 posts
| re: What's the best sports book you've read? (Posted on 12/11/12 at 12:42 am to Porter Osborne Jr)
Playing for Pizza by John Grisham and his other book called Bleachers. When I was younger, I enjoyed Matt Christopher books too.
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D011ahbi11
Wichita State Fan
Member since Jun 2007
4376 posts
| re: What's the best sports book you've read? (Posted on 12/11/12 at 1:13 am to Porter Osborne Jr)
Senior Year by Dan Shaugnessy
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LSUandAU
Texas
Member since Apr 2009
2727 posts
| re: What's the best sports book you've read? (Posted on 12/11/12 at 1:14 am to Porter Osborne Jr)
Johnny Samples book
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Matisyeezy 
Notre Dame Fan
Member since Feb 2012
2603 posts
| re: What's the best sports book you've read? (Posted on 12/11/12 at 2:27 am to LSUandAU)
I highly recommend this:
Fantastic, light read. I read it in an afternoon and was rolling the entire time. Just great.
I also read Ken Burns' "Baseball" back when I was a youngster and thought it was fantastic. I don't know if it holds up, but it was great for exposing a precocious 10-year-old to the greatness and legacy of the game.
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USMC Gators
UF Football Fan
Member since Oct 2011
10791 posts
| re: What's the best sports book you've read? (Posted on 12/11/12 at 7:39 am to Porter Osborne Jr)
Mick Foley's first book.
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reb13 
Ole Miss Fan
Oxford, MS
Member since May 2010
7982 posts
| re: What's the best sports book you've read? (Posted on 12/11/12 at 7:40 am to Porter Osborne Jr)
I like game of shadows and meat market.
Also the hockey machine was a great fiction book, I read that as a youngin.
This post was edited on 12/11 at 7:43 am
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Tiger n Miami AU83 
Auburn Fan
Miami
Member since Oct 2007
25232 posts
| re: What's the best sports book you've read? (Posted on 12/11/12 at 7:53 am to gatorhata9)
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My Losing Season- Pat Conroy
Gonna have to order this now. Did not even know it existed.
I've read most of Conroy's books and most were written decades ago. Last book I read of his was over 10 years ago. He is my favorite southern author and "The Lord's of Discipline" is one of my favorite books of all time.
Favorite sports books I have read:
1. Bo knows Bo
2. In the Arena - Pat Dye
3. Another Season - Gene Stallings
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LSU GrandDad
LSU Fan
houston, texas
Member since Jun 2009
9532 posts
| re: What's the best sports book you've read? (Posted on 12/11/12 at 8:17 am to RileyTime)
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Playing For Pizza
yea. that and the book about yogi berra and ron guidry. can't remember the name of it damnit. 
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Sophandros 
New Orleans Saints Fan
R'Lyeh
Member since Feb 2005
40301 posts
| re: What's the best sports book you've read? (Posted on 12/11/12 at 8:21 am to Porter Osborne Jr)
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Brian Belichick's
Who?
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slackster
LSU Fan
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
4572 posts
| re: What's the best sports book you've read? (Posted on 12/11/12 at 8:23 am to LSU GrandDad)
Seasons of Life is a great book - I would highly recommend it. I also liked Bleachers quite a bit.
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