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Your Favorite Non-Fiction sports books of all time

Posted on 5/11/16 at 11:00 am
Posted by Tiger Ryno
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Posted on 5/11/16 at 11:00 am
1. The greatest game ever played by Mark Frost
2. GRAND slam by Mark frost
3. Real grass real heroes by Dom dimaggio.
4. Beyond the 6th game by Peter gammons (well before he went senile)
5. BALL four by Jim Bouton.
Posted by RebelliousGooner
NCAA HQ Indianapolis
Member since Jul 2012
636 posts
Posted on 5/11/16 at 11:03 am to
Just off the top of my head in no particular order:


A Good Walk Spoiled by John Feinstein
Men in Green by Michael Bamberger
Moneyball
Posted by Kafka
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Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 5/11/16 at 11:07 am to
Posted by The Seaward
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
11345 posts
Posted on 5/11/16 at 11:08 am to
Moneyball
Posted by The Ostrich
Member since May 2009
2540 posts
Posted on 5/11/16 at 11:08 am to
Moneyball
Beyond Belief - Josh Hamilton
This post was edited on 5/11/16 at 11:09 am
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
34537 posts
Posted on 5/11/16 at 11:12 am to
The Breaks of the Game--David Halberstam
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
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Posted on 5/11/16 at 11:21 am to
Phil's recap of the 2003/04 Lakers
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
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Posted on 5/11/16 at 11:25 am to
I Was Right On Time - By Buck O'Neil.

The Soul Of Baseball - Joe Posnanski
Posted by 632627
LA
Member since Dec 2011
12704 posts
Posted on 5/11/16 at 11:25 am to
mickey mantle biography... I think it's titled "my favorite summer"
Posted by bwallcubfan
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2007
38112 posts
Posted on 5/11/16 at 11:29 am to
The Kid Who Only Hit Homers - Matt Christopher

it was real to me
This post was edited on 5/11/16 at 11:30 am
Posted by nvasil1
Hellinois
Member since Oct 2009
15843 posts
Posted on 5/11/16 at 11:36 am to
Sandy Koufax - Jane Leavy

When Chicago Ruled Baseball: the Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906 - Bernard Weisberger
Posted by BCMCubs
Colorado
Member since Nov 2011
22146 posts
Posted on 5/11/16 at 11:39 am to
Dirk Hayhurst's first two books were outstanding

-The Bullpen Gospels
-Out of My League

Also:
-As They See 'Em: A Fan's Travels Inside the Land of Umpires- Bruce Weber

-The Soul of Baseball - Joe Posnanksi

Posted by Dubosed
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Posted on 5/11/16 at 11:43 am to
The Fight - by Norman Mailer
Posted by sms151t
Polos, Porsches, Ponies..PROBATION
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Posted on 5/11/16 at 11:44 am to
The Ron Luciano books
A Season Inside-Feinstein
Why I didn't Say Anything-Kennedy
Junction Boys
Legend of Bear Bryant
Bootleggers Boy
Mississippi Mayhem
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
35386 posts
Posted on 5/11/16 at 11:55 am to
The Inner Game of Tennis
Posted by McCaigBro69
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Posted on 5/11/16 at 11:55 am to
'I am Zlatan' is the GOAT.
Posted by RedPop4
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Posted on 5/11/16 at 11:57 am to


This, and it isn't even close.
Posted by Boomshockalocka
Member since Feb 2004
59684 posts
Posted on 5/11/16 at 12:00 pm to
Way too many to list, the most recent reads that I've enjoyed were:

Basketball Analytics: Objective and Efficient Strategies for Understanding How Teams Win


Chasing Perfection: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the High-Stakes Game of Creating an NBA Champion

Tuff Juice: My Journey from the Streets to the NBA
Posted by Deege
Member since Dec 2007
843 posts
Posted on 5/11/16 at 12:10 pm to
Hundley, Clown: No. 33 in Your Program, No. 1 in Your Heart
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
144953 posts
Posted on 5/11/16 at 12:29 pm to
No boys of summer?
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