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re: Your Favorite Non-Fiction sports books of all time
Posted on 5/11/16 at 12:31 pm to WestCoastAg
Posted on 5/11/16 at 12:31 pm to WestCoastAg
Yes that is also a great one.
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Posted on 5/11/16 at 12:37 pm to Tiger Ryno
Snake- Kenny Stablers auto
Hollywood Henderson auto is pure gold- he tells stories of coke in locker room at halftime, Too Tall railing white girls 4 at time etc.
Hollywood Henderson auto is pure gold- he tells stories of coke in locker room at halftime, Too Tall railing white girls 4 at time etc.
Posted on 5/11/16 at 12:38 pm to Tiger Ryno
The Boys of Winter (Todd Coffey)
Seeing Home (Ed Lucas)
The Last Best League (Jim Collins)
Seeing Home (Ed Lucas)
The Last Best League (Jim Collins)
Posted on 5/11/16 at 12:38 pm to cuyahoga tiger
Loose Balls (an oral history of the ABA) by Terry Pluto
Posted on 5/11/16 at 12:45 pm to Tiger Ryno
Loose Balls. Terry Pluto.
All about the ABA.
All about the ABA.
Posted on 5/11/16 at 1:06 pm to WestCoastAg
"Boys of Summer" honorable mention.
Same for "Summer of '49"
"Last Amateurs" John Feinstein
Same for "Summer of '49"
"Last Amateurs" John Feinstein
Posted on 5/11/16 at 1:21 pm to RedPop4
I'll add a couple more:
Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick- Paul Dickson
Living on the Black- John Feinstein
Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick- Paul Dickson
Living on the Black- John Feinstein
Posted on 5/11/16 at 2:56 pm to Tiger Ryno
Many of these are great, a couple more that haven't been mentioned:
You're Missin' a Great Game - Whitey Herzog
A False Spring - Pat Jordan
The Bronx Zoo - Sparky Lyle
You're Missin' a Great Game - Whitey Herzog
A False Spring - Pat Jordan
The Bronx Zoo - Sparky Lyle
Posted on 5/11/16 at 3:08 pm to Tiger Ryno
Bootlegger's Boy
Posted on 5/11/16 at 3:16 pm to SwatMitchell
I don't usually read sports books but the last one I read was Tim Donaghy's book "Personal Foul: A First-Person Account of the Scandal That Rocked the NBA"
I don't know how much of it was true or not, but it was entertaining.
I don't know how much of it was true or not, but it was entertaining.
Posted on 5/11/16 at 3:16 pm to Tiger Ryno
Bo Knows Bo is the only sports book I've ever read....so that
Posted on 5/11/16 at 3:17 pm to rondo
Eight Men Out ... Good Walk Spoiled ...
Posted on 5/11/16 at 3:25 pm to Tiger Ryno
Hoop dreams
Season on the brink
Ball four
Season on the brink
Ball four
Posted on 5/11/16 at 3:27 pm to Tiger Ryno
The Bad Guys Won - a book about the '86 Mets basically outlining how big of pieces of shite many of the players on that team were. Drugs, whores, fighting!
The Bronx is Burning - Not solely a "sports book", but it focuses on the dysfunctional, but good, 1977 Yankees at a time when NYC was a complete shite-hole. There were buildings falling down and/or burning everyday; a massive blackout which spurred a wild crime-filled night; the Son of Sam
I'm not even a New York baseball fan, but both books are interesting because they go into the off-the-field stuff. The on-field crap is boring.
The Bronx is Burning - Not solely a "sports book", but it focuses on the dysfunctional, but good, 1977 Yankees at a time when NYC was a complete shite-hole. There were buildings falling down and/or burning everyday; a massive blackout which spurred a wild crime-filled night; the Son of Sam
I'm not even a New York baseball fan, but both books are interesting because they go into the off-the-field stuff. The on-field crap is boring.
Posted on 5/11/16 at 3:31 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
quote:
Season on the brink
Is a work of fiction. Not all of the things he claimed happened did. But, it is a great read.
This post was edited on 5/11/16 at 3:32 pm
Posted on 5/11/16 at 3:45 pm to Alt26
Bronx is burning sounds like my kind of read...I love books that weave the history of the times into the narrative.
Posted on 5/11/16 at 4:06 pm to Tiger Ryno
Big Bill Tilden: The Triumphs and the Tragedy
by Frank Deford
by Frank Deford
Posted on 5/11/16 at 4:13 pm to Tiger Ryno
The Mick
Bo
Bo
Posted on 5/11/16 at 4:34 pm to El Magnifico
Summer of 49 and October 1964 by David Halberstam.
There was a good book called "One Pitch Away" that was about the entire 1986 postseason. I forget the author.
I also liked "Seasons in Hell" about the early Texas Rangers teams. One of the most amateur professional franchise periods ever, plus David Clyde and Billy Martin. I believe Mike Strophshire was the author.
There was a good book called "One Pitch Away" that was about the entire 1986 postseason. I forget the author.
I also liked "Seasons in Hell" about the early Texas Rangers teams. One of the most amateur professional franchise periods ever, plus David Clyde and Billy Martin. I believe Mike Strophshire was the author.
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