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Category: Editor's Choice (30 books and dvd's)

Books or DVD's in this category

Black and Blue: The Golden Arm, the Robinson Boys, and the 1966 World Series That Stunned America (Book)
  by Tom Adelman, Publisher: Little, Brown and Company,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($4.25)

The 2006 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia (Book)
  Publisher: Sterling,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($3.98)

  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
Fantasyland: A Season on Baseball's Lunatic Fringe (Book)
  by Sam Walker, Publisher: Viking Adult,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($3.50)

The Last Nine Innings: Inside the Real Game Fans Never See (Book)
  by Euchner, Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($3.72)

Baseball before We Knew It: A Search for the Roots of the Game (Book)
  by David Block, Publisher: Bison Books,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($9.95)

Wrigley Field: The Unauthorized Biography (Book)
  by Stuart Shea, Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($10.07)

Spalding's World Tour: The Epic Adventure that Took Baseball Around the Globe - And Made It America's Game (Book)
  by Mark Lamster, Publisher: PublicAffairs,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($0.01)

Shades of Glory: The Negro Leagues and the Story of African-American Baseball (Book)
  by Lawrence D. Hogan, Publisher: National Geographic,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($5.16)

In the Best Interests of Baseball? The Revolutionary Reign of Bud Selig (Book)
  by Andrew Zimbalist, Publisher: Wiley,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($0.62)

  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrong (Book)
  by Jonah Keri / The Baseball Prospectus T, Publisher: Basic Books,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($9.78)

Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig (Book)
  by Jonathan Eig, Publisher: Simon & Schuster,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($1.98)

Wrong Side of the Wall: The Life of Blackie Schwamb, the Greatest Prison Baseball Player of All Time (Book)
  by Eric Stone, Publisher: The Lyons Press,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($3.57)

The Ultimate Baseball Road-Trip: A Fan's Guide to Major League Stadiums (Book)
  by Joshua Pahigian / Kevin O'Connell, Publisher: The Lyons Press,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($3.90)

The Dodgers: 120 Years of Dodgers Baseball (Book)
  by Glenn Stout / Richard A. Johnson, Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($7.99)

The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics (Book)
  by Alan Schwarz, Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($8.39)

The Golden Game: The Story of California Baseball (Book)
  by Kevin Nelson, Publisher: Heyday Books,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($0.30)

Moneyball (Book)
  by Michael Lewis, Publisher: Random House Audio,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($8.68)

Forging Genius: The Making of Casey Stengel (Book)
  by Steven Goldman, Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($13.99)

  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
Baseball As America: Seeing Ourselves Through Our National Game (Book)
  by The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum / National Geographic, Publisher: National Geographic,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($2.00)

  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
Ball Four (Book)
  by Jim Bouton, Publisher: Wiley,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($5.97)

  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
A Day In The Bleachers (Book)
  by Arnold Hano, Publisher: Da Capo Press,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($1.00)

The Glory of Their Times : The Story of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It (Book)
  by Lawrence S. Ritter, Publisher: It Books,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($7.06)

Veeck--As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck (Book)
  by Bill Veeck / Ed Linn, Publisher: University Of Chicago Press,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($11.00)

The Pitch That Killed (Book)
  by Mike Sowell, Publisher: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($10.23)

Babe: The Legend Comes to Life (Book)
  by Robert Creamer, Publisher: Simon & Schuster,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($4.70)

  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy (Book)
  by Jules Tygiel, Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($10.37)

Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution (Book)
  by Neil Lanctot, Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($15.40)

Willie's Time: Baseball's Golden Age (Writing Baseball) (Book)
  by Charles Einstein, Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($19.92)

The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary (Book)
  by Paul Dickson, Publisher: Harvest Books,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($10.00)

  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
America's Game (Book)
  by Michael MacCambridge, Publisher: Anchor,  Buy it at Amazon.com! ($9.51)


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