Enjoy Baseball Season with a Book! as suggested by Alison
May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
One of the disappointments of social distancing is the cancellation of sports. Officially, the first day of spring is around March 20 each year. However, baseball, from Little League parades to Opening Day at the Major League stadiums, lets us know that spring is here. We hear the crack of the bat and smell the aroma of sausages in the air. This year is different. We don’t know when and if the baseball season will begin (although owners have proposed a July start). In the meantime, we can read some of the many books written about baseball throughout the years You can find all of these and more in Overdrive.
The 50 Greatest Red Sox Games by Cecilia Tan and Bill Nowlin
Amazing Tales from the 2004 Boston Red Sox Dugout: The Greatest Stories from a Championship Season by Jim Prime
The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created by Jane Leavy
Bottom of the 33rd: Hope and Redemption in Baseball’s Longest Game by Dan Barry
The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn
Casey Stengel: Baseball’s Greatest Character by Marty Appel
The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg by Nicholas Dawidoff
The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II by Anne R. Keene
For the Good of the Game: The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball by Bud Selig
Francona: The Red Sox Years by Terry Francona and Dan Shaughnessy
A History of the Boston Braves: A Time Gone By by William J. Craig
How Baseball Explains America by Hal Bodley
K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches by Tyler Kepner
The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams by Ben Bradlee Jr.
Kill the Ámpaya! the Best Latin American Baseball Fiction Edited and Translated by Dick Cluster
Papi: My Story by David Ortiz with Michael Holley
Pedro by Pedro Martinez and Michael Silverman
Red Sox vs. Yankees: Hometown Experts Analyze, Debate, and Illuminate Baseball’s Ultimate Rivalry by Bill Nowlin and David Fischer
Son of Havana: A Baseball Journey from Cuba to the Big Leagues and Back by Luis Tiant
Summer of ’49 by David Halberstam
The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America’s Game by Edward Achorn
Watching Baseball: Discovering The Game Within The Game by Jerry Remy with Corey Sandler
Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life In the Minor Leagues of Baseball by John Feinstein
The Year of the Pitcher: Bob Gibson, Denny McLain, and the End of Baseball’s Golden Age by Sridhar Pappu