Biggio: The Final Game — by Michael Hart

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Deep Drive - by Mike Lowell with Rob Bradford

Listen to my interview with Mike Lowell by clicking here.
I never really know what to expect when getting into a book authored by a player - or at least told by a player and actually written by someone else, as is the case with Deep Drive.
There’s no question that Lowell is a tremendous ball player; [...]

The Greatest Game Ever: The Yankees, the Red Sox, and the Playoff of ‘78 — by Richard Bradley

Few topics seem as unresolvable as what was the greatest game ever played. As I sit at Safeco Field today, the Mariners are playing their 5,000th regular season game - imagine trying to pick the greatest out of just that group.
But Richard Bradley contends that the playoff game to determine the 1978 American League East [...]

Going, Going, Gone: The Art of the Trade in Major League Baseball — by Fran Zimniuch

Now that we’re in July - what better event to look forward to and start reading about than the trading deadline.
Few topics provide as much discussion as who we could trade for to make the team better.
But as any general manager knows, it’s never as easy to make a trade as it to simply [...]

For my NY peoples

A quick message from the folks at GELF magazine, who are hosting an event in NYC on Thursday 7/3 called “Varsity Letters” and will be featuring several baseball authors, including The Savvy Girls.
More info at Varsitylettersseries.com.

The 33-Year-Old Rookie — by Chris Coste

This was a real love-hate book for me, so I’m taking a slightly different approach to the review this time:
What I like about The 33-Year-Old Rookie
-Through telling his story, Coste provides a great reminder that life isn’t easy - and for some it’s harder than others despite having talent, ability and drive. We all need [...]

The Crowd Sounds Happy - A Story of Love, Madness and Baseball — by Nicholas Dawidoff

For some people, baseball becomes an important thread that holds things together in their lives. It fills a void, helps make sense of the world, and provides something to be close to.
For acclaimed author Nicholas Dawidoff, baseball became his refuge during adolescence, filling the gaps between divorced parents, a mentally ill father, and the [...]

You Can Observe A Lot by Watching - by Yogi Berra

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a big fan of Yogi Berra - both the ballplayer and the person, which is why I was excited to read his new book, You Can Observe A Lot by Watching.
In this book, Berra draws on his 19 seasons in the Majors to focus on what it [...]

Baseball’s Greatest Hit - by Andy Strasberg, Bob Thompson and Tim Wiles

It’s the third most sung tune in America – performed every single day of the year in one place or another. But you know it best as the song that’s sung after the 39th out is recorded - the song that proclaims where we want to go, even though we sing it when we’re already [...]

Far From Home: Latino Baseball Players in America - by Tim Wendel and Jose Luis Villegas

There are books that you find yourself spending a lot of time with — some because they’re just long, others because the thoughts and concepts contained within are difficult to understand and process. But once in a while you run into a book that you spend a good amount of time with simply because it’s [...]