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Recent Books

Florida

Baseball in Florida, Kevin M. McCarthy

Florida's First Big League Baseball Players: A Narrative History, Wes Singletary

The History of the Florida Marlins, John Nichols

The Rise and Fall of Dodgertown, Rodney Johnson

Florida Spring Training, 3rd Edition: Your Guide to Touring the Grapefruit League, Alan Byrd


Presented at the South Florida Chapter Meetings

Through a Blue Lens , Bonnie Crosby:

Red Legs and Black Sox, Susan Dellinger:

Domincan Connection, George Gedda: (Eloquent Books)

Just A Big Kid: The Life and Times of Rube Waddell, Paul Proia:

South of the Color Barrier: How Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League Pushed Baseball Toward Racial Integration, John Virtue

Total Baseball, Pete Palmer


The SABR Bulletin:
Winter 2010 Vol. 40, No 1

Travels with Ghosts and Other Tales, Joe Scherman and Suzanne Wright.

View from the Booth: Four Decades with the Phillies, Chris Wheeler

Willie's Boys:The 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, The Last Negro League World Series, and the Making of a Baseball Legend, John Klima

The Miracle Has Landed:The Amazin' Story of How the 1969 Mets Shocked the World, edited by Matt Silverman and Ken Samelson

Graphical Player, John Burnson

Collection of Principal Baseball-Related Papers, Kunugi Yasue

Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2010, Dave Studenmund

Big League Ballparks: The Complete Illustrated History, Gary Gillette; Eric Enders; Stuart Shea;and Matthew Silverman

Our White Boy: Sport in the American West, Jerry Craft and Kathleen Sullivan

Playing in the Shadows: Texas and Negro League Baseball , Rob Fink

Playing Ball with Ledgends: the Story and the Stories of Don Lund, Ron Lund

Bill James Handbook 2010

High Heat, Tim Wendel

Miracle Collaspe: The 1969 Chicago Cubs, Doug Feldmann

Billie and the Boys, Lonnie Duke

Grasping the Ring: Nine Unique Winners in Life and Sports, Gene Budig

Practicing Sabermetrics: Putting the Science of Baseball Statistics to Work, Gabriel B. Costa; Michael R. Huber; and John T. Saccoman

The Rise of Milwaukee Baseball: The Cream City from Midwestern Outpost to the Major Leagues, 1859-1901, Dennis Pajot

Baseball Friends and Flying Machines: The Many Lives and Outrageous Times of George and Alfred Lawson, Jerry Kuntz

Early Wynn, The Go-Go White Sox and the 1959 World Series, Lew Freedman

The South Atlantic League, 1904-1963: A Year by Year Satistical History, Marshall D. Wright

Burns No More: The 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers, World Champions of Baseball, Brian M. Endsley

Chief Bender: A Baseball Biography, Robert Peyton Wiggins

Sliding Billy Hamilton: The Life and Times of Baseball's First Great Leadoff Hitter, Roy Kerr

The 1923 New York Yankees: A History of Their First World Championship Season, Ronald A. Myers

Joy in Mudville: Essays on Baseball and American Life: edited by John B. Wiseman

It Ain't So: a Might-Have Been History of the White Sox in 1919 and Beyond, Michael T. Lynch, Jr.

Eye for Talent: Interviews with Veteran Baseball Scouts, edited by P.J. Dragseth

The Baseball Starter: A Handbook for Coaching Children and Teens, W.George Scarlett; Gregory Chertook; Jacob L. Lipton; and Erik S. Johanson


The SABR Bulletin: Fall 2009 Vol. 40, No 4

The American Association Almanac: Exploring Baseball History Through Original Research

After Many a Summer: The Passing of the Giants and Dodgers and a Golden Age in New York Baseball, Robert Murphy

Baseball's Peerless Semipros: The Brooklyn Bushwicks of Dexter Park, Thomas Barthel

Baseball Visions of the Roaring Twenties: A Fan's Photograghs of More than 400 Players and Ballparks of the Era, George E. Outland (Photos) and John W. Outland (Text)

Black Barons of Birmingham: The South's Greatest Negro League Team and It's Players, Larry Powell - Note: The first team history of the Black Barons

Black Baseball Players in Canada: A Biographic Dictionary, 1881 - 1960, Barry Swanton and Jay Dell Mah.

The Complete New York Clipper Baseball Biographies: More Than 800 Sketches of Players, Managers, Owners, Umpires, Reporters and Others, 1859-1903, compiled by Jean-Pierre Caillaut.

The Early Image of Black Baseball: Race and Representation in the Popular Press, 1871 - 1890, James E. Brunson.

Father and Sons in Baseball Broadcasting: The Carays; Brennamans; Bucks; and Kalases, Tony Silvia.

Hard-Luck Harvey Haddix and the Greatest Game Ever Lost, Lew Freedman.

The Hustler's Handbook, Bill Veeck.

John "Buck" O'Neil: The Rookie, The Man, The Legacy 1938, Phil S. Dixon.

The Last Days of Shea: Delight and Despair in the Life of a Mets Fan, Dana Brand.

Monster at the Bat (Casey at the Bat), Hal Pollock.

Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain, Marty Appel.

My 66 Years in the Big Leagues(Connie Mack), Rich Westcott.

My Twenty Years in Baseball, Ty Cobb.

Once Upon a Fastball, Bob Mitchell

The Orioles Encyclopedia: A Half Century of History and Highlights, Mike Gesker

The Philadelphia Phillies, Lieb and Baumgartner (Originally published in 1953).

Ray Schalk: A Baseball Biography, Brian Cooper

The Red Sox Before the Babe: Boston's Early Days in the American League, 1901 - 1914, Donald Hubbard

When the Cubs Won It All: The 1908 Championship Season, George Matthews.

The Wizard of Waxahachie: Paul Richards and the End of Baseball as We Knew It (Sport in American Life), Warren Corbett

The Wrecking Crew of '33: The Washington Senators Last Pennant, Gary A. Sarnoff

The SABR Bulletin: Spring 2009 Vol. 39, No 3

Bill James Gold Mine 2009, Bill James

Chasing Moonlight: The True Story of Field of Dreams' Doc Graham, Freidlander and Reisling

Miracle Ball: My Hunt for the Shot Heard 'Round the World, Brian Biegel and Pete Fornatale

Life is More than 9 Innings: Memories of a Boston Red Sox Pitcher, Frank Sullivan, Peter Caldwell , Cindy Turner

The Baltimore Elite Giants: Sport and Society in the Age of Negro League Baseball
, Bob Luke

Classic Tribe: The 50 Greatest Games in Cleveland Indians History
, Jonathan Knight

Ray & Me: Baseball Card Adventures
, Don Gutman

Heart of the Game: Life, Death, and Mercy in Minor League America, S.L. Price

Capital Sporting Grounds: A History of Stadium and Ballpark Construction in Washington, D.C., Brett L. Abrams

The Irish in Baseball: An Early History, David L. Feitz

The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2007-2008
, William Simons

The Integration of Major League Baseball:: A Team by Team History, Rick Swaine

Baseball's Offensive Greats of the Deadball Era: Best Producers Rated by Position, 1901-1919, Robert E. Kelly

Baseball's First Inning: A History of the National Pastime Through the Civil War, William J. Ryczek

Iron Man McGinnity, Don Doxie

Making the Big Red Machine: Bob Howsam and the Cincinnati Reds of the 1970s, Daryl Smith

St Louis Cardinal Past and Present, Doug Feldmann

Minnesotans in Baseball, Stew Thornley

A Whole New Ballgame: The 1969 Washington Senators, Stephen Walker

Home Run's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Monumental Dingers, Prodigious Swingers, and Everything Long-Ball, David Vincent

Pull Up a Chair: The Vin Scully Story, Curt Smith

Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend , Larry Tye

Going for the Fences: Minor League Home Runs and Statistics, Bob McConnell

A Magic Summer: The Amazin' Story of the 1969 New York Mets, Stanley Cohen

Roadside Baseball:The Locations of America's Baseball Landmarks, Chris Epling

It Was Never about the Babe: The Red Sox, Racism, Mismanagement, and the Curse of the Bambino, Jerry Gutlion

Faith and Fear of Flushing: An Intense Personal History of the New York Mets, Greg Prince

Cubs by the Numbers: A Complete Team History of the Cubbies by Uniform Number, Kasey Ignarski; Matthew Silverman; Al Yellon

Bob Feller's Little Blue Book of Baseball Wisdom, Bob Feller; Burton Rocks: and Foreword by Ralph Kiner

Shea Good-Bye: The Untold Inside Story of the Historic 2008 Season, Keith Hernandez and Matthew Silverman

Then Roy Said to Mickey ...: The Best Yankees Stories Ever Told (Best Sports Stories Ever Told), Roy White and Darrell Berger

"Yogi was up with a guy on third" ... Hall of Famers Recall Their Favorite Baseball Games Ever, Maureen Mullen

Stolen Bases: : Why American Girls Don't Play Baseball , Jennifer Ring

Root for the Cubs: Charlie Root and the 1929 Chicago Cubs, Roger Snell

The Greatest Comeback Ever: A fan's daily diary of the 1978 New York Yankees championship season, Paul Keck

Hanover Raiders: Minor League Baseball in Hanover, Pennsylvania, John Coulson

Home Runs and Jackpots: a fan’s view of minor league baseball in Nevada, Tim Mueller


The SABR Bulletin: Spring 2009 Vol. 39, No 2

Blue Mondays: The Long Goodbye of the Montreal Expos, Jeff Stuart
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Alexander Cartwright: The Life Behind the Baseball Legend, Monica Nucciarone

Bat, Ball and Bitumen: A History of the Coalfield Baseball in the Appalachian South, L.M. Sutter

Baseball in the Cross Timbers: The Story of the Sooner State League
, Peter G. Pierce

The Baseball Talmud
: The Definitive Position-by-Position Ranking of Baseball's Chosen Players, Howard Megdal

The Billy Goat Curse, Loosing and Superstition in Cubs Baseball Since World War II
, George Bogen

The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (3rd Edition), edited by Paul Dickson

The Fielding Bible, John Dowman

Forever Blue: The True Story of Walter O'Malley, Baseball's Most Controversial Owner and the Dodgers of Brooklyn and Los Angeles, Michael D' Antonio

Go-Go to Glory: The 1959 Chicago White Sox, editor Don Zminda and associate editors R.J. Lesche, Len Levin, and Bill Nowlin

High-Flying Birds: The 1942 St. Louis Cardinals
, Jerome Mileur

Intentional Walk: More Devotions for Baseball Fans
, Hugh Poland

Lefty, Double-X, and The Kid: The 1939 Red Sox, a Team in Transition, edited by Bill Nowlin with associate editors Mark Armour, Maurice Bouchard, and Len Levine

The Lystons: A Story of One Baltimore Family & Our National Pastime, Jimmy Keenan

The Major League Races of 1916, The Maddening Baseball Melee in History, Paul G and John G Zinn.

Nine College Nines: A Closeup View of Campus Baseball Programs Today
, Gregory J. Tulley

The Hardball Times: Season Preview 2009

No Girls in the Clubhouse: The Exclusion of Women from Baseball, Marilyn Cohen

Over the Fence is Out!: The Story of Canadians Baseball Players, James Shearon

The Photographic baseball Cards of Goodwin & Company (1886 - 1890), Jay Miller, Joe Gonsowski, and Richard Masson

Ted Williams and the 1969 Washington Senators: The Last Winning Season, Ted Levengood

Teenager on First, Geezer at Bat, 4F on Deck, Major League Baseball in 1945, James D. Szalontal

Understanding Baseball: An Examination Of The History, Teams, Economics And Basic Plays, And A Review Of The 2007 Season, David Faris

Other Hot Topics

Baseball Prospectus: The Essential Guide to the 2009 Baseball Season
, Steven Goldman

Emerald Guide to Baseball 2009, Gary Gillette and Pete Palmer ** Free PDF Download from SABR

Home Run's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Monumental Dingers, Prodigious Swingers, and Everything Long-Ball, David Vincent


The SABR Bulletin: Winter 2009 Vol. 39, No 1

Lights Out, Lit Up, and Everything in Between: Postseason Starting Pitching, 2003 - 2007, Paul Podgurski

"Dummy" Hanson, A Deaf Baseball Pitcher's Life Inthe Hearing World,
JIm Johnson

The Best Team Ever: A Novel of America, Chicago the 1907 Cubs,
Alan Alop and Doc Noel (Novel)

Ballet In the Dirt: The Golden Age of Baseball,
Eric (Editor); Neil Leifer; Ron Shelton, (Introduction); Gabriel Schech Kroll

The Mogul: Eddie Gottlieb, Philadelphia Sports Legend and Pro Basketball Pioneer,
Rich Westcott

Talmage Boston's Baseball and the Baby Boomer: A History, Commentary, and Memoir,
Ron Seller

The Federal League of Baseball Clubs: The History of the Outlaw Major League, 1914- 1915,
Robert Payton Wiggins

All-Stars for All Time: A Sabermetric Rankilng of the Major League Best
, 1876 - 2007, William McNeil

Death at the Ballpark: A Comprehensive Study of the Game-Related Fatalities
, 1862- 2007, Robert Gorman and David Weeks

Take Me Out to the Ballgame: The Story of the Sensational Baseball Song ,
Amy Whorf McGuiggan

Baseball America's 2009 Almanac: A Comprehensive Review of the 2008 Season


Milwaukee Braves: Heroes and Heartbreak,
William Povietich


Other Sources


Remembering Yankee Stadium: An Oral and Narrative History of The House That Ruth Built, Harvey Frommer

Whatever Happened To Baseball?
, Jeff Potter

101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out, Josh Pahigian

The SABR Bulletin: November - December 2008

The Art of Catching: The Secrets and Techniques of Baseball's Most Demanding Position, Brent Mayne

Baseball In Crisis: Spiraling Costs, Bad Behavior, Uncertain Future, Frank P. Jozsa Jr

The Baseball Novel: A History and Annotated Bibliography of Adult Fiction, Noel Schraufnagel

A Biographical Dictionary of the Baseball Hall of Fame, 2d ed, John C. Skipper

Charlie Gehringer: A Biography of the Hall of Fame Tigers Second Baseman, John C. Skipper

Connecticut Baseball: The Best of the Nutmeg State, Don Harrison

From First To Worst: The New York Mets, 1973-1977, Jacob Kanarek

Heavenly Twins Of Boston Baseball: A Dual Biography of Hugh Duffy and Tommy Mccarthy, Donald Hubbard

The Negro Leagues in New Jersey: A History, Alfred M. Martin and Alfred T. Martin


Northsiders: Essays on the History and Culture of the Chicago Cubs, Gerald C. Wood and Andrew Hazucha

This Bad Day in Yankees History: A Calendar of Calamities, Gabriel Schechter

Spahn, Sain, and Teddy Ballgame: Boston's (almost) Perfect Baseball Summer of 1948
, Bill Nowlin, Mark Armour, Bob Brady, and Len Levin

Three Finger: The Mordecai Brown Story, Cindy Thomson, Scott Brown, Ferguson Jenkins


Walter Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japenese Baseball
, Robert K. Fitts

'30: Major League Baseball's Year of the Batter, Ray Zardetto


The SABR Bulletin: September - October 2008

Baseball Bits: Little-Known Stories, Facts, and Trivia from the Dugout to the Outfield, Dan Schlossberg

The Sun Field, Heywood Broun

Mickey Mantle: Rookie In Pinstripes, Fred Glueckstein

The Detroit Tigers: A Pictorial Celebration of the Greatest Players and Moments in Tigers History (Great Lakes Books Series) (Great Lakes Books Series), William M. Anderson

Red Sox Nation Guide to the Players, William F. McNeil

Miracle in Chavez Ravine: The Los Angeles Dodgers in 1988, William F. McNeil

Mack, McGraw And The 1913 Baseball Season, Richard Adler

Asian Pacific Americans and Baseball: A History, Joel S. Franks

The Pitch is on the Way: Poems About Baseball and Life, Dan Liberthson

Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History, Josh Chetwynd

Bluejackets of Summer: The History of the Great Lakes Naval Baseball Team 1942-1945, Roger Gogan

Breakin' Down Fences: Bill Veeck and the 1943 Phillies, Dick Hagen

California: The Golden State's Major League Players Past and Present, Cullen Deck

16th & Bryant: My Life and and Education with the San Francisco Seals, Bill Soto-Castellanos


The SABR Bulletin:
July - August 2008

Early U.S. Blackball Teams in Cuba: Box Scores, Rosters and Statistics for the American Series, 19001945, Severo Nieto

Baseball Ratings: The All-Time Best Players at Each Position, 1876 to the Present, Charles Faber

Greatness in Waiting: An Illustrated History of the Early New York Yankees, 1903-1919, Ray Istorico

Baseball Drills for Young People: More Than 180 Games and Activities for Preschool to High School Players, Dirk Baker

Watching Baseball, Seeing Philosophy: The Great Thinkers at Play on the Diamond, Raymond A. Belliotti

Baseball Magic, Jay Martin

Harry Frazee, Ban Johnson and the Feud That Nearly Destroyed the American League,
Michael T. Lynch Jr

A Baseball Family Album, Gene Carney

Base ball on the Western Reserve: The Early Game in Clevland and Northeast Ohio, Year by Year and Town by Town, 1865-1900, James M. Egan and Jr

Dugout Wisdom: Life Lessons From Baseball, Dan Migala

Baseball's Golden Half-Century 1910-1959, Ken Willey

Walkoffs, Last Licks, and Final Outs: Baseball's Grand (and Not-So-Grand) Finales, Bill Chuck and
Jim Kaplan

Boiling Out At the Springs - A History of MLB Spring Training at Hot Springs, AR 1886-1940s
, Don Duren

Baseball Log, Todd J. Cook