“A hot dog at the ballgame beats roast beef at the Ritz.” - Humphrey Bogart
Summer is here and so is baseball! Enjoy these books that celebrate the old ball game. Each one is a catch… no ifs, ands, or bunts.
Magic Season: A Son's Story by Wade Rouse
Rouse finds solace with his dying father through their shared love of baseball in this memoir of family and forgiveness.
100 Miles Of Baseball: Fifty Games, One Summer by Dale Jacobs and Heidi L. M. Jacobs
The Jacobs draw a radius of one hundred miles around their home in Windsor, Ontario, and set a goal of seeing fifty games within that circle over one summer.
The Utility of Boredom: Baseball Essays by Andrew Forbes
Spitball literary essays on the joys, sorrows and wonder of North America’s national pastime.
The Cactus League by Emily Nemens
A novel about baseball and how it shapes the lives of athletes as much as the town that supports it.
Church Of Baseball by Ron Shelton
From the award-winning screenwriter and director of cult classic Bull Durham comes the entertaining behind-the-scenes story of the making of the film.
Calico Joe by John Grisham
The careers of a golden boy rookie hitter for the Cubs and a hard-hitting Mets pitcher take very different paths.
Magic Time by W. P. Kinsella
The tale of a very talented second baseman who aspires to get into the bigs, but who tends to choke at crunch time.
Off Speed: Baseball, Pitching, and the Art of Deception by Terry McDermott
An informative and entertaining book - part sports history, part personal history - that explores baseball through one "perfect game" and the drama of pitching.
Our Team by Luke Epplin
The riveting story of four men whose improbable union on the Cleveland Indians in the late 1940s would shape the immediate postwar era of Major League Baseball and beyond.
Comeback Season by Cam Perron with Nick Chiles
The true story of the friendships formed between Cam Perron — a white, baseball-obsessed teenager from Boston — and hundreds of former professional Negro League players, who were still awaiting the recognition and compensation that they deserved from Major League Baseball more than fifty years after their playing days were over.
Cheated by Andy Martino
The definitive insider story of one of the biggest cheating scandals to ever rock Major League Baseball, bringing down high-profile coaches and players, and exposing a long-rumored "sign-stealing" dark side of baseball.
