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My memory is that Bill James made a pretty strong case against Lindstrom in the hall. Forget whether it was in the Historical Baseball Abstract or in Politics of Glory. Yes, an update. Fine idea. My last five:
The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract by Bill James: Because I'm a baseball junkie. What can I say?
My Dreams Out in the Street by Kim Addonizio: Kim is an old friend of mine. Took me too long to get to her latest, which is superb.
Pra ... Book 29: The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract by Bill James
This was a "between book" (see description of book 3 in the first post of this thread) which I finished last night. James is one of ... I'm still working on my "between books." Today I'll be reading the first half of the chapter on pitchers in The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. That's to say, the entries for pitchers 1-50 in James' listing of the best 100 pitchers in baseball history (as of 2000 or so, when the book ... ... cover-to-cover.
The non-fiction books on my current "between books" stack are:
Visions of Jazz by Gary Giddens
The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract by Bill James
Racing in the Streets: the Bruce Springsteen Reader edited by June Skinner Sawyers
Top of the Heap: a Yank ... ... something to read straight through.
My current stack of "between books" includes:
Visions of Jazz by Gary Giddins
The New Bill James Historical Abstract
Walking Tractor and Other Tales of Old Anderson Valley by Bruce Patterson
Racing in the Streets: the Bruce Springsteen Reader
... ... read one chapter or story at a time between the books I read all in one go.
My two baseball between books right now are The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract and Top of the Heap: a Yankees Collection. ... and his early career with the Giants and Braves, as well as his active religious life.
I'm also going through the New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract a little at a time.
What is everybody else reading? I've just started Felipe Alou . . . My Life and Baseball, an "as told to" with sportswriter Herm Weiskopf written back in 1967 when Alou was still in the midst of his playing career. ... with about 7 books in it, and I alternate between the two. Currently, these stacks include:
Group 1
Visions of Jazz
Bill James Baseball Abstract
Walking Tractor
Racing in the Street
Top of the Heap
Voices of the Valley, Volume III (An Oral History of Anderson Valley, California ... ... James ... his Politics of Glory about the Hall of Fame and who belongs is fantastic, and you should also check out his Historical Baseball Abstract.
I also highly recommend Dollar sign on the muscle by Kevin Kerrane about scouting.
Pure Baseball would be perfect for you, as a ... ... Off the top of my head some MUST HAVES would be the Hitchhiker's Guide, Return of the King, Prayer for Owen Meany, Bill James Historical Abstract, Cannery Row and To Kill a Mockingbird....
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