Tom’s Library Shelf
On the first play of his first game, Decker got hit so hard, he got knocked out and broke both legs
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Charlie Murphy: The Iconoclastic Showman Behind the Chicago Cubs
I had never heard of Charlie Murphy until I got this book. Growing a Cardinals fan I had no interest in the Cubs. However. this book is well written and researched by author James Cannon and it held my interest throughout the entire book. There is references about other notable people in baseball during this…
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The Fast Ride: and the Undoing of A Sure Thing
The Fast Ride author Jack Gilden gives us the untold story of how Spectacular Bid, a sure thing, lost the third leg of the Triple Crown. But before he got there, he took us on a historical path of the politics of Baltimore and the inside workings of the famed Pimlico Race Course. Spectacular Bid…
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Black Cowboys of Rodeo
There was a struggle for racial equality in the cowboy circuit along with human rights issues and social injustice.
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The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife
The Wax Pack Book Review The Wax Pack by Brad Balukjian is a 280 page book that was published by the University of Nebraska Press as he seeks to go on the road to interview those players found in a old pack of Topps baseball cards. He attempted to locate each of the players in…
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Jocks A Memoir by Burt Golden
Jocks by Burt Golden Jocks is the true meaning of “Alls Well that Ends Well” – William Shakespeare “Jocks” is an interesting story which chronicles he life of East Los Angeles resident, Burt Golden. At the time we know him in the book, all he wants to do is play baseball. It becomes his great…
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K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches
What a great idea for a book. If you like any baseball history, this one will interest you. Author Tyler Kepner details ten pitches, the fastball, slider, curveball, knuckleball, splitter, screwball, sinker, changeup, spitball and cutter. With each of those pitches he talks about where they may have originated and he were some of the…
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On The Sidelines
” On the Sidelines”by Guy Harrison Foreword by Julie DiCaro This book and its content is badly needed in this society today. After tons of hard work over the years, women in the work place have take many jabs about what their role is expected to be. That at least is a male view. Now…
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“1962: Baseball and America in the Time of JFK”
The primary source of entertainment came from the fact that it was led by a handsome president and a young attractive First Lady in John and Jacqueline Kennedy and their illusion of Camelot.
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Cobra: A Life of Baseball and Brotherhood
This book by Dave Parker and Dave Jordan is a delightful book and an incredibly detailed book. The title gives you a hint of one thing throughout the career of Dave Parker and that is “brotherhood” was an important element of his success in baseball. The book starts with a glimpse into the life of…
