“The Roger Kahn Reader: Six Decades of Sportswriting”
Roger Kahn has spent over 60 years writing about sports and has interviewed many athletes in the world and this is a collection of his great work.
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“A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball” By Jennifer Ring
The book follows the story of several young women that wanted to be athletes in the baseball world even though society told them it was a male world.
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Baseball History in 1876- Start of the National League
Baseball History in 1876 when the National League was formed.
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“Walter Camp and the Creation of American Football” by Roger R. Tamte
This is a well-researched book that deals with football at Yale and Walter Camp and how it led to him becoming the Father of American Football.
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“Baseball Italian Style: Great Stories Told by Italian American Major Leaguers from Crosetti to Piazza”
This book by Lawrence Baldarrosa guides baseball fans through what players of Italian descent endured in the early days and how things are better today.
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Alta Weiss- Female Baseball Pitcher
The story of female baseball pitcher Alta Weiss
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“Liftoff!: The Tank, the Storm, and the Astros’ Improbable Ascent to Baseball Immortality” by Brian T. Smith
This book deals with how the Houston Astros had 55 years of bad baseball and then GM Jeff Luhnow made some smart moves and now they are World Series champs.
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“Urban’s Way: Urban Meyer, The Florida Gators, and His Plan to Win”
The book is about Urban Meyer and is considered his authorized biography.
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“Warren Spahn: A Biography of a Legendary Lefty” by Lew Freedman
The life of Warren Spahn on the ball field and a hero in World War II.
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“Being Ted Williams: Growing Up with a Baseball Idol”
Famous broadcaster Dick Enberg goes into great detail abut how Ted Williams as his sports idol and later in life they became very close friends.
