Books on Baseball: Summary of Book Reviews
July 12, 2010 by Mark Ahrens
Filed under Book Review, Uncategorized
The Books on Baseball webiste opened up in mid-March to get ready for the 2010 baseball season. Since that time, 
among other articles, we have published over 30 book reviews. The entire process of startng up a website, finding a decent, consistent voice, and reviewing books and producing articles for the BoB readers has been a blast.
We hope that you have enjoyed the first few months of Books on Baseball. We look forward to have a regular conversation with you as we move further into the 2010 season.
In reverse chronological order, here are the book we have reviewed. If you haven’t already persued them, please take some time to learn about books you may never have seen. Enjoy!
- Greatest World Series Thrillers by Ray Robinson
- Moneyball by Michael Lewis
- Beating Around the Bushes by Tim Sommer
- Fireside Book of Baseball by Charles Einstein
- Pitching in a Pinch by Christy Mathewson
- The Bullpen Gospels by Dirk Hayhurst
- Miracle Ball: My Hunt for the Shot Heard ‘Round the World by Brian Biegel
- The Rivalry: Books about Yankees and Red Sox
- The Eastern Stars: How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macoris by Mark Kurlansky
- Hank Aaron and the Home Run the Changed America by Tom Stanton
- High Heat: The Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time by Tim Wendel
- Roger Maris: Baseball’s Reluctant Hero by Danny Peary and Tom Clavin
- Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season by Jonathan Eig
- The Perfect Game by W. William Winokur
- Blockade Billy by Stephen King
- Babe Ruth Bios
- Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu by John Updike
- The Baseball Codes by Jason Turbow
- Rumor in Town by Matt Dahlgren
- The T206 Collection: The Players and Their Stories by Tom and Ellen Zappala and Lou Blasi
- You Know Me, Al by Ring Lardner
- The Game From Where I Stand by Doug Glanville
- Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball by Bill Madden
- Baseball Coffee Table Books
- Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend by Larry Tye
- A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti
- The Glory of Their Times by Lawrence Ritter
- Baseball Joe by Lester Chadwick
- 33 Summers by Darren L. Pare
- Fair Ball: A Fan’s Case for Baseball by Bob Costas
- Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig by Jonathan Eig
- The Immortals: An Art Collection of Baseball’s Best by Dick Perez
I would like to send you a copy for review. ((see Amazon.com reviews)
My name is Gene Hutmaker and I am the self-proclaimed Yankee Hater. I am the biggest Yankee Hater on this planet Earth (I go about 230 lbs.). Living in Yankee country in South Brunswick NJ (plus having two Yankee-lovin’ sons) doesn’t make it easy, but that hasn’t stopped my rantings about baseball’s Evil Empire. My sons challenged me to put my money where my mouth was and put pen to paper. My son Dr. Michael Hutmaker, a Dean at Manhattan Community College, is a reluctant (for obvious reasons) co-author – he kept it rated PG. My other Pinstriped son, Chris, a Columbia and Wharton grad also contributed.
I want to highlight a book I authored titled BANNED in the BRONX The Yankee Haters Memoirs 1953-2005. The book chronicles the year-by-year account of each baseball season with little or no mention of the success of the New York Yankees, but rather a highlight of their failures. This is the BIBLE, TORAH & KORAN for all Yankee Haters.
Readers have given my book much praise making my head get as BIG as Barry Bonds’ – wait a minute, nothing can get that big. For an amusing read please visit my website http://www.bannedinthebronx.com.