Books About the Craft, Magic, and Art of Baseball

Hal Steinberg from McLean, VA says:

Growing up in New York in the 40s and 50s, my Dad was a congenital Dodger hater... but even he said this was a great read. Kahn provides considerable baseball detail about the Dodger greats of that era — Robinson, Campanella, Snyder, Newcombe, Reese — plus enough of their human side to make them into likable real people, even to a Yankee fan.

My late mother grew up a Brooklyn Dodgers fan in the late 40s and early 50s — and with two brothers to boot. She told me some great stories about how crazy it could get in the house listening to the games on the radio and left me wanting to hear more. This book, probably because it was written by a woman of the same age and era, reminds me of my mom's stories.

Hal Steinberg from McLean, VA says:

Finally, this is a much more modern book but it proves the point that winning at baseball doesn't require a gargantuan payroll... sometimes there's more than one way to solve a problem.