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Columbus Slaughters Braves Juicing the Game Moneyball

All the Stars Came Out that Night: a novel by Kevin King.

Ballpark: the Story of America's Baseball Fields by Lynn Curlee

Baseball: an Illustrated History by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns

Baseball: the Biographical Encyclopedia edited by David Pietrusza

The Best Book of Baseball Facts & Stats by Luke Friend & Don Zminda

Double Play: a novel by Robert B. Parker

Fodor's Baseball Vacation: Great Family Trips to Minor League and Classic Major League Ballparks Across America by Bruce Adams and Margaret Engel

Game Time: a Baseball Companion by Roger Angell

Grand Old Game: 365 days of Baseball: Rare and Unusual Images from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum edited by Joseph Wallace

Great Baseball Feats, Facts & Firsts by David Nemec and Scott Flatow

The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told edited by Jeff Silverman

Greats of the Game: the Players, Games, Teams, and Managers That Made Baseball History by Ray Robinson and Christopher Jennison

Hank Aaron and the Home Run that Changed America by Tom Stanton.

Juicing the Game: Drugs, Power, and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball by Howard Bryant

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis

The Natural: a novel by Bernard Malamud

The Perfect Game: America Looks at Baseball by Elizabeth V. Warren with Margaret S. Smeal

Play Baseball the Ripken Way: the Complete Illustrated Guide to the Fundamentals by Cal Ripken, Jr.

Shoeless Joe: a novel by W. P. Kinsella

Sometimes You See It Coming : a novel by Kevin Baker

Who's Better, Who's Best in Baseball: Mr. Stats Sets the Record Straight on the Top 75 Players of All Time by Elliott Kalb


For Kids:

Roberto Clemente

Alex Rodriguez by Jeffrey Zuehlke.

Baseball Top 10 by James Buckley, Jr. and David Fischer.

The Babe & I written by David A. Adler; illustrated by Terry Widener. (

The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Bitter.

Get Ready to Play Tee Ball by Jan Cheripko.

Little League's Official How-to-Play Baseball Book by Peter Kreutzer and Ted Kerley; illustrated by Alexander Verbitsky.

Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates by Jonah Winter

The Shot Heard 'Round the World by Phil Bildner; illustrated by C.F. Payne.

Sammy Sosa by Jeff Savage

Satchel Paige by Lesa Cline-Ransome; illustrated by James Ransome.

Shoeless Joe & Black Betsy by Phil Bildne ; illustrated by C.F. Payne

The Story of Baseball by Lawrence S. Ritter; foreword by Ted Williams

A Strong Right Arm : the Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson by Michelle Y. Green

Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America by Sharon Robinson

 

 
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