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Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend

by: Larry Tye
If you ignore this book simply because you were NOT a sports lover or like me had never heard of Satchel Paige before, you are doing yourself and those around you a great disservice. SATCHEL is the result of a skillful writer who is able to take the life of someone great and give it to readers in a way that inclues something for everyone.

Who couldn't relate to a man who can from nothing, wasn't supposed to become anything and was able to build a brand name for himself that would appeal and inspire so many.

The Yankee Years

by: Joe Torre, Tom Verducci
To say this book was a disappointment would be an understatement. Verducci (the real author of this - don't be misled by the "By Joe Torre and Tom Verducci") appears to have good insight into the Yankees, having covered them for a number of years. However, there is no question that this is HIS book, not Torre's, even if Torre claims to have reviewed it and to have approved what was in it. At the end, Torre comes across as quite bitter - perhaps petty - and Verducci as the classic second-guesser.

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

by: Michael Lewis
In the mid-1990s, the owners of the Oakland Athletics slashed their payroll. Their past GM, Sandy Alderson, decided that he needed to build talent from within. Four first rank players emerged from this effort, three infielders and one pitcher. In the late 1990s, new GM Billy Beane continued this effort and developed two more first rank pitchers. The "Big Three" pitchers and the three infielders created the nucleus of a team that - despite its low payroll - won a lot of games.

In the mid-2000s, all but one of those six players left the A's because of salary considerations.

As They See 'Em: A Fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires

by: Bruce Weber
Credit to Weber: he left no stone unturned in writing this book. It is clear that he spent a lot of time researching the history and evolution of umpiring and spent a lot of time working with current umpires to try to get a perspective on their lives today.

The trouble is that the book is dull. The information is great, but it just isn't very entertaining. There are a few amusing anecdotes interspersed with the information, but not enough to keep my interest even though I am a huge baseball fan.

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