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“Brooks”
and “Strike Four” and more. . .
Below is a sampling of just a few of the worthies out
for their for your sports
bookshelf.
Brooks
by Doug Wilson St. Martin’s
Press, $26.99, 340 pages) is the biography of legendary Brooks
Robinson. Many anecdotes and
stats blend in this engaging account of one of the top third basemen of all
time. Out of Little Rock, Arkansas, Robinson made his way to the majors in
a hurry and once there stayed for a long time racking up 18 All Star selections
and 16 Gold Glove awards. Author Wilson has dug deep and produced a winning
bio.
Miracle
at Fenway
by Saul
Wisnia (St. Martin’s Press, $26.99, 295 pages)
is a celebration and flashback of the hard fought championship season of
the 2004 Red Sox of Boston. New
insights intermingle with old stories. This book is focused on how and why
“the curse was broken” is recommended for BoSox boosters who want
to read about a happier time than 2014 is for the team from Fenway.
From Kent State Press/Black Squirrel Books comes a quartette
of winners.
Heading the list is
Strike Four by Tom Batiuk and
Chuck Ayers, 231 pages of delightful, entertaining, perceptive and beautifully
told accounts of 25 years of baseball memories from Crankshaft in words and
pictures and cartoons. Aptly sub-titled “The Crankshaft Baseball
Book,” Strike Four wondrously
recounts the life and times of Ed Crankshaft.
WORTH OWNING.
The Browns Bible
by Jonathan Knight, a mother lode
of 599 pages, comes the complete history Game-By- Game of the Browns of
Cleveland. For reading, for reference, for argument settling, this is the
book for fans of the team and sports fans in general. The territory covered
is all about the franchise from 1946-2012.
NOTABLE
Classic
Steelers by David Finoli (Kent State U,
227 pages, paper) is a treat for all fans of this legendary team. Fifty Greatest
Games are given the up close and personal look.
Unbeatable by Jerry Barca
($15.99, 310 pages) is focused on the 1988 championship season of Notre Dame's
football team. All the excitement of that special time is played back.
A flashback to an earlier an earlier
team --The '63 Steelers by Rudy
Dicks (307 pages, paper) is also worthwhile reading especially for fans of
that team. Fascinating research by Dicks into a team that was not supposed
to be there at the end. However, a bunch of unsung players prevailed and
pressed on to compete for a championship. Well written.
ABSORBING
Dr. Harvey Frommer is in his 39th year of writing books. A noted oral historian and sports journalist, the author of 42 sports books including the classics: best-selling "New York City Baseball: 1947-1957 (original issue)" and best-selling "Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball," his acclaimed Remembering Yankee Stadium was published in 2008 and best-selling Remembering Fenway Park was published to acclaim in 2011. The prolific Frommer's WHEN IT WAS JUST A GAME, AN ORAL HISTORY OF SUPER BOWL ONE will be published in 2015.
Frommer mint condition collectible sports books autographed and discounted are available always from the author.
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