The Best Sports Books Ever
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season by Jonathan Eig is a comprehensive look at the 1947 season when Jackie Robinson became the first black player to play Major League Baseball. It was a very important moment in baseball history and ultimately changed baseball forever. (more…)
The MVP Machine by Ben Lindbergh and Travis Sawchik is a book about what teams will do to gain an edge in the post-Moneyball era. The time of noticing things that other teams don’t or better evaluating past performance is over. Developing players and making the most out of untapped potential is the new way teams get ahead in Major League Baseball. (more…)
The MLB season starts on July 26th with a shortened sixty game season and it is sure to make for a weird baseball season, but sixty games is better than no games. As we prepare for the start of the season, these are some of the best baseball books that you should check out to get in the baseball spirit before the start of the 2020 MLB season. (more…)
Ball Four is one of the most famous and controversial baseball books ever written as an active player, pitcher Jim Bouton, wrote a firsthand account of his 1969 season with the Seattle Pilots (and Houston Astros). He also recounts his years with the New York Yankees within the book. (more…)
Lords of the Realm: The Real History of Baseball is one of the most in-depth and well researched books about baseball ownership and labor relations ever written. It is considered one of the best books ever written about the subject and is a must-read for anyone who wants to know more about the behind the scenes aspects of the national pastime. (more…)
