Must reads for the younger generation...

The Worst team Money could buy.
Fascinating insight on the daily grind of being a baseball beat writer.

 

I thought Ball Four was fantastic.

 

glad someone picked up on the youts reference...

 

Pine Tarred and Feathered by Jim Kaplan
The Victors and the Vanquished by Earl McRae
The Rise and Fall of the Press Box - Leonard Koppett

 

The Worst Team Money Could Buy

 

chapter 14 of cannery row. it'smy dream to write a scene like that.

 

Cannery Row, and Steinbeck in general, are excellent.

 

The World of Jimmy Breslin.

 

You Gotta Play Hurt, by Dan Jenkins. Another all-too-accurate slice of life as a sports writer, especially at the very top.

 

The John McPhee reader...if you can find it. I stumbled across it on a take one, leave one shelf at a local ice cream parlor. The first three items are on Bill Bradley, the Deerfield headmaster and the orange-growing industry in Florida. Great stuff.

 

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 -- HST

 

I'm part of the younger generation, but I loved "Flashing Before My Eyes" by Dick Schaap. His story was why I wanted to get into this business, before I realized what kind of business it really is.