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H.I. McDonough · 02-20-2006, 05:29 AM

Near the top of my best sports books list. A must read for anyone who ever played high school football in a small town...

Surfah · 02-21-2006, 12:08 AM

I played football in a big town. I read it last Christmas on a flight from Utah to DC. It was enjoyable.

I Am Third is one of my favorite sports books. Friday Night Lights, Moneyball, They Call Me Coach, Tuesday's with Morrie (Not really about sports, but Albom is a sports columnist), Bang the Drum Slowly, and most anything by George Plimpton. Matt Christopher was all I read as a kid. Great juvenile sports literature.

il Padrino Ute · 02-21-2006, 03:04 AM

Moneyball is one of the best sports related books ever written. I loved it.

Another good baseball book is "Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans" by Tim McCarver.

George Will had one of the best quotes ever about books written about sports. He said something like:

"The smaller the ball, the better the books that have been written. There are some excellent books about golf. There are some very good books about baseball. There are no books about beachballs."

cougjunkie · 02-22-2006, 06:08 PM

Now this is a good thread, a few that i have read recently:

Season of Life
The Punch by John Feinstein
Now i can die in Peace by bill simmons

As a youth i read every Matt Christopher book out there and hope my kids enjoy them as much as me. My favorite is "Look whos playing first base"

Surfah · 02-22-2006, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by cougjunkie

As a youth i read every Matt Christopher book out there and hope my kids enjoy them as much as me. My favorite is "Look whos playing first base"

My favorite was "The Kid Who Only Hit Homers."

My other favorite as a kid was "The Basement Baseball Club." I read that book so many times the cover wore out and tore off.

02-20-2006, 05:29 AM	#1
H.I. McDonough Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 9	The Bleachers by John Grisham Near the top of my best sports books list. A must read for anyone who ever played high school football in a small town... __________________ I\'ll be taking these Huggies...and whatever cash you got

02-21-2006, 12:08 AM	#2
Surfah Master Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: F'burg, VA Posts: 3,211	I played football in a big town. I read it last Christmas on a flight from Utah to DC. It was enjoyable. I Am Third is one of my favorite sports books. Friday Night Lights, Moneyball, They Call Me Coach, Tuesday's with Morrie (Not really about sports, but Albom is a sports columnist), Bang the Drum Slowly, and most anything by George Plimpton. Matt Christopher was all I read as a kid. Great juvenile sports literature. __________________ Ernie Johnson: "Auburn is a pretty good school. To graduate from there I suppose you really need to work hard and put forth maximum effort." Charles Barkley: "20 pts and 10 rebounds will get you through also!"

02-21-2006, 03:04 AM	#3
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	Moneyball is one of the best sports related books ever written. I loved it. Another good baseball book is "Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans" by Tim McCarver. George Will had one of the best quotes ever about books written about sports. He said something like: "The smaller the ball, the better the books that have been written. There are some excellent books about golf. There are some very good books about baseball. There are no books about beachballs." __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

02-22-2006, 06:08 PM	#4
cougjunkie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 5,741	Now this is a good thread, a few that i have read recently: Season of Life The Punch by John Feinstein Now i can die in Peace by bill simmons As a youth i read every Matt Christopher book out there and hope my kids enjoy them as much as me. My favorite is "Look whos playing first base" __________________ LINCECUM!