Guest Blogging At Common Good Books

[snurri]

Five favorite baseball books.

Comments

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Dude, why did they pull Joe Nathan after the 9th? WHY? "Oh, we have a closer who doesn't suck -- let's not keep him in the game after a single 1-2-3 inning! Let's rely on the rest of our bullpen! They have done so well by us before!"

[snurri.livejournal.com]

My mom, when they brought back Everday Eddie Guardado: "Oh, good, I could use more heart attacks."

They should have given up a run or two last night in the ninth, just to let KC get it out of their system.

At least we don't have to play Seattle again. EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW GOOD THEY ARE.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Did you hear Dick and Bert on the subject of Eddie?

"He's got about the same stuff he had last time he was here."
"Yeah, but slower."

And on in that vein. It was pretty funny, except for the fact that it means we've got Eddie Guardado back. Other than that it's hilarious.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I have to say, Eddie seems like a wonderful guy, and I enjoy chanting his name as much as the next person. But there's a reason I haven't been watching as much these past few weeks.

[janradder.livejournal.com]

If you haven't read it yet, try Summer of '49 by David Halberstam (another great baseball writer. He wrote his baseball books as a break between writing his other books). It follows the AL pennant race between the Yankees and Red Sox that came down to the very last day of the season. Even if you're not a fan of either team, it's still a great book as it covers not just the players but the fans, as well (specifically a Sox and a Yankee fan who were both kids at the time), who were caught up in the race. I've got it if you're interested (I've also got his book, The Teammates about the intense friendship between Ted Williams, Dom Dimaggio, Johnny Pesky, and Bobby Doer that lasted from their time in Boston to Ted's death in 2002, which is also very good).

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I haven't read those. I wouldn't mind borrowing them, with the usual caveat that you might not get them back for quite a while . . .

[janradder.livejournal.com]

I'll send them with Haddayr (they're just sitting here gathering dust, so keep them as long as you want).

[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

I love Brittle Innings. I even used it as the theme for my entry in the first Buffista Frankenmix exchange.

My favorite recent non-fiction baseball book is Joe Posnanski's book on Buck O'Neil, The Soul of Baseball.