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Reddit mentions of The Boys of Summer (Harperperennial Modern Classics)

Sentiment score: 8
Reddit mentions: 9

We found 9 Reddit mentions of The Boys of Summer (Harperperennial Modern Classics). Here are the top ones.

The Boys of Summer (Harperperennial Modern Classics)
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Found 9 comments on The Boys of Summer (Harperperennial Modern Classics):

u/Strangeglove · 8 pointsr/baseball

I just finished reading The Boys of Summer, about the Brooklyn Dodgers. Easily one of the best baseball books ever written.

u/fostermatt · 7 pointsr/Dodgers

/u/LeeroyJenkins- has a good start in his post.

I would add Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn and Pull up a Chair The Vin Scully Story.
Not Dodger specific but Watching Baseball Smarter is also very good. It will help you appreciate the game you watch that much more.

The Baseball documentary by Ken Burns (as mentioned by /u/LeeroyJenkins-) is a must watch. It is long, around 20 hours including the 10th inning follow up, but it is well worth it. Available streaming on Amazon and Netflix.

u/Natsochist · 5 pointsr/baseball

That's a broad topic. Let's see:

  • Recent, still relevant baseball: The Arm by Jeff Passan. One of the best sportswriters today goes way in-depth to what's going on with pitching injuries. Fascinating read.

  • Historical / Classic Reads: Roger Kahn's The Boys of Summer, about the Brooklyn Dodgers in Jackie's day. Kahn's a wonderful storyteller.

  • Weird, but wonderful: Philip Roth's The Great American Novel, about the fictional Patriot League. One of these days, I want to run an OOTP sim of the league and see what happens. Completely out there, but I loved it.

  • Edit: Almost forgot! The Kid Who Only Hit Homers, by Matt Christopher. First baseball book I ever read.
u/cardith_lorda · 2 pointsr/baseball

Bottom of the 33rd was a very well written look at both the longest game in history as well as the players, ballpark staff, and fans in attendance. It puts the game in perspective.

If you're more into fiction and don't mind diving into a book written for Young Adults Summerland is a very enjoyable read. But it sounds like you would like more baseball in the book.

The Boys of Summer has a great blend of baseball and real life, talking about baseball in the 1930s and 40s and the hearts that broke when the Dodgers (and Giants) moved from New York to California.

u/FatalFungus · 2 pointsr/Dodgers

["The Boys of Summer"] (https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0060883960/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_a38BzbK07YC9Q)

Odd Man Out is also excellent. It's written by Matt McCarthy and the year he spent playing single A ball in the Angels org after graduating Yale. Not Dodgers (although he does mention playing the Ogden Raptors a few times).

u/NJBilbo · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

If you took away my baseball, you might as well take away my air, water, and food. I live, breathe, and eat the game... so much so I work part time for one of the clubs!

A favorite non-fiction book is Crazy '08 about the 1908 season if you like the history of the game.
Also Summer of '49, The Boys of Summer, The Glory of Their Times, and Eight Men Out

For fiction... you MUST read Shoeless Joe. The Natural, For Love of the Game, and Bang the Drum Slowly aren't bad either... I'm sure you've seen all the movies too.

u/FaceTimE88 · 1 pointr/booksuggestions

The Boys of Summer is a great book about the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers.

This is an outstanding Lou Gehrig biography.

u/_mcr · 1 pointr/baseball

The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn

It's a pretty great memoir of the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers written by their former beat reporter.

u/justec1 · 1 pointr/todayilearned

I read The Catcher Was a Spy probably 20 years ago. It's mildly interesting in recollecting Moe Berg's life, but it reads more like someone's idea of what their life may have been like, than what it actually was.

If you want some interesting baseball books, I'd suggest October 1964 by David Halberstam, The Boys of Summer (classic) by Roger Kahn, or Great and Glorious Game by Bart Giamatti. The last one includes an essay entitled "The Green Fields of the Mind" that is probably one of the most beautiful pieces written about the game.