"The Umpire Strikes Back" by Luciano was a stitch. He tells a funny story about umpiring a spring training game and chiding a 3b over an error. The 3b challenged him to swap roles - and he did! I won't tell you the end. Luciano was a very funny man. If you ever saw him ump a game you'd know what I mean. No one could punch a base runner out better than him. Think I'll go and see if I can find any YouTube videos of him.

speaking of umpires, check out As They See 'Em: A Fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires, by Bruce Weber. He is a reporter for the NY Times who went to a 5 week umpire school and then worked. He interviewed umps at all levels. It's very interesting.

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if i was Barry Bond's ghostwriter i would title our book Hubris

I really enjoyed parts of Bill James' Historical Baseball Abstract.The article on Ernie Lombardie, in particular. Ted Williams' My Turn at Bat is a light, but decent read.

Quote: Originally Posted By jfranco77 on 2/25/2010if you haven't read Playing with the Enemy by Gary Moore, you're missing out.

Yes, this was very good

Bunts by George Will ???? anybody read it? Just picked it up at a used bookstore

The anecdotes book someone mention before is awesome.

My favorite (and yes, I'm biased because I am a Rangers fan) is Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and "The Worst Baseball Team in History"-The 1973-1975 Texas Rangers by Mike Shropshire.

Read this and laugh...both at the book and me for being such a diehard fan.

I'm glad noone has mentioned "Three Nights In August" - I never cared for Tony LaRussa and the book is just as boring as he is.

JMHO...