Saturday, February 28, 2009

Spring Training

The Wait for Pitchers and Catchers Is Over
Baseball season is finally here. We recommended at least these books in our collection. All have much to say about why we closely follow professional baseball's drama, intensity, money, humor, and more recently -- career-breaking moments.

101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out by Josh Pahigian

The Psychology of Baseball by Michael Stadler
The Crowd Sounds Happy by Nicholas Dawidoff
You Can Observe a Lot by Watching by Yogi Berra
Yankee Years by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci
Feeding the Monster by Seth Mnookin

Also make the time to enjoy local resident Dave Arcidiacono's books about Connecticut's ties to professional baseball's heritage:

Middletown's season in the sun : the story of Connecticut's first professional baseball team

Grace, grit and growling : the Hartford Dark Blues Baseball Club, 1874-1877