Well, we did it: One whole episode just about baseball and books about baseball and baseball memories and anything else baseball. Caitlin Luce Baker of Island Books, James Crossley of Madison Books, and Dan Wells of Biblioasis join Chad W. Post from Open Letter to pick their “all-time favorite” books about baseball.<\/p>\n
This week’s music is “The Yips<\/a>” and “Eraseable Man<\/a>” by The Baseball Project.<\/p>\n Caitlin’s Picks:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Cultural History of Baseball<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Jonathan Fraser Light<\/p>\n The Brothers K <\/em><\/a>by David James Duncan<\/p>\n Ball Four: My Life and Hard Times Throwing the Knuckleball in the Big Leagues<\/i>\u00a0<\/em><\/a> by Jim Bouton<\/p>\n The Physics of Baseball <\/em><\/a>by Robert K. Adair<\/p>\n Alan Nathan’s blog, The Physics of Baseball<\/a><\/p>\n The Church of Baseball: The Making of<\/em> Bull Durham<\/a> by Ron Shelton<\/p>\n Away Games: The Life and Times of a Latin Ballplayer<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Marcos Bret\u00f3n and Jos\u00e9 Luis Villegas<\/p>\n Lords of the Realm<\/a> <\/em>by John Helyar<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dan’s Picks:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Keystone Kids<\/em><\/a> by John R. Tunis<\/p>\n Fail Better: Why Baseball Matters<\/em><\/a> by Mark Kingwell<\/p>\n 1934: The Chatham Coloured All-Stars\u2019 Barrier-Breaking Year<\/em><\/a> by Heidi LM Jacobs<\/p>\n <\/p>\n James’s Picks:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n All of Roger Angell<\/a><\/p>\n A False Spring<\/em><\/a> & A Nice Tuesday<\/em><\/a> by Pat Jordan<\/p>\n The Utility of Boredom<\/em><\/a> by Andrew Forbes<\/p>\n The Celebrant<\/em><\/a> by Eric Rolfe Greenberg<\/p>\n We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball<\/em><\/a> by Kadir Nelson<\/p>\n Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball<\/em><\/a> by Donald Hall<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chad’s Picks:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Baseball Genius<\/em><\/a> by Derek Jeter<\/p>\n The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. <\/em><\/a>by Robert Coover<\/p>\n The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life<\/em><\/a> by Rick Ankiel<\/span><\/p>\n The Phenom<\/em><\/a> (film)<\/p>\n Believeniks!: 2005: The Year We Wrote a Book About the Mets<\/em><\/a> by Ivan Felt and Harris Conklin<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you don\u2019t already subscribe to the Three Percent Podcast you can find us on iTunes,<\/a> Stitcher,<\/a> and other places. And follow Open Letter<\/a> and Chad W. Post<\/a> on Twitter(?????) for more info about upcoming episodes and guests.<\/p>\n The large image<\/a> associated with this post is copyrighted by Sterling G<\/a>.<\/p>\n