The SABR Bookshelf: Fall 2017

Periodically throughout the year, SABR.org publishes The SABR Bookshelf, a listing of new books that are received at the SABR office.

Here are The SABR Bookshelf listings for Fall 2017:

https://sabr.org/content/sabr-bookshelf-fall-2017

To get your NEW book listed on The SABR Bookshelf, make sure a review copy is sent to: The SABR Bookshelf, Cronkite School at ASU, 555 N. Central Ave. #416, Phoenix, AZ 85004. An e-book file will also suffice; please send the e-book in PDF, EPUB or Kindle/MOBI format to jpomrenke@sabr.org.

To ensure a listing in The Baseball Index — SABR’s online catalog of baseball research materials — make sure a review copy is sent to The Baseball Index, 4025 Beechwood Pl., Riverside, CA 92506.

Bolded names indicates that the author(s) is a SABR member. Click here for a list of publishers found in the SABR Bookshelf, along with their contact information.

In addition, check out new books published by SABR at SABR.org/ebooks (free for SABR members!)

 

Fall 2017

Click on the link above for more detailed information on each of these books:

  • Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis: Home to the Browns and Cardinals at Grand and Dodier, edited by Gregory H. Wolf 
  • 20-Game Losers, edited by Bill Nowlin and Emmet R. Nowlin
  • The Call, by Laurie Boris
  • Don’t Blame the Knuckleballer II: More Baseball Legends, Myths, Stories, and Trivia, by K.P. Wee
  • St. Louis Browns: The Story of a Beloved Team, by Bill Borst, Bill Rogers, and Ed Wheatley
  • No Bull: The Real Story of the Rebirth of a Team and a City, by Ron Morris
  • Clutch, by Heather Camlot
  • The New Boys of Summer: Baseball’s Radical Transformation in the Late Sixties, by Paul Hensler
  • National Pastime: U.S. History Through Baseball, by Martin C. Babicz and Thomas W. Zeiler
  • Fate’s Take-Out Slide: A Baseball Scout Recalls Can’t-Miss Prospects Who Did, by George Genovese with Dan Taylor
  • Baseball on the Brink: The Crisis of 1968, by William J. Ryczek
  • Player Won-Lost Records in Baseball, Measuring Performance in Context, by Tom Thress
  • Black Baseball in New York City: An Illustrated History, 1885-1959, by Larry Lester

To view previous listings in The SABR Bookshelf, click here.



Originally published: November 21, 2017. Last Updated: November 21, 2017.