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        Modern Era

        4 visitors recommend:
        The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract: The Classic -- Completely Revised
        Source: Amazon.com
        Author: Bill James
        "True to form, James's new 'Historical Baseball Abstract' is filled with often fascinating and frequently quirky evaluations and insights regarding the history of baseball. Starting with the 1870s, James explores, decade by decade, how and where the game was played and who played it. He discusses nicknames, top minor-league teams, and the most admirable superstars, among other matters."
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        20th Century

        3 visitors recommend:
        The Chicago Cubs
        Source: Amazon
        Author: Jerome Holtzman and Warren Brown
        City: Chicago, State: IL
        From an Amazon reader: "If you're a Cub fan, or a fan of baseball history, you will like this book. It covers the team from their beginnings in the 1800's through the 1945 World Series. Mr. Brown's writing style keeps things moving." (1946, 2001)
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        New York Yankees: Seasons of Glory
        Source: Amazon
        Author: William Hageman, Warren N. Wilbert, and Dan Schlossberg
        City: New York, State: NY
        "I strongly recommend New York Yankees: Seasons of Glory. From the Babe to Joe D., Gehrig to Reggie, Berra, Rizzuto, and the Goose, they're all here in a superb bit of baseball lore." --Jeffrey Lyons, NBC (2001)
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        2 visitors recommend:
        Baseball, Chicago Style: A Tale Of Two Teams, One City
        Source: Amazon
        Author: Jerome Holtzman and George Vass
        City: Chicago, State: IL
        From an Amazon reader: "Being a lifelong cubs fan, this book has everything for both the cubs and sox fan. The book does a wonderful job of going back and forth between both team through the good times (which is few) and the bleek times (more often) ... I couldn't put it down." (2001)
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        1 visitors recommend:
        Red Sox Century
        Source: Amazon
        Author: Glenn Stout and Richard A. Johnson
        City: Boston, State: MA
        "The Boston Red Sox have always been New England's team, but the appeal of the franchise extends across the nation. So much of the game's history and so many of its memorable moments are associated with the Red Sox that to be a baseball fan at all is to identify with the team on some level. Stout, the series editor for Best American Sports Writing, and Johnson, the curator of the New England Sports Museum, have compiled a wondrous book that will enthrall baseball fans of all ages and team..." (2001)
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        1930s

        4 visitors recommend:
        A Legend in the Making: The New York Yankees in 1939
        Source: Amazon
        Author: Richard J. Tofel
        City: New York, State: NY
        From an Amazon reader: "Tofel brings us back to a time when baseball was more than a game. Must reading for anyone who ever wondered how America came to have a National Pastime." (2002)
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        Baseball Between the Wars
        Source: Amazon
        Author: Bill Hageman
        From an Amazon reader: "This isn't your normal linear history of baseball. ... My guess is not only have most of these photos never been seen, but never has even the most fanatic lover of baseball seen pictures of immortals in the context of real life as they're seen here." (2001)
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