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The Essential Baseball Library

Suppose your spouse decreed that your baseball library had to be reduced to 75 books. Which would you keep? Here's my list of 75 baseball volumes (history, reference, fiction, etc.) that would make the cut.
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American Baseball Series (David Voigt)
American Baseball Series
1
David Voigt
The American League: An Illustrated History (Donald Honig)
The American League: An Illustrated History
2
Donald Honig
Babe: The Legend Comes to Life (ROBERT CREAMER)
Babe: The Legend Comes to Life
3
ROBERT CREAMER
Ball Four
Ball Four
4
The Ballparks (Bill Shannon)
The Ballparks
5
Bill Shannon
Ban Johnson Czar of Baseball (Gene Murdock)
Ban Johnson Czar of Baseball
6
Gene Murdock
Bang the Drum Slowly (MARK HARRIS)
Bang the Drum Slowly
7
MARK HARRIS
Baseball as I Have Known It (Fred Lieb)
Baseball as I Have Known It
8
Fred Lieb
The Baseball Encyclopedia (MACMILLAN)
The Baseball Encyclopedia
9
MACMILLAN
Baseball the Golden Age (Harold Seymour)
Baseball the Golden Age
10
Harold Seymour
Baseball in '41 (Robert W. Creamer)
Baseball in '41
11
Robert W. Creamer
Baseball Is a Funny Game (Joe Garagiola)
Baseball Is a Funny Game
12
Joe Garagiola
The Baseball Reader (Charles Einstein)
The Baseball Reader
13
Charles Einstein
Baseball When the Grass Was Real (Honig)
Baseball When the Grass Was Real
14
Honig
Baseball When the Grass Was Real: Baseball From the 20's to the 40's, Told by the Men Who Played It (Donald Honig)
Baseball When the Grass Was Real: Baseball From the 20's to the 40's, Told by the Men Who Played It
15
Donald Honig
Baseball: The Early Years (Harold Seymour)
Baseball: The Early Years
16
Harold Seymour
Baseball's Great Experiment (JULES TYGIEL)
Baseball's Great Experiment
17
JULES TYGIEL
The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
18
The Boys of Summer
The Boys of Summer
19
Bush League (Robert Obojski)
Bush League
20
Robert Obojski
The Celebrant (ERIC ROLFE GREENBERG)
The Celebrant
21
ERIC ROLFE GREENBERG
The Complete Armchair Book of Baseball (EDITED BY JOHN THORN)
The Complete Armchair Book of Baseball
22
EDITED BY JOHN THORN
Daguerreotypes (Sporting News)
Daguerreotypes
23
Sporting News
Dollar Sign on the Muscle (KEVIN KERRANE)
Dollar Sign on the Muscle
24
KEVIN KERRANE
Eight Men Out by Eliot Asinof
Eight Men Out by Eliot Asinof
25
Even the Browns (William B. Mead)
Even the Browns
26
William B. Mead
A False Spring (PAT JORDAN)
A False Spring
27
PAT JORDAN
The Fireside Book of Baseball (Editor Charles Einstein)
The Fireside Book of Baseball
28
Editor Charles Einstein
Five Seasons: A Baseball Companion (Roger Angell)
Five Seasons: A Baseball Companion
29
Roger Angell
The Glory of Their Times (LAWRENCE RITTER)
The Glory of Their Times
30
LAWRENCE RITTER
Green Cathedrals (Philip J. Lowry)
Green Cathedrals
31
Philip J. Lowry
Guys, Dolls, and Curveballs (Damon Runyon, Edited by Jim Reisler)
Guys, Dolls, and Curveballs
32
Damon Runyon, Edited by Jim Reisler
The Hidden Game of Baseball (John Thorn & Pete Palmer)
The Hidden Game of Baseball
33
John Thorn & Pete Palmer
Hoopla (Harry Stein)
Hoopla
34
Harry Stein
The Hot Stove League (Lee Allen)
The Hot Stove League
35
Lee Allen
How Life Imitates the World Series (Boswell)
How Life Imitates the World Series
36
Boswell
The Image of Their Greatness: An Illustrated History of Baseball From 1900 to the Present (Lawrence Ritter & Donald D. Honig)
The Image of Their Greatness: An Illustrated History of Baseball From 1900 to the Present
37
Lawrence Ritter & Donald D. Honig
The Imperfect Diamond (Lee Lowenfish and Tony Lupien)
The Imperfect Diamond
38
Lee Lowenfish and Tony Lupien
Insiders Baseball (L. Robert Davids)
Insiders Baseball
39
L. Robert Davids
Judge Landis and Twenty-Five Years of Baseball (J.G. Taylor Spink)
Judge Landis and Twenty-Five Years of Baseball
40
J.G. Taylor Spink
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