As many of you know, I like to take baseball card scraps and turn them into some sort of craft or artwork. I don't know why, but I've always hated to throw away baseball card packaging.
One of my favorite items made from recycled packaging are my custom, handmade bookmarks. I'm honestly not sure if anyone even uses bookmarks in 2020, but they look pretty cool:
They would fit nicely in your favorite baseball book. That's where the contest comes in! The winner will receive one of my bookmarks of their choice!
Details:
Only one entry per person. All you have to do below is comment with what your favorite baseball book is. That's it! No problem if there are repeats on the list. Hopefully you'll share some that aren't too common and others will be inspired to read it too.
Contest ends Sunday, March 15 at 11:59pm PT. I'll then take all the entrants and randomly choose a winner.
I guess I need to share my favorite baseball book too, right? I don't have a no-doubt favorite book, but one that I've read in the last few years and really enjoyed is The Baby Bombers by Bryan Hoch, which details the Yankees newish approach over the last few years of developing talent and building a team that is on the cusp of a championship. What this book doesn't account for is all of those players getting hurt!
Toronto Blue Jays 1992 World Series Champions--As a Blue Jay fan, great memories of thet first one
ReplyDeleteRookie by Jerry B. Jenkins. I read it in middle school and haven't thought about it much until now. Cool story about a poor kid that makes his own pitching machine that shoots golf balls at crazy speeds.
ReplyDelete"The Teammates" by David Halberstam
ReplyDeleteThere are a bunch of books about baseball cards I like, but for baseball it’s either David Halberstam’s October 1964, which I just finished and posted about on my blog, or You Gotta Have Wa, about foreigners playing baseball in Japan. I just finished Wa last week, and it’s as good for it’s insight on Japanese culture (in the 80s) as the baseball stories. Maybe 1964 is still better.
ReplyDeleteGlory of their Times
ReplyDeleteHistorical Baseball Abstract
ReplyDeleteI already own one of your awesome bookmarks, but if I'm eligible... I'd love to add another. My favorite baseball book is Cardboard Gods. It's not strictly a book about baseball, but it does cover baseball cards, so I hope this qualifies. If not, I'd say the 1982 American League Red Book. I learned a lot of stuff by studying the stats from these books when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteI have so many faves in my library. Today it's "Big Hair and Plastic Grass" Dan Epstein. The Fleer bookmark is a standout!
ReplyDeleteI read that one last Spring on my drive down to Spring Training! Excellent choice!
DeleteBall Four by Jim Bouton
ReplyDelete"The Iowa Baseball Confederacy" - W.P. Kinsella
ReplyDeleteShoeless Joe. It became a good movie but was an even better book imo.
ReplyDeleteThe Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America by Joe Posnanski
ReplyDeleteOne of my all-time faves!
DeleteFavorite baseball book is George Will's 'Men at Work.' Came out when I was a middle schooler, and I loved reading about some of my favorite players. Must have read that book 5-6 times when I was younger.
ReplyDeleteThe Bad Guys Won by Jeff Pearlman. Hopefully mentioning the Mets doesn't make me ineligible. (If so, I'll buy one. These are great!!!)
ReplyDeleteJust started reading The Wax Pack...probably the coolest premise for a baseball book I’ve ever read. The author buys a pack of unopened Topps from ‘86 the first year he started collecting cards. He goes on a cross country trip to visit each player in the pack to talk to them about their career and life after baseball.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds wonderful! I'm going to check it out. Thanks so much!
DeleteDoesn't appear to be available until 4/1 (of all days) but am adding it to my read list.
Delete"The Natural" by Bernard Malamud
ReplyDeleteMan on Spikes
ReplyDeleteThe Glory Of Their Times by Lawrence Ritter and Baseball Scorekeeping by Andres Wirkmaa
ReplyDeleteAs an English teacher and unabashed bookworm, I approve those bookmarks. They are way cool!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book would have to be "A Great and Glorious Game" by Bart Giamatti. Fiction-wise, I think I would lean toward "Shoeless Joe."
Over the hedge by Jay Johnstone.... or any of his other books.
ReplyDeleteLords of the Realm: The Real History of Baseball by John Helyar.
ReplyDeleteGreen Cathedrals
ReplyDeleteMy favorite baseball book is Playing with the Enemy.
ReplyDeleteI'm going with a book I got as a kid that I loved looking at: Baseball's Best: The MVPs. Still have it, too, in my parents house. Though I think (like me) it's out of date. Thanks for running the contest and Good Luck everyone!
ReplyDeleteLife begins on opening day by Tom Boswell
ReplyDeleteThe Tour to End All Tours by James Elfers. Thanks for the contest!
ReplyDeletePinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees from Before The Babe to After The Boss. S complete a history of the Yankees as you will find.
ReplyDeleteBall four
ReplyDeleteThe only books my 9 year old will read have to be baseball related. He currently has to read a biography for a school project and he is reading 2 books on Roberto Clemente. My favorite book we read together was The Hero Two Doors Down written by Jackie Robinson's daughter, Sharon Robinson. The Derek Jeter childrens books are also really good. My son also just got into collecting cards and has been sending out letters to players. If I win the bookmark it will go to him and I am certain it will be a prized possession. If I don't win I would love to know how you make these so we could make some ourselves. They are super cool and just the thing that could help getting him to read more.
ReplyDeleteMotley Crue - The Dirt
ReplyDeleteSatchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
ReplyDeleteThe catcher was a spy.
ReplyDeleteClemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
ReplyDeleteThe book by David Maraniss goes into what made Roberto Clemente an amazing human being more so than just being a great baseball player.
The Glory of their Times is pretty great. Currently reading and enjoying "Battle of the Bay: Bashing A's, Thrilling Giants, and the Earthquake World Series."
ReplyDeleteClemente, by David Maraniss.
ReplyDeleteI've read quite a few book about baseball in the last 50 years, and I'm going with this look at the life of the Pirates HOFer.
Good Luck everyone.
Ballgame by Josh Lewin
ReplyDeleteGreat history of the Rangers
Whole Different Ballgame by Marvin Miller. I’m more interested in behind the scenes baseball. Ball Four is likely close second or tied. Great post as it highlights others I hadn’t heard of that I might read (Wax Pack). And nice of you to run a contest, but disclosure I don’t need a bookmark so please exclude me so others have my entry.
ReplyDeleteFantasy Baseball by Alan Gratz
ReplyDeleteGreat contest, and appreciate reading everyone's suggestions! Tough to choose, been reading books about bb for close to 50 years now; but going to go with "The Celebrant" by Eric Rolfe Greenberg. It's historical fiction, but depicts what it must have been like to see games played in the early 20th century. It definitely helped form my opinion on whether or not Pete R should be eligible for the HOF!
ReplyDeleteFive O'Clock Comes Early: A Young Man's Battle With Alcoholism by Bob Welch (former Dodgers & A's pitcher)
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