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13 Reddit comments about The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It (Harper Perennial Modern Classics):

u/PandaPanther · 7 pointsr/baseball

https://www.amazon.com/Glory-Their-Times-Baseball-Perennial/dp/0061994715/ref=nodl_

Not necessary to watch the game but great stories from the earlier days of baseball told by the people who played those games. Guy went around the country in the 60’s interviewing guys who played int the 1910s and 20s.

u/hacks_podcast · 5 pointsr/baseball

If you're into early baseball history, I highly recommend The Glory of Their Times .

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For a specific year, Fifty-Nine in '84 is really entertaining and gives you a good perspective of 1880s baseball.

u/digiskunk · 4 pointsr/baseball

I've been reading The Glory of Their Times by Lawrence Ritter, and the opening chapter on Rube Marquard is easily one of my favorites. Such a curious character he was! His father refused to let him become a ballplayer but he became one anyway; he ran away from home to play for a major league club, and years later toward the end of his career, he finally reconnected with his father again - and his father was utmost proud of his son, despite telling him otherwise in the past. It's a beautiful section and really gives you insight into what it was like back then; not just for baseball, but society at large as well. Amazing book.

It also covers the Merkle incident several times. Poor guy. He really didn't deserve the criticism that he received - at least the extent of it..

I highly recommend this book if you're into classic baseball. It's easily one of the greatest books I've ever read. Here's a link for the uninitiated.

u/thecoachtaylor · 2 pointsr/baseball

The Glory of Their Times is an awesome read and super insightful on Baseball's early days.

u/-_chop_- · 2 pointsr/Braves

I've been reading this baseball book. It's fucking great. Highly recommend it.

u/Are_You_Hermano · 2 pointsr/baseball

My vote goes to [The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Glory-Their-Times-Perennial/dp/0061994715/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410478870&sr=8-1&keywords=glory+of+their+times).

Fun and engaging read.

u/RallyPigeon · 1 pointr/baseball

Glory of Their Times has a lot of neat old baseball stories.

u/NJBilbo · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

If you took away my baseball, you might as well take away my air, water, and food. I live, breathe, and eat the game... so much so I work part time for one of the clubs!

A favorite non-fiction book is Crazy '08 about the 1908 season if you like the history of the game.
Also Summer of '49, The Boys of Summer, The Glory of Their Times, and Eight Men Out

For fiction... you MUST read Shoeless Joe. The Natural, For Love of the Game, and Bang the Drum Slowly aren't bad either... I'm sure you've seen all the movies too.

u/zbrady7 · 1 pointr/baseball

Almost all of it is after the turn of the century, but this can't be recommended enough - http://www.amazon.com/The-Glory-Their-Times-Perennial/dp/0061994715

u/thewarfreak · 1 pointr/baseball

The Glory of Their Times is just one of my favorite books period.

u/Billy_Fish · 1 pointr/baseball

The one I recommend to everyone is The Baseball Fan's Companion, it is unfortunately out of print but easy to find used. I'd also recommend:

The Glory of their Times by Lawrence Ritter

Veeck as in Wreck by Bill Veeck

Stolen Season by David Lamb

Can't Anybody Here Play this Game by Jimmy Breslin

The Wrong Stuff and Have Glove Will Travel by Bill Lee

You Gotta Have Wa by Robert Whiting