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I've read a lot of baseball books, and the best one by far is October, 1964 by David Halbertstam.

It chronicles the epic 7-game WS between the Yankees and the Cardinals, but primarily through the eyes of the players (Bob Gibson, Mickey Mantle, Lou Brock, Roger Maris, Elston Howard, Curt Flood, Tim McCarver, Whitey Ford, Mike Shannon, Ken Boyer) and other important figures (August Busch, Yogi Berra, Johnny Keane).

It's more than a baseball book; it's a series of portraits of amazing people that becomes bigger than the sum of its parts. Because it's framed in the sixties, at the height of the civil rights movement, all of the action becomes much more symbolic. The northern Yankees - an old dynasty of aging, mostly white superstars - go up against the young, southern, and more black Cardinals.

Halbertstam is an all-time great sportswriter. You can't miss this one, especially as a Cardinals fan.

Cool cool yeah Saga kind of covers all genres so I think it is easy for anyone to get into. Plus the artist has won like 5 consecutive Eisner Awards for her art which is one of the most prestigious comic/graphic novel awards.

Definitely recommend reading on a tablet or computer monitor if no physical copy.

Couple more recommendations to add to your list if you are feeling comics again:
Chew - https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/chew - action/adventure/comedy series - 60 issues total
Deadly Class - https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/deadly-class - Focuses on a school of assassins - pilot airs soon or did recently on Scy-Fy - currently ongoing but tons of volumes out at the moment
Y: The Last Man - https://www.amazon.com/Last-Man-Vol-Unmanned/dp/1563899809 - About a man and his monkey during end times, one of my favorites - 60 issues total

So, I finished Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca, and I have to say if you like non-fiction books about badass people you probably never heard of, then this is the book for you. It's amazing I never knew of this great woman, it's sad hearing all the sexism and backlash she faced, and it's encouraging to see all that she overcame.

From Amazon:

>Mrs. Sherlock Holmes tells the true story of Grace Humiston, the lawyer, detective, and first woman U.S. District Attorney who turned her back on New York society life to become one of the nation's greatest crime-fighters during an era when women were still not allowed to vote. After agreeing to take the sensational case of missing eighteen-year-old Ruth Cruger, Grace and her partner, the hard-boiled detective Julius J. Kron, navigated a dangerous web of secret boyfriends, two-faced cops, underground tunnels, rumors of white slavery, and a mysterious pale man, in a desperate race against time.

It is relatively cheap to purchase, however I managed to find it at my local library so I saved $10.

I've recently started reading The Book: Playing The Percentages In Baseball by Tom Tango. I heard it was supposed to be a decent introduction into sabermetrics, which is a field I realized I definitely wanted to learn more about after reading Smart Baseball by Keith Law. Hopefully I'll be able to write more about it once I get further into it!