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All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America.   \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nKaplan, Ron, 1957–  \n501 baseball books fans must read before they die / Ron Kaplan.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8032-4073-5 (pbk.: alk. paper)  \n1. Baseball—Collectibles—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Baseball—Collectors and collecting—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Book collecting—  \nHandbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title. gv875.2.k36 2013 796.357—dc23 2012043518  \nSet in Scala by Laura Wellington.  \nTo Faith, who always believed I could do it even when I didn’t believe it myself.  \nAnd to Rachel, to show that anything is possible.  \n\nContents  \nAcknowledgments ix  \nIntroduction xi  \n1. Analysis 1  \n2. Autobiography, Biography, and Memoir 21 3. Ballparks 101  \n4. Behind the Scenes 107  \n5. Business 115  \n6. Fiction 127  \n7. History 143  \n8. Instructionals 255  \n9. International 261  \n10. Minor Leagues 269  \n11. Pop Culture 273  \n12. Reference 343  \n13. Statistics 361  \n14. Umpires and Rules 369  \n15. For Young Readers 375  \nIndex 383  \n\nAcknowledgments  \nOne of my favorite quotes comes from the memorable tv character Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce of M*A*S*H. When asked what one book he would want if stranded on a desert island, he replied,“The dictionary, because it has all the other books in it.”  \nAlong those lines, a project like this would not have been possible without all the hard work of the hundreds of authors who have written about the national pastime for the past 150-plus years. So, to paraphrase another famous character, Yogi Berra, thanks to them for making this book necessary.  \nMany thanks also to the fine folks at the University of Nebraska Press—Robert Taylor, Courtney Ochsner, Tish Fobben, Roger Buchholz, Tyler Holzer, Acacia Gentrup, Laura Wellington, and Rosemary Vestal—for guiding this rookie through the process.","cbCainMP2gt2OSY7","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainMP2gt2OSY7","pdf",3162889,420,"English","# Contents\n## Acknowledgments\n## Introduction\n## 1. Analysis\n## 2. Autobiography, Biography, and Memoir\n## 3. Ballparks\n## 4. Behind the Scenes\n## 5. Business\n## 6. Fiction\n## 7. History\n## 8. Instructionals\n## 9. International\n## 10. Minor Leagues\n## 11. Pop Culture\n## 12. Reference\n## 13. Statistics\n## 14. Umpires and Rules\n## 15. 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