Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, (Paperback)

from jerry-book

Not sure it was baseball's best pennant race but is was a fascinating study of early baseball. Hard to believe it was the last time the Cubs won the World Series.

from coachtim30

"Crazy '08..." is a well-researched, fascinating look at the 1908 baseball season - or as author Cait Murphy described it, "one of the greatest seasons in baseball's history". The book spends a majority of its time going over the trials and tribulations of the Cubs, Giants, and the Pirates as the...

from asktheages

I love many sports and own a fair amount of books for each of my favorites, but there's something about baseball that translates really, really well into literature. I think it's mainly because the game hasn't really changed THAT much over the years - it's easy to read about the exploits of Babe ...

from nmele

This book is a history of the pennant races in major league baseball in 1908. Lots of interesting stuff, and a cast of characters that includes Mordecai Three-finger Brown, Christy Mathewson, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner and, of course, Tinker, Evers and Chance. Still, I found reading it somewhat tediou...

from ksmyth

This is a great book-both a great baseball book and a social history. I've read many baseball books, including David Anderson's "More Than Merkle," also about the '08 season. None are able share the excitement of a dramatic baseball season interwoven with the themes and interesting details of a s...