Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends : The Truth, the Lies, and Everything Else (Paperback)

from StormRaven

Baseball history is full of stories. The baseball yarn, usually told by an aging ex-player that begins with some variation of "there I was . . .", is a familiar and time-honored event. Every baseball fan can probably recount at least a half-dozen such stories from memory, if not more. Some of the...

from osodani

Not one of Neyer's best - there seemed to be several errors in the book, and many of the stories were a little boring - only some were truly legendary.

from bensdad00

A critical examination of baseball legend, folklore, and oral history. Interesting for student of both baseball and history for the methodology, the analysis, and the interpretation of stories about Ruth, Gehrig, Dean, Wagner and others.

from baseballfan200910

I loved all the stories in this book. I just started being a real baseball fan about five years ago, i am 18 now. Its fun looking back and reading about all of the former stars accounts of the game. What i like most about the story is neyer actually looks into the story to see how true they are. ...

from bensdad00

A critical examination of baseball legend, folklore, and oral history. Interesting for student of both baseball and history for the methodology, the analysis, and the interpretation of stories about Ruth, Gehrig, Dean, Wagner and others.