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Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby is by far the best sports book I've ever read. You don't even need to follow English football to love it.
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Jammer91 wrote:
If Soundgarden is perfectly fine with playing together with Tad Doyle on vocals, why the fuck is he wasting his life promoting the single worst album of all time? Holy shit, he has to be the stupidest motherfucker on earth.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 2:47 pm Posts: 13660 Location: Long Island Gender: Male
Friday Night Lights is great. The Junction Boys was very good. I just read a Walter Payton biography that was done horribly. "They Call Me Assassin" was one of the first books i ever read, good stuff from Jack Tatum. Ken Stabler's book(The Snake) was good. I also just read "The Bad Guys Won" about the 86' Mets. That was ok but they made it seem as if food fights on a plane was some hilarious/badass thing.
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Mitchell wrote:
i read friday night lights in junior high and liked it a lot moneyball was enjoyable to me anything about cobb, gerhig, or mantle.
i just got moneyball but haven't cracked it yet. good?
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Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:38 am Posts: 5575 Location: Sydney, NSW
Hinny wrote:
shades-go-down wrote:
Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby is by far the best sports book I've ever read.
It's certainly the best for me as well, but I loved Johnny Warren's Sheilas, Wogs and Poofters too.
Haven't got that one yet. Will do soon.
I miss Johnny.
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Jammer91 wrote:
If Soundgarden is perfectly fine with playing together with Tad Doyle on vocals, why the fuck is he wasting his life promoting the single worst album of all time? Holy shit, he has to be the stupidest motherfucker on earth.
'bringing the heat' is a fantastic book about the eagles circa 1990.
it was written by mark bowden, the same guy who wrote black hawk down. i've got the hardback, but i think it's been printed again in paper. it is probably the best sports book i've ever read, and i've read a ton.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:55 am Posts: 9080 Location: Londres
shades-go-down wrote:
Hinny wrote:
shades-go-down wrote:
Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby is by far the best sports book I've ever read.
It's certainly the best for me as well, but I loved Johnny Warren's Sheilas, Wogs and Poofters too.
Haven't got that one yet. Will do soon.
I miss Johnny.
At every single Sydney FC home game (it's prolly also true for the other local teams), the boys down at the fanclub 'Cove' section roll a giant green and gold banner of him up and down.
Mucho respect. Frick, you know you've done well when people honour you like that.
The Breaks of the Game (David Halberstram) - This should be required reading for anyone who considers themselves a fan of the NBA. Awesome book about the 1979 Trailblazers and the leauge in general. And if you don't know who Halberstram is, then you should be reading a LOT more.
The Bronx Zoo (Sparky Lyle/Golenbock) - Story of the 1978 Yankees. This book is lol funny at times. I love reading about old Yankee teams, but I think fans of any MLB team would enjoy this book.
Dynasty (Golenbock) - all about the Yankees from 1949-1964. If you're a Yankee fan, this is a must read. This is a LONG book, but it has tons of good stuff. Lots of first person interviews with the players from that era.
Ball Four (Jim Bouton) - one of the most infamous books ever written about sports. Required reading for all fans of MLB.
Out of their Leauge (Dave Meggyesy) - The "Ball Four" of the NFL.
Heaven is a Playground (Rick Telandar) - the author actually live and played basketball in a poor part of Brooklyn in the early 70's for this book.
Personal Fouls (Golenbock) - you'll never look at Jimmy V the same way.
_________________ “You’re good kids, stay together. Trust each other and be good teammates to one another. I believe there is a championship in this room.”
-Ernie Accorsi in his final address to the NY Giants locker room before retiring as GM in January of 2007
but he's also written books about the Red Sox and Brooklyn Dodgers so he probably gew out of that a little bit...
_________________ “You’re good kids, stay together. Trust each other and be good teammates to one another. I believe there is a championship in this room.”
-Ernie Accorsi in his final address to the NY Giants locker room before retiring as GM in January of 2007
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