Book Recommendations

[Adam Parker]

On the kind advice of KG Erwin, I'm taking up an invite to drop by this hallowed forum to pick your brains if I may, PureSim purchase still pending [:)]

I'm looking for advice on texts currently in print, that I can pick up on a visit to the States shortly pending:

1. Best 1 volume history of baseball.

2. Best 1 volume all teams coverage.

3. Best Red Sox history.

4. Best Yankees history.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts you can pass my way.

Kind regards,
Adam.

[KG Erwin]

Thank you, Adam. (blushing)

As for best baseball books, I did a quick Google search.

One-volume history : "Baseball: A History of America's Game", by Benjamin G. Rader

The Red Sox: "Red Sox Century", by Richard A. Johnson

I don't own either of these, so hopefully some of my esteemed colleagues will weigh in.

However, a volume I DO own is the literally massive "Total Baseball", which was recently updated. It is much more than a reference. Apart from the stats, this tome has many many great articles on the teams and the development of the game. If I were to recommend just one book, it would be this one.

Of course, there are hundreds of websites, but these two, IMHO, are essential:

1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/
2. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/