Reddit reviews October 1964

best way to learn about things is to read about them; luckily baseball is easy to read about because it's amazing

http://www.amazon.com/Stan-Musial-An-American-Life/dp/0345517075

http://www.amazon.com/Three-Nights-August-Strategy-Heartbreak/dp/B002CMLRAQ

http://www.amazon.com/October-1964-David-Halberstam/dp/0449983676

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/677858.The_Spirit_of_St_Louis

can vouch for all of those. also if you're a new fan of baseball, you should read baseball books in general because the history of the sport is incredibly rich. feel free to ask

I've read a lot of baseball books, and the best one by far is October, 1964 by David Halbertstam.

It chronicles the epic 7-game WS between the Yankees and the Cardinals, but primarily through the eyes of the players (Bob Gibson, Mickey Mantle, Lou Brock, Roger Maris, Elston Howard, Curt Flood, Tim McCarver, Whitey Ford, Mike Shannon, Ken Boyer) and other important figures (August Busch, Yogi Berra, Johnny Keane).

It's more than a baseball book; it's a series of portraits of amazing people that becomes bigger than the sum of its parts. Because it's framed in the sixties, at the height of the civil rights movement, all of the action becomes much more symbolic. The northern Yankees - an old dynasty of aging, mostly white superstars - go up against the young, southern, and more black Cardinals.

Halbertstam is an all-time great sportswriter. You can't miss this one, especially as a Cardinals fan.

Not sure on the sub-reddit (dear god I hope there is)! But in the meantime, you should read David Halberstam's books Summer of '49 and October 1964.

I read The Catcher Was a Spy probably 20 years ago. It's mildly interesting in recollecting Moe Berg's life, but it reads more like someone's idea of what their life may have been like, than what it actually was.

If you want some interesting baseball books, I'd suggest October 1964 by David Halberstam, The Boys of Summer (classic) by Roger Kahn, or Great and Glorious Game by Bart Giamatti. The last one includes an essay entitled "The Green Fields of the Mind" that is probably one of the most beautiful pieces written about the game.

October 1964. Really excellent story of the 64 series

http://www.amazon.com/October-1964-David-Halberstam/dp/0449983676

I have it and have read it at least 5 or 6 times.