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Author:  BrewersFuzz [ Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:11 am ]
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Anybody have any really good books that you recommend? I started re-reading Heat yesterday, and realized how good it was. So, I'll make a list. I'm not gonna underline them, because I'm too lazy. :P

Heat by Mike Lupica
The Ranger's Apprentice Series by John Flanagan
The Hunger Games' Series by Suzanne Collins
Peak by Roland Smith
Bat Boy by Mike Lupica
Any book written by Mike Lupica :)

That's all I can think of off of the top of my head. I said of a lot in that last sentence. Anyway, post your favorite books! It might change a life! But probably not.

If anyone has ever read Heat, you'll know what I'm talking about. Anyways, I'm gonna make one of my relief pitchers named Michael Arroyo. :D He's the main character. A fastball as high as I can get it, with a 4 CB/SCB and a 1 CHG. In the book he said he changes speeds for batters that can hit his fastball sometimes, to keep them off balance.
Author:  Powerprosfan31 [ Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:17 am ]
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I read a book called Heart Of A Champion, which was about baseball... I don't remember who wrote it, but it was awesome.

Also, my favoirte book is either The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo, or Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan.
Author:  Yankeebros2009 [ Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:32 am ]
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One of my favorite books is Ender's game by Orson Scott Card. It is kinda long, but it has alot of action and humor.
Author:  dishnet34 [ Fri Jun 24, 2011 11:05 am ]
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Captain Underpants ftw. :P

But seriously, I read a book called One-Handed Catch by MJ Auch last school year for an outside reading project. It's pretty good.
Author:  LightningMan117 [ Fri Jun 24, 2011 11:16 am ]
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John Feinstien books, any of them really :)
Harry Potter (Duh?) :mrgreen:
Rick Riordan is falling rapidly on my list, but his older books are good
Author:  BrewersFuzz [ Fri Jun 24, 2011 11:18 am ]
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:doh: I forgot about Harry Potter :mad:
Author:  cooldude1045 [ Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:10 pm ]
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Jurassic Park
The Lost World
World War Z
Author:  Eric Davis 44 [ Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:32 pm ]
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Catch-22, Joseph Heller
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon

And if you haven't read Treasure Island before, do it. Not sure how I missed that one back in high school. Cool story, great writing, yet easy to digest. Plus, if you have a Kindle it's free. Also, I bet a lot of you guys would love A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess). Forget the movie - Stanley Kubrick did his own thing and changed a lot of things for the worse.
Author:  Paul McCartney15 [ Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:50 pm ]
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Justin Bieber first step 2 forever! JK
I liked Eight Men Out By: Eliot Asinof
Its about the Black Sox scandal and there was a movie made out of it.
Charlie Sheen played the center fielder Hap Flesch! :D
I love all the John Feinstein books too!
Author:  stevenjackson39 [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:59 pm ]
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Feinstein is great, though I prefer his adult books. :lol:

Right now, I'm reading my third Chuck palahniuk novel, Haunted. It's pretty grotesque, but I like it. I have yet to read Fight Club (his first published novel. Yes, THAT Fight Club), but Survivor and Choke are great.

Also, Freakonomics and Super Freakonomics are freaking awesome.

That's all I can think of at the moment, other than the 3 mangas I read. xD
Author:  LightningMan117 [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:38 pm ]
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I'm reading this book called Scorecasting. It's Freakonomics, with sports. It explains home field advantage, why going for it on fourth down almost EVERY time is better than punting, The Cubs' curse, the almost complete absence of .299 hitters, and whether Icing the kicker actualy works, among others.
Author:  stevenjackson39 [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:28 pm ]
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I read that book. pretty good... I was always into stats and such.
Author:  detroittigers15 [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:36 pm ]
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LightningMan117 wrote:
I'm reading this book called Scorecasting. It's Freakonomics, with sports. It explains home field advantage, why going for it on fourth down almost EVERY time is better than punting, The Cubs' curse, the almost complete absence of .299 hitters, and whether Icing the kicker actualy works, among others.


Off the top of my head, it seems like Manny Ramirez batted .299 in 2004... any idea if that's right?
Author:  PowerPro Jr [ Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:09 am ]
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detroittigers15 wrote:
LightningMan117 wrote:
I'm reading this book called Scorecasting. It's Freakonomics, with sports. It explains home field advantage, why going for it on fourth down almost EVERY time is better than punting, The Cubs' curse, the almost complete absence of .299 hitters, and whether Icing the kicker actualy works, among others.


Off the top of my head, it seems like Manny Ramirez batted .299 in 2004... any idea if that's right?


Nope. Baseball-Reference lists him as having hit .308 in '04.

The closest Manny's gotten to hitting .299 is in 2010, when he hit .298. In a full season, however, the closest he got was in 2007, when he hit .296.

The guy who wrote that book put his study on Deadspin, and it makes me want to buy the book even more:

http://deadspin.com/5747728/why-there-are-more-300-hitters-than-299-hitters-and-why-it-matters
Author:  RobDiesel61 [ Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:25 pm ]
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Although I still read the Erin Hunter books, they're starting to move from my tastes.


I actually started re-reading the Harry Potter's lately.
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