FICTION FOR BASEBALL FANS (especially the Red Sox Nation)...

September 3, 2005 - Last year about this time, I found myself putting a rush on a BOSTON T-Shirt for a teddy bear. This is a project that dragged on most of the summer as I tried to get the right font and colors together to give the impression that the teddy bear is a Red Sox fan without violating any trademarks. The rush came into effect when my boss pointed out that the Red Sox would likely make the play-offs and if we were to sell the teddy bears this year, now is the time to get the shirts done.

Though I may not follow baseball (or any other sport for that matter), some of our reviewers are fans and have done due dilligence in this area. So win or lose, if you want a little reading to go with your ball game, check out these titles:

Waiting For Teddy Williams by Howard Frank Mosher

Screwball by David Ferrell

The Brothers K by David James Duncan

Teammates by David Halberstam

When Boston Won the World Series by Bob Ryan

Autumn Glory by Louis P. Masur

1898 Baseball Fe-As-Ko by Randall Beth Platt

Double Play by Robert B. Parker

Not reviewed, but I read it a long time ago and it made me a fan temporarily (link opens to Amazon.com):

The Great American Novel by Philip Roth

I know nothing about this one, except I like the title and the authors and will bet it is funny:

The Baseball Uncyclopedia: A Highly Opinonated Myth-Busting Guide to the Great American Game by Michael Kun and Howard Bloom (February 2006)