Funniest Baseball Books

Funniest books about our national pasttime.

Updated April 21, 2023
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Ball four plus ball five
Bouton, Jim.
Paper Book
50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION New York Public Library Book of the Century Selection Time Magazine "100 Greatest Non-Fiction Books" Selection New Foreword from Jim Bouton's Wife, Paula KurmanWhen Ball Four was first published in 1970, it hit the sports world like a...
When you come to a fork in the road, take it! inspiration and wisdom from one of baseball's greatest heroes
Berra, Yogi 1925-2015
Audiobook
Everyone knows Yogi Berra for his famous non sequiturs : "It ain't over 'til it's over." "It gets late early out here." "The future ain't what it used to be." They seem like throwaway lines, but over time they reveal deeper meanings--playful truths, like Zen koans. Yogi's not trying to be mystical,...
The art of fielding : a novel
Harbach, Chad.
Audiobook
A disastrous error on the field sends five lives into a tailspin in this widely acclaimed tale about love, life, and baseball. "Wonderful ... a novel that is every bit as entertaining as it is affecting." --The New York Times "First...
Bats at the ballgame
Lies, Brian
Paper Book
On deck and ready for your reading lineup, New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Brian Lies's ode to "batty" baseball fans. You think humans are the only ones who enjoy America's national pastime? Grab your bat--the other kind--and your mitt, because it's a whole new ballgame when...
Wait till next year : a memoir
Goodwin, Doris Kearns.
Paper Book
By the award-winning author of Team of Rivals and The Bully Pulpit, Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwin's touching memoir of growing up in love with her family and baseball. Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year re...

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