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The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball http://www.amazon.com/Wally-Yonamine-Changed-Japanese-Baseball/dp/0803213816 The Lords of the Realm - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0345465245 These are three books I'd really like to read in this order. Thanks for coming up with this idea.
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Nov 3, 2014 22:39
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As much as I want to read Universal Baseball Association, I feel it's only appropriate to read it alone so I voted for Wally Yonamine.
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Nov 5, 2014 14:43
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leokitty posted:Here's where we stand so far: Lords of the Realm is 640 pages? Did other people know this before voting?
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Nov 5, 2014 22:01
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leokitty posted:I have a 45 minute commute on the train each way and am a reading machine so I'm up for anything in a month or so except the Connie Mack bios (they are cool but really dense). Cool. Somebody else said it's an easy read. I was more worried about losing a lot of people who can't keep up. 
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Nov 6, 2014 14:50
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I read 10% of it while also dozing off on a short plane flight so it definitely moves.
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Nov 14, 2014 21:36
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" In the nineties, Baltimore’s Camden Yards and Chicago’s Comiskey Park would take ballparks still further..." I thought Comiskey has always been considered the last of the dinosaurs when it comes to 70s- 80's styles stadiums? I realize it was rather new when the book was written...
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Nov 17, 2014 02:20
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It's absurd that this book is $20 on Kindle. I'm happy for the author, though. I hope he's getting a fair share unlike everything else on Amazon.
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Nov 19, 2014 22:53
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Twin Cinema posted:I am not sure that we need to finish the book in its entirety to have some discussion of it. I finished a huge portion of it last night (or what felt like a huge portion, but it was only the first three chapters). It's funny that the issue of player's salaries is not a recent invention, but something that has been around since the beginning of the game. Also funny how some of the players were so conservative, that they took issue with their own pay. I don't have the book in front of me, but there was the one player who had issue with accepting a $100K salary because he didn't have a good year. I don't want to turn this into a political discussion, but people working against their own best financial interests is pretty relevant in today's economy.
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Nov 20, 2014 23:17
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Are there any recent MLB players you all know of who had families that couldn't cover college costs so they sacrificed their college eligibility and took late-round bonus money because they didn't have a choice? I know there are players who have done that because they just want to go pro but are there any players who have said they wanted to go to college but could not for financial reasons? I assume this has happened I just can't think of a player.
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Nov 21, 2014 17:07
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Deathlove posted:Finished it last night. I knew it was an older book, but man, it is HEARTBREAKING that the publishing date is 1994. Surely nothing interesting happened then! I have the version that was updated for the 94 strike. Do other people not have that?
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Dec 11, 2014 17:47
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I'm about 40 percent through (I'm at the part where owners want compensation after the initial free agency splurge) but but I will be able to catch up rapidly over the weekend and next week so I'm not worried about discussions starting without me.
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Dec 12, 2014 16:56
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Has anyone written anything in depth about the near-contraction and then salvation of the Twins? After finishing Up, Up, and Away, I'm curious about their side of the issue.
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Jan 6, 2015 16:03
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