Surounded By Books
Being surrounded by my library gives me warmth and comfort. Here’s a partial list of books I’ve read, kept, re-read, and reference regularly:
The Little Engine That Could- Golden Book
Yankee Stadium: 50 Years Of Drama- Durso
Working- Turkel
Now Batting, Number…- Jack Looney
Dollar Sign On The Muscle- Kerrane
My Turn At Bat- Williams
From Cobb To Catfish- Baseball Digest
You’re Missingg A Geat Game- Herzog
Willie’s Time- Einstein
Moneyball- Lewis
Catcher In The Rye- Salinger
Franny And Zooey- Salinger
Raise High The Roof Beam, Carpenters And Seymour: An Introduction- Salinger
The Lazlo Letters- Novella
Hollywood- Vidal
Summer Of ‘61- Kubek
War Of The Worlds- Wells
The Boys of Summer- Kahn
Catch 22- Heller
1984- Orwell
A Day In The Bleachers- Hano
The Pennant Race- Brosnan
The Long Season- Brosnan
Let Me Tell You A Story- Auerbach/Feinstein
The Baseball Companion- Garber
Total Baseball- Thorn /Palmer
Sports Of The Times- Longmeadow Press
North Dallas Forty- Gent
Topps Baseball Cards- Warner
The Pictoral History Of Baseball- Associated Press
Illusions- Bach
Lincoln The Unknown= Carnegie
The Chapman Report- Rimmer
The Harrod Experiment- Rimmer
Meat On A Hoof- Shaw
Without Feathers- Allen
The Sports Encyclopedia- Baseball- Neft/Cohen/ Neft
The Sports Encyclopedia- Pro Basketball- Neft/Cohen/Neft
The Sports Encyclopedia- Pro Football- Neft/Cohen/Neft
Starting Over- WakefielJoe Dimaggio- Cramer
The Giving Tree- Silverstein
The Natural- Malamud
Eight Men Out- Asinoff
You Know Me, Al- Lardner
Veeck: As In Wreck-Veeck/Linn
Wait ‘Til Next Year- Jennison
The Ballplayers- Shatzin
Crossing The Line- Moffi/Kronstdt
The Giants Win The Pennant! The Giants Win The Pennant!- Thopmson/Heiman/Gutman
Tuesdays With Morrie- Albom
Struwwelpeter, Merry Stories & Funny Pictures- Blackie
Foul: The Connie Hawkins Story- Wolf
The Year The Yankees Lost The Pennant- Wallop
Wilt 1962 The Night Of 100 Points And The Dawn Of A New Era- Pomerantz
Brain Droppings- Carlin
When Will Jesus Bring The Porkchops?- Carlin
I Never Had It Made- Robinson
The Essential Lenny Bruce- Bruce
Baseball Uniforms Of The 20th Century- Okkowen
Game Of Shadows- Fainaru-Wada/Williams
A People’s History Of The United States- Zinn
Bang The Drum Slowly- Harris
The Southpaw- Harris
A Ticket To Seamstitch- Harris
It Seemed Like Forever- Harris
Portnoy’s Complaint- Roth
Good bye Columbus- Roth
The Knicks- Holtzman
Ball Four- Bouton/Shecter
The Jocks- Sheckter
24 Seconds To Shoot- Koppett
Koppet’s Concise History Of Baseball- Koppett
The Thinking Man’s Guide To Baseball- Koppett
The Man In The Dugout- Koppett
The New York Mets- Koppett
The Radical Middle- Satin
New Options For America- Satin
Soldier In The Rain- Goldman
Boys and Girls Together- Goldman
The Thing Of It Is- Goldman
No Way To Treat A Lady- Goldman
The Bill James Historical Abstract- James
We Played The Game [1947-’64]- Peary
The Big Book Of Baseball Lineups- Neyer
My Life In Baseball- Cobb/Stump
My Giants- Hodges
1001 Ways To Live Without Working- Kupferberg
The Incredible Giants- Meany
Summer OF ‘49- Halberson
The Fifties- Halbertson
Summer Of ‘64- Halbertson
Letters To Goucho- Marx
Exodus- Uris
Mila 18- Uris
Out Of My League- Plimpton
Paper Lion- Plimpton
I Never Played The Game- Cossell
The Dream- Torre
Rush To Judgment- Lane
The Modern Encyclopedia Of Basketball- Hollinder
The Pro Basketball Encyclopedia- Hollinder
Stolen Season- Lamb
Bums An Oral History Of Th Brooklyn Dodgers- Golenback
Wrigley Field: A Magical Mystery Tour Of The Chicago Cubs- Golenback
Wild High And Tight: The Life And Death Of Billy Martin- Golenback
Teammates- Golenback
Bronx Zoo- Golenback
The Dynasty- Golenback
Balls- Nettles/Golenback
Few and Chosen- Pepe/Ford
The October 12- Rizzuto/Horton
Voices Of Baseball- Cheiger
The Original San Francisco Giants- Bitker
Oddballs- Shlain
Players Choice- McCaffrey and McCaffrey
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash- Sheppard
My Brother Was An Only Child- Douglas
Never Trust a Naked Bus Driver- Douglas
The New York Mets- Honig
The Joys Of Yiddish- Rosten
Crossing The Line- Moffi/Kronstdt
The Portable Nietzsche- Kaufman
Branch Rickey’s Little Blue Book- Macmillon
The New York Knicks- Kalinsky
The New York Mets- A Photographic History- Kalinsky
Big Guys Don’t Cry- Karros
The New York Mets Twenty-Five Years Of Baseball History- Lang/Simon
The Manchurian Candidate- Condon
Charlie O- Michelson
Run To Daylight- Lombardi/Heinz
Out Of Their League- Meggyesy
In The Country Of Baseball-Hall/Ellis
Baseball For Dummies- Morgan
Rhubarb In The Catbird Seat- Barber/Creamer
I Had A Hammer- Aaron
Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game?- Breslin
The Gang Who Couldn’t Shoot Straight- Breslin
This Date In New York Met History- D’Agostino
Baseball’s Last Dynasty: Charlie Finley’s Oakland A’s- Markusen
From Ellis Island To Ebbets Field- Levine
Baseball’s Great Dynasties: The Mets- Gutman
Johnny Got His Gun- Trumbo
Legends Of The Field- Sweet
The Glory Of Their Times- Ritter
Comfortably Zoned with Ralph Zig Tyko 
Joseph Erenst Harper said,
April 15, 2009 at 9:48 pm
I love how you’re real into the Mets. I don’t even know who the Mets are, because I live in New Zealand. But I like how you have books and books and books about them. It’s awesome.
Hope your day is going swell.
Joseph
Ralph Zig Tyko said,
April 16, 2009 at 11:25 am
It’s going swell indeed, Joseph… Yes, many Mets books. The team has provided me with a wealth of memories. Some I’m trying hard to forget. :-)
Also, John, the Baby Mama [Diane Satin] spent quality time in your fine country a while back. Here’s to New Zealand!!
Keep in touch.
Z
Chuck Rait said,
May 1, 2009 at 2:01 am
Hi:
Got your call, but have been very sick with sore throat, cold and I sound like a squeeky frog. Would love to me. I will call as soon as I can talk–hopefully by this weekend.
It’s fascinating looking at the old Kittatinny pictures. Hope you are well. Will speak with you soon.
Chuck
PS: Nice book list.
Chuck Rait said,
May 1, 2009 at 2:02 am
I meant to say; would love to meet. Makes more sense that way. Chuck