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doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

Believe it or not, I actually enjoy reading books about sports, if the book is good. Yes, I spend a lot of time on the sports forum, but I periodically take breaks to surf Ebay, read, and watch Tom and Jerry.

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  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good one about the 70s rivalry between the Raiders and Steelers.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ray Nitschke tells his story in this one.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yeah.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2, 2020 10:18AM

    I'll be right back, I have to comb our pet monkey.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A great book about the 70s Raiders. I love those 70s Raiders! They don't make em like that anymore! A vicious era in football.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good one about the 1991 World Series.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You can't stop Uncle Pecos!

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good one about the 80s Celtics big three.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great read about the life of Pistol Pete Maravich.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good read about the beast Charles Haley.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nope, ain't gonna get it done Tom. Uncle Pecos is unstoppable!

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Book about the 1978 Yankees.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great read about Rocky Marciano.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2, 2020 11:08AM

    In this book, 15 of Ali's opponents tell about what it was like to fight him.

  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The Glory of Their Times. Early 20th Century baseball as told by the men who played it. Classic.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Deacon Jones was a vicious player and he used a moved called the "headslap", and he would slap the offensive player in the side of the head so he could get around them and get to the quarterback. Great book.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great book about Ted Williams.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great book about the Magic vs Bird rivalry.

  • DarinDarin Posts: 6,247 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've got this book. Also have an 8x10 autographed photo of the picture that graces the
    cover of the book.

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  • DarinDarin Posts: 6,247 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @doubledragon said:
    I'll be right back, I have to comb our pet monkey.

    DoubleD- I have to ask. How exactly does this happen?
    You're making posts about great books, then all of a sudden you
    say to yourself, 'guess I'll take a break and do a gif search for people combing monkeys'? LOL!!!
    Not making fun of you, I love those gifs you post, I always have a good laugh. :)

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  • JoeBanzaiJoeBanzai Posts: 11,171 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Ball Four" by Jim Bouton.

    "The Umpire Strikes Back" by Ron Luciano.

    2013,14 and 15 Certificate Award Winner Harmon Killebrew Master Set and Master Topps Set
  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Darin said:

    @doubledragon said:
    I'll be right back, I have to comb our pet monkey.

    DoubleD- I have to ask. How exactly does this happen?
    You're making posts about great books, then all of a sudden you
    say to yourself, 'guess I'll take a break and do a gif search for people combing monkeys'? LOL!!!
    Not making fun of you, I love those gifs you post, I always have a good laugh. :)

    😂😂😂😂 I really can't explain it either. I guess I just have to post something stupid or it doesn't feel right.😂😂😂😂

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JoeBanzai said:
    "Ball Four" by Jim Bouton.

    "The Umpire Strikes Back" by Ron Luciano.

    I've heard about Ball Four, I'm going to have to grab a copy of that.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good book about the NFL in the 70s.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good read about Wilt's 100 point game.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    All of this book work is making me cramp up. I think I'll take a stroll over to Nutty Hedges Spa and get a massage.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This is an interesting read about the 1990s Cowboys.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good book about Roberto Clemente as told by the people who knew him the best.

  • bobbybakerivbobbybakeriv Posts: 2,186 ✭✭✭✭

    Highly recommended. This is a primary reason why I look at players via their era compared to others in the same.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 10,393 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @doubledragon said:
    Great book about the Magic vs Bird rivalry.

    this was a fantastic read

    George Brett, Bobby Orr and Terry Bradshaw.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 10,393 ✭✭✭✭✭

    if you like old time baseball, 59 in 84 tells the story of the 1884 season when old hoss radbourne won 59 games and lets the reader in on what baseball was like in the eighteenth century

    George Brett, Bobby Orr and Terry Bradshaw.

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 29,357 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @doubledragon said:

    @Darin said:

    @doubledragon said:
    I'll be right back, I have to comb our pet monkey.

    DoubleD- I have to ask. How exactly does this happen?
    You're making posts about great books, then all of a sudden you
    say to yourself, 'guess I'll take a break and do a gif search for people combing monkeys'? LOL!!!
    Not making fun of you, I love those gifs you post, I always have a good laugh. :)

    😂😂😂😂 I really can't explain it either. I guess I just have to post something stupid or it doesn't feel right.😂😂😂😂

    Not at all stupid, it’s entertaining 😂😂😂😂👍👍

  • JoeBanzaiJoeBanzai Posts: 11,171 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @doubledragon said:

    @JoeBanzai said:
    "Ball Four" by Jim Bouton.

    "The Umpire Strikes Back" by Ron Luciano.

    I've heard about Ball Four, I'm going to have to grab a copy of that.

    It's hilarious! Bouton got ripped pretty bad for talking about stuff the ballplayers wanted to be kept quiet, but once the "cat was out of the bag" a lot of them did the same.

    "Umpire Strikes Back" also a funny book. Told with a different perspective.

    I bought copies off of ebay. Cheap.

    2013,14 and 15 Certificate Award Winner Harmon Killebrew Master Set and Master Topps Set
  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JoeBanzai said:

    @doubledragon said:

    @JoeBanzai said:
    "Ball Four" by Jim Bouton.

    "The Umpire Strikes Back" by Ron Luciano.

    I've heard about Ball Four, I'm going to have to grab a copy of that.

    It's hilarious! Bouton got ripped pretty bad for talking about stuff the ballplayers wanted to be kept quiet, but once the "cat was out of the bag" a lot of them did the same.

    "Umpire Strikes Back" also a funny book. Told with a different perspective.

    I bought copies off of ebay. Cheap.

    I'm definitely going to check those out, I love hearing the dirt on everyone!😂😂

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 22,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:

    @doubledragon said:

    @Darin said:

    @doubledragon said:
    I'll be right back, I have to comb our pet monkey.

    DoubleD- I have to ask. How exactly does this happen?
    You're making posts about great books, then all of a sudden you
    say to yourself, 'guess I'll take a break and do a gif search for people combing monkeys'? LOL!!!
    Not making fun of you, I love those gifs you post, I always have a good laugh. :)

    😂😂😂😂 I really can't explain it either. I guess I just have to post something stupid or it doesn't feel right.😂😂😂😂

    Not at all stupid, it’s entertaining 😂😂😂😂👍👍

    Thanks Perk, you always make me and my monkey gifs feel welcome around here. 😂😂😂😂

  • DarinDarin Posts: 6,247 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I read Ron Luciano's book years ago and do remember it was pretty funny.
    Can't remember if this story about Steve Palermo was in that book or where
    I initially read it but it always made me laugh.

    Former MLB umpire Steve Palermo, 67, was an Oxford native and Norwich grad who was shot outside a Dallas restaurant in 1991. Well-liked and a marvelous story teller, Palermo recounted the time he was working behind the plate and Lou Piniella objected to a called strike. “Where was that pitch at?” yelled Piniella. The good-natured Palermo straightened up and informed Piniella it was incorrect to end a sentence with a preposition. Piniella stared incredulously at the smiling Palermo and finally barked: “Where was that pitch at, a-hole?”

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  • erikthredderikthredd Posts: 8,100 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That Bird/Magic book by Jackie MacMullen was a great read. Here are three with Boston/NE ties:
    Drive: The Story Of My Life by Larry Bird
    Patriot Reign by Michael Holley
    War Room: The Legacy of Bill Belichick and the Art of Building the Perfect Team by Michael Holley

    My father just gave me a copy of Parcells: A Football Life but I haven't got around to reading it yet. Bill Parcells co-authored it so you know its gonna have plenty of entertaining quotes in it.

  • electrodeelectrode Posts: 212 ✭✭✭

    "THE GAME" penned by Ken Dryden retired player of the Montreal Canadiens is a must read for all Habs fans.

  • bobbybakerivbobbybakeriv Posts: 2,186 ✭✭✭✭

    This is actually a great book. All-time classic.

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 29,357 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @doubledragon said:
    This is an interesting read about the 1990s Cowboys.

    This is one of the few non picture books that I owned and read, pretty good read. I used to like the Cowboys back in the early 90’s

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 10,393 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:

    @doubledragon said:
    This is an interesting read about the 1990s Cowboys.

    This is one of the few non picture books that I owned and read, pretty good read. I used to like the Cowboys back in the early 90’s

    perk, did i just read that right? you used to like the Cowboys?

    George Brett, Bobby Orr and Terry Bradshaw.

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 29,357 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @craig44 said:

    @perkdog said:

    @doubledragon said:
    This is an interesting read about the 1990s Cowboys.

    This is one of the few non picture books that I owned and read, pretty good read. I used to like the Cowboys back in the early 90’s

    perk, did i just read that right? you used to like the Cowboys?

    Huge Cowboys fan as a kid, Tony Dorsett was my favorite player. I’m talking back in the late 70’s early 80’s. I remember watching the Cowboys/Steelers Super Bowls. I always rooted for the Pats too but really started loving them when Bledsoe and Parcells came to town. I always liked the Cowboys as a secondary team but don’t care one way or another if the win or not.

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