SSS Literary Supplement
Book reviews
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The Ballpark Bucket List: Take THIS Out to the Ballgame
A must-have journal for your stadium adventures
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Can you stop being a White Sox fan?
Part 2 of Rethinking Fandom, and the ties that bind
The best 98 cents ever spent
A fictionalized remembrance of the most-hyped rock n’ roll riot in major league history
Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball’s Greatest Forgotten Player
Recognition of the Negro Leagues as a major league provides a great excuse to examine the best player you’ve never heard of
SSS Literary Supplement: The Wax Pack
Brad Balukjian’s debut book is a delightful romp through America — with a roadmap of 1986 Topps baseball cards
That Final Ball
A few thoughts on the subject of Jim Bouton
Under the March Sun
The Story of Spring Training
Smart Baseball
The story behind the old stats that are ruining the game, the new ones that are running it, and the right way to think about baseball
The Comic Book Story of Baseball
The Heroes, Hustlers, and History-Making Swings (and Misses) of America’s National Pastime
SSS Literary Supplement: Brittle Innings
There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of this book, or its author, Michael Bishop. With a long winter ahead of us, we recommend you remedy that
Out of My League
George Plimpton was knocked out of the box — in an exhibition — and spun a fascinating book out of it
Hawk: I Did It My Way
The debut of our book review series tackles the Hawkeroo, and his tendency to tawk and tawk and tawk