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Must reads for the younger generation...

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by NQLBLQ, Jul 14, 2008.

  1. LazyReporter

    LazyReporter Member

    The Worst team Money could buy.
    Fascinating insight on the daily grind of being a baseball beat writer.
     
  2. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    I thought Ball Four was fantastic.
     
  3. NQLBLQ

    NQLBLQ Member

    glad someone picked up on the youts reference...
     
  4. T&C

    T&C Member

    Pine Tarred and Feathered by Jim Kaplan
    The Victors and the Vanquished by Earl McRae
    The Rise and Fall of the Press Box - Leonard Koppett
     
  5. WS

    WS Member

    The Worst Team Money Could Buy
     
  6. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    chapter 14 of cannery row. it'smy dream to write a scene like that.
     
  7. JakeandElwood

    JakeandElwood Well-Known Member

    Cannery Row, and Steinbeck in general, are excellent.
     
  8. STLIrish

    STLIrish Active Member

    The World of Jimmy Breslin.
     
  9. ServeItUp

    ServeItUp Active Member

    You Gotta Play Hurt, by Dan Jenkins. Another all-too-accurate slice of life as a sports writer, especially at the very top.
     
  10. danhawks

    danhawks Member

    The John McPhee reader...if you can find it. I stumbled across it on a take one, leave one shelf at a local ice cream parlor. The first three items are on Bill Bradley, the Deerfield headmaster and the orange-growing industry in Florida. Great stuff.
     
  11. spaceman

    spaceman Active Member

    Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 -- HST
     
  12. Lollygaggers

    Lollygaggers Member

    I'm part of the younger generation, but I loved "Flashing Before My Eyes" by Dick Schaap. His story was why I wanted to get into this business, before I realized what kind of business it really is.
     
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