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Ninety Feet from Fame: Close Calls with Baseball Immortality

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My father is a huge baseball fan. I gave him this book for his birthday and he loved it. Many players he remembered, but lots of stories he'd never heard before and really enjoyed - he's been repeating them to us for weeks! I highly recommend this for the sports fan in your life.

Best baseball book I've read in years. Full of fascinating stories about baseball's "not-quite" immortals that you won't find in other publications. Great read for the avid or casual baseball fan. Stories are both tragic & humorous. Author's incredible baseball knowlege is matched only by his outstanding sense of humor.

Nice book by Robbins - you'll find some of the standard stories here but quite a few deal with players you've heard of before and some you haven't - some who were very good but just shy of any immortality, and others whose names you'll recognize - the book is sectioned off into sections, covering specific topics (ie - those who died young, etc) and makes for a good read.