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the 33 year old rookie.

this is an autobiography about chris coste, a Phillies catcher who was a 33 year old rookie

The Boys Of Summer by Roger Kahn is a memoir about a guy growing up in Brooklyn in the 30 - 40s who loves the Dodgers.

Summer of '49 by David Halberstam is about the Red Sox Yankees pennant race and the Ted Williams / Joe Dimaggio rivalry.

October 1964 by David Halberstam is about the '64 WS Cards v Yanks.

Tom Boswell consistently writes good baseball books as well.

Some invaluable, not-so-well-known books, some with a Canadian angle:

Bill Lee, Jim Prime. "Baseball Eccentrics" ISBN 978-1-57243-953-5

Bob Elliott. "The Northern Game". 1-894963-40-7

David Menary. "Terrier Town: Summer of '49" 0-88920-427-6

Peter Richmond. "Ballpark" (the building of Camden Yards, a must for Orioles fans) 0-761-74851-3

Brendan Boyd, Fred Harris. "The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading, and Bubble Gum Book" (1973) 0-316-10429-9 (This is a gem.)

Happy hunting.

Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends: The Truth, the Lies, and Everything Else by Rob Neyer

Anything by Bill James, but for this customer I'd suggest his book on managers. Lots of olde tyme guys, interesting analyses, both old-fashioned and new-fangled.

It's about 10 years old, but James' stuff rings true durably.

Bats, Brats, and Stats - George Brennan, Jr.

The Baseball almanac

i'm not sure who wrote it though.