John Williams asks books and sports staff members of the Times to share their favorite baseball books, fiction and nonfiction. Tyler Kepner lists Sandy Koufax and The Last Boy as masterpieces of their genre.
Grantland contributor Jane Leavy spent the past decade writing sports biographies about Sandy Koufax and Mickey Mantle (recently released in paperback). We talked about Koufax and Mantle, Jane’s experiences in being part of the first wave of female sports reporters, why Mantle means so much to guys over 50, and why it’s so hard to… Read more »
By JANE LEAVY | New York Times | October 22, 2011 Among the games people play, baseball is distinguished by the preservation of landmark numbers — 56, .367, 2,632, 4,256. But Major League Baseball does precious little to preserve the places where the game once breathed. Last week, after more than five years of hectoring… Read more »