Sports Illustrated the Baseball Book

I bought this book for my 12 year old nephew. He said his dad has a copy but won't let him look at it. He was so happy to get his own copy. He was showing it to everybody. And..the best part is, Auntie got a big hug from him.

This is a wonderful book for the avid baseball fan. Being that I only started following baseball about 5 years ago, this book gave a great summary of the rich and interesting history of baseball. The book is organized by decade, with amazing photographs. The best Sports Illustrated writers contribute with many articles.

This is more than just a coffee table book. Full of the wonderful photography that SI is noted for, this book is a nice anthology of my favorite game and something I am passing down to my grandson who is the fourth generation of baseball lovers in our family. The complete history of the game is displayed with era by era photos and action pictures right up through the 2006 season. This book is a treasure for anyone considering themselves a true fan of our national past time.

Sports Illustrated: The Baseball Book proves to be a fantastic photo history of the Major League Baseball. Using some of the greatest baseball photographs ever taken by Sports Illustrated, the book traces the history of baseball from the first decade of the 20th century to the first six years of the 21st. There are short articles scattered among the pages on special events and personalities of the game but most of the book remains a photo feast of baseball history. Also shown are photographs of rare baseball equipments, probably from Cooperstown Hall of Fame collection. Each photographs proves to be clearly marked and explained. While a fantatsic book overall, I only have two minor quibbles with the book. For one, the photographs are not in any real order. You got modern as well as old photos mixed together regardless of the decade chapters of the book. Articles are that way too. Two, as a Boston Red Sox fan, I was bit surprised that there was very little mention of their 2004 season play-off series which considered by many baseball historians as one of the greatest ever played. Breaking of the curse and all that captured the attention of the entire nation as no baseball event ever has in a very long time. (Entire team was voted as "Sportsmen of the Year".) Otherwise, a fantastic collection of photos of baseball history that should satisfied any fan of the game like myself for long time to come.

A must for any Baseball fan. The photos in this book are simply amazing. It will make you fall in love again with the game you grew up on.