Join us tonight  at 9PM EDST for PRO BASEBALL CENTRAL and our guest Bert Sugar as we talk about his new book Bert Sugar’s Baseball Hall of Fame: A Living History of America’s Greatest Game (Running Press) We will also talk about the Mets-Pirates mantinee at PNC and the injury epidemic hitting the Mets. Listen live at Blog Talk Radio or listen to the podcast here or at the Eddie Kranepool Society.

 Bert Randolph Sugar is THE sports historian of our time and he has a new book out that is a comprehensive look at the Baseball Hall of Fame called Bert Sugars Baseball Hall of Fame, A Living History of America’s Greatest Game (published by Running Press) I have been to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown NY four times and each time I’ve been there I’ve seen an exhibit or artifact I’ve missed in my previous trip and now with this outstanding book that is full of great pictures and of course the writing of Bert Sugar  it puts it all the awe and beauty of the HOF in your hands.

There is a section on the great concessions and give aways by teams throughout the history of baseball. One of my favorite pictures is of the fans of the White Sox during the Bill Veck era where he gave the fans in the grandstand cue cards to decide managerial decisions.  There are of course stories and pictures of all the great players enshrined in the Hall that leaves you wanting to make a trip upstate.

This book is a must for the baseball fan that loves the games history and loves the photographs of players and teams from the beginning of the game to the present  Give it a spot  of honor on your coffee table.