The items below are recommended by Coach Craig for their educational or entertainment value. All may be purchased on
You Can Teach Hitting
by Dusty Baker is the best teaching book on hitting I have found. It covers proper mechanics, drills and mental preparation. Highly recommended.
A history of African-American baseball discusses the often phenomenal players who were excluded from the all-white leagues, describing their star players and accounts of the games in the press until the historic signing of Jackie Robinson
From Babe Ruth to Bo Jackson, from Cool Papa Bell to Lou Brock, Buck O'Neil has seen it all. As a first baseman and then manager of the legendary Kansas City Monarchs, O'Neil witnessed the heyday of the Negro leagues and their ultimate demise.
