Opening Day 2025 reading stack selections consist of books to usher in the return of Major League Baseball. The pennant chase is set to begin. Here is a stack of books on the game of baseball to get you ready to cheer on your hometown team.
March 2025 Reading Stack – Opening Day Edition
The Complete Handbook of Baseball (Pictured 1984 Season) edited by Zander Hollander
This old-time, long running series has everything a baseball fan needs to brush up on their favorite player or team. Complete with scouting reports, rosters, statistics, player profiles and more. This 1984 edition has a special chapter titled “Playing Ball with Robert Redford in “The Natural.”
A Great and Glorious Game by A. Bartlett Giamatti
A collection of essays and writings from MLB Commissioner Bart Giamatti. Often called “baseball’s Renaissance man” Giamatti provides readers his thoughts on the game and its’ relation to life.
How To Speak Baseball: An Illustrated Guide to Baseball Banter by James Charlton
A fun and insightful guide to the quirky language of baseball. Want to know the meaning of “a golden sombrero”, “the ball has eyes”, “break your wrists” and many more?
Why Time Begins on Opening Day by Thomas Boswell
A collection of essays on the national pastime, Boswell offers stories on legendary players, owners, umpires and anyone and everyone in between.
The Physics of Baseball by Robert K. Adair
Do you like your sports trivia with a touch of science? A look at the basics of baseball and why the game moves as it does. With explanations on topics such as the flight of a baseball and the optimum bat weight.
Fathers Playing Catch with Sons by Donald Hall
Touching stories (from mostly baseball) of what brings people together and truly matters in the game and life. My favorites include “Baseball and the Meaning of Life” and “O Fenway Park.”
The Baseball Reader edited by Charles Einstein
A collection of baseball stories from various writers of the game that include Roger Angell, Bob Considine, Harry Golden, Ring Lardner and my favorite by Grantland Rice titled “Game Called: Babe Ruth is Dead”
The Fireside Book of Baseball edited by Charles Einstein
More classic stories from the game’s greatest writers including Robert Creamer, Thomas Boswell, Donald Honig, Roger Kahn and Jim Bouton.