It must be true that books about baseball sell better than any other sport's books. Even though the NFL is worlds ahead in spectators and fanaticism (ask me how I know), baseball still rules the roost in bookstores.

New this week from Macmillan (St. Martins/Thomas Dunne) is BIG HAIR AND PLASTIC GRASS: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swingin' 70's by Dan Epstein.

While I didn't do any swingin' in the 70's (unless you count baseball bats and tennis racquets), i was a big baseball fan. And, come to think of it, there were a few years in which I had big hair too. The 70's were when love for baseball was born and raised, so this book appeals to me immediately.

I want to read this book.

I mean, c'mon, look at the cover....

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Author website here

Publisher website here