* Amazon baseball best-sellers, as of Sept. 8

September 8, 2008

General:

  1. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis
  2. Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective, by Al Santasiere
  3. Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan’s Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks, by Zack Hample.
  4. The Cubs: The Complete Story of Chicago Cubs Baseball, by Glenn Stout and Richard Johnson
  5. Science of Hitting, by Ted WIlliams

Essays and Writings:

  1. Heads-Up Baseball : Playing the Game One Pitch at a Time, by Hanson and Ravizza
  2. Sports Illustrated: The Baseball Book
  3. Ball Four, by Jim Bouton
  4. Now I Can Die in Peace: How ESPN’s Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank and the 2004, by Bill Simmons
  5. The Best of Baseball Digest: The Greatest Players, The Greatest Games, the Greatest Writers from the Game’s Most Exciting Years

History:

  1. Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective, by Al Santasiere
  2. The Cubs: The Complete Story of Chicago Cubs Baseball, by Glenn Stout and Richard Johnson
  3. The 33-Year-Old Rookie: How I Finally Made it to the Big Leagues After Eleven Years in the Minors, by Chris Coste
  4. Yankee Stadium: A Tribute: 85 Years of Memories: 1923-2008, by Les Krantz
  5. Living on the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember, by John Feinstein

Statistics:

  1. Watching Baseball Smarter, by Zack Hample.
  2. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, by Tom Tango
  3. The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition (Espn Baseball Encyclopedia)
  4. Diamond Dollars: The Economics of Winning in Baseball, by Vincent Gennaro
  5. Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game, by Albert and Bennett
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1 * Chrissy September 8, 2008 at 10:44 pm

I’m shocked Pinch Hitter is not on this list by author Dean Whitney. A very uplifting story, indeed. There aren’t many fictional baseball books coming out these days. Pinch Hitter is one of the best I’ve read in years. And the ending left it open for a sequel.

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