* TWIBB — July 17

July 17, 2009

This week in baseball books, featuring the best-sellers according to Amazon.com on Friday, July 17.

Title Rank
General
Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend, Tye 1
Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain, Appel 2
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, Lewis 3
The Yankee Years, Torre and Verducci 4
Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back, Hamilton and Keown 5
Essays and Writing
Moneyball 1
Beyond Belief:
2
As They See ‘Em 3
Heart of the Game: Life, Death, and Mercy in Minor League America, Price 4
Now I Can Die in Peace: How The Sports Guy Found Salvation Thanks to the World Champion (Twice!) Red Sox, Simmons 5
History
Satchel 1
Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain, Appel 2
Yogi Berra, Eternal Yankee, Barra 3
Worth the Wait: Tales of the 2008 Phillies, Stark 4
The Baseball Talmud: The Definitive Position-by-Position Ranking of Baseball’s Chosen Players, Megdal 5
Statistics
Watching Baseball Smarter, Hample 1
The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, Tango et al 2
Baseball Prospectus 2009: The Essential Guide to the 2009 Baseball Season 3
The Bill James Handbook 4
Baseball America 2009 Almanac
 5

Analysis: Satchel and Munson also head the list of general baseball Kindle purchase. Satchel was also No. 19 on the NY Times bestseller list.

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