* TWIBB — Aug. 28

August 28, 2009

This week in baseball books, featuring the best-sellers according to Amazon.com on Friday, August 21.

Title Rank
General
The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-stopping World Series: The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds, Posnanski 1
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, Lewis 2
The Yankee Years, Torre and Verducci 3
Munson: The Life and Darth of a Yankee Captain, Appel 4
Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend, Tye 5
Essays and Writing
Moneyball 1
Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back 2
As They See ‘Em: A Fan’s Travels in the Land of Umpires, Weber 3
Heads Up Baseball: Playing the Game One Pitch at a Time, Hanson and Rivizza 4
Ball Four: The Final Pitch,  Bouton 5
History
The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-stopping World Series: The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds 1
Munson 2
Satchel Sports Illustrated’ Baseball Book 3
Worth the Wait: Tales of the 2008 Phillies, Stark 4
Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee, Barra 5
Statistics
Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game  1
Watching Baseball Smarter, Hample 2
The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, Tango et al 3
Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game is Wrong, Baseball Prospectus 4
The New Bill James Historical Abstract 5

Analysis: Not quite sure how Posnanki’s book — which has yet to be released — is listed as the most popular on Amazon as of this hour. No baseball titlrs on the NY Times list this week. Another instructional title is on he list as we prepare to return to school. Jim Bouton was recently on the MLB Network’s Studio 42 with Bob Costas which might account for a resurgence. Plus he was mention in Larry Stone’s piece in the Seattle Times. Other than that, the same titles seem to keep flip-flopping (Munson, Satchel, Between the Lines, Smarter, etc.)

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