* TWIBB — December 26

December 26, 2009

This week’s best-selling baseball books, according to Amazon.com on Saturday, December 26.

Title Rank
General
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis 1
The Yankee Years, by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci 2
Baseball Americana: Treasures from the Library of Congress 3
Baseball Prospectus 2010 4
The Bill James Handbook 2010 5
Essays and Writing
Moneyball
 1
Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & a Hall of Fame Hitter Talk about How the Game is Played, by Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson, and Lonnie Wheeler 2
Now I Can Die in Peace: How The Sports Guy Found Salvation Thanks to the World Champion (Twice!) Red Sox, by Bill Simmons (3,135) 3
The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2010 As They See ‘Em: A Fan’s Travels in the Land of Umpires, by Bruce Weber 4
Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back, by Josh Hamilton 5
History
Sixty Feet, Six Inches 1
The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-stopping World Series: The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds, by Joe Posnanski 2
Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America’s Pastime, by Mark Frost
3
Now I Can Die in Peace 4
Worth The Wait: Tales of the 2008 Phillies, by Jayson Stark 5
Statistics
Baseball Prospectus 2010 1
The Bill James Handbook 2010 2
Baseball America 2010 Prospect Handbook: The Comprehensive Guide to Rising Stars from the Definitive Source on Prospects (Baseball America Prospect Handbook) 3
2010 Baseball Forecaster (Ron Shandler’s Baseball Forecaster) 4
The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2010 5
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