(Note: The list includes print editions/baseball titles only, allowing for non-baseball titles and kindle editions that affected the rankings. Also, the rankings change hourly, so the result you get when you visit Amazon.com might not be the same.)
Analysis:
The Last Boy falls out of the top 100 Amazon bestsellers, but is ranked third in sports bestsellers. I also found it interesting that the top four books in the history category were Kindle editions (and therefore not included on this list).
It’s news to me:
I’m guessing the success of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire is responsible for the renewed interest in Pietrusza’s biography of Arnold Rothstein. There are several scenes in the miniseries in which Rothstein discusses the Black Sox Scandal with his attorneys. Michael Stuhlbarg, who plays the gambler, is a far cry from Michael Lerner, who had the role in the feature film, Eight Men Out.
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The envelope, please…
Ron by Roth
In my most recent "day job," I was the sports and features editor for a weekly New Jersey newspaper, where I hosted another blog. Busy, busy, busy.
I did a profile piece on the award-winning cartoonist Arnold Roth and he was nice enough to "immortalize" me.
The Body Scout, by Lincoln Michel
Grade: C. Perhaps the ultimate performance enhancers -- interchangeable body parts -- help major leaguers of the future. But, as with all of these things, there's a price to pay.
, by Jane Leavy
, by Michael Lewis, by
, by Ron Shandler
, by Josh Hamilton with Tim Keown
, by Dirk Hayhurst
, by Doug Glanville
, by Dan Epstein
, by David Pietrusza
, by James S. Hirsch
, by Scott Gummer
, by Bill Simmons
, by Tom Tango, et al
is available on Amazon.com,
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