NOTE: I have been posting these things long enough now that a few have commented that the introductory section isn’t necessary anymore. But I’m leaving it in because, to paraphrase Joe DiMaggio when asked why he played so hard all the time, there may be people who’ve never read the best-seller entries before. So on with the show…
Caveat 1: Print editions only (at least for now); because I’m old school.
Caveat 2: Since the rankings are updated every hour, these lists might not longer be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them. But it’ll be close enough for government work.
Caveat 3: Sometimes they’ll try to pull one over on you and include a book within a category that doesn’t belong. I’m using my discretion to eliminate such titles from my list. For example, for some reason a recent listing included Tarnished Heels: How Unethical Actions and Deliberate Deceit at the University of North Carolina Ended the “The Carolina Way,” which, far as I can tell, is not at all about baseball, at least not in the main.
Baseball Prospectus 2016- Baseball America 2016 Prospect Handbook: Scouting Reports and Rankings of the Best Young Talent in Baseball
- 2016 Baseball Forecaster, by Ron Shandler
- Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis
- 2016 Minor League Baseball Analyst, by Rob Gordon
- The Bill James Handbook 2016
- This Old Man: All in Pieces, by Roger Angell
- The Mental Game of Baseball: A Guide to Peak Performance, by H.A. Dorfman
- Baseball America 2016 Almanac: Comprehensive Review of the 2015 Season (Baseball America’s Almanac)
- The Natural, by Bernard Malamud
The top half is pretty much the same as last week, with “texts” for fantasy players hogging the spots. Welcome back, Malamud. The New York Times: The February sports list is without a single baseball title, following suit for the previous month.
Not on either the Amazon or Times‘ lists? 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die. Today: 800,283. Last week: 1,062,665. So thanks for that but it can always be better. Help keep the dream alive!
If you have read 501, thanks, hope you enjoyed it, and please consider writing a review for the Amazon page; it’s never too late. There haven’t been any in awhile. Doesn’t have to be long (or even complimentary, if you didn’t like it), but anything would be appreciated. And thanks to those who have.
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