Teddy Ballgame would be proud

October 31, 2016

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/513IdVuLciL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_.jpgTo have such an impact on such high-caliber players all these years later, that’s a great legacy.

The New York Times‘ Bill Witz published “Cubs’ Win Comes With an Assist From Another Era,” which is basically a tribute to The Science of Hitting, originally published in 1971 by Ted Williams and John Underwood (who also worked on Williams’ memoir, My Turn at Bat, not to be confused with the Montreal Expos’ Claude Brochu’s memoir of the same title.)

Not surprisingly, Science has enjoyed a tremendous boost on Amazon, jumping all the way to a ranking of 2,040, tops among all baseball titles as of this posting. On the regular “Baseball Best-Sellers” entry from Oct. 28, it was somewhere between 7,589 and 9,830; of course that’s the one figure I left out of the rankings of the top ten.

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