One of my go-to quotes about my dessert island book comes from and episode of M*A*S*H in which Hawkeye answers the question with “The dictionary; it has all the other books in it.” This year marks the 20th anniversary since the publication of Michael Lewis’ Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. I doubt […]
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Moneyball
Those are the “traditional names” for the 20th and 35th anniversaries. As mentioned in the BBS post from Friday, we are celebrating two “milestones” in baseball pop culture. Moneyball gets china for marking the 20th since its publication. Doesn’t it seem like we’ve been hearing about that for a lot longer? Friday’s entry refers to […]
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Bull Durham,
Moneyball
As a reviewer, I get a lot of what are referred to as advance reader copies, uncorrected galleys, or some other name. One I recently came across as I was cleaning up is for Michael Lewis’ classic Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, which was first published twenty (!) years ago. It’s still […]
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Moneyball
A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast […]
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Bo Jackson,
Joe Kelly,
Moneyball,
Ted Williams
♦ For better or worse: According to overthemonster.com, “Moneyball is one of the five most important baseball books ever written, and given its easily absorbed central premise, it’s often used as a verb to describe building a baseball team on the cheap.” And it goes on from there in this piece about the effect such […]
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Aaron Judge,
Moneyball,
Topps
A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast […]
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Moneyball,
Rickey Henderson,
World Series
A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast […]
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Babe Ruth,
Hank Aaron,
Houston Astros,
Ken Caminiti,
Moneyball,
Ted Williams
Getting closer (hopefully) to pitchers and catchers reporting but there’s still time to catch a good baseball movie. Or a bad one, depending on your point of view. The folks at MLB’s website are offering their choices on various themes. In this entry, they seek to answer the question, “Which baseball film has the best […]
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Bingo Long,
Bull Durham,
Major League,
Moneyball
A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast […]
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David Wright,
Houston Astros,
Luis Tiant,
Mariano Rivera,
Moneyball,
Ted Williams,
Ty Cobb
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Moneyball,
New York Yankees,
Ted Williams
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Jim Bouton,
Moneyball,
NY Yankees,
Ted Williams
Sometimes I am surprised at how long I’ve been doing this, a fact that came to my attention when I reconnected with Scott Brick, an award-winning audiobook narrator with whom I first chatted in 2009. According to his bio, Brick “has narrated almost 900 audiobooks including titles such as: Jurassic Park, the Jack Reacher series, Alexander Hamilton, […]
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Moneyball,
Scott Brick
New: An asterisk serves to let you know that the author is a member of the Pandemic Baseball Book Club. I enthusiastically recommend you visit the site, sign up for their newsletter, and buy some merch. A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by […]
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Ball Four,
Moneyball,
New York Mets,
New York Yankees,
Ted Williams,
Willie Mays
New: An asterisk serves to let you know that the author is a member of the Pandemic Baseball Book Club. I enthusiastically recommend you visit the site, sign up for their newsletter, and buy some merch. A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by […]
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Baseball Cards,
Bill White. Ball Four,
Brooklyn Dodgers,
Cleveland Indians,
Jim Bouton,
Moneyball,
New York Mets,
Ron Blomberg,
Ted Williams,
Thurmon Munson
New: An asterisk serves to let you know that the author is a member of the Pandemic Baseball Book Club. I enthusiastically recommend you visit the site, sign up for their newsletter, and buy some merch. A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by […]
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Cleveland Indians,
Moneyball,
New York Mets,
New York Yankees,
Ron Blomberg,
Thurmon Munson
A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast […]
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Bill White,
Brooklyn Dodgers,
Jim Bouton,
Mickey Mantle,
Moneyball,
Ted Williams
A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast […]
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Hank Aaron,
Moneyball,
Ted Williams,
Tom Seaver
Note: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]
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Baseball Cards,
David Wright,
Los Angeles Dodgers,
Moneyball,
New York Mets,
Ted Williams
Note: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. xaaIn addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]
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Ball Four,
David Wright,
Mickey Mantle,
Moneyball,
Ted Williams,
Willie Mays