The award-wining actress passed away yesterday at the age of 80.
Baseball connection? I wrote about it earlier this month, based on a 2020 post.
Here’s her obituary from The New York Times.
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Amazon keeps changing the way they report, so that will be mirrored here. Sometimes there will be rankings of Kindle and audio-books on baseball, other times, not.
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 (see my piece on “Why Amazon’s search engine sucks“).
In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one by including a book in a category in which it should not be listed (in my opinion). For example, The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect has appeared on Amazon’s BBS list. “Why” is a good question. There might be a smattering of the national pastime in it, but not enough to make it a baseball book per se (again, IMO).
Finally, adults only here. That is, no books for younger readers (i.e., 12 and under). Also no “adult” adult books (romance/erotic fiction that features baseball as a theme although goodness knows there are a bunch of those out there).
So, with all that said…
The links under the authors’ names will take you to the Bookshelf Conversations I had with them. An asterisk denotes a book making its debut on the BBS list. And a “Ω” means it’s an award winner, almost always in the print version.
PRINT
- Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis Ω
- It’s All About the Players, by Peter Gammons (my review on Bookreporter)
- Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments, by Joe Posnanski (my review on Bookreporter) Ω
- The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II, by Anne R. Keene (my Bookshelf review here)
- Touching All the Bases: A Story of Power, Purpose, and Surviving the Bronx, by Dave Winfield with Alan Maimon
- Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas, by Jesse Cole
- Nolan: The Singular Life of an American Original, by Tim Brown (my review on Bookreporter)
- The Baseball 100, by Posnanski
- The Ultimate Baseball Trivia Challenge: Over 600 Quiz Questions for Die-Hard Baseball Fans, by Hank Patton
- The National Baseball Hall of Fame Collection: Celebrating the Game’s Greatest Players, by James Buckley
KINDLE
- The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams, by Adam Lazarus
- The House That Ruth Built: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923, by Robert Weintraub
- The Era, 1947–1957: When the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers Ruled the World, by Roger Kahn
- Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game, by Daniel Okrent
- I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography, by Jackie Robinson and Alfred Duckett
- This One Will Be Different: False Promises and Fiscal Realities of Publicly Funded Stadiums, by J.C. Bradbury
- The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports, by Jeff Passan
- The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness, by Andy McCullough
- Sandy Koufax: A Lefty’s Legacy, by Jane Leavy
- The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O’Neil’s America, by Posnanski
AUDIO BOOKS
- Ball Four: The Final Pitch, by Jim Bouton (narrated by the author)
- The Bad Guys Won: A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo Chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, the Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team Ever to Put on a New York Uniform – and Maybe the Best, by Pearlman (read by the author)
- The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter, by Ian O’Connor
- Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between, by Eric Nussbaum (my review of the print edition on Bookreporter.com)
- Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball, by Keith O’Brien
- The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood, by Jane Leavy
- Baseball, by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns (narrated by Burns)
The print list is basically the same as last week for the top five spots. J.C. Bradbury’s new book makes its debut on the Kindle list.
Still not in the Amazon top ten? 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die. FYI, as of this posting it ranks 3,190,318 in books overall; last time, 3,220,787. Hank Greenberg in 1938: Hatred and Home Runs in the Shadow of War ranks 3,642,427; last time, 3,649,898.
Shameless self-promotion: if you’re looking for some good baseball reading during this down time, why not pick up a copy of 501? It’s like the dictionary; it has the other books in it, which reminds me of one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite shows.
BUT…
Some exciting news (now we’ll see who’s paying attention and reading down this far).
Necessity is the mother of invention. Thanks to emergency surgery in which I said goodbye to a recalcitrant gallbladder, I have a couple off months for recuperation during which time I will be working on a revision of 501.
The new version will include all the original stuff but as you know if you’re a baseball reading fool, there have been a lot of great books published since 501 came out a dozen years ago. So since this isn’t a ranking where one title might be pushed off the list, the new material will appear as an added chapter.
A reminder: There’s an Excel “checklist” of the books list in 501. If you’re interested in keeping track of how many you have read or own, drop me a line.
If you have read either of my books, thanks, hope you enjoyed it, and please consider writing an Amazon review; it’s never too late.
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Back when it actually was a “digest,” the then- monthly publication devoted its March issue to up-and-coming players. The March 1970 offering touted “Scouting Reports on…Rookies from the Confidential Files of Major League Clubs,” which I’m guessing was hyperbolic.
Each “capsule” included the player’s DOB, height, weight, throwing and batting sides, a few minor league stats and observations, and often whether they were married or single(!), along with the ScRep (scouting report).
A sampling of the most prominent name for each franchise (IMO) :
- Darrell Evans, Braves, third base: “Bat is strongest plus. Had problems throwing in 1969. Could make big club in 1970.” Actually, he appeared in just 12 games that year before hanging on in 1971.
- Joe Decker, Cubs, pitcher: “Exceptional poise for youngster, with good fastball, adequate breaking pitch and developing change. Should be ready this season.” Decker was 2-7 in his rookie years, making 17 starts.
- Bernie Carbo, Reds, outfield: “Bat makes him a can’t miss player. Good hustler with speed but arm just average.” Carbo hit 23 homers with 63 RBI in 1970 and finished second in the NL Rookie of the Year voting, behind Carl Morton of the Expos.
- John Mayberry, Astros, first base: “Can’t miss. Does it with bat and glove and hits with power. Also surprisingly fast for a big man.” Now there’s a cliche. But he didn’t really become a regular until 1972.
- Roy Cey, Dodgers, infield: “Should rise fast in Dodgers chain. Good bat, needs to polish fielding. Two or three years away.” They were right: By 1973 he was the regular third baseman. He finished sixth in the NL ROY and began a string of six straight All Star appearances the following year.
- Don Hahn, Expos, outfield: “Major Leaguer in outfield but lacks power and doesn’t hit for average. Might catch on as a utility outfielder.” Spot on. Probably most famous for his collision with George “The Stork” Theodore as a member of the Mets in 1973.
- Ken Singleton, Mets, first-base/outfield: “Runs well for a big man [again?], fields well at first. Should hit well. Ready this year or next.” Accurate. Enjoyed a 15 year ML career before entering the broadcast booth.
- Larry Bowa, Phillies, infield: “Exceptional fielder at second, good at short. Fair arm. Coming as a hitter. Can step in right away and do a big league job.” Spot on again. Finished third in NL ROY and had a grand career primarily at short. Became a short-tempered manager, although he was named NL Manager of the Year in his rookie season with the Phillies in 2001.
- Dave Cash, Pirates, infield: “A fine looking second baseman. Made all the players in late season major league appearance. Almost sure to stick.” Yup. Led the NL in at-bats for three straight years.
- Ted Simmons, Cardinals, catcher: “Adequate catcher but needs further development. Bat will carry him to majors. Considered No. 1 prospect in chain.” Enjoyed a 21-year career with eight All-Star appearances and was elected to Hall of Fame in 2020. Not bad for “adequate.”
- Fred Kendall, Padres, catcher: “Should be regular Padres catcher this year or next. Plenty of hustle and know-how and can get his share of hits.” Didn’t crack 100 games until 1973.
- Sorry but none of the Giants rookies really made a lasting impression, with all due respect.
Next week: the AL rookie reports (because I’m lazy).
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On this date in 1988, Orel Hershiser — who would go on to unanimously win the NL Cy Young Award — clinched the World Championship for the LA Dodgers with a 5-2 win over the Oakland As.
Hershiser was 3-0 with a 1.05 ERA for the postseason after going 23-8 during the regular campaign in which he set the Major League mark of 59 consecutive scoreless innings pitched, breaking the record of 58 2⁄3 innings, held by former Dodger Don Drysdale.
He published Out of the Blue with sportswriter Jerry B. Jenkins the following January.
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On this date in 2004, the Boston Red Sox came all the way back from a 3-0 deficit to the NY Yankees in the ALCS to win their first pennant since 1986. They would go on to win their first World Championship in 86 years, “reversing the curse,” as the saying goes.
As you can imagine, this was an ideal situation for book lovers (Sox book lovers, at least). Several titles were published over the next several months and even years, including:
- Don’t Let Us Win Tonight: An Oral History of the 2004 Boston Red Sox’s Impossible Playoff Run, by Allan Wood and Bill Nowlin
- Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season, by Stuart O’Nan and Stephen King
- Curse Reversed: The 2004 Boston Red Sox, by The Sporting News
- Believe it! World Series Champion Boston Red Sox & Their Remarkable 2004 Season, by The Boston Globe
- Mind Game: How the Boston Red Sox Got Smart Won a World Series, and Created a New Blueprint for Winning, by Baseball Prospectus
- Now I Can Die in Peace, by Bill Simmons
- Miracle at Fenway: The Inside Story of the Boston Red Sox 2004 Championship Season, by Saul Wisnia.
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Amazon keeps changing the way they report, so that will be mirrored here. Sometimes there will be rankings of Kindle and audio-books on baseball, other times, not.
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 (see my piece on “Why Amazon’s search engine sucks“).
In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one by including a book in a category in which it should not be listed (in my opinion). For example, The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect has appeared on Amazon’s BBS list. “Why” is a good question. There might be a smattering of the national pastime in it, but not enough to make it a baseball book per se (again, IMO).
Finally, adults only here. That is, no books for younger readers (i.e., 12 and under). Also no “adult” adult books (romance/erotic fiction that features baseball as a theme although goodness knows there are a bunch of those out there).
So, with all that said…
The links under the authors’ names will take you to the Bookshelf Conversations I had with them. An asterisk denotes a book making its debut on the BBS list. And a “Ω” means it’s an award winner, almost always in the print version.
PRINT
- Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis Ω
- It’s All About the Players, by Peter Gammons (my review on Bookreporter)
- Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments, by Joe Posnanski (my review on Bookreporter) Ω
- The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II, by Anne R. Keene (my Bookshelf review here)
- Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas, by Jesse Cole
- Touching All the Bases: A Story of Power, Purpose, and Surviving the Bronx, by Dave Winfield with Alan Maimon
- The Baseball 100, by Posnanski
- Ball Four: The Final Pitch, by Jim Bouton
- The Mental Game of Baseball: A Guide to Peak Performance, by H. A. Dorfman
- The Science of Hitting, by Ted Williams and John Underwood
KINDLE
- Love Me, Hate Me: Barry Bonds and the Making of an Antihero – A Nuanced Biography of Baseball’s Celebrated, Controversial Icon, by Jeff Perlman
- The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness, by Andy McCullough
- The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O’Neil’s America, by Posnanski
- Yogi: A Life Behind the Mask, by Jon Pessah
- Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game, by Daniel Okrent (Kindle Unlimited, see note)
- The Inside Game: Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us About Ourselves, by Keith Law
- Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City, by Jonathan Mahler
- The Era, 1947–1957: When the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers Ruled the World, by Roger Kahn (Kindle Unlimited, see note)
- The Last Innocents: The Collision of the Turbulent Sixties and the Los Angeles Dodgers, by Michael Leahy Ω (Kindle Unlimited, see note)
- The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood, by Jane Leavy
AUDIO BOOKS
- Nolan: The Singular Life of an American Original, by Tim Brown (my review of the print edition on Bookreporter)
- The Methany Manifesto, by Mike Methany with Jerry B. Jenkins
- The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter, by Ian O’Connor
- The Bad Guys Won: A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo Chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, the Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team Ever to Put on a New York Uniform – and Maybe the Best, by Pearlman (read by the author)
- Unhittable: How Technology, Mavericks, and Innovators Engineered Baseball’s New Era of Pitching Dominance, by Rob Friedman
- Make Me Commissioner: I Know What’s Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It, by Jane Leavy (read. by the author)
- Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball, by Keith O’Brien
- Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty, by Charles Leerhsen
Note: These books are included as Kindle Unlimited titles. See the books’ pages for details.
Still not in the Amazon top ten? 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die. FYI, as of this posting it ranks 3,220,787 in books overall; last time, 3,205,483. Hank Greenberg in 1938: Hatred and Home Runs in the Shadow of War ranks 3,649,898; last time, 3,628,659.
Shameless self-promotion: if you’re looking for some good baseball reading during this down time, why not pick up a copy of 501? It’s like the dictionary; it has the other books in it, which reminds me of one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite shows.
BUT…
Some exciting news (now we’ll see who’s paying attention and reading down this far).
Necessity is the mother of invention. Thanks to emergency surgery in which I said goodbye to a recalcitrant gallbladder, I have a couple off months for recuperation during which time I will be working on a revision of 501.
The new version will include all the original stuff but as you know if you’re a baseball reading fool, there have been a lot of great books published since 501 came out a dozen years ago. So since this isn’t a ranking where one title might be pushed off the list, the new material will appear as an added chapter.
A reminder: There’s an Excel “checklist” of the books list in 501. If you’re interested in keeping track of how many you have read or own, drop me a line.
If you have read either of my books, thanks, hope you enjoyed it, and please consider writing an Amazon review; it’s never too late.
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But sadly, Christy Walsh is no longer around.
A lot of these TT posts are a product of laziness. I look around the house and see what might qualify. In this case, I was reconciling my checking account when my eyes fell on this on an adjacent bookshelf:
Published in 1952, it obviously includes players that might not even make modern “best” lists.
Walsh compiled and edited the 300-plus page book which contains the “usual suspects”: Ruth, Cobb, Mathewson, DiMaggio, et al. The chapters were contributed by writers whose names mean little to all but the most ardent fans of sports writing. But there’s always some deserving player who gets overlooked. Perhaps why there is a final chapter by the estimable Fred Lieb titled “A Rebuttal.”
I purchased my copy on-line. I see Abe Books has one for sale for $20.
Act now!
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Amazon keeps changing the way they report, so that will be mirrored here. Sometimes there will be rankings of Kindle and audio-books on baseball, other times, not.
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 (see my piece on “Why Amazon’s search engine sucks“).
In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one by including a book in a category in which it should not be listed (in my opinion). For example, The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect has appeared on Amazon’s BBS list. “Why” is a good question. There might be a smattering of the national pastime in it, but not enough to make it a baseball book per se (again, IMO).
Finally, adults only here. That is, no books for younger readers (i.e., 12 and under). Also no “adult” adult books (romance/erotic fiction that features baseball as a theme although goodness knows there are a bunch of those out there).
So, with all that said…
The links under the authors’ names will take you to the Bookshelf Conversations I had with them. An asterisk denotes a book making its debut on the BBS list. And a “Ω” means it’s an award winner, almost always in the print version.
PRINT
- Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis Ω
- 72 Stories: From the Baseball Collection of Geddy Lee, by Geddy Lee
- It’s All About the Players, by Peter Gammons (my review on Bookreporter)
- Touching All the Bases: A Story of Power, Purpose, and Surviving the Bronx, by Dave Winfield with Alan Maimon
- Nolan: The Singular Life of an American Original, by Tim Brown (my review on Bookreporter)
- The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams, by Adam Lazarus
- Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments, by Joe Posnanski (my review on Bookreporter) Ω
- The Baseball 100, by Posnanski
- The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II, by Anne R. Keene (my Bookshelf review here)
- Hardball Retro’s Compendium of Baseball Tabletop Simulations, Derek Bain et al
KINDLE
- I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography, by Jackie Robinson and Alfred Duckett
- The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness, by Andy McCullough
- Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City, by Jonathan Mahler
- The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America’s Game, by Edward Achorn
- Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and, “the Worst Baseball Team in History”—The 1973–1975 Texas Rangers, by Mike Shropshire
- Planet of the Umps: A Baseball Life from Behind the Plate, by Ken Kaiser with David Fisher
- Bottom of the Ninth: Branch Rickey, Casey Stengel, and the Daring Scheme to Save Baseball from Itself, by Michael Shapiro
- Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game, by Daniel Okrent (Kindle Unlimited; see note)
- The Last Innocents: The Collision of the Turbulent Sixties and the Los Angeles Dodgers, by Michael Leahy Ω (Kindle Unlimited, see note)
- Rogers Hornsby: A Biography, by Charles Alexander
AUDIO BOOKS
- The Bad Guys Won: A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo Chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, the Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team Ever to Put on a New York Uniform – and Maybe the Best, by Pearlman (read by the author)
- Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back, by Josh Hamilton and Tim Keown
- The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter, by Ian O’Connor
- Just Enough, David Eckstein with Jake Gronsky (narrated by Eckstein)
FYI, The Saga of Sudden Sam, the late Sam McDowell’s memoir, finished #11.
If you enjoy “seeing how the sausage is made,” I highly recommend Nine Innings. There have been a few books dissecting a random game. This is one of the better choices.
Note: These books are included as Kindle Unlimited titles. See the books’ pages for details.
Still not in the Amazon top ten? 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die. FYI, as of this posting it ranks 3,205,483 in books overall; last time, 3,166,002. Hank Greenberg in 1938: Hatred and Home Runs in the Shadow of War ranks 3,628,659 ; last time, 3,524,673.
Shameless self-promotion: if you’re looking for some good baseball reading during this down time, why not pick up a copy of 501? It’s like the dictionary; it has the other books in it, which reminds me of one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite shows.
BUT…
Some exciting news (now we’ll see who’s paying attention and reading down this far).
Necessity is the mother of invention. Thanks to emergency surgery in which I said goodbye to a recalcitrant gallbladder, I have a couple off months for recuperation during which time I will be working on a revision of 501.
The new version will include all the original stuff but as you know if you’re a baseball reading fool, there have been a lot of great books published since 501 came out a dozen years ago. So since this isn’t a ranking where one title might be pushed off the list, the new material will appear as an added chapter.
A reminder: There’s an Excel “checklist” of the books list in 501. If you’re interested in keeping track of how many you have read or own, drop me a line.
If you have read either of my books, thanks, hope you enjoyed it, and please consider writing an Amazon review; it’s never too late.
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Remind magazine is for “people of a certain age,” of which, for better or worse, I am now a member.
Each issue is based on a theme but seems to devote itself primarily to TV shows from a specific period. (There was even a baseball issue published in May 2024, which led to my subscribing to the publication.)
The July/August issue is all about “Americana,” celebrating the country’s 250th anniversary. One of the feature stories is “How Baseball Brought America Back” by Rob Edelstein.
Just a thought as the cooler days of fall approach.
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Sam McDowell, the fireballing lefty, passed away Sunday at the age of 84. Here’s his obituary from The New York Times by Richard Goldstein.
McDowell was one of the most intimidating pitchers during the 1960s, mostly with the Cleveland Indians where he made his debut at the age of 18.
He was a six-time All-Star, racking up six consecutive seasons with 225+ strikeouts, including two of 300 or more. He also led the AL in walks five times yet hit just 59 batters over his 12 seasons, finishing with a so-so W-L record of 141-134 and a 3.17 ERA.
McDowell also played for the Giants, Yankees, and Pirates before leaving the Majors at just 32, his career cut sort no doubt by substance abuse.
He published The Saga of Sudden Sam: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Sam McDowell with Martin Gitlin in 2025.
Fred Claire, the long time executive who coined the famous phrase for the LA Dodgers, died Monday at the age of 91. Here’s the Times obit via The Athletic, by Patrick Mooney. Ironically, he passed away on his birthday.
The Dodger stalwart published Fred Claire: My 30 Years in Dodger Blue with Steve Springer in 2004. He was also the subject of Extra Innings: Fred Claire’s Journey to City of Hope and Finding a World Championship Team by Tim Madigan in 2020.
So here’s my obituary rabbit hole.
Goldstein, to put it politely, is man of a certain age. Mooney looks substantially younger from his thumbnail photo on the site. I wonder if the difference in the age and experience of an older obit writer makes any difference? After all, Goldstein at least had the opportunity to experience McDowell “in real time”; I doubt you could say that for Mooney. Would that influence Goldstein at all, that personal experience?
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I was starting to do the research for my post on upcoming baseball books and a couple of titles caught my eye. I don’t know why, but they struck a nerve. (Full disclosure: I have not read these books.)
The first is Baseball Facts for Men: Fascinating History, Records, Players and Ballparks. No author listed.
What do you mean, “for men“? Are the facts different for women? Are these more “manly” facts?
The next was Baseball Stories for Seniors: 40 Remarkable True Stories from Baseball History in Easy to Read Large Print, by Troy Oakes (and yes the part about large print is right in the title). Maybe these have to deal with old stories. Goodness knows as I’ve gotten older I find it more and more difficult to keep up with the contemporary game. Used to be a team would manage to play an entire season with 45 players. Now they’ve used that many by the All Star break. For me, “old” stories used to mean reading about Ruth, Cobb, Gehrig, and Paige. Now Schmidt, Seaver, Piazza, and Reggie probably qualify as old.
These reminded me of some books published more than a decade ago, including
- Questions Women Want To Know About Baseball, by Sophia Grace
- It Takes More Than Balls: The Savvy Girls’ Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Baseball, by Deidre Silva and Jackie Koney. More on how that book came to be, here.
- The Cool Chick’s Guide to Baseball, by Lisa Martin
Maybe it’s inappropriate for me to ask, but why is there a need for separate explanations for the genders?
Also, these days, I don’t think it’s inappropriate to wonder if Men and Seniors might be AI generated. The topics seem broad enough to just as a bot to come up with some related stories pertaining to the books’ titles and just go with it (especially since Men is not attributed to an author).
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is available on Amazon.com,
You “complete” me
October 26, 2026 · 0 comments
But the one that really grinds my gears is “complete.”
In some rare cases, it might be accurate.
Overall, however, that’s just not right.
Until a thing is, well, complete — that is, totally done — can a book ever be “complete?”
Anything statistical cannot be considered complete unless
Here are just a few examples. Some are instructional in nature, others are more historical or statistically driven.
So if something is “revised,” can it be complete?
But these? Nope. “Life,” in the form of new seasons and games, goes on
I could go on, but you get the point.
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