This week in baseball books, featuring the best-sellers according to Amazon.com on Friday, July 17.
| Title | Rank |
|---|---|
| General | |
Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend , Tye |
1 |
| Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain, Appel | 2 |
| Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, Lewis | 3 |
| Bert Sugar’s Baseball Hall of Fame: A Living History of America’s Greatest Game | 4 |
| The Yankee Years, Torre and Verducci | 5 |
| Essays and Writing | |
| Moneyball | 1 |
| Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back, Hamilton and Keown |
2 |
| Heart of the Game: Life, Death, and Mercy in Minor League America, Price | 3 |
| As They See ‘Em: A Fan’s Travels in the Land of Umpires, Weber | 4 |
| Now I Can Die in Peace: How The Sports Guy Found Salvation Thanks to the World Champion (Twice!) Red Sox, Simmons | 5 |
| History | |
| Satchel | 1 |
| Munson | 2 |
| Bert Sugar’s Baseball Hall of Fame: A Living History of America’s Greatest Game | 3 |
| Yogi Berra, Eternal Yankee, Barra | 4 |
| Forever Blue, D’Antonio | 5 |
| Statistics | |
| The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, Tango et al | 1 |
| Watching Baseball Smarter, Hample | 2 |
| Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game is Wrong, Baseball Prospectus | 3 |
| The Bill James Handbook | 4 |
| Baseball Prospectus 2009 |
5 |
Analysis: With the Hall of Fame inductions fast approaching, Sugar’s photo-essay book is a natural to break into the top five ranks. The Munson and Paige bios continue to hold their spots; they’re nos. 17 and 19, respectively, on the NY Times bestseller non-fiction hardcover list. Weber (As they See ‘Em) will be a guest speaker at the SABR convention in Washington, DC next week. An umpire in my league told me he bought eight copies as gifts on my recommendation. I figure I’m entitled to a cut from the author.
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