TWIBB: Feb. 18, 2011

February 18, 2011

The top baseball books, according to Amazon.com as of Friday, Feb 18, at 3:30 p.m.

Title Rank
General
Baseball Prospectus 2011 1
Baseball America 2011 Prospect Handbook: The 2011 Expert Guide to Baseball Prospects and MLB Organization Rankings (Baseball America Prospect Handbook) 2
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis (Kindle version; print edition, #5) 3
The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood, by Jane Leavy (Kindle version; print edition, #6) 4
The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First, by Jonah Keri 5
Essays and Writing
Moneyball (Kindle version; print edition, #2) 1
Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back, by Josh Hamilton with Tim Keown (Kindle version_ 2
The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told: Thirty Unforgettable Tales from the Diamond, by Jeff Silverman 3
The Game from Where I Stand: A Ballplayer’s Inside View, by Doug Glanville 4
The Bullpen Gospels, by Dirk Hayhurst (Kindle version) 5
History
A Band of Misfits, by Andrew Baggary 1
Donnie Baseball: The Definitive Biography of Don Mattingly, by Mike Shalin 2
The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth, by Leigh Montville (Kindle version) 3
Baseball America 2011 Almanac: A Comprehensive Review of the 2010 Season (Baseball America Almanac) 4
Why Time Begins on Opening Day (The Penquin sports library), by Thomas Boswell 5
Statistics
Baseball Prospectus 1
Baseball America 2011 Prospects Handbook 2
Baseball Forecaster 2011, by Ron Shandler 3
The Bill James Handbook 2011 4
Minor League Baseball Analyst 2011, by Deric McKinney 5

(Note: Since The New York Times has decided to start listing e-book bestsellers, I guess it’s time for me to change with the Times (heh, get it?). So now this list includes print and Kindle editions.

Analysis: Baseball Prospectus (38) and  Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won (91) appear on Amazon’s general best-seller list; Scorecasting is also #14 on the NY Times’ Hardcover Non-fiction list. They are joined in the sports title list by Baseball America 2011 Prospects Handbook, Moneyball, and The Baseball Forecaster. An oldie, but goodie: Thomas Boswell’s Why Time Begins on Opening Day is a an old  favorite and pleasant surprise to see herein.

It’s news to me: The long-awaited biography of Yankees’ hero Don Mattingly makes it to the list.



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