I am not prone to using profanity on any of my blogs but when I picked up my MLB Preview, what did I see? A photo of Le’veon Bell, the NY Jets big deal. Now, I know that the baseball annuals tailor their covers according to region, but this? Inexcusable. There shouldn’t be anything other […]
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Alex Bregman,
Astroball,
Ben Reiter,
Sports Illustrated
Headnote: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not longer be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them. But it’ll be close enough for government work. In addition, sometimes the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one by including a book in a category to which it […]
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Art Shamsky,
Babe Ruth,
baseball rules,
Bernard Malamud,
Houston Astors,
Jane Leavy,
Little League,
Michael Lewis,
Moneyball,
New York Mets,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
rookies,
Ted Williams,
The Natural
Headnote: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not longer be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them. But it’ll be close enough for government work. In addition, sometimes the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one by including a book in a category to which it […]
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analytics,
Art Shamsky,
Babe Ruth,
baseball rookies,
Fantasy baseball,
Jane Leavy,
Michael Lewis,
Moneyball,
New York Mets,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
sabermetrics
Headnote: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not longer be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them. But it’ll be close enough for government work. In addition, sometimes the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one by including a book in a category to which it […]
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Babe Ruth,
Ball Four,
Boston Red Sox,
Fantasy baseball,
Houston Astros,
Jim Bouton,
Moneyball,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
rookies,
Ted Williams
Headnote: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not longer be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them. But it’ll be close enough for government work. In addition, sometimes the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one by including a book in a category to which it […]
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Babe Ruth,
baseball analytics,
Chicago Cubs,
Fantasy baseball,
Little League,
New Yotk Mets
I was so desperate for baseball news, I actually bought a fantasy magazine a few weeks ago. I’ll be honest: in the past few years, the game has lost its allure for me. Not the literary or historical aspects, but the actual guys who are currently playing. So I make my annual “resolution” to be […]
Four new inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame come next summer. Some have already been the subject of books, including The Closer, by Mariano Rivera and Wayne Coffey, published when the Yankees superstar — and the only man to be unanimously voted in by the BBWAA — retired in 2013. Edgar Martinez — designated […]
Headnote: I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about the quality. As far as the audio goes, I’m […]
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Babe Ruth. Ted Williams,
baseball analytics,
Baseball Cards,
baseball nostalgia,
baseball photography,
baseball rules,
baseball statistics,
baseball strategy,
Boston Red Sox,
Brooklyn Dodgers,
coaching,
Houston Astros,
New York Yankees
Headnote: I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about the quality. As far as the audio goes, I’m […]
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baseball analytics,
baseball nostalgia,
baseball photography,
baseball statistics,
baseball strategy,
Boston Red Sox,
Brooklyn Dodgers,
Houston Astros,
New York Yankees
Welcome to 2019. I hope y’all had a great holiday season. “Pitchers and catchers” are still more than a month away, so I hope this list of forthcoming books will serve as a source of warmth and comfort until then. We seem to have the requisite number of material about former stars such as Jackie […]
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Art Shamsky,
Baltimore Orioles,
Barry Zito,
Boston Red Sox,
Bud Selig,
Chicago Cubs,
David Cone,
Edgar Martinex,
Ernie Banks,
Harry Caray,
Jackie Robinsoin,
Los Angeles Dodgers,
Luis Tiant,
Mickey Mantle,
Moneyball,
New York Mets,
New York Yankees,
Pete Rose,
Pitching,
Roger Angell,
Ron Swoboda,
World Chanmpionship,
World Series,
Wrigley Field,
Yogi Berra
Headnote: I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about the quality. As far as the audio goes, I’m […]
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Babe Ruth,
baseball photography,
Boston Red Sox,
Houston Astros,
Jane Leavy,
Michael Lewis,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Ted Williams,
Trivia
In the interests of transparency, I have to say that I started this on Friday but didn’t get to post it. So the print and kindle lists are from 11/16 and the audio is from 11/17. Headnote: I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware […]
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baseball photography,
Bill James,
Boston Red Sox,
Houston Astros,
Jane Leavy,
Michael Lewis,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Ted Williams,
World Series
Headnote: I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about the quality. As far as the audio goes, I’m […]
Tagged as:
Babe Ruth,
baseball photographs,
Boston Red Sox,
Houston Astros,
Jane Leavy,
Jim Bouton,
Michael Lewis,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Ted Williams