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Baseball Best-Sellers, January 8, 2021

January 8, 2021

And so we begin again. Hope everyone had as happy and healthy a New Year as is possible under these circumstances. Looking forward to a new season full of interesting topics handled by talented writers. A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the […]

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Coming down the pike: University of Nebraska Press

December 22, 2020

Something to look forward to. Recently received the Spring/Summer catalog from the University of Nebraska Press, publishers of my own 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die. These folks traditionally come up with thoughtful and somewhat unusual topics, but for their upcoming season, there seems to be a higher number of pertinent titles […]

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Tagged as: Boston Red Sox, Dave Parker, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Horace Stoneham, Minnesota Twins, Oscar Charleston, Tony Lazzari, University of Nebraska Press

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Baseball Best-Sellers, November 6, 2020

November 6, 2020

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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Tagged as: Baseball Cards, David Wright, Los Angeles Dodgers, Moneyball, New York Mets, Ted Williams

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Coming down the pike … again (2021 baseball titles)

October 27, 2020

As I mentioned in the previous post, I was looking into baseball titles that came out during the year. So why not kill two birds with one stone with my occasional looks ahead. So looking ahead to 2021, in no particular order: Cobra: A Life of Baseball and Brotherhood, by Dave Parker and Dave Jordan […]

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Tagged as: Babe Ruth, Dave Parker, Jackie Robinson, Mickey Mantle, New York Mets, Roger Maris, Ron Blomberg, Thurman Munson

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