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 […]
The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC featured two pieces about baseball recently. On March 28, Sportswriter Ken Dawidoff and pediatrician Dr. Harley Rotbart spoke about their new book, 101 Lessons from the Dugout: What Baseball and Softball Can Teach Us About the Game of Life (jump to the 56:00 mark). A few days later, A.M. […]
Baseball preview issues. I really don’t know who the audience for these paper dinosaurs is anymore. As a pre-Internet kid, I looked forward to that period in early spring when they hit the news stands en masse. Some were Some were just “one-year wonders.” Others, like Sport, The Sporting News, Street & Smith, Inside Sports, […]
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Baseball magazines
When I was looking at the 2026 New York Mets Media Guide for a recent review, I noted how the players’ pages highlighted specific OG statistics like home runs, RBI, batting average, wins, strikeouts, and ERA. Of course, nowadays we have pitch rotation, bat speed, exit velocity, launch angles, WAR, BABIP, and more than I can keep […]
In the “here’s something you don’t see every day” category: With so many books, it’s a rare thing when Publisher’s Weekly does something with a baseball title, but here’s what they had to say about Death in the Strike Zone: The Mystery of America’s First Baseball Hero, by Thomas Gilbert. From America Magazine: The Jesuit Review […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
♦ The passing of Pirates Hall of Famer Bill Mazersoki makes tributes like this one — “Maz, You’re Up” from the Pittsburgh quarterly by Richard “Pete” Peterson — all the more poignant. ♦ From MLB.com: “As he recovered from a rare third ulnar collateral ligament surgery on his right elbow, Reds reliever Tejay Antone wrote […]
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Bill Mazeroski,
Darryl Strawberry
That is the question. I’ve been collecting Topps Heritage sets for a few years now. I am enchanted by the homages to the designs of my youth, especially the early 60s when I started the hobby in earnest. I figured this might be a good way for me to familiarize myself with today’s players. One […]
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Topps Heritage
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 […]
From WBGO Radio, “Legendary sportswriter and author Jerry Izenberg tells the story of black baseball in his novel ‘Damn You, Josh Gibson: A Ghost Story’” From Sports Collectors Daily: “New Book Chronicles Fake Ty Cobb Items and Pegs Biographer as Source” From the USA Today network: “Celebrate the Detroit Tigers storied history with this hardcover […]
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baseball fiction,
Detroit Tigers,
Jerry Izenberg,
Moneyball,
Shohei Ohtani
Mike Shannon and I go way back. One of the first book reviews I ever had published was with Spitball Magazine, where he serves as editor-in-chief. He is also one of the only Bookshelf Conversation guests I have ever broken bread with. A few years back, I had the opportunity to attend a CASEY Awards ceremony […]
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Mike Shannon,
Spitball Magazine
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 […]
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 […]
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Mickey Lolich
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 […]
SABR Day is fast approaching. The Elysian Fields Chapter (Northern New Jersey) will hold its annual event at historic Hinchcliffe Stadium in Paterson, NJ, on Saturday, February 7. The roster of guests includes artists Todd Radom, Ellen Lindner, and Brian Kong. Each of the trio has their own unique […]
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 […]
Baseball Obscura — now in its third year — follows in the footsteps of Bill James’ Baseball Abstracts. Its author, David Fleming, comes by his publication honestly since he was a frequent contributor to James’ website over the years. One of the things we discussed in our Bookshelf Conversation is the slow death of the […]
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Baseball Obscura,
David Fleming
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