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 […]
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 […]
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Babe Ruth,
baseball photographs,
Boston Red Sox,
Houston Astros,
Jane Leavy,
Jim Bouton,
Michael Lewis,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Ted Williams
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 […]
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,
Boston Red Sox,
Detroit Tigers,
Houston Astros,
Jane Leavy,
Michael Lewis,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Rob Neyer,
Robert Creamer,
Ted Williams
Missed posting last week because of the trip. 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 […]
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Babe Ruth,
Boston Red Sox,
Detroit Tigers,
Houston Astros,
Jane Leavy,
Michael Lewis,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Ted Williams
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 […]
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 Cards,
Detroit Tigers,
Houston Astros,
instructionals,
Jane Leavy,
Jim Bouton,
Ken Harrelson,
Moneyball,
Oakland As,
Ted Williams
A semi-regular (I guess that sounds better than “irregular”) attempt to catch up on the baseball book and other news wince my last similar posting. * NY Daily News sportswriter/author Bill Madden contributed this list of the best baseball books of all time. All are worthy of the accolades (A Day in the Bleachers, The […]
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 anecdotes,
Baseball Cards,
Houston Astros,
instructionals,
Jane Leavy,
Jonah Keri,
Ken Harrelson,
Moneyball,
Montreal Expos,
Oakland As,
Ted Williams
I must admit, I had never heard of the late Tom Clark. When I was googling “Neil Simon and baseball” for an entry on the late playwright, Clark’s name popped up in the results; his obituary — written by Richard Sandomir — must have appeared on the same date as Simon. The piece was published […]
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baseball poetry,
Mark Fidrych,
Tom Clark
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 […]
Holy cats, has it really been almost two months since I posted one of these? Moving on… 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 […]
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Bernard Malamud,
Boston Red Sox,
Chicago Cubs,
Chipper Jones,
hitting,
Houston Astros,
Moe Berg,
Nicholas Dawidoff,
Rick Ankiel. baseball cards,
strategy,
Ted Williams,
Wrigly Field
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 rules,
baseball statistics,
Chicago Cubs,
David Halnerstam,
David Ross,
Keith Hernandez,
Ken Harrelson,
New York Mets,
New York Yankees,
oral history,
Ted Williams,
trivia,
Ty Cobb,
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 […]
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baseball rules,
Davey Johnson,
Detroit Tigers,
Keith Hernandez,
Ken Harelson,
Little League,
Michael Lewis,
Mickey Lolich,
New York Mets,
Oakland As,
Ted Williams