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Baseball Best-Sellers, May 18, 2018

May 18, 2018

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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Tagged as: Ball Four, baseball business, baseball defense, baseball managers, baseball uniforms, Davey Johnson, David Halberstam, Jim Bouton, Keith Hernandez, Mike Metheny, New York Mets, Ted Williams

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Baseball Best-Sellers, May 4, 2018

May 4, 2018

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 a […]

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Baseball Best-Sellers, April 20, 2018

April 20, 2018

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 a […]

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Tagged as: Baseball Cards, baseball strategy, Chicago Cubs, H.A. Dorfman, Houston Astros, Joe Maddon, Keith Hernandez, Michael Lewis, Mickey Mantle, Moneyball, Ted Williams

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Baseball Best-Sellers, April 6, 2018

April 6, 2018

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 a […]

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Tagged as: Baseball America, baseball analysis, baseball prospects, baseball rookies, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, college baseball, Joe Maddon, Little League, Lou Gehrig, Michael Lewis, Minnesota Twins, minor leagues, New York Yankees, prospects, Ron Guidry, rookies

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Baseball Best-Sellers, March 23, 2018

March 23, 2018

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 a […]

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Tagged as: Baseball America, baseball analysis, baseball prospects, baseball rookies, Chicago Cubs, college baseball, Joe Maddon, Little League, Lou Gehrig, Michael Lewis, minor leagues, New York Yankees, prospects, rookies

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The Bookshelf Conversation: Sridhar Pappu

March 19, 2018

They say the Golden Age of a thing — in this case a sports thing —  is often what you remember from your childhood, a time when you had a love for the game that wasn’t affected by too much “grown up” knowledge of salary disputes, gossip, scandal, etc. Roger Kahn got the ball rolling with The Boys of Summer, […]

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Tagged as: Bob Gibson, Denny McLain, Detroit Tigers, Sridhar Pappu, St. Louis Cardinals

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Baseball Best-Sellers, March 16, 2018

March 16, 2018

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 a […]

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Tagged as: Baseball America, baseball analysis, baseball prospects, baseball rookies, Chicago Cubs, college baseball, Joe Maddon, Little League, Lou Gehrig, Michael Lewis, minor leagues, New York Yankees, prospects, rookies

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Baseball Best-Sellers, March 9, 2018

March 9, 2018

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 a […]

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Tagged as: Baseball America, baseball analysis, baseball prospects, baseball rookies, Chicago Cubs, Jim Bouton, Joe Maddon, Little League, Michael Lewis, minor leagues, New York Yankees, prospects, rookies

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Baseball Best-Sellers, March 2, 2018

March 2, 2018

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 a […]

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Tagged as: Baseball America, baseball analysis, Baseball Cards, baseball prospects, baseball rookies, Bill James, Chicago Cubs, Michael Lewis, minor leagues, New York Yankees, prospects, rookies

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Baseball Best-Sellers, February 23, 2018

February 23, 2018

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 a […]

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Tagged as: minor leagues

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Baseball Best-Sellers, February 16, 2018

February 16, 2018

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 a […]

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Tagged as: Baseball America, baseball analysis, Bill James, Chicago Cubs, Chipper Jones, Michael Lewis, prospects, rookies

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Baseball Best-Sellers, February 9, 2018

February 9, 2018

A new year, a new look for the BBS list. 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 […]

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Tagged as: Baseball America, baseball analysis, Bill James, Chicago Cubs, Chipper Jones, Michael Lewis, prospects, rookies

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Baseball Best-Sellers, February 2, 2018

February 2, 2018

A new year, a new look for the BBS list. 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 […]

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Baseball Best-Sellers, January 26, 2018

January 26, 2018

A new year, a new look for the BBS list. 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 […]

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Tagged as: Baseball America, baseball analysis, Bill James, Chicago Cubs, Chipper Jones, Michael Lewis, prospects, rookies

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Bits and Pieces, January 16, 2018

January 16, 2018

Here’s an interview with one of my favorites: Dan Epstein with Clayton Trutor of the Down the Drive blog. From the Chester County Press, “Steve Potter recently released his book, “2nd Annual Phillies Minor League Digest: A Fan’s View” as a recap to the 2017 minor league season. The book includes team review of each […]

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Tagged as: Dan Epstein, Philadelphia Phillies, World War I

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Baseball Best-Sellers, January 12, 2018

January 12, 2018

A new year, a new look for the BBS list. 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 […]

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Tagged as: Baseball America, baseball analysis, Bill James, Chicago Cubs, Michael Lewis, prospects, rookies, Ted Williams

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Bits and Pieces, January 9, 2018

January 9, 2018

Here we go again. Man, is this a dull off-season or what? Aside from the Yankees getting richer with the acquisition of Giancarlo Stanton, what is has really rocked your socks? SO, trying to make lemonade out of lemons… Let’s start off with a little shameless self-promotion: Paul Hagen offers this piece — “Looking back […]

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Tagged as: Aaron Judge, Casey Stengel, Dick Enberg, Houston Astros, Leo Durocher, Marty Appel, Mickey Mantle, New York Times, Paul Dickson, Richard Sandomir, Troy Soos

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Coming down the pike, part two

January 6, 2018

A couple of months ago, I posted about some of the new books being published in 2018. Since then, Amazon has put up a few more titles. You’re welcome. In order of release, and sticking to the same restrictions as I have often stated… The Science of Baseball: Modeling Bat-Ball Collisions and the Flight of […]

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Tagged as: Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros, New Yiork Yankees

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Baseball Best-Sellers, January 5, 2018

January 5, 2018

A new year, a new look for the BBS list. 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 […]

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Tagged as: Baseball America, baseball analysis, Bill James, Chicago Cubs, Michael Lewis, prospects, rookies

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Baseball Best-Sellers, December 29, 2017

December 29, 2017

By now most of you are familiar with my caveats, so I’ll just mention them briefly: The list includes only print editions of books; calendars (even though Amazon includes them on their lists), no audiobooks (as much as I enjoy them), and no kindle (because I’m old school). Second, since the rankings are updated every […]

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Tagged as: baseball analytics, Chicago Cubs, Fantasy baseball, Houston Astros, New York Yankees, prospects, Trivia, World Series

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