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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Barry Zito,
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Edgar Martinex,
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Harry Caray,
Jackie Robinsoin,
Los Angeles Dodgers,
Luis Tiant,
Mickey Mantle,
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New York Mets,
New York Yankees,
Pete Rose,
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Roger Angell,
Ron Swoboda,
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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 […]
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,
Chicago Cubs,
Davey Johnson,
David Ross,
Keith Hernandexz,
New York Mets,
New York Yankees,
oral history,
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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Ball Four,
baseball business,
baseball defense,
baseball managers,
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Davey Johnson,
David Halberstam,
Jim Bouton,
Keith Hernandez,
Mike Metheny,
New York Mets,
Ted Williams
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 […]
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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H.A. Dorfman,
Joe Maddon,
Keith Hernandez,
Michael Lewis
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 rookies,
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college baseball,
Joe Maddon,
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Lou Gehrig,
Michael Lewis,
Minnesota Twins,
minor leagues,
New York Yankees,
prospects,
Ron Guidry,
rookies
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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Chicago Cubs,
college baseball,
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Lou Gehrig,
Michael Lewis,
minor leagues,
New York Yankees,
prospects,
rookies
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 America,
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baseball rookies,
Chicago Cubs,
college baseball,
Joe Maddon,
Little League,
Lou Gehrig,
Michael Lewis,
minor leagues,
New York Yankees,
prospects,
rookies
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 prospects,
baseball rookies,
Chicago Cubs,
Jim Bouton,
Joe Maddon,
Little League,
Michael Lewis,
minor leagues,
New York Yankees,
prospects,
rookies
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 analysis,
Baseball Cards,
baseball prospects,
baseball rookies,
Bill James,
Chicago Cubs,
Michael Lewis,
minor leagues,
New York Yankees,
prospects,
rookies
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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minor leagues
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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Chicago Cubs,
Chipper Jones,
Michael Lewis,
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rookies
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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Bill James,
Chicago Cubs,
Chipper Jones,
Michael Lewis,
prospects,
rookies
Wow, has it really been more than a month since the last one of these? Yikes. As you may have notice, these entries have been falling off in the last several weeks. My apologies. A new full-time job — very different from what I had been doing as the sports and features editor of a […]
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Baseball instruction,
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Bob Gibson,
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David Ross,
Denny McLain,
Hank Greenberg,
Rich Cohen,
Ted Williams,
World Series
NOTE: I have been posting these things long enough now that a few have commented that the introductory section isn’t necessary anymore. But I’m leaving it in because, to paraphrase Joe DiMaggio when asked why he played so hard all the time, there may be people who’ve never read the best-seller entries before. So on […]
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Chicago Cubs,
Chipper Jones,
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David Ross,
Lou Pinella,
Michael Lewis,
Mike Methany,
Oakland As
Dan Schlossberg has written thousands of articles and a number of books on the national pastime, including a couple of my personal favorites on which he collaborated as co-author, Al Clark‘s Called Out but Safe: A Baseball Umpire’s Journey and Designated Hebrew: The Ron Blomberg Story. Schlossberg’s latest is also one of his oldest. He […]
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Al Clark,
Dan Schlossberg,
Ron Blomberg
It seems only fitting that I should follow up last week’s chat with Paul Dickson, author of Leo Durocher: Baseball’s Prodigal Son, with Marty Appel, author of Casey Stengel: Baseball’s Greatest Character. Both books tell the stories of men who enjoyed a lifetime connection with the national pastime. Appel, a former PR director for the NY […]
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Casey Stengel,
Marty Appel
NOTE: I have been posting these things long enough now that a few have commented that the introductory section isn’t necessary anymore. But I’m leaving it in because, to paraphrase Joe DiMaggio when asked why he played so hard all the time, there may be people who’ve never read the best-seller entries before. So on […]
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Chicago Cubs,
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Leo Durocher,
Marty Appel,
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Rick Ankiel,
sabermetrics,
Theo Epstein,
World Series