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Baseball best-sellers, May 1, 2015

May 1, 2015

NEW STUFF: 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… […]

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Tagged as: baseball history, Baseball instruction, Bill Pennington, Billy Martin, Boston Red Sox, Derek Jeter, H.A. Dorfman, Jim Kaat, John Feinstein, Michael Lewis, minor leagues, Moneyball, New York Yankees, Oakland As, Pedro Martinez, San Francisco Giants, Ted Williams, Triumph Publishing

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Throwback Thursday (Massive links dump, continued)

April 30, 2015

Since I posted the first of these on a Thursday, which is known on social media as a time of reflection, I thought to make it a regular thing under this rubric. These are kind of fun; it’s like a box of chocolates — you never know what you’re gonna get. (Actually, I never understood […]

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Tagged as: Alex Rodriguez, baseball movies, baseball photography, baseball statistics, baseball stats, Derek Jeter, Doug Glanville, Jews and baseball, John Montgomery Ward, Marty Noble

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Baseball best-sellers, April 24, 2015

April 24, 2015

NEW STUFF: 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… […]

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Tagged as: Baltimore Orioles, baseball history, Baseball instruction, Bill Pennington, Billy Martin, Derek Jeter, H.A. Dorfman, Hal McCoy, Jim Kaat, Michael Lewis, Moneyball, New York Yankees, Oakland As, San Francisco Giants, Ted Williams, Triumph Publishing

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Upcoming author events

April 17, 2015

The Yogi Berra Museum in Little Falls, NJ, will host an appearance by Steve Kettmann, author of Baseball Maverick, tomorrow (April 18) at 2 p.m. Joining Kettmann will be Sandy Alderson, the subject of the book. The program begins at 2 p.m. Cost is $30 and includes admission to the museum for you and one […]

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Tagged as: Bill Pennington, Jeff Katz, Jennifer Ring, Jim Kaat, Steve Kettmann, Steve Steinberg

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Baseball Best-Sellers, April 17, 2015

April 17, 2015 · 1 comment

NEW STUFF: 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… […]

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Tagged as: Billy Martin, Derek Jeter, Fantasy baseball, John Feinstein, Michael Lewis, Moneyball, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland As, San Francisco Giants, Sandy Alderson, Steve Kettmann, Ted Williams

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Baseball Best-Sellers, April 10, 2015

April 10, 2015

NEW STUFF: 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… […]

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Tagged as: Billy Martin, Derek Jeter, Fantasy baseball, Hal McCoy, John Feinstein, Michael Lewis, Moneyball, New York Yankees, Oakland As, San Francisco Giants, Ted Williams

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Baseball Best-Sellers, March 20, 2015

March 20, 2015

Note: Just like Chuck Lorre’s “vanity cards” at the end of The Big Bang Theory, you should read these list stories to their conclusion; the end is always changing, even though the theme is basically the same, finishing up with a self-promotional message. So without further ado, here are the top ten baseball books as […]

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Tagged as: baseball coaching, baseball history, baseball statistics, Derek Jeter, Fantasy baseball, Michael Lewis, Oakland As

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Bits and pieces, March 16

March 16, 2015

Curt Smith, author of several fine volumes about baseball broadcasters and broadcasting, offers this nostalgic essay on “Spring training: Baseball’s Brigadoon” in the Irondequoit Post. Publishers Weekly published their annual list of new baseball topics. Unfortunately, it’s only available to subscribers. I’ll see if I can find an end-around at some point. “Spring inevitably means […]

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Tagged as: Boston Red Sox, Curt Smith, Joe Black, John Klima, Mark Simon, Nolan Ryan, NY Mets, Rob Goldman, Sandy Alderson, Steve Kettmann, Who's Who in baseball

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Baseball Best-Sellers, March 6, 2015

March 6, 2015

Note: Just like Chuck Lorre’s “vanity cards” at the end of The Big Bang Theory, you should read these list stories to their conclusion; the end is always changing, even though the theme is basically the same, finishing up with a self-promotional message. So without further ado, here are the top ten baseball books as […]

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Tagged as: baseball statistics, Bill James, Derek Jeter, Fantasy baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Michael Lewis, Montreal Expos, Oakland As, Tommy Lasorda

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Baseball Best-Sellers, Feb. 20, 2015

February 20, 2015

Note: Just like Chuck Lorre’s “vanity cards” at the end of The Big Bang Theory, you should read these list stories to their conclusion; the end is always changing, even though the theme is basically the same, finishing up with a self-promotional message. So without further ado, here are the top ten baseball books as […]

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Tagged as: Bill James, Derek Jeter, Fantasy baseball, Mariano Rivera, Michael Lewish, minor leagues, New York Yankees, Oakland As, Ron Shandler

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Baseball best-sellers, Feb. 13, 2015

February 13, 2015

Note: Just like Chuck Lorre’s “vanity cards” at the end of The Big Bang Theory, you should read these list stories to their conclusion; the end is always changing, even though the theme is basically the same, finishing up with a self-promotional message. So without further ado, here are the top ten baseball books as […]

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Tagged as: Bill James, Cleveland Indians, Derek Jeter, Fantasy baseball, Michael Lewis, Moneyball, New York Yankees, Ted Williams, Yogi Berra

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Baseball best-sellers, Feb. 6, 2015

February 6, 2015

Note: Just like Chuck Lorre’s “vanity cards” at the end of The Big Bang Theory, you should read these list stories to their conclusion; the end is always changing, even though the theme is basically the same, finishing up with a self-promotional message. So without further ado, here are the top ten baseball books as […]

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Tagged as: baseball coaching, baseball statistics, Bill James, Derek Jeter, Fantasy baseball, Michael Lewis, minor leagues, Moneyball, New York Yankees, Ted Williams, World Series

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Baseball best-sellers, Jan. 30,2015

January 30, 2015

  Note: Just like Chuck Lorre’s “vanity cards” at the end of The Big Bang Theory, you should read these list stories to their conclusion; the end is always changing, even though the theme is basically the same, finishing up with a self-promotional message. So without further ado, here are the top ten baseball books […]

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Tagged as: Bill James, Derek Jeter, Fantasy baseball, Mariano Rivera, Michael Lewis, Moneyball, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, World Series

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Baseball best-sellers, Jan. 23, 2015

January 23, 2015

  Note: Just like Chuck Lorre’s “vanity cards” at the end of The Big Bang Theory, you should read these list stories to their conclusion; the end is always changing, even though the theme is basically the same, finishing up with a self-promotional message. So without further ado, here are the top ten baseball books […]

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Tagged as: Baseball America, baseball fiction, Baseball Prospectus, Bernard Malamud, Bill James, Derek Jeter, Fantasy baseball, Who's Who in baseball

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Review roundup, Jan. 21

January 22, 2015

I frequently wonder about the role of book critics: Must they be students of the topics of which they read and report? Fans? That’s certainly not the case in this piece by Mark Dent of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Dent writes – with my annotations in brackets — The “summer” baseball book could have its own […]

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Tagged as: Alex Rodriguez, ballparks, baseball fans, baseball fiction, Branch Rickey, Jackie Robinson, New York Yankees, PEDs, Roger Kahn

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Baseball best-sellers, Jan. 16, 2015

January 16, 2015

  Note: Just like Chuck Lorre’s “vanity cards” at the end of The Big Bang Theory, you should read these list stories to their conclusion; the end is always changing, even though the theme is basically the same, finishing up with a self-promotional message. On with the show… As you may have notice in recent […]

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Tagged as: Baseball America, baseball fiction, Baseball Prospectus, Bernard Malamud, Bill James, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Moneyball, Oakland As, Ted Williams

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Coming down the pike: New baseball titles, Part IV— Odds and ends

January 15, 2015

And the wrap-up… * denotes items of particular interest (to me, at any rate). Odds and Ends ** It will be interesting to see how The Hidden Game of Baseball: A Revolutionary Approach to Baseball and Its Statistics has held up since it was first published 30 years ago. Authors John Thorn and Pete Palmer […]

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Tagged as: baseball food, baseball statistics, hidden ball trick, John Thorn, Pete Palmer

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Baseball best-sellers, Jan. 9, 2015

January 9, 2015

Happy New Year, everyone. Hope nothing but the best comes your way in 2015, including the best baseball books available. Almost done with the non-baseball book and greatly looking forward to catching up on my regular reading, writing, and wrangling authors, filmmakers, and artists into discussing their work on new podcast segments. In the meantime, […]

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Tagged as: baseball prospects, Bernard Malamud, Bill James, Derek Jeter, Fantasy baseball, Jackie Robinson, Oakland As

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Baseball best-sellers, Jan. 2

January 2, 2015

Happy New Year, everyone. Hope nothing but the best comes your way in 2015, including the best baseball books available. Almost done with the non-baseball book and greatly looking forward to catching up on my regular reading, writing, and wrangling authors, filmmakers, and artists into discussing their work on new podcast segments. In the meantime, […]

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Tagged as: baseball prospects, Bill James, Cleveland Indians, Derek Jeter, Fantasy baseball, Oakland As, San Francisco Giants, Ted Williams, World Series

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Baseball best-sellers, Dec. 26

December 26, 2014

Note: Just like Chuck Lorre’s “vanity cards” at the end of The Big Bang Theory, you should read these list stories to their conclusion; the end is always changing, even though the theme is basically the same, finishing up with a self-promotional message. On with the show… As you may have notice in recent weeks, […]

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Tagged as: Baseball Prospectus, Cleveland Indians, Derek Jeter, Fantasy baseball, Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees, Nolan Ryan, San Francisco Giants

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