Happy Solstice, everybody! Note: 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 time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull […]
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Babe Ruth,
baseball stadiums,
Billy Bean,
Boston Red Sox,
Chicago Cubs,
David Cone,
hitting,
Houston Astros,
Moneyball,
New York Mets,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Philadelphia Phillies,
Pitching,
Roger Angell,
Roger Kahn,
Ron Swoboda,
Yogi Berra
Note: 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 time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]
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Boston Red Sox,
Chicago Cubs,
David Cone,
Houston Astros,
NY Yankees,
Pete Rose,
Philadlephia Phillies,
Pitching,
Ted Williams,
World Series
Note: 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 time I finish writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]
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Boston Red Sox,
Cal Ripken Jr.,
Chicago Cubs Philadelphia Phillies,
David Cone,
Houston Astros,
Moneyball,
MVP,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Pete Rose,
Pitching,
Ted Williams,
World Series
Just finished Ron Darling’s new book, 108 Stitches: Loose Threads, Ripping Yarns, and the Darndest Characters from My Time in the Game (with Daniel Paisner, who also worked on Darling’s 2016 book, Game 7, 1986: Failure and Triumph in the Biggest Game of My Life). It’s fairly standard fare. Darling relates stories about memorable players, […]
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1986 World Series,
Boston Red Sox,
Lenny Dykstra,
New York Mets,
Ron Darling
Headnote: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not longer be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them. But it’ll be close enough for government work. In addition, sometimes the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one by including a book in a category to which it […]
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Babe Ruth,
Ball Four,
Boston Red Sox,
Fantasy baseball,
Houston Astros,
Jim Bouton,
Moneyball,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
rookies,
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 […]
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Babe Ruth. Ted Williams,
baseball analytics,
Baseball Cards,
baseball nostalgia,
baseball photography,
baseball rules,
baseball statistics,
baseball strategy,
Boston Red Sox,
Brooklyn Dodgers,
coaching,
Houston Astros,
New York Yankees
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 […]
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Babe Ruth,
baseball photography,
Boston Red Sox,
Houston Astros,
Jane Leavy,
Michael Lewis,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Ted Williams,
Trivia
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 photography,
Bill James,
Boston Red Sox,
Houston Astros,
Jane Leavy,
Michael Lewis,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Ted Williams,
World Series
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 […]
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Babe Ruth,
Baseball Cards,
Boston Red Sox,
Detroit Tigers,
Houston Astros,
Jane Leavy,
Michael Lewis,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Rob Neyer,
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 […]
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Babe Ruth,
Boston Red Sox,
Detroit Tigers,
Houston Astros,
Jane Leavy,
Michael Lewis,
New York Yankees,
Oakland As,
Rob Neyer,
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 […]
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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
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
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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baseball analytics,
Boston Red Sox,
Chicago Cubs,
David Ross,
Houston Astros,
New York Yankees,
Trivia,
World Series
Happy Thanksgiving, y’all. 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 […]
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baseball analysis,
Boston Red Sox,
Chicago Cubs,
Chipper Jones,
David Ortiz,
David Ross,
Hank Greenberg,
Houston Astros,
Rich Cohen,
World Series
Back on schedule… 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 […]
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baseball analysis,
Baseball instruction,
batting,
Bill James,
Bobby Doerr,
Boston Red Sox,
Chicago Cubs,
David Halberstam,
David Ortiz,
David Ross,
Hank Greenberg,
Houston Astros,
Rich Cohen,
Ted Williams,
World Series