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TWIBB: Oct. 8, 2010

October 8, 2010

The top baseball books, according to Amazon.com as of 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 8. Title Rank General The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood, by Jane Leavy 1 Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis 2 Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams, […]

Tagged as: Ball Four, Dirk Hayhurst, james S. Hirsch, Jane Leavy, Jim Bouton, Mockey Mantle, Roger Maris

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This week (Oct. 11) in Sports Illustrated

October 7, 2010 · 2 comments

Baseball gets the cover treatment as it heads into the post-season. Tom Verducci does a profile on Rays’ ace David Price Joe Sheehan on the Phillies and Giants pitching, and Twins and Rangers Bruce Chen on the Reds But of more interest to the Bookshelf is this excerpt from Jane Leavy‘s new bio, The Last […]

Tagged as: Jane Leavy, Mickey Mantle, Sports Illustrated

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