Baseball Historians

For the second week in a row, we have a new number one book on the Amazon.com top ten baseball book list.  This week it’s H.A. Dorfman’s The Mental ABC’s of Pitching.  The book came out in 2000 and it looks like a New York Times editorial a couple of weeks ago is what caused […]

I know the past few weeks the only content I’ve provided is the top ten list but I’m hoping for that to change soon.  I’m making my way through a few books and I have a few new ones on the way.  In the meantime, keeping on my regular Sunday schedule has at least given […]

I’m a day late here, but it’s opening day so there’s no better day then to talk about baseball.  Anyway, there’s quite a few debuts this week so let’s get to the list.
1) Baseball Prospectus 2008
2) Vindicated
3) Moneyball
4) The 33 Year Old Rookie
5) Bill James Goldmine 2008
6) Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective
7) Red Sox Rule
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There’s a couple of newcomers this week.  It’s interesting how a few days can shift this list a lot.  Just a couple of days ago, the 33 Year Old Rookie would have been near the bottom but it’s had a good showing while the ESPN Encyclopedia was moving up only to plummet off the list […]

Let’s get right to the list…
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Alright, this kicks off my daily feature of discussing the current top ten book list over at Amazon.com.  Of course by the time you read this, the list very well may have changed so bear with me.   Here’s a look at the list:
1) Baseball Prospectus 2008
2) Baseball America 2008 Prospect Handbook
3) Bill James Goldmine 2008
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