Okay, it’s been a while. Here’s what the top ten baseball books look according to this site’s new year…
1) Moneyball
2) Baseball Prospectus 2009: The Essential Guide to the 2009 Baseball Season
3) Ron Shandler’s Baseball Forecaster 2009: Gravity Defying Edition
4) Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back
5) Champions: A Look Back at the Phillies Triumphant 2008 Season
6) Bill James Handbook 2009
7) Baseball America 2009 Prospect Handbook: The Comprehensive Guide to Rising Stars from the Definitive Source on Prospects (Baseball America Prospect Handbook)
8) Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective
9) Remembering Yankee Stadium: An Oral and Narrative History of “The House That Ruth Built”
10) The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2009
You can definitely tell it’s Annual season, although I was surprised Moneyball found it’s way to the top. Baseball Prospectus will be there soon, the book just hasn’t come out yet. For the longest time Beyond Belief and Champions were at the top but that was when I took my hiatus.
I’ve been slow in buying Annuals this year. I have the Bill James Handbook and the Hardball Times Annual (which makes sense since I have a piece in the book) but little else. I usually buy Ron Shandler’s book and Baseball Prospectus as well, but even what I have, I’ve had a tough time getting through. I just need to get back into the swing of reading baseball books. I’ve been on a Star Wars kick lately.
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