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The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
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Moneyball
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Ball Four
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The Boys of Summer
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Shoeless Joe
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The Natural
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The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It
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Summer of '49
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Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
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Men at Work
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October 1964
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The Summer Game
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Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
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4.27 avg rating — 5,994 ratings
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Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
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The Iowa Baseball Confederacy
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3.82 avg rating — 2,452 ratings
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Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy
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4.08 avg rating — 6,994 ratings
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Veeck As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck
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4.13 avg rating — 2,152 ratings
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Babe: The Legend Comes to Life
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4.14 avg rating — 2,872 ratings
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The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.
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3.85 avg rating — 2,793 ratings
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If I Never Get Back (If I Never Get Back #1)
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4.07 avg rating — 1,654 ratings
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Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
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4.08 avg rating — 2,928 ratings
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The Pitch That Killed
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4.26 avg rating — 950 ratings
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Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History
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3.97 avg rating — 2,298 ratings
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The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood
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3.98 avg rating — 7,061 ratings
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The Great American Novel
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3.60 avg rating — 2,803 ratings
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The Lords of the Realm: The Real History of Baseball
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4.42 avg rating — 1,288 ratings
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Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers
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4.33 avg rating — 438 ratings
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The Bad Guys Won! : A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo Chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, the Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team Ever to Put on a New York Uniform--and Maybe the Best
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4.11 avg rating — 5,970 ratings
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The Celebrant
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4.10 avg rating — 568 ratings
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Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s
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3.90 avg rating — 1,256 ratings
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Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game
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4.06 avg rating — 1,314 ratings
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The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book
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4.42 avg rating — 182 ratings
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Why Time Begins on Opening Day
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4.20 avg rating — 352 ratings
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Up, Up, and Away: The Kid, the Hawk, Rock, Vladi, Pedro, le Grand Orange, Youppi!, the Crazy Business of Baseball, and the Ill-fated but Unforgettable Montreal Expos
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4.18 avg rating — 1,968 ratings
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The Long Season
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3.92 avg rating — 537 ratings
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The Bronx Zoo
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3.97 avg rating — 1,863 ratings
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Late Innings
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4.33 avg rating — 484 ratings
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The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg
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3.56 avg rating — 2,657 ratings
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You Know Me Al
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3.80 avg rating — 945 ratings
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Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train
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4.19 avg rating — 294 ratings
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Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame? Baseball, Cooperstown, and the Politics of Glory
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4.14 avg rating — 1,185 ratings
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Only the Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams
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4.11 avg rating — 784 ratings
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Game Time: A Baseball Companion – Roger Angell's Forty Years of Joyful Observations
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4.12 avg rating — 405 ratings
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The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams
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4.21 avg rating — 1,672 ratings
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The Bill James Guide to Baseball Managers: From 1870 to Today
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4.27 avg rating — 274 ratings
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Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy
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4.20 avg rating — 424 ratings
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I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story
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Baseball: The Early Years
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Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty
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One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season
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4.29 avg rating — 3,112 ratings
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Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Lineups: A Complete Guide to the Best, Worst, and Most Memorable Players to Ever Grace the Major Leagues
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3.97 avg rating — 554 ratings
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Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards
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3.80 avg rating — 934 ratings
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Nice Guys Finish Last
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How Life Imitates the World Series
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4.15 avg rating — 273 ratings
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Catcher In The Wry
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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings
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3.76 avg rating — 105 ratings
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Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius
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4.43 avg rating — 1,027 ratings
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The Heart of the Order
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3.89 avg rating — 177 ratings
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Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of ‘76
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Stengel: His Life and Times
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4.06 avg rating — 204 ratings
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Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders: A Complete Guide to the Worst Decisions and Stupidest Moments in Baseball History
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3.86 avg rating — 262 ratings
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Play For A Kingdom: A Brilliantly Imagined Civil War Novel – Enemies Find Brotherhood Through Baseball
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3.76 avg rating — 164 ratings
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Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had
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4.16 avg rating — 786 ratings
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Baseball Dynasties: The Greatest Teams of All Time
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3.99 avg rating — 237 ratings
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Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero
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4.12 avg rating — 3,111 ratings
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Win Shares
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3.89 avg rating — 231 ratings
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Now I Can Die in Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank and the 2004 Red Sox
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3.92 avg rating — 8,768 ratings
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The Politics of Glory: How Baseball's Hall of Fame Really Works
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4.14 avg rating — 1,185 ratings
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Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley's Swingin' A's
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4.30 avg rating — 894 ratings
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Five Seasons: A Baseball Companion
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4.35 avg rating — 904 ratings
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Dynasty: The New York Yankees 1949-1964
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4.28 avg rating — 184 ratings
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Rogers Hornsby: A Biography
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3.87 avg rating — 143 ratings
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Baseball in '41: a Celebration of the "Best Baseball Season Ever"
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4.01 avg rating — 302 ratings
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Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends: The Truth, the Lies, and Everything Else
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3.77 avg rating — 276 ratings
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Power Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game
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3.90 avg rating — 894 ratings
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The Spirit of St. Louis: A History Of The St. Louis Cardinals And Browns
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Solid Fool's Gold: Detours on the Way to Conventional Wisdom
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The Curious Case of Sidd Finch
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3 Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager
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