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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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4.26 avg rating — 5,898 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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Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy
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4.08 avg rating — 6,910 ratings
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Veeck As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck
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4.12 avg rating — 2,126 ratings
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Babe: The Legend Comes to Life
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4.14 avg rating — 2,846 ratings
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The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.
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If I Never Get Back
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4.07 avg rating — 1,595 ratings
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Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
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4.07 avg rating — 2,886 ratings
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The Pitch That Killed
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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 — 2,265 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 — 6,958 ratings
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The Great American Novel
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3.60 avg rating — 2,769 ratings
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The Lords of the Realm: The Real History of Baseball
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4.42 avg rating — 1,239 ratings
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Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers
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4.32 avg rating — 432 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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The Celebrant
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4.11 avg rating — 557 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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3.89 avg rating — 1,233 ratings
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Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game
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4.06 avg rating — 1,293 ratings
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The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book
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4.43 avg rating — 180 ratings
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Why Time Begins on Opening Day
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4.18 avg rating — 345 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 — 1,948 ratings
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The Long Season
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3.91 avg rating — 530 ratings
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The Bronx Zoo
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3.97 avg rating — 1,824 ratings
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Late Innings
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4.34 avg rating — 474 ratings
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The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg
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3.56 avg rating — 2,593 ratings
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You Know Me Al
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3.81 avg rating — 936 ratings
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Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train
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4.19 avg rating — 292 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 — 1,035 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 — 774 ratings
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Game Time: A Baseball Companion – Roger Angell's Forty Years of Joyful Observations
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4.11 avg rating — 394 ratings
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The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams
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4.21 avg rating — 1,624 ratings
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The Bill James Guide to Baseball Managers: From 1870 to Today
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4.27 avg rating — 264 ratings
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Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy
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4.20 avg rating — 419 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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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 — 549 ratings
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Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards
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3.80 avg rating — 926 ratings
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Nice Guys Finish Last
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4.10 avg rating — 314 ratings
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How Life Imitates the World Series
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4.14 avg rating — 269 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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3.73 avg rating — 101 ratings
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Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius
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4.42 avg rating — 1,005 ratings
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The Heart of the Order
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3.90 avg rating — 174 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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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 — 260 ratings
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Play For A Kingdom: A Brilliantly Imagined Civil War Novel – Enemies Find Brotherhood Through Baseball
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3.77 avg rating — 162 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 — 754 ratings
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Baseball Dynasties: The Greatest Teams of All Time
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3.98 avg rating — 234 ratings
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Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero
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4.12 avg rating — 3,087 ratings
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Win Shares
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3.89 avg rating — 230 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
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3.92 avg rating — 8,733 ratings
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The Politics of Glory: How the Baseball's Hall of Fame Really Works
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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 — 867 ratings
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Five Seasons: A Baseball Companion
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4.35 avg rating — 895 ratings
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Dynasty: The New York Yankees 1949-1964
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4.28 avg rating — 181 ratings
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Rogers Hornsby: A Biography
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3.84 avg rating — 136 ratings
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Baseball in '41: a Celebration of the "Best Baseball Season Ever"
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4.02 avg rating — 296 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 — 273 ratings
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Power Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game
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3.90 avg rating — 882 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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