The Book Sense World Series Edition Baseball Bestseller List

1.

Moneyball
Michael M. Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 0393324818

2.

Feeding the Monster: How Money, Smarts, and Nerve Took a Team to the Top
Seth Mnookin, S&S, $26, 0743286812

3.

The Echoing Green: The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca, and the Shot Heard Round the World
Joshua Prager, Pantheon, $26.95, 0375421548

4.

Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager
Buzz Bissinger, Mariner, $13.95, 0618710531

5.

Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game
George Vecsey, Modern Library, $21.95, 0679643389

6.

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
Bill Simmons, ESPN Books, $14.95, 1933060131

7.

The Team-By-Team Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball
Dennis Purdy, Workman, $22.95, 0761139435

8.

Sports Illustrated: The Baseball Book
Rob Fleder (Ed.), Sports Illustrated, $29.95, 1933405236

9.

Baseball Between the Numbers
Jonah Keri, Baseball Prospectus, Perseus, $24.95, 0465005969

10.

Praying for Gil Hodges: A Memoir of the 1955 World Series and One Family's Love of the Brooklyn Dodgers
Thomas Oliphant, St. Martin's, $13.95, 031231762X

11.

The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball
Frank Deford, Grove, $13, 0802142478

12.

Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders: A Complete Guide to the Worst Decisions and Stupidest Moments in Baseball History
Rob Neyer, Fireside, $16, 0743284917

13.

Baseball Field Guide: An In-Depth Illustrated Guide to the Complete Rules of Baseball
Dan Formosa, Paul Hamburger, Thunder's Mouth, $13.95, 1560257008

14.

Coach
Michael M. Lewis, Norton, $12.95, 0393060918

15.

Best by Number: Who Wore What With Distinction
Sporting News, $24.95, 0892048484

16.

Summer of '49
David Halberstam, HarperCollins, $14.95, 0060884266

17.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City
Jonathan Mahler, Picador, $15, 0312424302

18.

The Yogi Book: "I Really Didn't Say Everything I Said!"
Yogi Berra, Workman, $8.95, 0761110909

19.

Take Me Out to the Ballpark: An Illustrated Tour of Baseball Parks Past and Present
Josh Leventhal, Black Dog & Leventhal, $29.95, 1579125131

20.

A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports
Brad Snyder, Viking, $25.95, 067003794X

21.

The Teammates
David Halberstam, Hyperion, $13.95, 0786888679

22.

Fantasyland: A Season on Baseball's Lunatic Fringe
Sam Walker, Viking, $25.95, 0670034282

23.

The Boys of Summer
Roger Kahn, HarperCollins, $14.95, 0060883960

24.

The Last Best League: One Summer, One Season, One Dream
Jim Collins, Da Capo, $14.95, 0306814188

25.

Watching Baseball: Discovering the Game Within the Game
Jerry Remy, Globe Pequot, $14.95, 0762740736