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The World Series of Bestseller Lists: Baseball
Printer-friendly versionBased on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the U.S. during the 2004 baseball season (April 2 through October 12).
Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.
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The Book Sense Baseball Bestseller List
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| 1. | Moneyball Michael M. Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 0393324818 |
| 2. | The Teammates David Halberstam, Hyperion, $12.95, 0786888679 |
| 3. | Ted Williams Leigh Montville, Doubleday, $26.95, 0385507488 |
| 4. | The Last Best League: One Summer, One Season, One Dream Jim Collins, Da Capo, $24, 0738209015 |
| 5. | Play Baseball the Ripken Way: The Complete Illustrated Guide to the Fundamentals Cal Ripken, Jr., Bill Ripken, Random House, $24.95, 1400061229 |
| 6. | Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville: A Lifelong Passion for Baseball Stephen Jay Gould, Norton, $14.95, 0393325571 |
| 7. | Game Time: A Baseball Companion Roger Angell, Harvest, $15, 0156013878 |
| 8. | Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy Jane Leavy, Perennial, $13.95, 0060933291 |
| 9. | Watching Baseball Jerry Remy, Corey Sandler, Globe Pequot, $13.95, 0762730757 |
| 10. | Take Me Out to the Ballpark: An Illustrated Tour of Baseball Parks Past and Present Josh Leventhal, Black Dog & Leventhal, $29.95, 1579123325 |
| 11. | 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 Jeff Pearlman, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0060507322 |
| 12. | Baseball and Philosophy Eric Bronson (Ed.), Open Court Publishing, $17.95, 0812695569 |
| 13. | Hank Aaron and the Home Run That Changed America Tom Stanton, William Morrow, $23.95, 0060579765 |
| 14. | The Long Ball: The Summer of '75 -- Spaceman, Catfish, Charlie Hustle, and the Greatest World Series Ever Played Tom Adelman, Back Bay, $14.70, 0316796441 |
| 15. | Kids' Baseball Book: Star Players, Great Teams, Baseball Legends, and Tips on Playing Like a Pro Rich Mintzer, Adams Media, $6.95, 1593370709 |
| 16. | The Yogi Book: "I Really Didn't Say Everything I Said!" Yogi Berra, Workman, $8.95, 0761110909 |
| 17. | My Prison Without Bars Pete Rose, Rodale, $24.95, 1579549276 |
| 18. | Why Is the Foul Pole Fair?: Answers to 101 of the Most Perplexing Baseball Questions Vince Staten, S&S, $12, 074325791X |
| 19. | 27 Men Out: Baseball's Perfect Games Michael Coffey, Atria, $25, 0743446062 |
| 20. | The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination With Statistics Alan Schwarz, Thomas Dunne, $24.95, 0312322224 |
| 21. | The Zen of Zim: Baseballs, Beanballs, and Bosses Don Zimmer, Thomas Dunne, $24.95, 0312334303 |
| 22. | The Golden Game: The Story of California Baseball Kevin Nelson, Heyday Books, $24.95, 1890771805 |
| 23. | Red Sox Century: The Definitive History of Baseball's Most Storied Franchise Glenn Stout, Richard A. Johnson, Houghton Mifflin, $25, 0618423192 |
| 24. | 1,001 Reasons to Love Baseball Danny Peary, Mary Tiegreen, Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, $24.95, 1584793546 |
| 25. | October Men: Reggie Jackson, George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin, and the Yankees' Miraculous Finish in 1978 Roger Kahn, Harvest, $14, 0156029715 |
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