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<title><![CDATA[The Indie October Baseball Bestseller List]]></title>

<description><![CDATA[With the Major League Baseball post-season now underway, we present the Indie October Baseball Bestseller List, based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 6, 2009.]]></description>

<link><![CDATA[http://www.indiebound.org/indie-bestsellers]]></link>

<language><![CDATA[en-us]]></language>

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<title><![CDATA[Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781400066513</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tye presents the definitive biography of Satchel Paige, an African-American pitcher in a segregated America, and his story of struggle and triumph.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[1]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Tye]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Random House]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781400066513]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Tye presents the definitive biography of Satchel Paige, an African-American pitcher in a segregated America, and his story of struggle and triumph.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9781588368478]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-06-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Yankee Years]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385527408</link>
<description><![CDATA[Written as a third-person narrative with "Sports Illustrated" senior baseball writer Tom Verducci, "The Yankee Years" is a thoughtful, utterly honest, and gripping behind-the-scenes look at the Yankees' organization from Joe Torre, the most successful--and most respected--baseball manager of the modern era.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Yankee Years]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[2]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Torre, Tom Verducci]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Doubleday]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780385527408]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Written as a third-person narrative with "Sports Illustrated" senior baseball writer Tom Verducci, "The Yankee Years" is a thoughtful, utterly honest, and gripping behind-the-scenes look at the Yankees' organization from Joe Torre, the most successful--and most respected--baseball manager of the modern era.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780385529389]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Moneyball]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393324815</link>
<description><![CDATA[Following the low-budget Oakland Athletics, their larger-than-life general manager, Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts, Lewis has written not only "the single most influential baseball book ever" (Rob Neyer, "Slate") but also what "may be the best book ever written on business" ("Weekly Standard").]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Moneyball]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[3]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Lewis]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Norton]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780393324815]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Following the low-budget Oakland Athletics, their larger-than-life general manager, Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts, Lewis has written not only "the single most influential baseball book ever" (Rob Neyer, "Slate") but also what "may be the best book ever written on business" ("Weekly Standard").]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Cooperstown Confidential: Heroes, Rogues, and the Inside Story of the Baseball Hall of Fame]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781596915459</link>
<description><![CDATA[Chafets shows the inner workings of the National Baseball Hall of Fame: the politics, the players, and the people who own and preserve it. b&w photo insert.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Cooperstown Confidential: Heroes, Rogues, and the Inside Story of the Baseball Hall of Fame]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[4]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zev Chafets]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Bloomsbury]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781596915459]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Chafets shows the inner workings of the National Baseball Hall of Fame: the politics, the players, and the people who own and preserve it. b&w photo insert.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Born to Play: My Life in Baseball]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781439157756</link>
<description><![CDATA[Red Sox MVP Pedroia tells this feel-good story about his love of baseball, overcoming the nay sayers, and winning a world series in his first season.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Born to Play: My Life in Baseball]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[5]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dustin Pedroia]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Simon Spotlight]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781439157756]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Red Sox MVP Pedroia tells this feel-good story about his love of baseball, overcoming the nay sayers, and winning a world series in his first season.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9781439164877]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[As They See 'em: A Fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780743294119</link>
<description><![CDATA[Millions of American baseball fans know, with absolute certainty, that umpires are simply overpaid galoots who are doing an easy job badly. Millions of American baseball fans are wrong."As They See 'Em" is an insider's look at the largely unknown world of professional umpires, the small group of men (and the very occasional woman) who make sure America's favorite pastime is conducted in a manner that is clean, crisp, and true. Bruce Weber, a "New York Times" reporter, not only interviewed dozens of professional umpires but entered their world, trained to become an umpire, and then spent a season working games from Little League to big league spring training."As They See 'Em" is Weber's entertaining account of this experience as well as a lively exploration of what amounts to an eccentric secret society, with its own customs, its own rituals, its own colorful vocabulary. (Know what a "whacker" is? A "pole bender"? "Rat cheese"? Think you could "strap it on" or "take the stick"?) He explains the arcane set of rules by which umps work and details the exasperating, tortuous path that allows only a select few to graduate from the minor leagues to the majors. He describes what it's like to work in a ballpark where not only the fans but the players, the managers and coaches, the announcers, the team owners, and even the league presidents, resent them -- and vice versa. And he asks, quite sensibly, why anyone would do a job that offers the chance to earn only blame and never credit.Weber reveals how umps are tutored to work behind the plate, what they learn to watch for on the bases, and how proper positioning for every imaginable situation on the field is drilled into them. He describes how they're counseled to respond -- or not -- to managers who are screaming at them from inches away with purposeful inanity, and tells us exactly which "magic" words result in an automatic ejection. Writing with deep knowledge of and affection for baseball, he delves into such questions as: Why isn't every strike created equal? Is the ump part of the game or outside of it? Why doesn't a tie go to the runner? And what do umps and managers say to each other during an argument, really?In addition to professional umpires, Weber spoke to current and former players including Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Tom Glavine, Barry Zito, Paul Lo Duca, Kenny Lofton, Ron Darling, and Robin Yount, as well as former baseball commissioner Fay Vincent, Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox, Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland, and many others in the professional game. He attended the 2006 and 2007 World Series, interviewing the umpire crews who called those games and who spoke candidly about the pressure of being scrutinized by millions -- maybe billions  -- of fans around the world, all of them armed with television's slo-mo, hi-def instant replay. As fans know, in 2008, a rash of miscalled home run balls led baseball, for the first time, to use replay to help big league umps make their decisions.Weber discusses these events and the umpires' surprising reaction to them.Packed with fascinating reportage that reveals the game as never before and answers the kinds of questions that fans, exasperated by the cliches of conventional sports commentary, pose to themselves around the television set, Bruce Weber's "As They See 'Em" is a towering grand slam.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[As They See 'em: A Fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[6]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bruce Weber]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Scribner]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780743294119]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Millions of American baseball fans know, with absolute certainty, that umpires are simply overpaid galoots who are doing an easy job badly. Millions of American baseball fans are wrong."As They See 'Em" is an insider's look at the largely unknown world of professional umpires, the small group of men (and the very occasional woman) who make sure America's favorite pastime is conducted in a manner that is clean, crisp, and true. Bruce Weber, a "New York Times" reporter, not only interviewed dozens of professional umpires but entered their world, trained to become an umpire, and then spent a season working games from Little League to big league spring training."As They See 'Em" is Weber's entertaining account of this experience as well as a lively exploration of what amounts to an eccentric secret society, with its own customs, its own rituals, its own colorful vocabulary. (Know what a "whacker" is? A "pole bender"? "Rat cheese"? Think you could "strap it on" or "take the stick"?) He explains the arcane set of rules by which umps work and details the exasperating, tortuous path that allows only a select few to graduate from the minor leagues to the majors. He describes what it's like to work in a ballpark where not only the fans but the players, the managers and coaches, the announcers, the team owners, and even the league presidents, resent them -- and vice versa. And he asks, quite sensibly, why anyone would do a job that offers the chance to earn only blame and never credit.Weber reveals how umps are tutored to work behind the plate, what they learn to watch for on the bases, and how proper positioning for every imaginable situation on the field is drilled into them. He describes how they're counseled to respond -- or not -- to managers who are screaming at them from inches away with purposeful inanity, and tells us exactly which "magic" words result in an automatic ejection. Writing with deep knowledge of and affection for baseball, he delves into such questions as: Why isn't every strike created equal? Is the ump part of the game or outside of it? Why doesn't a tie go to the runner? And what do umps and managers say to each other during an argument, really?In addition to professional umpires, Weber spoke to current and former players including Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Tom Glavine, Barry Zito, Paul Lo Duca, Kenny Lofton, Ron Darling, and Robin Yount, as well as former baseball commissioner Fay Vincent, Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox, Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland, and many others in the professional game. He attended the 2006 and 2007 World Series, interviewing the umpire crews who called those games and who spoke candidly about the pressure of being scrutinized by millions -- maybe billions  -- of fans around the world, all of them armed with television's slo-mo, hi-def instant replay. As fans know, in 2008, a rash of miscalled home run balls led baseball, for the first time, to use replay to help big league umps make their decisions.Weber discusses these events and the umpires' surprising reaction to them.Packed with fascinating reportage that reveals the game as never before and answers the kinds of questions that fans, exasperated by the cliches of conventional sports commentary, pose to themselves around the television set, Bruce Weber's "As They See 'Em" is a towering grand slam.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9781416545385]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America's Pastime]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781401323103</link>
<description><![CDATA[Frost recreates what many consider to be the most exciting baseball game ever played--the match-up between the Boston Red Sox and the Cincinnati Reds in the 1975 World Series.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America's Pastime]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[7]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Frost]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Hyperion]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781401323103]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Frost recreates what many consider to be the most exciting baseball game ever played--the match-up between the Boston Red Sox and the Cincinnati Reds in the 1975 World Series.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9781401394813]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393062335</link>
<description><![CDATA[Yogi Berra is one of the most popular former athletes in American history, and the most-quoted American since Abraham Lincoln. The gripping biography of the legendary Hall-of-Famer is replete with n early 100 photos and countless Yogi-isms, offering hilarious insights into many of baseball's greatest moments.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[8]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Allen Barra]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Norton]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780393062335]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Yogi Berra is one of the most popular former athletes in American history, and the most-quoted American since Abraham Lincoln. The gripping biography of the legendary Hall-of-Famer is replete with n early 100 photos and countless Yogi-isms, offering hilarious insights into many of baseball's greatest moments.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Living on the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316113922</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Living on the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[9]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Back Bay]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780316113922]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-Experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307280329</link>
<description><![CDATA[Whether you're a major league couch potato, life-long season ticket-holder, or teaching game to a beginner, "Watching Baseball Smarter "leaves no territory uncovered. In this smart and funny fan's guide Hample explains the ins and outs of pitching, hitting, running, and fielding, while offering insider trivia and anecdotes that will surprise even the most informed viewers of our national pastime. What is the difference between a slider and a curveball?At which stadium did "The Wave" first make an appearance? How do some hitters use iPods to improve their skills?Which positions are never" "played by lefties?Why do some players urinate on their hands? Combining the narrative voice and attitude of Michael Lewis with the compulsive brilliance of "Schott's Miscellany," "Watching Baseball Smarter "will increase your understanding and enjoyment of the sport-no matter what your level of expertise. Zack Hample is an obsessed fan and a regular writer for minorleaguebaseball.com. He's collected nearly 3,000 baseballs from major league games and has appeared on dozens of TV and radio shows. His first book, "How to Snag Major League Baseballs, " was published in 1999.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-Experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[10]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zack Hample]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Vintage]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780307280329]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Whether you're a major league couch potato, life-long season ticket-holder, or teaching game to a beginner, "Watching Baseball Smarter "leaves no territory uncovered. In this smart and funny fan's guide Hample explains the ins and outs of pitching, hitting, running, and fielding, while offering insider trivia and anecdotes that will surprise even the most informed viewers of our national pastime. What is the difference between a slider and a curveball?At which stadium did "The Wave" first make an appearance? How do some hitters use iPods to improve their skills?Which positions are never" "played by lefties?Why do some players urinate on their hands? Combining the narrative voice and attitude of Michael Lewis with the compulsive brilliance of "Schott's Miscellany," "Watching Baseball Smarter "will increase your understanding and enjoyment of the sport-no matter what your level of expertise. Zack Hample is an obsessed fan and a regular writer for minorleaguebaseball.com. He's collected nearly 3,000 baseballs from major league games and has appeared on dozens of TV and radio shows. His first book, "How to Snag Major League Baseballs, " was published in 1999.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[The Unwritten Rules of Baseball: The Etiquette, Conventional Wisdom, and Axiomatic Codes of Our National Pastime]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061561054</link>
<description><![CDATA[ From beanballs to basebrawls, the most important rules governing the game of baseball have never been officially written down--until now.  They have no sanction from the Commissioner, appear nowhere in any official publication, and are generally not posted on any clubhouse wall. They represent a set of time-honored customs, rituals, and good manners that show a respect for the game, one's teammates, and one's opponents. Sometimes they contradict the official rulebook. The fans generally only hear about them when one is bent or broken, and it becomes news for a few days.  Now, for the first time ever, Paul Dickson has put these unwritten rules down on paper, covering every situation, whether on the field or in the clubhouse, press box, or stands. Along with entertaining baseball axioms, quotations, and rules of thumb, this essential volume contains the collected wisdom of dozens of players, managers, and reporters on the secret rules that you break at your own risk, such as:  1.7.1. In a Fight, Everyone Must Leave the Bench and the Bullpen Has to Join In  1.13.3. In a Blowout Game, Never Swing as Hard as You Can at a 3-0 Pitch  5.1.0. In Areas That Have Two Baseball Teams, Any Given Fan Can Only Really Root For One of Them]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Unwritten Rules of Baseball: The Etiquette, Conventional Wisdom, and Axiomatic Codes of Our National Pastime]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[11]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dickson]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Collins]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780061561054]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[ From beanballs to basebrawls, the most important rules governing the game of baseball have never been officially written down--until now.  They have no sanction from the Commissioner, appear nowhere in any official publication, and are generally not posted on any clubhouse wall. They represent a set of time-honored customs, rituals, and good manners that show a respect for the game, one's teammates, and one's opponents. Sometimes they contradict the official rulebook. The fans generally only hear about them when one is bent or broken, and it becomes news for a few days.  Now, for the first time ever, Paul Dickson has put these unwritten rules down on paper, covering every situation, whether on the field or in the clubhouse, press box, or stands. Along with entertaining baseball axioms, quotations, and rules of thumb, this essential volume contains the collected wisdom of dozens of players, managers, and reporters on the secret rules that you break at your own risk, such as:  1.7.1. In a Fight, Everyone Must Leave the Bench and the Bullpen Has to Join In  1.13.3. In a Blowout Game, Never Swing as Hard as You Can at a 3-0 Pitch  5.1.0. In Areas That Have Two Baseball Teams, Any Given Fan Can Only Really Root For One of Them]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780061785733]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Bert Sugar's Baseball Hall of Fame: A Living History of America's Greatest Game]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780762430246</link>
<description><![CDATA[This striking volume takes readers deep into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum as never before. Since opening its doors in 1939, the Museum has welcomed more than 14 million wide-eyed baseball fans through its hallowed halls to experience the rich history of America's Pastime. Now, with more than 500 color and black-and-white original and archival photographs--along with engaging and informative commentary by a celebrated sports raconteur--"Bert Sugar's Baseball Hall of Fame: A Living History of America's Greatest Game" offers a quintessential take-home of the timeless experience of baseball's spiritual home. With sequential exhibit photographs complemented by dramatic close-up images of the most fascinating artifacts on display in the Hall--including artifacts used by legends like Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, and many more--the Hall of Fame experience is captured in this 320-page commemorative work.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Bert Sugar's Baseball Hall of Fame: A Living History of America's Greatest Game]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[12]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bert Randolph Sugar]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Running Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780762430246]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[This striking volume takes readers deep into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum as never before. Since opening its doors in 1939, the Museum has welcomed more than 14 million wide-eyed baseball fans through its hallowed halls to experience the rich history of America's Pastime. Now, with more than 500 color and black-and-white original and archival photographs--along with engaging and informative commentary by a celebrated sports raconteur--"Bert Sugar's Baseball Hall of Fame: A Living History of America's Greatest Game" offers a quintessential take-home of the timeless experience of baseball's spiritual home. With sequential exhibit photographs complemented by dramatic close-up images of the most fascinating artifacts on display in the Hall--including artifacts used by legends like Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, and many more--the Hall of Fame experience is captured in this 320-page commemorative work.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-Stopping World Series: The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061582561</link>
<description><![CDATA[ There are memorable teams in baseball--and then there are utterly unforgettable teams like the 1975 Cincinnati Reds. From 1972 to 1976, the franchise known as the Big Red Machine dominated the National League, winning four division crowns, three league pennants, and two World Series titles. But their 1975 season has become the stuff of sports legend.  In "The Machine," award-winning sports columnist Joe Posnanski captures all of the passion and tension, drama and glory of this extraordinary team considered to be one of the greatest ever to take the field. Helmed by Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson, the lineup for the '75 Reds is a Who's Who of baseball stars: Pete Rose, Ken Griffey, Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench, Tony Perez, George Foster, Cesar Geronimo, and Dave Concepcion. Like a well-oiled engine, the '75 Reds ended the regular season with 108 wins and finished a whopping 20 games ahead of their closest division competitor, the Los Angeles Dodgers.  But that remarkable year was not without controversy. Feuds, fights, insults, and run-ins with fans were as much a part of the season as hits, runs, steals, and strikeouts. Capturing this rollicking thrill-ride of a story, Posnanski brings to vivid life the excitement, hope, and high expectations that surrounded the players from the beginning of spring training through the long summer and into a nail-biting World Series, where, in the ninth inning of the seventh game, the Big Red Machine fulfilled its destiny, defeating the Boston Red Sox 4-3.  As enthralling and entertaining as the season and players it captures, "The Machine" is the story of a team unlike any other in the sport's glorious history.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-Stopping World Series: The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[13]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Posnanski]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Morrow]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780061582561]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[ There are memorable teams in baseball--and then there are utterly unforgettable teams like the 1975 Cincinnati Reds. From 1972 to 1976, the franchise known as the Big Red Machine dominated the National League, winning four division crowns, three league pennants, and two World Series titles. But their 1975 season has become the stuff of sports legend.  In "The Machine," award-winning sports columnist Joe Posnanski captures all of the passion and tension, drama and glory of this extraordinary team considered to be one of the greatest ever to take the field. Helmed by Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson, the lineup for the '75 Reds is a Who's Who of baseball stars: Pete Rose, Ken Griffey, Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench, Tony Perez, George Foster, Cesar Geronimo, and Dave Concepcion. Like a well-oiled engine, the '75 Reds ended the regular season with 108 wins and finished a whopping 20 games ahead of their closest division competitor, the Los Angeles Dodgers.  But that remarkable year was not without controversy. Feuds, fights, insults, and run-ins with fans were as much a part of the season as hits, runs, steals, and strikeouts. Capturing this rollicking thrill-ride of a story, Posnanski brings to vivid life the excitement, hope, and high expectations that surrounded the players from the beginning of spring training through the long summer and into a nail-biting World Series, where, in the ninth inning of the seventh game, the Big Red Machine fulfilled its destiny, defeating the Boston Red Sox 4-3.  As enthralling and entertaining as the season and players it captures, "The Machine" is the story of a team unlike any other in the sport's glorious history.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780061901690]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Odd Man Out: A Year on the Mound with a Minor League Misfit]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780670020706</link>
<description><![CDATA[McCarthy tells the captivating and hilarious story of his year with as a Minor League baseball pitcher. McCarthy takes readers through the ups and downs of a grueling season filled with players competing with cutthroat intensity for the ultimate prize--a call up to the majors.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Odd Man Out: A Year on the Mound with a Minor League Misfit]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[14]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt McCarthy]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Viking]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780670020706]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[McCarthy tells the captivating and hilarious story of his year with as a Minor League baseball pitcher. McCarthy takes readers through the ups and downs of a grueling season filled with players competing with cutthroat intensity for the ultimate prize--a call up to the majors.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9781101015902]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & a Hall of Fame Hitter Talk about How the Game Is Played]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385528696</link>
<description><![CDATA[Legendary baseball players Jackson and Gibson never faced each other on the field. However, in this work they team up to offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to understand America's pastime from their unique insider perspectives.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & a Hall of Fame Hitter Talk about How the Game Is Played]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[15]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Gibson, et al.]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Doubleday]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780385528696]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Legendary baseball players Jackson and Gibson never faced each other on the field. However, in this work they team up to offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to understand America's pastime from their unique insider perspectives.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780385532167]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-09-22T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Great Baseball Feats, Facts & Firsts]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780451226570</link>
<description><![CDATA[Now expanded and updated through the 2008 postseason and beyond, this comprehensive volume features all the need-to-know stats, scores, and strikeouts every diehard baseball fan wants. Revised reissue.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Great Baseball Feats, Facts & Firsts]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[16]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Nemec, Scott Flatow]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Signet]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780451226570]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Now expanded and updated through the 2008 postseason and beyond, this comprehensive volume features all the need-to-know stats, scores, and strikeouts every diehard baseball fan wants. Revised reissue.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Forever Blue: The True Story of Walter O'Malley, Baseball's Most Controversial Owner, and the Dodgers of Brooklyn and Los Angeles]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594488566</link>
<description><![CDATA[Pulitzer Prize-winning writer D'Antonio presents a richly detailed and engrossing portrait of Walter O'Malley--the enigmatic Dodgers' owner who changed Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and baseball forever.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Forever Blue: The True Story of Walter O'Malley, Baseball's Most Controversial Owner, and the Dodgers of Brooklyn and Los Angeles]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[17]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael D'Antonio]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Riverhead]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781594488566]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Pulitzer Prize-winning writer D'Antonio presents a richly detailed and engrossing portrait of Walter O'Malley--the enigmatic Dodgers' owner who changed Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and baseball forever.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9781101023402]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Red Sox Rule: Terry Francona and Boston's Rise to Dominance]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061458552</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The story of the changing face of baseball and the inner workings of its finest organization  After a hundred "cursed" years, the Boston Red Sox rose gloriously to baseball domination. Under the leadership of manager Terry Francona, an extraordinary team of wildly disparate personalities--from the inscrutable Manny Ramirez to the affable David "Big Papi" Ortiz--pulled off two improbable post-season comebacks to make it to the World Series twice in three years . . . and ultimately emerged victorious. In "Red Sox Rule," Michael Holley, bestselling author of "Patriot Reign," provides a fascinating, insightful, and surprising inside look at how it all happened.  With the exclusive cooperation of Terry Francona and stories from the clubhouse and the conference room, Holley reveals the private sessions and the dugout and front-office strategies that have made the Red Sox a budding dynasty, overtaking their archrivals, the powerful New York Yankees, as the American League's elite team.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Red Sox Rule: Terry Francona and Boston's Rise to Dominance]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[18]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Holley]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Harper Paperbacks]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780061458552]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[ The story of the changing face of baseball and the inner workings of its finest organization  After a hundred "cursed" years, the Boston Red Sox rose gloriously to baseball domination. Under the leadership of manager Terry Francona, an extraordinary team of wildly disparate personalities--from the inscrutable Manny Ramirez to the affable David "Big Papi" Ortiz--pulled off two improbable post-season comebacks to make it to the World Series twice in three years . . . and ultimately emerged victorious. In "Red Sox Rule," Michael Holley, bestselling author of "Patriot Reign," provides a fascinating, insightful, and surprising inside look at how it all happened.  With the exclusive cooperation of Terry Francona and stories from the clubhouse and the conference room, Holley reveals the private sessions and the dugout and front-office strategies that have made the Red Sox a budding dynasty, overtaking their archrivals, the powerful New York Yankees, as the American League's elite team.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780061630804]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[We Would Have Played for Nothing: Baseball Stars of the 1950s and 1960s Talk about the Game They Loved]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781416553434</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fay Vincent is a former entertainment and business executive who served as the commissioner of baseball from 1989 to 1992. He is the author of "The Last Commissioner: A Baseball Valentine" and two volumes in a baseball oral history series, "The Only Game in Town" and "We Would Have Played for Nothing." He divides his time between Williamstown, Massachussetts, and Vero Beach, Florida.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[We Would Have Played for Nothing: Baseball Stars of the 1950s and 1960s Talk about the Game They Loved]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[19]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fay Vincent]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Simon & Schuster]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781416553434]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Fay Vincent is a former entertainment and business executive who served as the commissioner of baseball from 1989 to 1992. He is the author of "The Last Commissioner: A Baseball Valentine" and two volumes in a baseball oral history series, "The Only Game in Town" and "We Would Have Played for Nothing." He divides his time between Williamstown, Massachussetts, and Vero Beach, Florida.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9781416565314]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307269843</link>
<description><![CDATA[Darling--member of the 1986 World Series-winning Mets team and one of today's most articulate and insightful broadcasters--provides a deeper appreciation of what happens on the baseball diamond.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[20]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Darling]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Knopf]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780307269843]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Darling--member of the 1986 World Series-winning Mets team and one of today's most articulate and insightful broadcasters--provides a deeper appreciation of what happens on the baseball diamond.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780307271921]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[New York Yankees 365]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780810982611</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ruth. Gehrig. DiMaggio. Mantle. Maris. Jackson. Jeter. Among sports teams the world over, the New York Yankees reign supreme. With a fan base that spans generations and continents, household name players in every era of their existence, and an unparalleled record of success, the Yankees are as much an American institution as they are a famed and beloved baseball legacy. "New York Yankees 365 "is a colorful archive of and tribute to the history of the Yankees, giving a complete overview of the team's ups and downs, heroes and antiheroes, and most memorable moments. Charting their early struggles as the New York Highlanders to their first game in the new Yankee Stadium, "New York Yankees 365 "brings life to all the triumphs and icons--both on the field and off. Taken from the voluminous photo archives of the Associated Press, these images are joined by insightful commentary and a running timeline of key Yankee milestones. ]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[New York Yankees 365]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[21]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Abrams]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780810982611]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Ruth. Gehrig. DiMaggio. Mantle. Maris. Jackson. Jeter. Among sports teams the world over, the New York Yankees reign supreme. With a fan base that spans generations and continents, household name players in every era of their existence, and an unparalleled record of success, the Yankees are as much an American institution as they are a famed and beloved baseball legacy. "New York Yankees 365 "is a colorful archive of and tribute to the history of the Yankees, giving a complete overview of the team's ups and downs, heroes and antiheroes, and most memorable moments. Charting their early struggles as the New York Highlanders to their first game in the new Yankee Stadium, "New York Yankees 365 "brings life to all the triumphs and icons--both on the field and off. Taken from the voluminous photo archives of the Associated Press, these images are joined by insightful commentary and a running timeline of key Yankee milestones. ]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Summer of '49]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060884260</link>
<description><![CDATA[With incredible skill, passion, and insight, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Halberstam returns us to a glorious time when the dreams of a now almost forgotten America rested on the crack of a bat.  The year was 1949, and a war-weary nation turned from the battlefields to the ball fields in search of new heroes. It was a summer that marked the beginning of a sports rivalry unequaled in the annals of athletic competition. The awesome New York Yankees and the indomitable Boston Red Sox were fighting for supremacy of baseball's American League, and an aging Joe DiMaggio and a brash, headstrong hitting phenomenon named Ted Williams led their respective teams in a classic pennant duel of almost mythic proportions--one that would be decided in an explosive head-to-head confrontation on the last day of the season.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Summer of '49]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[22]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Halberstam]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Harper Perennial]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780060884260]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[With incredible skill, passion, and insight, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Halberstam returns us to a glorious time when the dreams of a now almost forgotten America rested on the crack of a bat.  The year was 1949, and a war-weary nation turned from the battlefields to the ball fields in search of new heroes. It was a summer that marked the beginning of a sports rivalry unequaled in the annals of athletic competition. The awesome New York Yankees and the indomitable Boston Red Sox were fighting for supremacy of baseball's American League, and an aging Joe DiMaggio and a brash, headstrong hitting phenomenon named Ted Williams led their respective teams in a classic pennant duel of almost mythic proportions--one that would be decided in an explosive head-to-head confrontation on the last day of the season.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2006-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Bottom of the Ninth: Branch Rickey, Casey Stengel, and the Daring Scheme to Save Baseball from Itself]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780805082470</link>
<description><![CDATA[Shapiro's compelling narrative tells how, 50 years ago, as baseball faced crises on and off the field, two larger-than-life figures took center stage and reinvented the national pastime.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Bottom of the Ninth: Branch Rickey, Casey Stengel, and the Daring Scheme to Save Baseball from Itself]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[23]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Shapiro]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Times Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780805082470]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Shapiro's compelling narrative tells how, 50 years ago, as baseball faced crises on and off the field, two larger-than-life figures took center stage and reinvented the national pastime.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[365 Oddball Days in Boston Red Sox History]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781578603442</link>
<description><![CDATA[From Jimmy Piersall's center field jumping jacks to Julia Child's critique of the famous Fenway Frank ("thin and pale"), "365 Oddball Days in Red Sox History" covers all the bases. Organized in an attractive page-a-day format, it delivers anecdotes, player biographies, statistics, and historical information from the Cy Young era right up to the Big Papi-led teams of today.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[365 Oddball Days in Boston Red Sox History]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[24]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Snyder]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Clerisy Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781578603442]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[From Jimmy Piersall's center field jumping jacks to Julia Child's critique of the famous Fenway Frank ("thin and pale"), "365 Oddball Days in Red Sox History" covers all the bases. Organized in an attractive page-a-day format, it delivers anecdotes, player biographies, statistics, and historical information from the Cy Young era right up to the Big Papi-led teams of today.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America's Pastime]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307271808</link>
<description><![CDATA[The "New York Daily News" Sports Investigative Team has written more than just the story of the rise and fall of seasoned pitcher Roger Clemens, it has also penned the definitive book on corruption and the steroids era in Major League Baseball.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America's Pastime]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[25]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Teri Thompson, et al.]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Knopf]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780307271808]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The "New York Daily News" Sports Investigative Team has written more than just the story of the rise and fall of seasoned pitcher Roger Clemens, it has also penned the definitive book on corruption and the steroids era in Major League Baseball.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780307273437]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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