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  1. Jan 24, 2022 · The 2022 edition of The New York Times Bestselling Guide. PLAY BALL! The 27th edition of this industry-leading baseball annual contains all of the important statistics, player predictions and insider-level commentary that readers have come to expect, along with significant improvements to several statistics that were created by, and are exclusive to, Baseball Prospectus, and an expanded focus ...

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  2. Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. 2022 MLB Standings, Team and Player Statistics ...

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    • Unstoppable: the Official Atlanta Braves World Series Championship Commemorative Book (Skybox Press, 128 pp., $40), by Mark Bowman, foreword by Dansby Swanson, introduction by Brian Snitker.
    • The Real Hank Aaron: an Intimate Look at the Life and Legacy of the Home Run King (Triumph, 271 pp., $28), by Terence Moore, foreword by Dusty Baker.
    • The Diamondbacks Collection: 50 of the Greatest Cards in Sports Collecting History (Peter E. Randall Publishing, 172 pp., $35), by Tom Zappala & Ellen Zappala with John Molori, foreword by Joe Orlando.
    • Red Barber: the Life and Legacy of a Broadcasting Legend (Nebraska, 496 pp., $36.95), by Judith R. Hiltner and James R. Walker. This hefty, well-crafted biography traces the life of the man who moved from Mississippi to New York, came to accept Jackie Robinson, and served as a broadcast pioneer, as well as a partner to Mel Allen in the Yankees booth.
  3. O ne of baseball’s highest-regarded feats is the cycle: “A single, double, triple, and home run (not necessarily in that order) hit by a player in the same game.” 1 In the history of major league baseball (1876–2023) there have been 351 documented regular-season cycles, including seven in the Negro Leagues. 2 The distribution of the starting defensive positions of the players who ...

  4. 6 days ago · Beyond offering the rare clash between number one seeds, this year’s World Series matchup between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees is steeped in baseball history and — as anyone who’s read me over the past two and a half decades knows — is of great personal resonance. The last time the two teams met in the Fall Classic, in 1981, I was an 11-year-old baseball nut hoping ...

  5. Mar 23, 2022 · FROM 2020: 12 new baseball books worth adding to your lineup while we wait for baseball to come back. "Chili Dog MVP: Dick Allen, the '72 White Sox and a Transforming Chicago" by John Owens and ...

  6. Jan 3, 2023 · The Saga of Sudden Sam: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Sam McDowell by Sam McDowell. Get Up, Baby!: My Seven Decades With the St. Louis Cardinals by Mike Shannon. The Book of Joe: Trying Not to Suck at Baseball and Life by Joe Maddon. The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson by Jeff Pearlman.

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