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Champions: A Look Back at the Phillies Triumphant 2008 Season
by By the Staff of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News
Amazon Price: $17.11
Customer Reviews:
» Great book for all Phillies fans. Tells the story of the Championship run with great pictures. A Must Have!!! Have sone fun and send one to a friend


» Finally Philly doesn't only have a Championship team, but also a spectacular book to commerate a fabulous year of the World Champions, the Philadelphia Phillies. This book, written by the Philadelphi...

Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back
by Josh Hamilton
Amazon Price: $16.31
Customer Reviews:
» Josh Hamilton, through his performance in the 2008 baseball season, was given the platform, to be able to have a book published about his life. The book detailed much about his drug use and stays at t...

» I bought this book for my son, who plays college baseball. It was to be a Christmas present for him, but I decided to read it myself. I picked it up at 4:00 one Sunday afternoon and could not put it ...

» Amazing, uplifting and a testimate as to Gods power in even the most dire
circumstances.
Gary D.
Coppell Texas

» Great story that transcends baseball. This is a story about life and struggle and overcoming adversity while still having to wrestle with demons each and every day. Every teenager and parent should ...

» I received my book on a Friday. I had it finished by that night - I couldn't put it down. My wife started it as soon as I was finished, and she had it read in less than 24 hours. I have loaned it s...

Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective
by Al Santasiere
Amazon Price: $31.50
Customer Reviews:
» Great book. A bit pricey, but what the heck, you only live once. And thank God I'm a Yankees fan. I read some of the other reviews and have to say, I agree with most, this book is a great gift idea. M...

» I gave this book to my dad, who used to take me to games in the Bronx when I was a kid. Anyone who ever saw a game at the old Yankee Stadium should buy this book -- it will bring back a lot of great m...

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Do not be deceived by its appearance. This is in no sense a "coffee table book" except that you will want to have it near at hand on prominent display. Credit Mark Vancil and Alfred Santasiere ...

» I gave this to my son for his birthday present and he loved it. Lots of pictures and historical data.

» All true NYY fans will love this book. This "coffee table" book has great insight into the history of Yankee Stadium. The photography alone is worth the price of the book - it makes you realize w...

Sports Illustrated: The College Football Book
by Editors of Sports Illustrated
Amazon Price: $18.16
Customer Reviews:
» Great gift idea for the college football fan in your life. Some wonderful new essays by SI staff to go along with many classic SI articles, and, of course, dozens and dozens of terrific photos. I re...

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
by Michael Lewis
Amazon Price: $11.16
Customer Reviews:
» Pain Killer Marketing: How to Turn Customer Pain into Market Gain

This baseball book does a great job of asking and answering the question: What are the hidden benefits and values that ot...

» Aristotle once argued that there are three main purposes to art and writing: to teach, to delight, and to inspire. Rare is the book that accomplishes all three but Michael Lewis's "Moneyball" does exa...

» Lewis's MONEYBALL is impossible to put down because it is speaks as much to leadership as it does to baseball. The key premise is that instead of worrying about what you do not have, do all you can wi...

» CDs were in great shape. I got them within a few days of ordering.

» More than baseball, Moneyball is about questioning assumptions - challenging everything you know to be true about your situation and asking yourself if maybe it "ain't necessarily so." How did Billy ...

Bill James Handbook 2009 (Bill James Handbook)
by Bill James
Amazon Price: $16.29
Customer Reviews:
» Kim: Looks like you got another !@#$ing book in the mail.
Me: The new Bill James Handbook is here! The new Bill James Handbook is here!
Kim: [not quite under her breath] Loser.
Me: :...

» I'm a raving fan of the Bill James Baseball Handbook.

This year's edition has everything that you would expect from the Bill James Baseball Handbook - plus some new wrinkles, including: c...

» The book sells itself. See the Key Features. If those appeal to you, you should buy it. The book is as good as ever. The question is whether the book is necessary, given the raft of other excellent sa...

» So assuming you haven't been hiding under a rock for the past 30 years or so, and you have even the slightest interest in statistical analysis and/or fantasy baseball, you know who Bill James is. Hope...

Baseball Prospectus 2009: The Essential Guide to the 2009 Baseball Season (Ba...
Amazon Price: $14.93
Customer Reviews:

Yankee Stadium: A Tribute: 85 Years of Memories: 1923-2008
by Les Krantz
Amazon Price: $19.77
Customer Reviews:
» There are a lot of "tribute" books, DVD's, and so forth this year because of the "new" Yankee Stadium that will open in 2009 -- and this one is one of the best. The DVD that comes with the book is goo...

» An amazingly informative collection of stories and pictures on this stadium which has become such a "sacred" part of our lives. As a New Yorker watching it come down, this book captures memories of th...

» My stepson and my husband's childhood friend--both in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginny--love the Yankees and will be here in August to attend their first and last game at the stadium. They love t...

» This is the best of the handful of Yankee Stadium books that came out in 2008 -- the Yankees' swansong season in the Babe's house. It's a treasure chest of the 50 or so greatest moments in Yankee Stad...

» I heartily second what Kristie said here. The DVD included with this book is worth the price of admission to a luxury box. Mel Allen's World Series recaps are remarkable -- the film editing is much be...

Remembering Yankee Stadium: An Oral and Narrative History of "The House That ...
by Harvey Frommer
Amazon Price: $29.70
Customer Reviews:
» "Remembering Yankee Stadium - The House That Ruth Built" by Harvey Frommer is ia wonderful book bringing back all the great history of Yankee Stadium. It depicts beautiful pictures and interesting st...

» This compelling book captures the history and spirit of New York City, Yankee Stadium, and baseball through a decade by decade history of the team and its unforgettable home - the "house that Ruth bui...

» I remember the first time I walked into Yankee Stadium in 1960. It was larger than life, captivating and thrilling. The facade, the field, the sounds, the smells. Later I became a Mets fan, and experi...

» The beauty of this book is the fact that the author Harvey Frommer, and publisher Stewart, Tabori and Chang have captured amazing fan memories and pictures and added them to this coffee table release....

» Well it was the book that took 86 years in the making but Harvey Frommer's Remembering Yankee Stadium: An Oral and Narrative History of "The House That Ruth Built" has finally hit the shelves. While m...

Phillies Confidential: The Untold Inside Story of the 2008 Championship Seaso...
by Gary Matthews, Scott Lauber
Amazon Price: $13.57
Customer Reviews:
» Received the book yesterday and could not put it down. Even though I knew how it was going to end, it was great reading about the entire season again. Seeing it from Sarge's viewpoint was fantastic....