The Indie October Baseball Bestseller List

Posted Wednesday, Oct 15, 2008

With Major League Baseball's post-season in full-swing, we present the The Indie October Baseball Bestseller List, based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 14, 2008.

1.

Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-Experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks
Zack Hample, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307280329

2.

Moneyball
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393324815

3.

Living on the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember
John Feinstein, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316113915

4.

101 Reasons to Love the Red Sox
David Green, Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, $14.95, 9781584797142

5.

Remembering Yankee Stadium: An Oral and Narrative History of the House That Ruth Built
Harvey Frommer, Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, $45, 9781584797166

6.

Baseball's Best 1,000: Rankings of the Skills, the Achievements, and the Performance of the Greatest Players of All Time
Derek Gentile, Black Dog & Leventhal, $14.95, 9781579127770

7.

Playing With the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, World War II, and the Long Journey Home
Gary W. Moore, Penguin, $15, 9780143113881

8.

Red Sox Rule: Terry Francona and Boston's Rise to Dominance
Michael Holley, HarperEntertainment, $25.95, 9780061458545

9.

Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History
Cait Murphy, Collins, $14.95, 9780060889388

10.

Baseball Field Guide: An In-Depth Illustrated Guide to the Complete Rules of Baseball
Dan Formosa, Paul Hamburger, Da Capo, $14, 9780306816536

11.

Yankee Stadium: A Tribute: 85 Years of Memories: 1923 - 2008
Les Krantz, HarperEntertainment, $29.95, 9780061438608

12.

101 Reasons to Love the Yankees
Ron Green, Jr., Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, $14.95, 9781584797159

13.

Do You Know the Boston Red Sox?
Guy Robinson, Sourcebooks, $5.95, 9781402214196

14.

Yankee for Life: My 40-Year Journey in Pinstripes
Bobby Murcer, Harper, $24.95, 9780061473418

15.

Summer of '49
David Halberstam, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $14.95, 9780060884260

16.

You Can Observe a Lot by Watching: What I've Learned About Teamwork From the Yankees and Life
Yogi Berra, Wiley, $24.95, 9780470079928

17.

Ty and the Babe: Baseball's Fiercest Rivals
Tom Stanton, Thomas Dunne, $14.95, 9780312382247

18.

Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective
Mark Vancil, Alfred Santasiere, III, Pocket, $50, 9781416547792

19.

Big Papi: My Story of Big Dreams and Big Hits
David Ortiz, St. Martin's Griffin, $14.95, 9780312383442

20.

The Echoing Green: The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca, and the Shot Heard Round the World
Joshua Prager, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375713071

21.

Ballparks Then and Now
Eric Enders, Thunder Bay, $10.95, 9781592237319

22.

Babe Ruth: Remembering the Bambino in Stories, Photos & Memorabilia
Julia Ruth Stevens, Bill Gilbert, Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, $35, 9781584796978

23.

Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game
George Vecsey, Modern Library, $14, 9780812978704

24.

The Baseball Book
Rob Fleder (Ed.), Sports Illustrated, $29.95, 9781933405230

25.

The Gashouse Gang: How Dizzy Dean, Leo Durocher, Branch Rickey, Pepper Martin, and Their Colorful, Come-From-Behind Ball Club Won the World Series -- and America's Heart
John Heidenry, PublicAffairs, $14.95, 9781586485689
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