The Holiday Edition of the Baseball Book Review — need a gift? I’ve got some recommendations…

If you’re looking for a gift for the baseball fan on your list, how about some of the great books that have come out this year? I’ve got a couple of recommendations for you:
 
First is Mickey Mantle: Stories and Memorabilia from a Lifetime With the Mick, by Mickey Herskowitz. Besides being a biography about Mantle, [...]

Covering the Bases: Making Sense of Bill James’ Statistical Nonsense by Travis Walsh and Thomas McFall

It takes a lot to challenge an established way of thinking – first to be able to see shortcomings in something, then having the ability to address and correct those shortcomings, and then having the courage to stand up and call attention to what you think is an error in the current approach to an [...]