THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Which books are you readers buying?

By Tangotiger, 11:55 AM

First, a reminder that if you make an Amazon purchase, use the link on the top left of any page. Do that whether you buy The Book or you buy an iPod. We get referral fees from Amazon, at no cost to you. It’s win-win. We get enough to pay for the admin expenses, and this year there was an extra 100$ as our profit. So, it works out wonderfully. Just keep making your Amazon purchases through this site. So, thank you so much for your support. That’s all you need to do to keep this site going.

Now, Amazon gives us a report of what is being bought (but not who… don’t worry, whoever bought the Julie/Julia DVD… your secret is safe with Amazon). There were 324 items purchased through our site, and 21 of them were bought by more than one person. Here are those top books purchased, along with all sports-related books:

249 The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball
31 Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrong
15 The Baseball Economist: The Real Game Exposed
11 Baseball Prospectus 2009: The Essential Guide to the 2009 Baseball Season
9 Baseball Hacks: Tips & Tools for Analyzing and Winning with Statistics
8 Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
6 Diamond Dollars: The Economics of Winning in Baseball
6 Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan’s Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks
6 The Fielding Bible--Volume II
3 The Cheater’s Guide to Baseball
3 Understanding Sabermetrics: An Introduction to the Science of Baseball Statistics
3 Bill James Handbook 2009
3 The Hardball Times Season Preview 2009
2 Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game
2 The Hidden Game of Baseball
2 The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
2 Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
2 Betting Baseball ‘09: The Secrets That Professionals Won’t Talk About, Until Now!
2 Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Legends: The Truth, the Lies, and Everything Else
2 Total Baseball: The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia
2 Baseball America 2009 Prospect Handbook: The Comprehensive Guide to Rising Stars from the Definitive Source on Prospects (Baseball America Prospect Ha

A Glove of Their Own
Baseball America 2009 Almanac: A Comprehensive Review of the 2008 Season (Baseball America Almanac)
Baseball Between the Numbers
Baseball in Blue and Gray: The National Pastime during the Civil War
Baseball Science (Sports Science)
Baseball Strategies: American Baseball Coaches Association
Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure
Blindsided: Why the Left Tackle is Overrated and Other Contrarian Football Thoughts
Classic Baseball Cards: 98 Collector’s Cards Authentically Reproduced in Full Color
Fantasyland: A Season on Baseball’s Lunatic Fringe
Football Outsiders Almanac 2009: The Essential Guide to the 2009 NFL and College Football Seasons
God Save the Fan: How Steroid Hypocrites, Soul-Sucking Suits, and a Worldwide Leader Not Named Bush Have Taken the Fun Out of Sports
How Bill James Changed Our View of the Game of Baseball
License to Deal: A Season on the Run with a Maverick Baseball Agent
Little League Official How-To-Play Baseball Book
Mathletics: How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics in Baseball, Basketball, and Football
Perfect I’m Not : Boomer on Beer, Brawls, Backaches, and Baseball
Play Baseball the Ripken Way: The Complete Illustrated Guide to the Fundamentals
The Baffled Parent’s Guide to Coaching Youth Hockey (Baffled Parent’s Guides)
The Baseball Drill Book
The Bill James Baseball Abstract, 1986
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
The Complete Book of Baseball Signs and Plays
The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2010
The Hidden Game of Baseball: A Revolutionary Approach to Baseball and Its Statistics
The Hidden Language of Baseball
The Mainieri Factor: Promoting Baseball With a Passion From Miami Dade to Notre Dame, LSU and the Chicago Cubs
The Numbers Game: Baseball’s Lifelong Fascination with Statistics
The Physics of Baseball (3rd Edition)
The TUFFCUFF Strength And Conditioning Manual For Baseball Pitchers: A 52-Week Guide To Pitching Workouts And Throwing Programs
Think Better Baseball: Secrets from Major League Coaches and Players for Mastering the Mental Game
Weaver on Strategy: Classic Work on Art of Managing a Baseball Team
Weighing the Odds in Sports Betting

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#1 Mike Fast (see all posts) 2010/03/17 (Wed) @ 12:30

Fascinating! I forget whether I bought my copy of Weaver on Strategy through here on not. That one might be me.

#2 (see all posts) 2010/03/17 (Wed) @ 13:11

Cool. I bought 6 of the top 7 books on that list from Amazon, but didn’t know about the referral thing. I’ll use it in the future.

#3 Josh (see all posts) 2010/03/17 (Wed) @ 15:22

I would also urge folks who make use of Tango and MGLs data and work and also happen to have amazon links to use their amazon ID on your site. Just copy and paste their link on your site’s link.

#4 Dave P. (see all posts) 2010/03/17 (Wed) @ 15:23

Huh, six people bought “Watching Baseball Smarter”? It’s something I might be interested in; is it any good? I mean, it’s by that lame dude who catches fly balls at games. That’s not encouraging.

#5 (see all posts) 2010/03/17 (Wed) @ 15:23

Oh and The Big Short is awesome (Lewis). Buy it now!

#6 Dave P. (see all posts) 2010/03/17 (Wed) @ 15:24

Actually, looks like it’s for kids. Forget it.

#7 Matthew Bultitude (see all posts) 2010/03/17 (Wed) @ 15:43

Tom, is there a Amazon.com home page URL that I can use that will still keep you as referrer?

#8 Tangotiger (see all posts) 2010/03/17 (Wed) @ 16:06

We can set up an Amazon home page? In your profile on Amazon, or in your browser?

All you have to do is click the Amazon link at the top left, and that’s going to work as the referrer link.

Great idea actually. I’m going to add that Amazon link onto my google homepages.

#9 MGL (see all posts) 2010/03/17 (Wed) @ 19:59

No one bought anything but baseball/sports books through our link? Or you just listed the sports related ones?

If I use our link for Kindle book purchases (which I make a lot), for example, we still get a cut? Any purchase from Amazon? A toaster? A bench saw? Porn DVD’s?

#10 Tangotiger (see all posts) 2010/03/17 (Wed) @ 20:21

It looks like ebooks are excluded. I’m not sure though.

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There were 324 items purchased, and I only listed those with 2+ purchases, and any sports books.

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MGL: thanks for your continued support!

#11 J. Cross (see all posts) 2010/03/17 (Wed) @ 20:25

Good to know about the referral link.

After the steamer projection project is done I think I’m going to do some sabermetric reading with my two high school research kids. I initially thought Curveball, now I’m thinking Mathletics (which I haven’t read) sounds like it’s at about the right level. They’ve both read Moneyball already. The Book might be too dense of a read although we could do a chapter at a time and work our way through.

Anyone have any suggestions?

#12 Mike Fast (see all posts) 2010/03/17 (Wed) @ 20:51

Jared/11, I bumped a thread for you.

#13 J. Cross (see all posts) 2010/03/17 (Wed) @ 21:44

Thanks Mike.

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