Robert K. Fitts chronicles the life of Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer Wally Yonamine in Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball. BaseballBookReview.com’s Pat Lagreid takes a look at this book about the man who helped shape Japanese baseball into what it is today.

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In ODD MAN OUT, Matt McCarthy takes you into the life of a minor-league baseball player and his experience of just over a year in the Anaheim Angels’ farm system. The resulting book is a gem that any baseball fan would be well-served to read.

As much as I don’t like the off-season, at least I know that there are a handful of books that will help me pass the time by giving me some idea how players will perform in the upcoming season. Such is the case with Graphical Player 2009, written by John Burnson and featuring some of […]

Ron Shandler and the staff at BaseballHQ.com return with the 23rd edition of their Baseball Forecaster – does it maintain it’s track record of success?

Here we are mired in the middle of the off-season, constantly checking our team’s pots and pans on the Hot Stove to see if anything is cooking, done, or in some cases, smells fishy. While players are only a few weeks away from reporting to Spring Training and are undoubtedly hard at work in the […]