The Indie October Baseball Bestseller List

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With the Major League Baseball post-season now underway, we present the Indie October Baseball Bestseller List, based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 6, 2009.

1.

Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
Larry Tye, Random House, $26, 9781400066513

2.

The Yankee Years
Joe Torre, Tom Verducci, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385527408

3.

Moneyball
Michael Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 9780393324815

4.

Cooperstown Confidential: Heroes, Rogues, and the Inside Story of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Zev Chafets, Bloomsbury, $25, 9781596915459

5.

Born to Play: My Life in Baseball
Dustin Pedroia, Simon Spotlight, $25, 9781439157756

6.

As They See 'em: A Fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires
Bruce Weber, Scribner, $26, 9780743294119

7.

Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series -- The Triumph of America's Pastime
Mark Frost, Hyperion, $26.99, 9781401323103

8.

Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee
Allen Barra, Norton, $27.95, 9780393062335

9.

Living on the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember
John Feinstein, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316113922

10.

Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-Experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks
Zack Hample, Vintage, $14, 9780307280329

11.

The Unwritten Rules of Baseball: The Etiquette, Conventional Wisdom, and Axiomatic Codes of Our National Pastime
Paul Dickson, Collins, $14.99, 9780061561054

12.

Bert Sugar's Baseball Hall of Fame: A Living History of America's Greatest Game
Bert Randolph Sugar, Running Press, $35, 9780762430246

13.

The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-Stopping World Series: The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds
Joe Posnanski, Morrow, $25.99, 9780061582561

14.

Odd Man Out: A Year on the Mound With a Minor League Misfit
Matt McCarthy, Viking, $25.95, 9780670020706

15.

Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & A Hall of Fame Hitter Talk About How the Game Is Played
Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson, et al., Doubleday, $26, 9780385528696

16.

Great Baseball Feats, Facts & Firsts
David Nemec, Scott Flatow, Signet, $7.99, 9780451226570

17.

Forever Blue: The True Story of Walter O'Malley, Baseball's Most Controversial Owner, and the Dodgers of Brooklyn and Los Angeles
Michael D'Antonio, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594488566

18.

Red Sox Rule: Terry Francona and Boston's Rise to Dominance
Michael Holley, Harper Paperbacks, $15.99, 9780061458552

19.

We Would Have Played for Nothing: Baseball Stars of the 1950s and 1960s Talk About the Game They Loved
Fay Vincent, Simon & Schuster, $15, 9781416553434

20.

The Complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound
Ron Darling, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307269843

21.

New York Yankees 365
Associated Press, Abrams, $29.95, 9780810982611

22.

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

23.

Bottom of the Ninth: Branch Rickey, Casey Stengel, and the Daring Scheme to Save Baseball From Itself
Michael Shapiro, Times Books, $26, 9780805082470

24.

365 Oddball Days in Boston Red Sox History
John Snyder, Clerisy Press, $12.95, 9781578603442

25.

American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America's Pastime
Teri Thompson, et al., Knopf, $26.95, 9780307271808