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2021 book by Joe Posnanski
The Baseball 100 is a 2021 book written by Joe Posnanski ranking the 100 greatest baseball players of all time.
Began as a web series for The Athletic, counting down the top 100 players over 100 days beginning in December 2019.[2]
from official intro:
- “this is a nutty thing to do.”
- “the point of this for me is not the ranking but the stories”
- tries to include Negro Leagues and adjust for events like World War II, but not for injuries
Winner of Casey Award by Spitball Magazine for best baseball book.[3]
Starred review from Kirkus, Posnanski “skillfully weaves statistics into the narrative without spilling into geekdom”[4] Named as one of Kirkus’ best books of 2021.[5]
Starred review from Publishers Weekly, called it a “remarkable achievement”.[6]
- includes mention of using ranking numbers with special meaning, such as 56 for Joe Dimaggio
