What to read after Mark and Matthew?

Here is the book the passionate baseball fan on your list will actually want to read; whether that fan is someone you know or even YOU. The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2012 is the Hot Stove League's leadoff hitter with insightful, provocative, accessible writing that is well-rounded and complete. Baseball is a game of runs and outs, and the analysis of how those runs and outs happen is at the heart of this annual. This year the Baseball Annual takes it up a notch with an impressive array of articles on the hottest and most innovative part of that analysis including a review of the year, accompanied by crack analysis by our PITCHf/x experts of selected pitchers in each division. Well-know authors such as Craig Calcaterra and Rob Neyer include commentary on the current year; along with analysis of last season, previews of next, and fanciful and penetrating essays on events and trends in the great American pastime. Additional articles of historical pieces by SABR members, such as the fastest hooks in history and a remembrance of Hank Thompson; and cartoons by Tuck!