Skipper collaborates on 'Bochy Ball!' book

SAN FRANCISCO -- Giants manager Bruce Bochy has collaborated on a book which is sure to delight baseball purists and could dismay the game's acolytes of analytics. "Bochy Ball!" features a photo of Bochy on the cover and his name in the book's title. As he insisted Friday, however, it's not exclusively about him.

"I'm proud to say that the book focuses on the chemistry and continuity that runs from the top to the bottom in the Giants' organization," Bochy said. "It's really a book about chemistry -- what it is, why it matters, how we try to bring it about."

Written by best-selling business authors Drs. Kevin and Jackie Freiberg, "Bochy Ball!" uses Bochy in particular and the Giants in general…