Baseball category: 2631 books
Where They Ain't
The Fabled Life and Ultimely Death of the Original Baltimore Orioles, the Team that Gave Birth to Modern Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 1999
Greedy owners, spoiled players, disillusioned fans -- all hallmarks of baseball in the 'nineties. Only in this case, it's the 1890s. We may think that business interests dominate the sport today, but baseball's early years were an even harsher and less sentimental age, when teams were wrenched from...
by Todd Cambio
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 6, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 6, 2014
The Ultimate Warm Up Guide to Baseball is the most comprehensive and up-to-date baseball-specific warm up guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of more than 60 of the most effective warm up exercises used by baseball players worldwide. This book is loaded with year-round...
by D. M. Kalten
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Welcome to the earliest days of baseball in historic Cincinnati, Ohio. Pick out your spot and don’t budge as you may lose it. “Thousands surrounded the grounds on the outside, standing in wagons, for room for which they paid liberally, sitting on the fences, and crowding into windows and on roofs...
by Patrick J. Caraher
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Remember when the most exciting moment of your childhood was opening a fresh pack of baseball cards? How you gazed lovingly at the pictures of your heroes, pored over their statistics, thrilled to their exploits and identified with their lives? We all know someone whose baseball card collection was...
by Zachary Hyman
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
A picture book that perfectly conjures 1920s New York for fans of baseball and Babe Ruth. This is baseball's The Hockey Sweater (by Roch Carrier) for the US market.
George Henry Alexander is a huge fan of baseball. His favorite team is the New York Yankees and his favorite player is Babe...
by James T. Farrell
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
If you love the game of baseball, this book is a must read. If you're trying to understand the game, no more eloquent writer will take you by the hand. James Thomas Farrell’s "Studs Lonigan" books are considered among the best of the 20th century. Like ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary series, Farrell’s...
The Baseball Maniac's Almanac
The Absolutely, Positively, and Without Question Greatest Book of Facts, Figures, and Astonishing Lists Ever Compiled
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
An addictive read that is sure to spark conversation wherever baseball is spoken, this updated edition of The Baseball Maniac’s Almanac is part reference, part trivia, part brain teaser, and absolutely the most unusual and thorough compendium of baseball stats and facts ever assembled—all verified...
Negro League Baseball
The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
The story of black professional baseball provides a remarkable perspective on several major themes in modern African American history: the initial black response to segregation, the subsequent struggle to establish successful separate enterprises, and the later movement toward integration. Baseball...
by S L Schell
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
This book will teach you how to keep score at baseball games, whether you're a fan at the ball park, a player in a league, or a family member of a young ball player. With clear instructions and over 45 diagrams, the goal is to provide you with skills you can practice immediately, even after your...
For the Love of Baseball
A Celebration of the Game That Connects Us All
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Stefan Fatsis sends his stunningly perfect, consummately perfect, why-would-anyone-use-anything-else? perfect” glove to be restored by the glove designer at Rawlings. Frank Deford makes the case that the baseball cap may be the most universal article of clothing ever designed. Roger Angell considers...
Baseball's Greatest Quotations Rev. Ed.
An Illustrated Treasury of Baseball Quotations and Historical Lore
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
Baseball has always had its share of colorful characters, and over the years they have expressed themselves in eminently quotable ways. In this treasury of more than 5,000 quotations, noted baseball writer and observer Paul Dickson has captured the flavor of the game, in the words of its most important...
Haunted Baseball
Ghosts, Curses, Legends, and Eerie Events
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Baseball and ghost stories are as American as apple pie. Haunted Baseball combines both with this fun and freaky collection of otherworldly yarns. Collected from baseball players, stadium personnel, umpires, front-office folks, and fans, the tales told here explore the spooky connection between baseball...
Mustaches and Mayhem: Charlie O's Three-Time Champions The Oakland Athletics: 1972-74
SABR Digital Library, #31
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
In modern baseball history, only one team not named the New York Yankees has ever won three consecutive World Series. That team was the Oakland Athletics, who captured major league baseball's crown each year from 1972 through 1974.
Led by such superstars as future Hall of Famers Reggie Jackson,...
by Chad Gramling
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2007
The Fort Wayne Wizards� 1993 arrival marked the beginning of professional baseball in northeast Indiana for many. However, the city boasts a rich baseball heritage that traces its roots to the very origins of the game. In fact, baseball and its record books begin with Fort Wayne. Over more than 135...