Baseball category: 2631 books
The Baseball Fan's Bucket List
162 Things You Must Do, See, Get, and Experience Before You Die
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2010
No sports fans are more in touch with the history and ephemera of their game than baseball fans. Hitting the sweet spot of our national pastime, The Baseball Fans Bucket List presents a list of 162 absolute must things to do, see, get, and experience before you kick the bucket. Entries range from...
Even the Browns
Baseball During World War II
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
"A thoroughly diverting and occasionally surprising exploration of a slice of baseball history heretofore largely ignored . . . marvelously informative and fun to read." — Sports Illustrated
"Mr. Mead describes the Browns and baseball's war years with wit and irony." — The...
Can He Play? A Look at Baseball Scouts and Their Profession
SABR Digital Library, #1
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
They dig through tons of coal to find a single diamond. They spend countless hours traveling miles and miles on lonely back roads and way too much time in hotels. Their front offices expect them to constantly provide player reports and updates. So much of their time is spent away from family and friends,...
Tales from the Dugout : The Greatest True Baseball Stories Ever Told: The Greatest True Baseball Stories Ever Told
The Greatest True Baseball Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 1998
Batter up--here comes the most memorable collection of anecdotes about the national pastime ever assembled. Tales from the Dugout brings together never-before-told stories from baseball personalities such as Roger Maris, Ken Griffey Jr., Pete Rose, Phil Rizzuto, and Gaylord Perry in this illustrated, one-of-a-kind compendium.
Baseball in San Diego
From the Plaza to the Padres
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2005
Baseball in San Diego: From the Plaza to the Padres, takes the reader on a seven-decade journey from Horton Plaza, the site of San Diego's first base ball game in 1871, to lower Broadway and the future home of Lane Field. Before the Pacific Coast League, San Diego had three Class D teams. One was the...
The Victory Season
The End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball's Golden Age
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
**"Weintraub is a big-league storyteller .... He loads the bases with the kind of entertaining anecdotes, minutiae, and quotes that separate baseball-and baseball writing-from other sports." -- USA Today
In the spring of 1946, Americans were ready to heal. The war was finally over,...
Autumn Glory
Baseball's First World Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004
A suspenseful account of the glorious days a century ago when our national madness began
A post-season series of games to establish supremacy in the major leagues was not inevitable in the baseball world. But in 1903 the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates (in the well-established National League)...
The Road to Omaha
Hits, Hopes, and History at the College World Series
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
Every summer, college baseball teams from around the nation come to Omaha, Nebraska, to play pure move-the-man-over, run-manufacturing baseball in a series that's part college bowl game, part county fair. In the spirit of 3 Nights in August and The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty, veteran sports...
by Gene Carney
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2006
Most fans today know that gamblers and ballplayers conspired to ôfixö the 1919 World Seriesùthe Black Sox Scandal. It has been touched upon in classic works of sports history such as Eliot AsinofÆs Eight Men Out, referred to in literary classics like W. P. KinsellaÆs Shoeless Joe, and has been central...
Brown University Baseball
A Legacy of the Game
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2012
This book will chronicle the history of baseball at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown has earned the distinction of being the most influential institution regarding baseball in Rhode Island. Fields, players, coaches are also included. Perhaps the most interesting parts of the book are...
The Cooperstown Chronicles
Baseball's Colorful Characters, Unusual Lives, and Strange Demises
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Professional baseball has always consisted of a variety of characters, from likeable youngsters to notorious rebels. From 1871 to the present, the sport has witnessed the likes of Germany Schaeffer, an infielder with a penchant for “stealing” first base; Joe Medwick, the only player ever removed...
Baseball Hall of Shame™
The Best of Blooperstown
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
From 1985 to 1992, The Baseball Hall of Shame series chronicled more than 100 years of baseball goofs and gaffes, selling more than 700,000 copies. Now, the authors of the most offbeat baseball books ever written are back, featuring their looniest lineup of classic stories and inducting their first...
The Road to Cooperstown
A Father, Two Sons, and the Journey of a Lifetime
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
Every true baseball fan dreams of visiting Cooperstown. Some make the trip as boys, when the promise of a spot in the lineup with the Yankees or Red Sox or Tigers glows on the horizon, as certain as the sunrise. Some go later in life, long after their Little League years, to glimpse the past, not...
by Bob Lemke
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
This is the most comprehensive and respected vintage baseball card price guide on the market--considered to be the "bible" of the hobby.
The Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards (2012), 21st Edition, contains thousands of card values covering cards from approximately 5,000 sets released...