Baseball category: 2631 books
Pitching Mechanics Explained
A Parent's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
From the author of "Pitching Strategies Explained", "Pitching Mechanics Explained" is the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource for coaches, parents, and players seeking to improve all aspects of a pitcher’s development. It is one of the very few books available specifically...
by Robert Benson
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2001
In the spirit of Field of Dreams, a remarkable book about baseball and the meaning of life. A game between the Iowa Cubs and the Nashville Sounds at an AAA park in Nashville provides the lens through which Robert Benson explores the game of baseball and the meaning of life in The Game. It is an ordinary...
Playing with Tigers
A Minor League Chronicle of the Sixties
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
In 1965 George Gmelch signed a contract to play professional baseball with the Detroit Tigers organization. Growing up sheltered in an all-white, affluent San Francisco suburb, he knew little of the world outside. Over the next four seasons, he came of age in baseball’s Minor Leagues through experiences...
The Long Season
The Classic Inside Account of a Baseball Year, 1959
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
A timeless classic from baseball's golden era, legendary pitcher Jim Brosnan's witty and candid chronicle of the 1959 Major League Baseball season, which set the standard for all sports memoirs to follow.
Arguably the greatest sports memoir ever penned, The Long Season was a revelation when...
They Said It Couldn't Be Done
The '69 Mets, New York City, and the Most Astounding Season in Baseball History
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
“One of sports’ most storied championship teams gets its proper due” (Tom Verducci) in this definitive history of the 1969 Miracle Mets from the New York Times bestselling author of The Boys of Winter.
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“If you want to know what it was like to live and witness a baseball miracle in...
Biz Mackey, a Giant behind the Plate
The Story of the Negro League Star and Hall of Fame Catcher
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
*“The best all-around catcher in black baseball history”—*Cumberland Posey, Owner of the Homestead Grays
National Baseball Hall of Fame catcher James Raleigh “Biz” Mackey’s professional career spanned nearly three decades in the Negro Leagues and elsewhere. He distinguished himself...
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2013
Benny Kauff was a major league hitter, fielder, and base runner of great talent. He played with the Indianapolis Hoosiers and Brooklyn Tip-Tops, of the short-lived Federal League, in 1914 and 1915. Often compared to Hall of Famer Ty Cobb, Kauff was a multi-talented outfielder, who could hit for power....
Tales from the Dodgers Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Dodger Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
To baseball fans of today, the name Dodgers” is synonymous with Hollywood, the warm California sun, and names like Tommy Lasorda, Kirk Gibson, Steve Garvey, and Orel Hershiser. The Dodgers mean much more than that to fans of baseball history, however. Namely, these fans remember the famed Boys...
It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
The Baseball Prospectus Pennant Race Book
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Pennant races are arguably the most important aspect of baseball. Players, teams, and franchises are all after one goal: to win the pennant and get into the post-season. But what really determines who wins? Statistical analyses of baseball abound: different ways of breaking down everyone's individual...
by Royce Tippett
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011
Baseball Coaching: Myths, Mistakes, and Misunderstandings provides youth baseball coaches and parents with a quick reference to proper baseball hitting and pitching mechanics. It serves to dispel some of the old cliches of baseball instruction that are overused and just plain wrong. It also provides the proper mechanics and full explanation that is necessary to see real skill development.
by Baseball Prospectus, Stephen Reichert, David Pease
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
- Annual Bestseller: Each year's Baseball Prospectus title sells over 20,000 copies and tops bestseller charts (including Amazon's Top 100) - Brand recognition: The Baseball Prospectus brand is one trusted by baseball fans, which top over 100k individuals through social media following alone
How to Coach Youth Baseball
A Step-By-Step Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
This detailed guide provides everything a first-time coach needs to teach basic baseball skills--and have fun at the same time. Emphasizing fundamentals and not win-at-all-costs strategies, How to Coach Youth Baseballis the perfect book for any new coach.
Beverly Carroll, along with longtime...
by Daniel Okrent, Steve Wulf
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2014
From its winners to its sinners, two bestselling sportswriters chronicle a dizzying trip through more than a century of baseball lore and legend.
Some of the stories are celebrated—from Ruth’s called shot to DiMaggio’s streak to Mays’s catch. Some of the men are titans of the game—Mantle,...
Immaculate
A History of Perfect Innings in Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Getting 3 batters out in order on nine pitches is one of the most remarkable feats in baseball. Since the late 1800s, only 71 pitchers have been able to do it. Yet, unlike other rare achievements in baseball, such as pitching a perfect game, the “immaculate inning” does not capture the same attention...