Baseball category: 2631 books
by Stephen Jay Gould
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
"Scientific analysis intersects with flat-out fandom. [Gould] could write, he was funny, and he loved, loved baseball."—Booklist
Science meets sport in this vibrant collection of baseball essays by the late evolutionary biologist.Among Stephen Jay Gould's many gifts was his ability...
Fifty-nine in '84
Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
“All fans of baseball, all fans of a good story, will love this book."
— Professor Gordon Wood, Pulitzer and Bancroft Prize winner
“This is a beautifully written, meticulously researched story about a bygone baseball era that even die-hard fans will find foreign, and about a pitcher...
Ambassadors in Pinstripes
The Spalding World Baseball Tour and the Birth of the American Empire
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2006
Inspired and led by sporting magnate Albert Goodwill Spalding, two teams of baseball players circled the globe for six months in 1888-1889 competing in such far away destinations as Australia, Sri Lanka and Egypt. These players, however, represented much more than mere pleasure-seekers. In this lively...
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2013
My E-Book looks at George Washington Keefe from the perspective of a player and family member. He was the son of a diabled Pennsylvania Union Civil War soldier. Charles Keefe was a cabinetmaker who drew a pension after being wounded as a reservist in combat with the Pennsylvania infantry. His son,...
As They See 'Em
A Fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Millions of American baseball fans know, with absolute certainty, that umpires are simply overpaid galoots who are doing an easy job badly. Millions of American baseball fans are wrong.
As They See 'Em is an insider's look at the largely unknown world of professional umpires, the small group...
Uppity
My Untold Story About The Games People Play
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
There are very few major personalities in the world of sports who have so much to say about our National Pastime. And even fewer who are as well respected as Bill White.
Bill White, who's now in his mid 70s, was an All-Star first baseman for many years with the New York Giants, St.Louis Cardinals...
by Charles Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
The first comprehensive history of baseball during the Great Depression, by the esteemed Charles Alexander. Read about the players, personalities, and political forces that shaped and guided America’s most beloved game, and allowed it to continue to thrive even during some of the country’s darkest...
Mint Condition
How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
“An entertaining history of baseball cards . . . An engaging book on a narrow but fascinating topic.” —The Washington Post
When award-winning journalist Dave Jamieson’s parents sold his childhood home a few years ago, he rediscovered a prized boyhood possession: his baseball card collection....
The Nationals Past Times
Baseball Stories from Washington, D.C.
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
With a new chapter in the history of baseball currently being written in Washington, DC, every fan ought to know about history of baseball in the nation’s capital. This book examines the unique relationship between presidents and baseball, the long and intense rivalry of the congressional baseball, and the Washington Senators.
Are We Winning?
Fathers and Sons in the New Golden Age of Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
A hilarious tribute to baseball and to the fathers and sons who share the love of the game.
Are We Winning? is built around a trip to Wrigley Field to watch the St. Louis Cardinals play the Chicago Cubs--the "lovable losers" to most fans but the hated enemy to the Leitch men. Along...
How to Speak Baseball
An Illustrated Guide to Ballpark Banter
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
This guide to the language of baseball decodes the amusing, clever phrases that pepper commentary about the sport. Packed with witty explanations of everything from "duster" and "rubber arm" to "up the elevator," this ballpark lexicon plays on a nostalgic love for the...
The Continental League
A Personal History
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Long before there was Moneyball, a group of investors led by baseball legend Branch Rickey proposed a new economic model for baseball. Based on an innovative approach to evaluating and developing talent, the Continental League was the last serious attempt to form a third Major League. The league’s...
Gil Hodges
The Brooklyn Bums, the Miracle Mets, and the Extraordinary Life of a Baseball Le gend
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
A legend during the Golden Era of the 1950s, Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player and New York Mets manager Gil Hodges is at the center of this masterful sports biography, which delves into the life, achievements, and sterling character of one of baseball’s most overlooked stars.
Gil Hodges was...
The Tigers of '68
Baseball's Last Real Champions
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2014
They had two future Hall of Famers, the last pitcher to win thirty games, and a supporting cast of some of the most peculiar individuals ever to play in the majors. But more than that, the 1968 Detroit Tigers symbolize a lost era in baseball.
It was a time before runaway salaries and designated...