Baseball category: 2631 books
by Roger Bruns
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Part of Greenwood's Landmarks of the American Mosaic series, this work is a one-stop introduction to the subject of Negro League baseball that spotlights the achievements and experiences of black ball players during the time of segregation—ones that must not be allowed to fade into obscurity. Telling...
A Calculus of Color
The Integration of Baseball's American League
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
In 1947, as the integration of Major League Baseball began, the once-daring American League had grown reactionary, unwilling to confront postwar challenges—population shifts, labor issues and, above all, racial integration. The league had matured in the Jim Crow era, when northern cities responded...
Satch, Dizzy, and Rapid Robert
The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball Before Jackie Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
Before Jackie Robinson integrated major league baseball in 1947, black and white ballplayers had been playing against one another for decades—even, on rare occasions, playing with each other. Interracial contests took place during the off-season, when major leaguers and Negro Leaguers alike fattened...
Harmon Killebrew
Ultimate Slugger
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
When Hall of Famer Harmon "Killer" Killebrew died in May 2011, the baseball world lost one of its best hitters and one of the finest ambassadors the game has ever known. Killebrew was second only to Babe Ruth in home runs by an American League slugger, and finished his career with 573 home...
Pitch by Pitch
My View of One Unforgettable Game
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Pitch by Pitch gets inside the head of Bob Gibson on October 2, 1968, when he took the mound for game one of the World Series against the Detroit Tigers and struck out a record seventeen batters.
With the tension rising in the stadium, an uproarious crowd behind him, and the record for the...
New York City Baseball
The Golden Age, 1947–1957
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
In the heady days after World War II, the nation was ready for excitement and heroes, and a city—New York—was eager for entertainment. Baseball provided the heroes, and the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers—with their rivalries, their successes, their stars—provided the show.
New...
Big League Trivia
Facts, Figures, Oddities, and Coincidences from Our National Pastime
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2006
Big League Trivia - Facts, Figures, Oddities, and Coincidences from our National Pastime is a unique trivia book divided into twenty-four chapters dealing with various areas of the great game of major league baseball.Chapters include: All-Star Game, Award Winners, Ballparks, Coincidences, Debuts,...
Pitching Strategies Explained
A Parent's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Pitching Strategies Explained is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book in the world today on the mental strategies used by top collegiate and professional pitchers. It is a must-have for any player, parent or coach hoping to maximize success at any level of the game.
Pitching Strategies...
Hammerin' Hank, George Almighty and the Say Hey Kid
The Year That Changed Baseball Forever
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
"The vivid story of a young Reggie Jackson on Charlie Finley's A's and the veteran Willie Mays on Yogi's Mets, both destined for the '73 series."
-Library Journal
This was the year that the national pastime underwent an extreme makeover.
In 1973, baseball was in crisis. The...
Let's Play Two
The Life and Times of Ernie Banks
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
When Ernie Banks passed away in 2015, he was regarded as one of the most beloved men in baseball history. Making his start as a shortstop with the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro Leagues as a teenager, Banks went on to become the first African American to play for the Chicago Cubs. Known affectionately...
Matt Kemp: True Blue Baseball Star
SportStars Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
All-Star, Gold Glove Winner and Silver Slugger! Outfielder Matt Kemp is one of the most successful players in Los Angeles Dodgers history. A five-tool player, the star athlete excels at hitting for average, power, baserunning, throwing, and fielding. He is also one of the most respected and beloved...
Summer of '68
The Season That Changed Baseball--and America--Forever
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
The extraordinary story of the 1968 baseball season—when the game was played to perfection even as the country was being pulled apart at the seams
From the beginning, '68 was a season rocked by national tragedy and sweeping change. Opening Day was postponed and later played in the shadow...
Tales from the Deadball Era
Ty Cobb, Home Run Baker, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and the Wildest Times in Baseball History
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
The Deadball Era (1901û1920) is a baseball fanÆs dream. Hope and despair, innocence and cynicism, and levity and hostility blended then to create an air of excitement, anticipation, and concern for all who entered the confines of a major league ballpark. Cheating for the sake of victory earned respect,...
Painting the Corners
Off-Center Baseball Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
"Imaginative baseball stories for long rain delays and hot stove league nights." —Darryl Brock, author of If I Never Get Back and Two in the Field
Bob Weintraub's marvelous collection of baseball stories goes directly to the core of what the game does for us when we watch it being played...