Baseball category: 2631 books
The Extra 2%
How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First First
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
What happens when three financial industry whiz kids and certified baseball nuts take over an ailing major league franchise and implement the same strategies that fueled their success on Wall Street? In the case of the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays, an American League championship happens—the culmination...
The Kid
The Immortal Life of Ted Williams
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
From acclaimed journalist Ben Bradlee Jr., comes the epic biography of Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams that baseball fans have been waiting for.
Williams was the best hitter in baseball history. His batting average of .406 in 1941 has not been topped since, and no player who has hit more...
Ty and The Babe
Baseball's Fiercest Rivals: A Surprising Friendship and the 1941 Has-Beens Golf Championship
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2007
Early in the twentieth century, fate thrust a young Babe Ruth into the gleaming orbit of Ty Cobb. The resulting collision produced a dazzling explosion and a struggle of mythic magnitude. At stake was not just baseball dominance, but eternal glory and the very soul of a sport. For much of fourteen...
by David Halberstam
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
This #1 bestselling baseball classic of the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry is “dazzling . . . heart-stopping . . . A celebration of a vanished heroic age” (The New York Times Book Review).
The summer of 1949: It was baseball’s Golden Age and the year Joe DiMaggio’s New York Yankees were...
The Baseball
Stunts, Scandals, and Secrets Beneath the Stitches
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
The Baseball is a salute to the ball, filled with insider trivia, anecdotes, and generations of ball-induced insanity.
Which Hall of Famer once caught a ball dropped from an airplane?
Why do balls get stamped with invisible ink?
What’s the best ticket to buy for catching a foul ball?
Which...
One Shot at Forever
A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
"One Shot at Forever is powerful, inspirational. . . . This isn't merely a book about baseball. It's a book about heart."
--Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author of Boys Will Be Boys and The Bad Guys Won
In 1971, a small-town high school baseball team from rural Illinois,...
The Grind
Inside Baseball's Endless Season
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
Built on material that appeared in The Washington Post, this is a raw, inside look at the wear and tear and the glory and impermanence of baseball—shortlisted for the 2016 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing.
At 162 games, it is the sports world’s longest season. Grueling. Thrilling....
Big Data Baseball
Math, Miracles, and the End of a 20-Year Losing Streak
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
New York Times Bestseller
After twenty consecutive losing seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates, team morale was low, the club's payroll ranked near the bottom of the sport, game attendance was down, and the city was becoming increasingly disenchanted with its team. Pittsburghers joked their town...
The Final Season
Fathers, Sons, and One Last Season in a Classic American Ballpark
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Maybe your dad took you to ball games at Fenway, Wrigley, or Ebbets. Maybe the two of you watched broadcasts from Yankee Stadium or Candlestick Park, or listened as Red Barber or Vin Scully called the plays on radio. Or maybe he coached your team or just played catch with you in the yard. Chances...
I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies
Inside the Game We All Love
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
The New York Times Bestseller!
In the aftermath of the Steroid Era that stained the game of baseball, at a time when so many players are so rich and therefore have a sense of entitlement that they haven't earned, ESPN baseball commentator Tim Kurkjian shows readers how to love the game more...
by alex trostanetskiy
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Are you looking for a journey that will take you through 100 of the Top Baseball Pitchers of All Time, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating...
by alex trostanetskiy
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
Are you looking for a journey that will take you through 100 of the Top Baseball Team Owners of All Time, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating...
by alex trostanetskiy
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
Are you looking for a journey that will take you through Greatest Team Owners in Baseball History: Top 100, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating...
Full Count
Four Decades of Blue Jays Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
From one of Canada's top baseball writers and radio hosts: a retrospective of the Toronto Blue Jays on the 20th anniversary of Joe Carter's World Series-winning home run--and a look ahead to what promises to be their most successful season since. A must-have for all Blue Jays fans, and a great read...