Baseball category: 2631 books
by Bill James
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Since he first began publishing his Baseball Abstracts in the 1980s, Bill James has constantly challenged conventional wisdom by asking simple questions like, "Is that really true?" or "What if we looked at the question this way?" He has sparked a virtual revolution in the way the game of baseball is...
by Bouton Jim
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
In his first diary since Ball Four, Jim Bouton recounts his amazing adventure trying to save a historic ballpark in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Host to organized baseball since 1892, Wahconah Park was soon to be abandoned by the owner of the Pittsfield Mets, who would move his team to a new stadium...
Ecstasy to Agony
How the best team in baseball ended up in Washington ten year later
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
Ecstasy to Agony:The 1994 Montreal Expos: How the Best Team in Baseball Ended up in Washington Ten Years Later traces the fortunes of the Expos from that day in 1989 when the organization's original owner Charles Bronfman decided to sell the team and step away from baseball, through to the team's...
House of Nails
A Memoir of Life on the Edge
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
"Tough, straight, upsetting, and strangely beautiful. One of the best sports autobiographies I've ever read. It comes from the heart." —Stephen King
Eclipsing the traditional sports memoir, House of Nails, by former world champion, multimillionaire entrepreneur, and imprisoned felon...
In Pursuit of Pennants
Baseball Operations from Deadball to Moneyball
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
The 1936 Yankees, the 1963 Dodgers, the 1975 Reds, the 2010 Giants—why do some baseball teams win while others don’t?
General managers and fans alike have pondered this most important of baseball questions. The Moneyball strategy is not the first example of how new ideas and innovative...
Before Wrigley Became Wrigley
The Inside Story of the First Years of the Cubs? Home Field
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Chicago’s Wrigley Field opened in 1914 as Weeghman Park, the new North Side stadium erected for use by the Federal League’s Chicago team, which would eventually be called the Whales. It was built in just 50 days, with an rectangular shape in the style of New York’s Polo Grounds, designed to...
One Nation Under Baseball
How the 1960s Collided with the National Pastime
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
One Nation Under Baseball highlights the intersection between American society and America’s pastime during the 1960s, when the hallmarks of the sport—fairness, competition, and mythology—came under scrutiny. John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro examine the events of the era that reshaped the game:...
Dinner with DiMaggio
Memories of An American Hero
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
A revealing account of the great Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio from the man who knew him best in the last ten years of his life—“a rare, intimate portrait…that pries open Joltin’ Joe’s perpetually buttoned-up privacy” (The New York Times) with stories about the Yankees, Ted Williams,...
by Steve Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
Open this book and explore the life and times of one of the most storied franchises in all of professional sports, the Chicago Cubs. Pairing historical black-and-white images with contemporary photographs of the modern game, Chicago Cubs Yesterday & Today celebrates more than a century of ups...
by Merrie A. Fidler
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
This in-depth treatment of the organization and operation of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League draws on primary documents from league owner Arthur Meyerhoff and others for a unique perspective inside the AAGPBL. The study begins with a brief history of women’s softball, an important...
When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!
Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2001
An exciting new collection of sublimely simple wisdom from a bestselling author, celebrated athlete, and a true American hero.
Three-time MVP and Hall of Famer Yogi Berra hit home runs twice in a row with his two previous books, The Yogi Book and It Ain't Over. Now, his winning streak will...
Bullpen Diaries
Mariano Rivera, Bronx Dreams, Pinstripe Legends, and the Future of the New York Yankees
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
"Delightful and insightful." —John Thorn, author of Total Baseball
Baseball is the only sport where the defense has the ball, and there is no lonelier in the world of sports than the pitcher’s mound. Which makes Yankee relievers among the most scrutinized and intriguing group...
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Tom Poorman was a versatile baseball player. He was regularly a right fielder for several minor and major league teams from 1875-1889. A small man in stature, he also pitched throughout his career. He stole 88 bases as a major leaguer in 1887, with the Philadelphia Athletics, and 97 with Milwaukee,...
by Mike Lambert
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2010
Between 1922 and 1949, the citizens of Delmarva enjoyed watching baseball the way it was meant to be played. Loyal Eastern Shore baseball enthusiasts were blessed to witness three eras of professional class �D� baseball, supporting their favorite teams, including the Parksley Spuds, Salisbury Indians,...