Baseball category: 2631 books
Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic
Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley's Swingin' A's
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
“An exciting and engrossing book with stories that are worth telling. This work will engage fans of Charlie O. Finley and the Oakland Athletics, along with anyone captivated by baseball history.” — Library Journal, starred review
The Oakland A’s of the early 1970s: Never before had...
If These Walls Could Talk: New York Yankees
Stories from the New York Yankees Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
The New York Yankees are one of baseball's most iconic franchises and as much a part of New York as the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building. From Joe DiMaggio and Derek Jeter to Babe Ruth and Masahiro Tanaka, from Hall of Famers to rookie busts, the Yankees are baseball's most beloved...
Pennant Race
The Classic Game by Game Account of a Championship Season, 1961
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
From the author of The Long Season—considered by many to be the greatest baseball book of all time—comes another classic sports memoir by legendary pitcher Jim Brosnan, which chronicles how his team, the Cincinnati Reds, went on to win the 1961 National League pennant.
With legendary pitcher...
The Rivals
The New York Yankees vs. the Boston Red Sox---An Inside History
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
A Struggle for the Ages. . .
BOSTON GLOBE JANUARY 6, 1920
RED SOX SELL RUTH FOR $100,000 CASH
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Demon Slugger of American League, Who Made 29 Home Runs Last Season, Goes to New York Yankees
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FRAZEE TO BUY NEW PLAYERS
The Yankees vs. the Red Sox. Each baseball season begins...
Willie Stargell
A Life in Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
This book brings to life one of baseball’s greatest sluggers, Willie Stargell. It examines the factors that shaped him as a man growing up in the tumultuous racial times of the 1950s and '60s, and then recreates the major moments in his Hall of Fame baseball career. His various endeavors during...
Ichiro's Art of Playing Baseball
Learn How to Hit, Steal, and Field Like an All-Star
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
Ichiro Suzuki is one of the world's best known baseball superstars--a five-time All-star, a rookie of the year and MVP award-winner, two-time batting chamption and four-time Gold Glove winner and current holder of the single-season hits record. Now, with his co-operation, Ichiro gives solid advice...
Our Game
An American Baseball History
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Our Game is a book by Charles C. Alexander, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Ohio University and author of acclaimed baseball books Our Game: An American Baseball History and Rogers Hornsby: A Biography, and Breaking the Slump: Baseball in the Depression Era.
The Integration of the Pacific Coast League
Race and Baseball on the West Coast
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
While Jackie Robinson’s 1947 season with the Brooklyn Dodgers made him the first African American to play in the Major Leagues in the modern era, the rest of Major League Baseball was slow to integrate while its Minor League affiliates moved faster. The Pacific Coast League (PCL), a Minor League...
by Bob Luke
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Willie Wells was arguably the best shortstop of his generation. As Monte Irvin, a teammate and fellow Hall of Fame player, writes in his foreword, "Wells really could do it all. He was one of the slickest fielding shortstops ever to come along. He had speed on the bases. He hit with power and consistency....
Ruling Over Monarchs, Giants, and Stars
True Tales of Breaking Barriers, Umpiring Baseball Legends, and Wild Adventures in the Negro Leagues
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
The Kansas City Monarchs, the Chicago American Giants, the St. Louis Stars, the Birmingham Black Barons, the Homestead Grays, and the Indianapolis Clowns; for over fifty years, they were the Yankees, Cardinals, and Red Sox of black baseball in America. And for over a decade beginning in the late 1940s,...
90% of the Game Is Half Mental
And Other Tales from the Edge of Baseball Fandom
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
**"One of the most enjoyable, satisfying sports books I have ever had the pleasure to read." —Jeff Pearlman author, Boys Will Be Boys and The Bad Guys Won! **
Yogi Berra once said: “If you come to a fork in the road, take it.” But for lifelong baseball aficionado Emma Span,...
by Marty Schupak
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Baseball Chronicles: Article on Youth Coaching is a compilation of twenty-one articles written over the course of Marty Schupak's twenty-two years of coaching youth baseball, exploring the most common and pressing issues facing youth coaches today. Featured in these articles are both on-field and off-field...
World Series Winners
What It Takes to Claim Baseball's Ultimate Prize
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Demonstrating that claiming the most sought-after moniker in baseball is truly an epic journey, this record explores what separates World Series victors from those who come up short. More than 50 current and former Major League Baseball players, managers, and coaches from the last 50 years-all of...
by alex trostanetskiy
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2013
Are you looking for a journey that will take you through 100 of the Best Baseball Players 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...