Baseball category: 2631 books
Nine Innings for the King
The Day Wartime London Stopped for Baseball, July 4, 1918
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
On a sunny Fourth of July during World War I, King George V went out to a ball game. Along with Queen Mary and other royalty, Winston Churchill, dozens of VIPs, thousands of troops and ordinary Londoners, the monarch cheered an extraordinary “baseball match” between American soldiers and sailors....
Lou Boudreau
My Hall of Fame Life on the Field and Behind the Mic
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
The autobiography of a baseball great.
Lou Boudreau is considered one of the most extraordinary men in baseball history. He was a player-manager, an All Star, an MVP, a World Serieswinner, and a Hall of Famer. But that only scratches the surface of The Good Kid.” In Lou Boudreau: Covering...
Beyond the Ballpark
The Honorable, Immoral, and Eccentric Lives of Baseball Legends
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Most baseball fans know of the amazing accomplishments Hall of Fame members achieved on the field, from Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hit streak to Cy Young’s 511 career wins. But few are as familiar with the ballplayers’ lives away from the diamond—especially those icons who played before the Internet...
by Brett Kiser
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2006
Baseball has existed since the mid 1800's and has been the occupation for thousands of men through history. Defining the best amongst such a wide array of players always sparks a debate, as the Hall-of-Fame in Cooperstown is seen as the debate settler, a place where only legends reside. However, the...
by Lou Hernández
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
This combination reference book and history covers the inroads and achievements made on professional ball fields by Latin American athletes, the Major Leagues’ greatest international majority. Following an “on this date in Hispanic baseball history” format, the author takes a commemorative look...
by Britt Timmons
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Pee Wee Reese played shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1940 to 1957. He played in nearly 2200 games and had a life time batting average of .269. While with the team the Dodgers won six National League Pennants. In 1959 he became one of the first baseball sports broadcasters. He was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.
Bronx Bummers
An Unofficial History of the New York Yankees’ Bad Boys, Blunders and Brawls
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Whether you love the Yankees or loathe them, even the most casual baseball fan is well versed on the team’s nearly 100-year lineage of legends that span the decades from Ruth to DiMaggio to Mantle to Jeter.
Most every book on the Yankees, therefore, heralds the unparalleled winning...
Left on Base in the Bush Leagues
Legends, Near Greats, and Unknowns in the Minors
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2019
There was a time when no town was too small to field a professional baseball team. In 1949, the high point for the minor leagues, there were 59 leagues and 464 cities with teams, two-thirds of them in so-called bush leagues classified as C and D. Most of the players were strangers outside the towns...
by Ryan Morse, Brian Burden, Blair Morse
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
What's the best park in baseball? It's a question many have debated over the years. Is it the ivy-covered walls of Wrigley Field? Or the sunshine, palm trees and mountains of Dodger Stadium? Do you prefer the laid-back West Coast vibe in San Diego and San Francisco? Or the frenzied east coast crowds...
Wichita State Baseball Comes Back
Gene Stephenson and the Making of a Shocker Championship Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
There were no bats or balls on the campus of Wichita State University in the spring of 1977. Five years later, the resurrected varsity baseball program was in the final game of the College World Series, fulfilling the seemingly impossible promise made by Gene Stephenson when he began recruiting players...
by Mike Podhorzer
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
*The eagerly anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking first version of Projecting X!*In Projecting X 2.0: How to Forecast Baseball Player Performance, FanGraphs expert Mike Podhorzer takes you on a journey through the process of projecting baseball player performance. As he walks you through...
by Randall E. Wilbert
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
The Infield Fly Rule follows a spirited group of New England teen age baseball players through a baseball season. They roam from town to town in their eccentric coach's converted bus, from ball field to ball field chasing the American sports dream, seeking adventure, both on and off the field. Encountering...
by Bill Russo
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
As America developed a huge appetite for its emerging passion in the late 19th century, one man stood above all other baseball players - Cannonball Crane. He was the biggest, strongest, and the heaviest star the game had. His record heave in the Polo Grounds set a record for a 'long throw'...
by Arnie "Tokyo" Rosenthal
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2015
Over 100 never before published pictures, from the late 1970's New York Yankee dynasty years, are contained in the new publication, "A Fauxtographer's Yankee Stadium Memoir". Author and photographer, Arnie "Tokyo" Rosenthal, has assembled the best pictures of Yankee personnel of that era and their opponents...