Baseball category: 2631 books
Pete Rose
An American Dilemma
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Pete Rose played baseball with a singular and headfirst abandon that endeared him to fans and peers, even as it riled others--a figure at once magnetic, beloved and polarizing. Rose has more base hits than anyone in history, yet he is not in the Hall of Fame. Twenty-five years ago he was banished...
by James D. Baker, Herbert Howell, Marie A. Cordero
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Baseball began in the New Mexico pueblos before 1900. The game was learned by watching soldiers and settlers and by playing in the Indian schools throughout the country. The first competition was with Albuquerque teams, mining teams, other pueblo teams, and the state penitentiary. Today, the game...
Frantic Frank Lane
Baseball's Ultimate Wheeler-Dealer
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2013
The book follows the colorful career of Frank Lane, who as baseball’s busiest general manager during the 1950s made the deals that turned the Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals and Cleveland Indians from losers into pennant contenders almost overnight. He also worked—or tried to—as general...
Off to See the Yankees
The Baseball Road Trip Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Part baseball book and part travelogue, Off to See the Yankees explains the ins and outs of the weekend roadtrip to see the Yankees play in cities like St. Louis, Chicago, Kansas City, and Miami. With notes on the games, the ballparks, the cities, and the sights, Off to See the Yankees is the essential...
Rum Point
A Baseball Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Set on the gulf coast of Florida and the Cayman Islands, this novel provides a unique blend of modern mystery thriller and baseball narrative. It tells the story of Felicity Lindsay, a small-town police officer who finds a battered murder victim on the beach. Her curiosity about the crime eventually...
Major League Baseball Organizations
Team Performances and Financial Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
The book discusses historical and financial information about the 30 major league franchises. Each chapter contains two core themes—Team Performances and Franchise Business. The former highlights which and how teams won division and league championships and World Series while the latter lists and...
The 1967 Impossible Dream Red Sox: Pandemonium on the Field
SABR Digital Library, #47
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
The '67 Red Sox fulfilled a seemingly Impossible Dream, overcoming 100-to-1 odds by climbing out of ninth place to capture the pennant for the first time in 21 years. Thousands of delirious fans streamed onto the field at Fenway Park mobbing the team, dismantling the scoreboard, climbing the screen...
Bibb Falk
The Man Who Replaced Shoeless Joe
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
Born in Austin, Texas, in 1899, Bibb August Falk was the classic stereotype of a Texan, standing six feet. He brimmed with confidence and played the game of baseball with swagger. He played three years of varsity football and baseball at the University of Texas before being signed by the Chicago White...
The Last Chicago Cubs Dynasty
Before the Curse
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
The last time the Chicago Cubs played in the World Series, World War II had just ended. The last time they won a World Series, World War I had not yet begun. But from 1906-1910 the Cubs not only played in the World Series four of the five years, they won two World Championships, as well. It was a...
Baseball Scorekeeping
A Practical Guide to the Rules
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2010
Many fans enjoy keeping track of baseball action with easy abbreviations written on simple grids. Serious scorekeeping, however, is more complicated than just jotting down runs, outs, and the final score. Official scorekeeping requires a thorough knowledge of a large body of rules—many of which...
In Cobb's Shadow
The Hall of Fame Careers of Sam Crawford, Harry Heilmann and Heinie Manush
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
Considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time, Ty Cobb cast a shadow over the game with his violent behavior on the field and off. His shadow was never darker than when it fell on his teammates. Sam Crawford, Harry Heilmann and Heinie Manush were three of the greatest players in baseball...
Baseball and the Bottom Line in World War II
Gunning for Profits on the Home Front
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
How did the business of professional baseball fare during World War II? The sport, like many nonessential industries, struggled to find its place in society during a time of war. The men who ran the game faced government interference and manpower shortages that threatened to shut down their businesses...
Curt Flood in the Media
Baseball, Race, and the Demise of the Activist Athlete
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Curt Flood in the Media examines the public discourse surrounding Curt Flood (1938-1997), the star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals throughout the sixties. In 1969, Flood was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. At the time, all Major League Baseball players were subject to the reserve clause,...
by Robert W. Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
The Boston Red Sox are one of the most iconic baseball teams, representing not just a city or a state, but an entire region—it’s the only professional baseball team in New England. Baseball greats such as Cy Young and Babe Ruth wore the uniform early in their careers and many other players, including...