Baseball category: 2631 books
by Austin Gisriel
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Boots Poffenberger spent only parts of three seasons in the major leagues, but is unquestionably among the wildest figures of his era--one that included Dizzy Dean, Bobo Newsom, and Van Lingle Mungo. Boots was every bit as much an all-star character as the others. He enraged management by playing...
Campy
The Two Lives of Roy Campanella
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
Neil Lanctot’s biography of Hall of Fame catcher Roy Campanella—filled with surprises—is the first life of the Dodger great in decades and the most authoritative ever published.
Born to a father of Italian descent and an African- American mother, Campanella wanted to be a ballplayer from...
After the Miracle
The Lasting Brotherhood of the '69 Mets
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
The inside account of an iconic team in baseball history: the 1969 New York Mets—a consistently last-place team that turned it all around in just one season—told by ’69 Mets outfielder Art Shamsky, Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver, and other teammates as they reminisce about what happened then...
Nolan Ryan
The Making of a Pitcher
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
To any baseball fan, Nolan Ryan’s name still conjures up images of blistering 100-mile-per-hour fastballs and knee-buckling curveballs. During his 27-year career, “The Ryan Express” was named an eight-time All-Star and amassed seven no-hitters and more than 5,700 strikeouts—more than any other...
by Roger Kahn
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2012
The true story of a year in the life of the Utica Blue Sox, a minor league baseball team in upstate New York, by the acclaimed author of The Boys of Summer.
Roger Kahn’s The Boys of Summer immortalized the 1950s Brooklyn Dodgers. Good Enough to Dream does the same for players whose moment...
The Fight of Their Lives
How Juan Marichal and John Roseboro Turned Baseball's Ugliest Brawl into a Story of Forgiveness and Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
One Sunday afternoon in August 1965, on a day when baseball’s most storied rivals, the Giants and Dodgers, vied for the pennant, the national pastime reflected the tensions in society and nearly sullied two men forever. Juan Marichal, a Dominican anxious about his family’s safety during the civil...
Elston
The Story of the First African-American Yankee
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
Beginning with his early years as a St. Louis teenager, Elston tells of Elston Howard’s love of baseball and his encounters with racism. His three decades with the New York Yankees include numerous anecdotes about fellow Yankee legends such as Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, and Yogi Berra. Written...
Hack's 191
Hack Wilson and His Incredible 1930 Season
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
Hack Wilson’s record 191 RBIs in 1930 may well stand the test of time, and so may the record of his hard-drinking lifestyle. In Hack’s 191, Bill Chastain recreates the most productive offensive season in baseball history while giving readers unique insight into the life of one of baseball’s...
by Felipe Adan Lerma
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2012
Nearly twenty years of poetry writing is exhibited in the current collection of sports poems in “101 Sports Poems - The Poems.”
Baseball - Basketball - Bicycling - Bowling - Cheerleading - Coaching - Dance - Drill Team - Fishing - Football - Golf - Gymnast - Horse Riding - Hunting -...
by Tim Green
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
Cooperstown! Josh is thrilled when all his hard training pays off in a big way and his team, the Titans, makes it to a national tournament in Cooperstown, home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. More is on the line for Josh than just a trophy. Winning would mean everything to his dad—now Josh's...
Roberto Clemente
Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
On an island called Puerto Rico, there lived a little boy who wanted only to play baseball. Although he had no money, Roberto Clemente practiced and practiced until--eventually--he made it to the Major Leagues. America! As a right-fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, he fought tough opponents--and...
by Ellen Klages
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
A story about the fight for equal rights in America's favorite arena: the baseball field!
Every boy in the neighborhood knows Katy Gordon is their best pitcher, even though she's a girl. But when she tries out for Little League, it's a whole different story. Girls are not eligible, period....
by Dona Herweck Rice
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 11, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 11, 2017
Take a bat, a ball, a mitt, and a warm summer day. Put them all together and you've got the great game of baseball! From the basic rules of baseball to All-Star Games, the first World Series, and the Hall of Fame, readers learn all about America's national pastime in this nonfiction reader that has...
by Paul Haven
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2008
Danny Gurkin believes in his heart that the Sluggers are the best team in baseball. There's just the small matter of breaking a century-old curse involving a pretzel, a bubble-gum tycoon, and a missing shortstop. Danny also believes that the outcome of Sluggers' games depends on him and hot dogs....