Essays Writings category: 369 books
Amazing Tales from the 2004 Boston Red Sox Dugout
The Greatest Stories from a Championship Season
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Amazing Tales from the 2004 Boston Red Sox Dugout is a different kind of look back at the incredible championship season-through the eyes of the players involved. It is packed full of anecdotes, quotes, and perspectives from each member of the team, presented in the context of their on-field heroics....
by Jeffrey Ourvan
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Coaching youth baseball is tough. Not only do coaches have to teach kids the fundamental skills of the game, they also have to know how to select a team, how to run efficient practices, and how to deal with parents and umpires. Furthermore, they have to make sure the game is fun for all the kids on...
Just Baseball
A Practical, Down-to-Earth Guide to the World of Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
That sound, the first crack of the bat.
Every year in early spring a special kind of joy comes over those who love America’s favorite pastime, baseball. This feeling is no different for the millions of kids who dream of greatness when they pick up a bat and make their way to the plate.
In...
by Ken Berris
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
A father’s impossible quest to return to his family. A son’s magical journey. A single mother’s heroic efforts to protect her son. And fate’s sleight of hand bringing together baseball’s past legends and today’s major league stars in a game for the ages.
The Devil's Snake Curve
A Fan's Notes from Left Field
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
“A unique baseball book, one that cleverly explores the history of the sport through cultural and political lenses.” —Largehearted Boy
The Devil’s Snake Curve offers an alternative American history, in which colonialism, jingoism, capitalism, and faith are represented by baseball. Personal...
by Dick Cluster, Eduardo del Llano, Leonardo Padura
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
“If baseball is really a metaphor for life, then Kill the Ámpaya -- Dick Cluster's wonderful collection of Latin American baseball stories -- is an astonishing record of its beauty and coarseness, redemption and tragedy. You don't have to be a baseball fan to appreciate these stories, each one...
by Jackie Robinson, Wendell Smith
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
Autobiography of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, beginning with his athletic career and dealing particularly with baseball and the first step toward equal participation by African Americans in this great sport.
“I believe that a man’s race, color, and religion should never constitute a handicap....
The Long Season
The Classic Inside Account of a Baseball Year, 1959
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
A timeless classic from baseball's golden era, legendary pitcher Jim Brosnan's witty and candid chronicle of the 1959 Major League Baseball season, which set the standard for all sports memoirs to follow.
Arguably the greatest sports memoir ever penned, The Long Season was a revelation when...
A Season to Remember
How Canada's Team Gave Us the Best Summer in Twenty-two Years
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
What started as a baseball season like any other became the most thrilling sports story of 2015
Canada’s team began the season with as many losses as wins, but things changed rapidly. With inspired moves by management at the trade deadline, and a bullpen rally not seen since the back-to-back...
Baseball Life Advice
Loving the Game That Saved Me
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
**National Bestseller
A Globe and Mail Best Book
A National Post Best Book of the Year
A passionate ode to baseball, its culture, and its community, which both celebrates and challenges the game – and reminds us why it really matters.**
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For Stacey May Fowles, the game...
St. Louis Cardinals
Where Have You Gone? Vince Coleman, Ernie Broglio, John Tudor, and Other Cardinals Greats
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
The St. Louis Cardinals are a team steeped in history and a winning tradition. For proof look no further than the epic 2011 World Series! The secret to their success? It’s those special players who have been lucky enough to don the Birds at Bat. But whatever happened to those players once the bright...
Bob Chandler's Tales from the San Diego Padres Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Padres Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Since they burst onto the scene in 1968, the San Diego Padres have taken fans on a roller coaster ride of ups, downs, and unforgettable moments. In Tales from the San Diego Padres Dugout, longtime Padres announcer Bob Chandler shares his memories of the team with Bill Swank in an easy-to-read recap of the team’s colorful past.
Closer
Major League Players Reveal the Inside Pitch on Saving the Game
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
The closer is the ace reliever who specializes in closing out the game without surrendering the lead. Facing a power hitter in the ninth inning with a man on base and no outs takes nerves of steel. The pressure on the mound is intense. It takes a special breed to hold it together in these situations....
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...