Essays Writings category: 369 books
Game of My Life Boston Red Sox
Memorable Stories of Red Sox Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Recalling some of the greatest players in Red Sox history and some of their greatest games, author Chaz Scoggins traces back over 70 years, to the very start of the seminal Yawkey era, in Game of My Life Boston Red Sox. Beginning with Bobby Doerr, the Hall of Fame second baseman who joined the team...
Big League Dream
The Sweet Taste of Life in the Majors
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2017
The chosen few who made it-and the many who only dreamed of it-find themselves as teammates and contemporaries. The result is golden. Entertaining, engaging, funny, and heartwarming, Big League Dream, with the Foreword written by Bucky Dent, is Roy Berger's nostalgic paean to a game he loves and grew...
An Outsider's Look at the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Ranking the Hall of Famers and How to Fix Cooperstown, #1
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2017
A lifelong baseball enthusiast and student examines each of the current Hall of Famers according to a ranking system he created and discusses how to fix the Hall of Fame.
Seventh Inning Stretch
Baseball’s Most Essential and Inane Debates
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
The Seventh Inning Stretch, by noted baseball expert Josh Pahigian addresses all of the most interesting baseball arguments, however frivolous, that fans have been engaging in for decades, and even a few they may have never stopped to consider before.
by Jim Campanis
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2016
Jim Campanis Jr. is a third generation professional baseball player whose career stopped just short of the major leagues. Born Into Baseball is a collection of Jim’s stories about his life in and around the game:•As a boy—meeting star players, being batboy, sitting in the owner’s box•As...
by Robin Roberts, Paul C. Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
Hall of Famer Robin Roberts was baseball's most dominant pitcher from 1950 to 1955. He was the ace of the Whiz Kids rotation that led the Phillies to the NL pennant in 1950. In 1966 Roberts introduced Marvin Miller to the players' union, a major chapter in baseball history.
So You Think You're a Cleveland Indians Fan?
Stars, Stats, Records, and Memories for True Diehards
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
So You Think You're a Cleveland Indians Fan? tests and expands your knowledge of Indians baseball. Rather than merely posing questions and providing answers, this book will give you the details behind each--stories that bring to life players and managers, games and seasons. This book is divided into...
Legends of the Philadelphia Phillies
Steve Carlton, Tug McGraw, Mike Schmidt, and Other Phillies Stars
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
The newly reissued Legends of the Philadelphia Phillies, originally published in 2005, takes an in-depth look at the legends that have shaped the Phillies’ identity over the last seventy years. Each chapter profiles a different beloved Phillies personality that colored the latter half of the twentieth...
Tales from the Angels Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Angels Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Tales from the Angels Dugout is a humorous and fascinating look at the lighter side of forty-one years of frustration, followed by the excitement of 2002. Author Steve Bisheff reminds us of those colorful days with original owner Gene Autry and the struggles under the ownership of Walt Disney Co.,...
War on the Basepaths
The Definitive Biography of Ty Cobb
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
During his twenty-four-year career, Ty Cobb was an MVP, Triple Crown-winner, twelve-time batting champion, and was elected in the inaugural ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame (along with Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson). As someone who retired from the game...
Banned
Baseball's Blacklist of All-Stars and Also-Rans
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
Award-winning Associated Press sports writer Hal Bock brings us a fascinating history of the players, coaches and more barred from baseball's ranks, from Shoeless Joe Jackson to Jenrry Mejia.
"Banned: Baseball's Blacklist of All-Stars and Also-Rans" weaves together tales of lesser-known...
Tales from the Pittsburgh Pirates Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Pirates Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
This is a love story. It’s a collection of tales about a life-long relationship between the Pittsburgh Pirates and its fans. The story of the five-time World Championship team overflows with anecdotes and illustrations that tell us a great deal about the team, about the city, and about the people...
A Magic Summer
The Amazin' Story of the 1969 New York Mets
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
A Magic Summer tells of that remarkable season by chronicling the major events as viewed twenty years later. Interviews conducted twenty years after with members of the team-Seaver, Ryan, McGraw, and others-provide immediacy and, with that, fascinating updates and insights. This is a unique record and celebration of a season that Mets fans-and all baseball fans-will not soon forget.
Pirates By the Numbers
A Complete Team History of the Bucs By Uniform Number
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
When the National League decided on June 22, 1932, to place numbers on the backs of uniforms to make it easier for fans to follow their favorite players, no one knew at the time just what a landmark decision it would turn out to be. In fact, when the Pittsburgh Pirates donned numbered jerseys eight...