Essays Writings category: 369 books
by Joe Pepitone
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
At age seventeen Joe Pepitone signed with the New York Yankees, and soon experts were predicting that he would be the team’s next superstar. He could run, throw, and field, and he had a sweet home run swing.
But during his twelve years in the major leagues Pepitone devoted most of his energy...
Hello, Friends!
Stories from My Life and Blue Jays Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
An honest memoir about life, family, and baseball from the longtime, legendary Toronto Blue Jays radio broadcaster
For 36 years, Jerry Howarth ushered in eternal hope each spring and thrived in the drive of each fall as the voice of the Toronto Blue Jays. In 1982, the lifelong avid sports fan...
The Cloudbuster Nine
The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2018
In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in that year's World Series, one of the nation's strongest baseball teams practiced on a skinned-out college field in the heart of North Carolina. Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, and Johnny Sain were among a...
The Perfect Yankee
The Incredible Story of the Greatest Miracle in Baseball History
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
It was one perfect moment, one singular feat unparalleled in the half a century of baseball that followed. It was Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. In an age when nobody spat in anyone’s face, strikes were called only on the field, and New York was baseball’s battlefield, Don Larsen pitched the...
You Can Observe A Lot By Watching
What I've Learned About Teamwork From the Yankees and Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2009
"The most valuable team player in sports" shows you what "teamwork" really means
What does it take to be a real team player, especially in a society that glorifies selfishness and a corporate culture that often uses "team player" as a buzzword but rewards only...
Play Ball
The Life and Troubled Times of Major League Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
Unlike any book before it, Play Ball takes on a national pasttime—and baseball will never be the same again.
Baseball is the greatest of all American games. No other sport has the tradition, the mythology, the heroes, and the heroics. Yet baseball is also in the midst of an upheaval unprecedented...
Tales from the Detroit Tigers Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Tigers Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
The Detroit Tigers Old English “D” is one of the most recognized symbols in sports. Now fans of this indomitable franchise can relive the passion and excitement that has come to define the Tigers in this newly updated edition of Tales from the Detroit Tigers Dugout. Veteran sportswriter Jack Ebling...
Tales from the Cincinnati Reds Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Reds Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
In Tales from the Cincinnati Reds Dugout, fans can join former pitcher Tom Browning for legendary tales of festivity (the 1990 World Series championship), immortality (a perfect game in 1988), and a bit of eccentricity (life with owner Marge Schott). He tries to answer a variety of questions that...
Tales from the Baltimore Orioles Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Orioles Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
For several decades, the Baltimore Orioles were the envy of every Major League Baseball team. Stars like Rick Dempsey and Cal Ripken, Jr. brought life and power to a team full of dedication and fun. Since 2012, the team has regained momentum under Buck Showalter, boasting winning seasons and clinching...
Tales from the Philadelphia Phillies Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Phillies Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2011
Since 1883, the Philadelphia Phillies have been up, down, and all around. Most recently, thanks to Charlie Manuel, the Phillies have become a National League powerhouse, with four NL East titles, two pennants and the 2008 World Series championship to show for it. In Tales from the Philadelphia Phillies...
Tales from the San Francisco Giants Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Giants Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
The rich tradition of the San Francisco Giants has provided indelible memories for their fans ever since they moved from New York’s Polo Grounds to Seals Stadium in 1958. With three World Series titles in five years, starting in 2010, the San Francisco Giants have established themselves as one of...
Skipper Supreme
Buck Showalter and the Baltimore Orioles
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
For the first decade of the 21st century, the Baltimore Orioles were perpetual cellar dwellers, with losing seasons from 19982011-fourteen straight years. They were the worst team in baseball when two-time American League Manager of the Year Buck Showalter took over as manager in August 2010, but...
by Richard Paolinelli
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
On October 8, 1956, New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history against the Brooklyn Dodgers. But the story you have never heard, a story that, had it not happened the way it did, might have changed the very history of baseball is the story of the man in...
A Summer to Remember
Bill Veeck, Lou Boudreau, Bob Feller, and the 1948 Cleveland Indians
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
While the Cleveland Indians are known lately more for being cellar dwellers than world champions, that wasn’t the case in 1948. Ranked by the Sporting News as the ninth-best team in baseball history, the ’48 Indians were a colorful group of guys, led by the always colorful Bill Veeck, the future...