Mcfarland: 2486 books
"Tearin' Up the Pea Patch"
The Brooklyn Dodgers, 1953
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Arguably the greatest ball club in National League history, the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers recorded some staggering statistics. They led the league in virtually every offensive category while fielding some of the finest defensive players of the era. But the team’s extraordinary success on the field is...
Something Magic
The Baltimore Orioles, 1979-1983
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2018
“Orioles Magic” is a phrase fans still associate with the 1979–1983 seasons, Baltimore’s last championship era, when they played excellent, exciting ball with a penchant for late-inning heroics. This book analyzes the Orioles not just as a great team but as the team to be marked by the fabled...
Baseball Rowdies of the 19th Century
Brawlers, Drinkers, Pranksters and Cheats in the Early Days of the Major Leagues
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2018
During the 19th century, baseball was a game with few rules, many rowdy players and just one umpire. Dirty tricks were simply part of a winning strategy—spiking, body-blocking, cutting bases short or hiding an extra ball to be used when needed were all OK. Deliberately failing to catch a fly in...
"Swish" Nicholson
A Biography of Wartime Baseball's Leading Slugger
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
This is the first biography of Bill “Swish” Nicholson, a Cubs favorite and baseball’s top slugger during the World War II era. Only days out of college in 1936, Nicholson went straight to the majors, putting in a brief appearance for Connie Mack’s Philadelphia A’s before he was optioned...
Big and Little Poison
Paul and Lloyd Waner, Baseball Brothers
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
The Waner brothers, Paul and Lloyd—also known as “Big Poison” and “Little Poison”—played together for fourteen seasons in the same Pittsburgh outfield in the 1920s and 1930s. More than half a century after retiring, they still rank as the best-hitting brothers in major league history with...
Billy Southworth
A Biography of the Hall of Fame Manager and Ballplayer
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2013
Billy Southworth was the most successful major league baseball manager of the 1940s including the three straight years in which his St. Louis Cardinal teams won more than 100 games. He won three National League pennants with the Cardinals and one with the Boston Braves, and his .597 winning percentage...
The Indy Car Wars
The 30-Year Fight for Control of American Open-Wheel Racing
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
The world of Champ Car auto racing was changing in the 1970s. As cars became more sophisticated, the cost of supporting a team had skyrocketed, making things difficult for team owners. In an effort to increase purses paid by racing promoters and win lucrative television contracts, a group of owners...
The Love of Baseball
Essays by Lifelong Fans
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
Written by and for baseball fans (or those trying to live with one), this collection of essays joins a perennial conversation all fans have—“Why do we love baseball?” Thirty contributors share personal narratives of how they found an abiding passion for the sport and how their relationship to...
Mustang Genesis
The Creation of the Pony Car
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
When Lee Iacocca brought his Fairlane Committee together in 1962 to explore the possibilities of a new kind of car for young, forward-thinking families, no one could have predicted quite how successful this car would eventually be. Finding a styling void in the swiftly growing baby boomer market,...
Auto Racing Comes of Age
A Transatlantic View of the Cars, Drivers and Speedways, 1900-1925
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2013
The first quarter of the 20th century was a time of dramatic change in auto racing, marked by the move from the horseless carriage to the supercharged Grand Prix racer, from the gentleman driver to the well-publicized professional, and from the dusty road course to the autodrome. This history of the...
Drawn to Speed
The Automotive Art of John Lander
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2015
For automotive artist John Lander, cars are more than just transportation: “Some are beautiful examples of rolling sculpture. I try to do more than just draw pretty pictures of cars; I include interesting people, backgrounds, and try to set a mood or tell a story.” The work of years, this collection...
Maybe Next Year
Long-Suffering Sports Fans and the Teams That Never Deliver
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2016
Sports fans are a devoted bunch, win or lose. Millions sit in the wind and the cold, watching their team slip ever further from the playoffs—only to come back for more next year. What is it that keeps them going? This book, published just before the Cubs ended the longest active drought in pro sports,...
Hits and Misses in the Baseball Draft
What the Top Picks Teach Us About Selecting Tomorrow's Major League Stars
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
If unpredictability is so much of what makes sports compelling, the baseball draft might be the best place to look. This book explores the intricate uncertainties of the draft and the people who face it. Since the modern draft began in 1965, major league teams have attempted, with varying degrees...
by E. Bruce Geelhoed
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
Under the leadership of head coach Bump Elliott, the 1964 Wolverines won Michigan’s first Big Ten championship since 1950 and their first Rose Bowl since 1951, and finished fourth in the national college football polls. They defeated four top-ten ranked teams: Navy, Michigan State, Ohio State, and...