Baseball category: 2631 books
Five-Plus Tools
The Past, Present, and Future of Baseball through the Eyes of a Scout
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Five-Plus Tools” is a scouting term that refers to a rare and elite type of amateur baseball prospect. A player with five-plus tools grades out well above average in all five skill areas, known as tools: hitting, power, running, throwing, and fielding.
While most baseball fans critique...
The New Baseball Bible
Notes, Nuggets, Lists, and Legends from Our National Pastime
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
For fans of baseball trivia, this updated version of The New Baseball Bible, first published as The Baseball Catalog in 1980 and selected as a Book-of-the-Month Club alternate, is sure to provide something for everyone, regardless of team allegiance. The book covers the following topics: beginnings...
Cellar Dwellers
The Worst Teams in Baseball History
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
In 1890, baseball’s Pittsburgh Alleghenys won a measly 23 games, losing 113. The Cleveland Spiders topped this record when they lost an astonishing 134 games in 1899. Over 100 years later, the 2003 Detroit Tigers stood apart as the only team in baseball history to lose 60 games before July in a...
Mike Trout: Baseball Sensation
SportStars: Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2013
The son of a former professional ball player, Mike Trout was running around a baseball diamond at the age of two. From Little League to high school, the amazing athlete constantly turned heads during his playing days in New Jersey. He then took baseball by storm in 2012 when he posted incredible stats...
The Major League Baseball Ultimate Book of Records
An Official MLB Publication
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Since the first pitch was thrown, MLB has tracked the performance of every team and player, documented every hit and measured every home run. And while some plays are part of the everyday game, there are moments in baseball when a player's performance reaches a new level of greatness and new records...
It's What's Inside the Lines That Counts
Baseball Stars of the 1970s and 1980s Talk About the Game They Loved
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
It’s What’s Inside the Lines That Counts brings together ballplayers, managers, an umpire, and the first head of the players’ union to describe the momentous changes to the game that took place in the 1970s and 1980s. Former MLB commissioner Fay Vincent draws from his ongoing oral history of...
Baseball's Most Notorious Personalities
A Gallery of Rogues
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Of the 17,000-plus players who have donned major league uniforms over the years, not all were particularly nice or ethical. In fact, the actions of a handful were so heinous, they left an indelible mark on the sport. In Baseball’s Most Notorious Personalities: A Gallery of Rogues, Jonathan Weeks...
by Ed Randall
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2010
Play Ball!
Everything baseball—from the popular Utterly Confused Series
What's a foul ball?
Or a swinging third strike?
New fans, parents, and first-time coaches need no longer be Utterly Confused about baseball, as the popular series introduces the basics of the sport in a fun and easy-to-follow...
The Old Ball Game
How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
The legendary NPR sports commentator and Sports Illustrated journalist retells the story of an unusual friendship between two towering figures in baseball history.
At the turn of the twentieth century, Christy Mathewson was one of baseball’s first superstars. Over six feet tall, clean cut,...
Catching-101
The Complete Guide for Baseball Catchers
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2011
CATCHING-101: The Complete Guide for Baseball Catchers is the most comprehensive book ever written for baseball catchers. It contains tips, drills, and proper mechanics that will help every catcher or coach better understand the most difficult position on the field. This book contains information...
The Way of Baseball
Finding Stillness at 95 mph
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Shawn Green’s career statistics can be found on the backs of baseball cards in shoe boxes across America: 328 home runs, 1,071 RBIs, .282 career batting average, All-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger. . . . But numbers tell only part of the story.
His path to success was as grounded in philosophical...
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...
by Ken Jacobi
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2011
When I signed my National Letter of Intent to attend Binghamton University I officially become a Division I scholarship athlete. As my pen slid across the paper, I thought that the most difficult part of the journey was over. Little did I know that arriving on campus as a vulnerable freshman, playing...
The Baseball Whisperer
A Small-Town Coach Who Shaped Big League Dreams
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
From an award-winning journalist, a real Field of Dreams story about a legendary coach and the professional-caliber baseball program he built in America's heartland, where boys come summer after summer to be molded into ballplayers — and men
Clarinda, Iowa, population 5,000, sits two hours...