Baseball category: 2631 books
The DiMaggios
Three Brothers, Their Passion for Baseball, Their Pursuit of the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
In The DiMaggios, acclaimed sportswriter Tom Clavin reveals the untold Great American Story of three brothers, Joltin’ Joe, Dom, and Vince DiMaggio, and the Great American Game—baseball—that would consume their lives.
A vivid portrait of a family and the ways in which their shifting fortunes...
Going the Other Way
An Intimate Memoir of Life In and Out of Major League Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
From major league baseball’s only openly gay former player—and now its first-ever Ambassador for Inclusion—the intimate chronicle of a man who, in the prime of his career, had to make a terrible choice between his love of the game and the love of his life
More than ten years after its...
Million Dollar Arm
Sometimes to Win, You Have to Change the Game
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
From the farmlands of India to the fields of major league baseball, this fascinating memoir tells the story of a man who forever changed the lives of two talented young men through a pitching contest in India. The official tie-in book to Disney’s major motion picture, starring Jon Hamm.
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by Teri Thompson, Nathaniel Vinton, Michael O'Keeffe
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009
It was an epic downfall. In twenty-four seasons pitcher Roger Clemens put together one of the greatest careers baseball has ever seen. Seven Cy Young Awards, two World Series championships, and 354 victories made him a lock for the Hall of Fame. But on December 13, 2007, the Mitchell Report laid waste...
Deep Drive
A Long Journey to Finding the Champion Within
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2008
An inspiring, national bestselling memoir from a Red Sox hero and MVP of the 2007 World Series.
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In 2007, Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell triumphed over a lifetime of adversity when he led the world’s most zealously followed baseball team to the promised land—their second World Series...
A Nice Tuesday
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
A middle-aged man tries to return to baseball—and become a better husband and father—in this funny, heartfelt memoir by the author of A False Spring.
One of baseball’s original “bonus babies,” Pat Jordan signed with the Milwaukee Braves in 1959—and then proceeded to struggle mightily...
Bases Loaded
The Inside Story of the Steroid Era in Baseball by the Central Figure in the Mit chell Report
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2009
On a quiet street on Long Island early on a December morning in 2005, more than fifty federal agents stood outside a lovely new home waiting for the front door to be opened. When it did, there stood the central figure in one of the biggest scandals in sports history: Kirk Radomski.
Radomski...
Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms
A Lifetime of Memories from Striking Out the Babe to Teeing It up with the President
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
Kick back and take a trip in time to meet some of baseball’s all-time great personalities, with one of them as your own personal guide. Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms brings baseball legends to life through the eyes of Elden Auker, a submarine-style pitcher in the American League from 1933 through...
Few and Chosen Phillies
Defining Phillies Greatness Across the Eras
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Covering nearly 130 years of the team’s history, former Phillies great and current color commentator Gary Matthews recounts the greatest Phillies and their contributions to the sport of baseball. From Robin Roberts and the Whiz Kids of the 1950s to the world champion 2008 roster, this work includes...
The Duke of Havana
Baseball, Cuba, and the Search for the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2001
In 1998, a mysterious right-handed pitcher emerged from the ashes of the Cold War and helped lead the New York Yankees to a World Championship. His origins and even his age were uncertain. His name was Orlando El Duque Hernandez. He was a fallen hero of Fidel Castro's socialist revolution.
The...
Ted Williams, My Father
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
In this poignant memoir, Claudia Williams, the last surviving child of legendary Boston Red Sox great and Hall of Famer Ted Williams, tells her father’s story, including never-before-told anecdotes about his life on and off the field that reveal the flesh and blood man behind “The Kid.”
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by Leigh Ann Walker
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Leigh Ann Walker's efforts to learn about her deceased father began in earnest five years ago, but really, the journey started in 1971 when Verlon “Rube” Walker died. He was the third base coach for the Chicago Cubs when he died of leukemia at just 42 years old. Leigh Ann was 3. It was a loss...
Let's Play Two
The Legend of Mr. Cub, the Life of Ernie Banks
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
The definitive and revealing biography of Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks, one of America's most iconic, beloved, and misunderstood baseball players, by acclaimed journalist Ron Rapoport.
Ernie Banks, the first-ballot Hall of Famer and All-Century Team shortstop, played in fourteen All-Star...
108 Stitches
Loose Threads, Ripping Yarns, and the Darndest Characters from My Time in the Game
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
New York Times Bestseller
This is New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-nominated broadcaster Ron Darling's 108 baseball anecdotes that connect America’s game to the men who played it.
In 108 Stitches, New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Award-winning broadcaster Ron Darling...