Baseball category: 2631 books
Greatness in the Shadows
Larry Doby and the Integration of the American League
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Just weeks after Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, Larry Doby joined Robinson in breaking the color barrier in the major leagues when he became the first black player to integrate the American League, signing with the Cleveland Indians in July 1947. Doby went on to be a seven-time All-Star...
The Rise of the Bulldogs
The Untold Story of One of the Greatest Upsets of All Time
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2009
The The Rise of the Bulldogs tells the extraordinary story of the unranked 2008 Fresno State Bulldogs and their remarkable journey from a seemingly lost season to NCAA National Champions.
Baseball fans across America were held spellbound by Fresno State's nail-biting and improbable adventure...
Five Seasons
A Baseball Companion
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
A chronicle of our national pastime’s most unforgettable era from the bestselling author of The Summer Game—“No one writes better about baseball” (The Boston Globe).
Classic New Yorker sportswriter Roger Angell calls 1972 to 1976 “the most important half-decade in the history of the...
Perfect
Don Larsen's Miraculous World Series Game and the Men Who Made it Happen
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2009
**“*Perfect *captures our hearts as it carries us back to the golden age of baseball and the more innocent world of the 1950s.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning Author of **The Bully Pulpit
On October 8, 1956, New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen took the mound for game five...
Minnesota Twins Baseball
Hardball History on the Prairie
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
For more than half a century, Minnesotans have been treated to the memorable players and teams of the Minnesota Twins. From the Ruthian blasts of Harmon Killebrew and Kirby Puckett to a successful brand of "small ball," the Twins have fielded competitive teams at Metropolitan Stadium, the Metrodome and...
Baseball
A History of America's Game
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
In this fourth edition, Benjamin G. Rader updates the text with a portrait of baseball's new order. He charts an on-the-field game transformed by analytics, an influx of Latino and Asian players, and a generation of players groomed for brute power both on the mound and at the plate. He also analyzes...
The Set-Up Men
Race, Culture and Resistance in Black Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
This book is an examination of cultural resistance to segregation in the world of black baseball through an analysis of editorial art, folktales, nicknames, “manhood” and the art of clowning. African Americans worked to dismantle Jim Crow through the creation of a cultural counter-narrative that...
Au jeu/Play Ball: The 50 Greatest Games in the History of the Montreal Expos
SABR Digital Library, #37
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
This volume by members of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) presents the 50 greatest games in Montreal Expos history. The games described here recount the exploits of the many great players who wore Expos uniforms over the years — Bill Stoneman, Gary Carter, Andre Dawson, Steve Rogers,...
Tales from the St. Louis Cardinals Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Cardinals Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Offering readers more than just a sneak peek into the dugout, Bob Forsch’s Tales from the St. Louis Cardinals Dugout takes fans into the clubhouse, out to the bullpen, onto the mound, up to the batter’s box, around the base paths, along for the ride to spring training, and even on a fishing trip...
Montana Summer
The Boys in the Bus Leagues and a Mish-Mash of Other Things to Read
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2000
In this autobiographical sweep through the mists of baseballs past, the author recounts his summer of professional baseball as a pitcher/bus driver for a Class C team in Missoula, Montana in 1956. Long road trips through the Rockies gave him time to reflect on his place in the infrastructure of the...
Knuckleball
The History of the Unhittable Pitch
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
It took me a day to learn [the knuckleball] and a lifetime to learn how to throw it for a strike.”
This quote, by pitcher and coach Charlie Hough, is the best way to understand baseball’s most baffling and mysterious pitch. Not even the best practitioners of the art of throwing a knuckleball...
Sometimes You See It Coming
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Based in part on the life of baseball legend Ty Cobb, this book belongs in the pantheon of great baseball novels.
John Barr is the kind of player who isn't supposed to exist anymore. An all-around superstar, he plays the game with a single-minded ferocity that makes his New York Mets team all...
Ultimate Baseball Road Trip
A Fan's Guide to Major League Stadiums
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
The most entertaining and comprehensive guide to every baseball fan’s dream road trip—including every new ballpark since the 2004 edition—revised and completely updated!
by Gene Strautman
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2016
Great baseball pitchers get the fundamentals right early - like in little league and high school. CONTROL The Game is a short, 25-page ebook with easy-to-understand principles that are helpful to coaches, players and teammates to pitchers. The book is geared toward winning games. It does not have...