Release Date:- 2008-10-13
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Josh Hamilton was the first player chosen in the first round of the 1999 baseball draft. He was destined to be one of those rare "high-character " superstars. But in 2001, working his way from the minors to the majors, all of the plans for Josh went..
Release Date:- 2010-11-16
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Award-winning sports writer Jane Leavy follows her New York Times runaway bestseller Sandy Koufax with the definitive biography of baseball icon Mickey Mantle. The legendary Hall-of-Fame outfielder was a national hero during his record-setting career..
Release Date:- 2012-03-29
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The perfect gift for baseball fans, now with a new epilogue by author R.A. Dickey, winner of the 2012 Cy Young award. "An astounding memoirāhaunting and touching, courageous and wise."āJeremy Schaap, bestselling author, Emmy award-winning jo..
Release Date:- 2014-02-25
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From the acclaimed #1 bestselling author . . . a riveting journey through the world of minor-league baseballāNo one grows up playing baseball pretending that theyāre pitching or hitting in Triple-A.ā āChris Schwinden, Triple-A pitcherā..
Release Date:- 2014-05-06
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The greatest relief pitcher of all time shares his extraordinary story of survival, love, and baseball. Mariano Rivera, the man who intimidated thousands of batters merely by opening a bullpen door, began his incredible journey as the son of a poor Pana..
Release Date:- 2009-10-13
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"Jeff Pearlman has captured the swagger of the '86 Mets. You don't have to be a Mets fan to enjoy this bookāit's a great read for all baseball enthusiasts."āPhiladelphia Daily NewsAward-winning Sports Illustrated baseball writer Jeff Pearlman returns to ..
Release Date:- 2011-03-08
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What happens when three financial industry whiz kids and certified baseball nuts take over an ailing major league franchise and implement the same strategies that fueled their success on Wall Street? In the case of the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays, an American..
Release Date:- 2010-04-01
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From the humble heights of a Class-A pitcher's mound to the deflating lows of sleeping on his gun-toting grandmother's air mattress, veteran reliever Dirk Hayhurst steps out of the bullpen to deliver the best pitch of his career--a raw, unflinching and..
Release Date:- 2009-11-24
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By the award-winning author of Team of Rivals and The Bully Pulpit, Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwinās touching memoir of growing up in love with her family and baseball.Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year re-cr..
Release Date:- 2022-09-13
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Instant New York Times Bestseller Ā· Winner of the General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award from the Marine Corps Heritage FoundationāBuzz Bissingerās Friday Night Lights is an American classic. With The Mosquito Bowl, he is back ..
Release Date:- 2013-02-12
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Mike Piazza was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 62nd round of the 1988 baseball draft as a ācourtesy pick.ā The Dodgers never expected him to play for themāor anyone else. Mike had other ideas. Overcoming his detractors, he became the Na..
Release Date:- 2015-07-14
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With a new Afterword covering the 2015 season.The bestselling, inside-the-clubhouse story of two tumultuous years when the Los Angeles Dodgers were re-made from top to bottom, becoming the most talked-about and most colorful team in baseball. āItās as i..
Release Date:- 2022-10-25
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A New York Times BestsellerBy the author of Showtimeāthe source for HBOās Winning Timeāthe definitive biography of mythic multi-sport star Bo Jackson.āA legendary tome on a legendary athlete." āChris Herring, author of Blood in the Ga..
Release Date:- 2011-02-22
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"A moving elegy . . . [to] the best team the majors ever saw . . . the Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950s." ā New York TimesThe classic narrative of growing up within shouting distance of Ebbets Field, covering the Jackie Robinson Dodgers, an..
Release Date:- 2012-03-20
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The 50th Anniversary edition of āthe book that changed baseballā (NPR), chosen by Time magazine as one of the ā100 Greatest Non-Fictionā books. When Ball Four was published in 1970, it created a firestorm. Bouton was called a Judas, a Ben..
Release Date:- 2013-04-09
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With every step in his journey, Jackie Robinson strived for the high ground, for fairness and impact. He demonstrated courage and patience, purpose and humility. Robinson ventured into unprecedented minefields, believing they should be traversed and knowing..
Release Date:- 2017-04-04
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Atlanta Braves third baseman and National Hall of Famer Chipper Jonesāone of the greatest switch-hitters in baseball historyāshares his remarkable story, while capturing the magic nostalgia that sets baseball apart from every other sport. Be..
Release Date:- 2021-09-28
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the YearāAn instant sports classic.ā āNew York Post * āStellar.ā āThe Wall Street Journal * āA true masterworkā¦880 pages of sheer baseball bliss.ā āBookPage (st..
Release Date:- 2017-04-18
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Rick Ankiel had the talent to be one of the best pitchers ever. Then, one day, he lost it.The Phenomenon is the story of how St. Louis Cardinals prodigy Rick Ankiel lost his once-in-a-generation ability to pitch -- not due to an injury or a bolt of li..
Release Date:- 2020-11-10
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INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!WITH A FOREWORD BY TOM BRADY āAs a sportscaster and sports historian, Jimās career genuinely stands the test of time. . . . This book is sports history about some of the greats by one of the greats, who was taking ..
Release Date:- 2009-10-13
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āLeavy has hit it out of the parkā¦A lot more than a biography. Itās a consideration of how we create our heroes, and how this heroās self perception distinguishes him from nearly every other great athlete in living memoryā¦ a remarkably rich..
Release Date:- 2009-02-03
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The definitive story of one of the greatest dynasties in baseball history, Joe Torre's New York Yankees. When Joe Torre took over as manager of the Yankees in 1996, they had not won a World Series title in eighteen years. In that time seventeen o..
Release Date:- 2010-05-11
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The definitive account of the life and tragic death of baseball legend Lou Gehrig.Lou Gehrig was a baseball legendāthe Iron Horse, the stoic New York Yankee who was the greatest first baseman in history, a man whose consecutive-games streak was ended b..
Release Date:- 2009-10-13
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From the unapologetic bad boy of professional golf comes a rip-roaring account of his rollercoaster life and careerFrom his battles with alcoholism and gambling addiction to marital problems (his fourth and current wife is facing money-laundering charges) an..
Release Date:- 2015-05-12
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A fascinating and authoritative biography of perhaps the most controversial player in baseball history, Ty CobbāāThe best work ever written on this American sports legend: Itās a major reconsideration of a reputation unfairly maligned for decadesā (T..
Release Date:- 2005-04-17
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A story with a big heart about a boy, a coach, the game of baseball, and the game of life. "There are teachers with a rare ability to enter a child's mind; it's as if their ability to get there at all gives them the right to stay forever." There was a..
Release Date:- 2013-03-07
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An exāWall Street trader improved on Moneyballās famed sabermetrics and beat the Vegas odds with his own betting methods. Here is the story of how Joe Peta turned fantasy baseball into a dream come true. Joe Peta turned his back on his Wall Stre..
Release Date:- 2010-03-09
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An insiderās look at baseballās unwritten rules, explained with examples from the gameās most fascinating characters and wildest historical moments. Everyone knows that baseball is a game of intricate regulations, but it turns out to be ev..
Release Date:- 2011-06-28
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The definitive life story of the legendary Yankee slugger: āThe best biography ever written about an American sports figureā (Sports Illustrated). Nearly a century has passed since George Herman Ruth made his major league debut, and in that ..
Release Date:- 2018-10-16
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ From Jane Leavy, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax, comes the definitive biography of Babe Ruthāthe man Roger Angell dubbed "the model..