Release Date:- 2020-01-28
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Get to know the game with inspiring baseball biographies for ages 8 to 12!It’s the bottom of the ninth, bases are loaded, and your team is down by three—who do you want coming up to bat? Discover the most talented players in every position on the fi..
Release Date:- 2015-03-24
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Jam-packed with cool baseball trivia, history-making records, unforgettable moments, and wacky true tales of your favorite games, players and events. This book hits a grand slam right out of the park!A perfect gift for the die-hard fan of America's f..
Release Date:- 2024-10-24
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Discover the Real, Accurate Stories of MLB GOATs and What Mainstream Media May be Missing!Are you a fan of the MLB?Would you like to learn more about some of the best players of all time, like Jackie Robinson, Aaron Judge, Babe Ruth, Ken Griffey Jr., ..
Release Date:- 2013-10-15
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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..
Release Date:- 2012-03-13
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A fascinating look at the storied World Series of 1906—a thrilling contest between the Chicago Cubs and their upstart crosstown rivals, the Chicago White Sox.The local press nicknamed the Sox the “Hitless Wonders”—a team that emerged as American..
Release Date:- 2021-09-28
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year“An instant sports classic.” —New York Post * “Stellar.” —The Wall Street Journal * “A true masterwork…880 pages of sheer baseball bliss.” —BookPage (st..
Release Date:- 2011-03-01
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Known affectionately as “Donnie Baseball,” Don Mattingly was an example of consistency and greatness at first base for the New York Yankees for 14 seasons. A nine-time Gold Glove winner, the mustachioed defensive ace was a fan favorite on the underachieving..
Release Date:- 2007-03-15
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Freakonomics meets Moneyball in this provocative exposé of baseball’s most fiercely debated controversies and some of its oldest, most dearly held myths. Providing far more than a mere collection of numbers, economics professor and popular blogger J...
Release Date:- 2019-04-09
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Dear Baseball Gods,He hustled and worked hard, played the game the right way. Why did this happen? It wasn’t fair.Dan sat by a tree, staring at the ground trying to decide what he would do next. The doctor had just explained that everything he work..
Release Date:- 2016-05-01
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As America lurched into the twentieth century, its national pastime was afflicted with the same moral malaise that was enveloping the rest of the nation. Players regularly bet on games, games were routinely fixed, and league politics were as dirty as..
Release Date:- 2019-04-02
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From The New York Times baseball columnist, an enchanting, enthralling history of the national pastime as told through the craft of pitching, based on years of archival research and interviews with more than three hundred peop..
Release Date:- 2011-06-07
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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..
Release Date:- 2013-03-26
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This is an ePub version of the Multi-Touch book for iPad at https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/baseball-national-pastime/id621586827?ls=1 This book tells the story of our national pastime through documents, photographs, audio, video, and other records preserved..
Release Date:- 2024-04-16
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Get to know the game with inspiring baseball biographies for ages 8 to 12!It's the bottom of the ninth, bases are loaded, and your team is down by three—who do you want coming up to bat? Discover the most talented players in every position on the fi..
Release Date:- 2017-04-25
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Predictably Irrational meets Moneyball in ESPN veteran writer and statistical analyst Keith Law’s iconoclastic look at the numbers game of baseball, proving why some of the most trusted stats are surprisingly wrong, explaining what numbers actually..
Release Date:- 2016-02-23
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Young ball fans can now get the stats on the champions of the bat in this companion to the best-selling Baseball's Greatest Pitchers. Lively illustrations accompany fact-filled profiles of the legendary hitters of the game, including Hank A..
Release Date:- 2007-03-27
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Zack Hample's bestselling, smart, and funny fan’s guide to baseball explains the ins and outs of pitching, hitting, running, and fielding, while offering insider trivia and anecdotes that will appeal to anyone—whether you're a major league couch po..
Release Date:- 2022-10-25
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A New York Times BestsellerBy the author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definitive sports biography of mythic multi-sport star Bo Jackson.“A legendary tome on a legendary athlete." —Chris Herring, author of Blood in the ..
Release Date:- 2010-03-09
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An insider’s look at baseball’s unwritten rules, explained with examples from the game’s 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:- 2022-07-05
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LA TIMES BESTSELLER • From the award-winning screenwriter and director of cult classic Bull Durham, the extremely entertaining behind-the-scenes story of the making of the film, and an insightful primer on the art and business of moviemaking."..
Release Date:- 2017-04-11
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National BestsellerA Globe and Mail Best BookA National Post Best Book of the YearA passionate ode to baseball, its culture, and its community, which both celebrates and challenges the game – and reminds us why it really matters. For Sta..
Release Date:- 2023-04-04
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A gloriously funny, nostalgic memoir of a popular ESPN reporter who, in the summer of 1994, was a fresh-out-of-college intern for a minor league baseball team. Madness and charm ensue as Ryan McGee spends the season steeped in sweat, fertilizer, na..
Release Date:- 2013-06-19
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Baseball, Boys, and Bad Words reveals the hilarity and magic of Little League baseball.Often called “the funniest tale ever told,” this story will have you laughing until you cry, while warming your soul, reminding you of childhood and a simpler time..
Release Date:- 2023-09-05
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National Bestseller The inside story of how A League of Their Own—one of the most beloved baseball movies of all time—developed from an unheralded piece of American history into a perennial cinematic favorite. Featuring exclusive interviews and behind..
Release Date:- 2015-01-30
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Marvin Miller changed major league baseball and the business of sports. Drawing on research and interviews with Miller and others, Marvin Miller, Baseball Revolutionary offers the first biography covering the pivotal labor leader’s entire life and ca..
Release Date:- 2026-09-15
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A fearless and insightful portrait of power, race, and resilience from one of baseball’s most unique and dynamic Hall of Fame legends, offering an unflinching look at the battles fought both on and off the field.Few athletes have lived a story as r..
Release Date:- 2007-07-31
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"An extraordinary book . . . invitingly written and brisk."--Chicago Tribune"Perhaps no one has ever told the tale [of Robinson's arrival in the major leagues] so well as [Simon] does in this extended essay."--The Washington Post Book World"Scott Simon ..
Release Date:- 2013-07-12
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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..
