Essays & Writings

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age 2007.Book InformationISBN 9780812978704Author George VecseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Modern Library...

This real-time, historical record of the New York Yankees from their hometown newspaper allows you to experience over a century of the pride, power, and pinstripes of Major League Baseball's most successful team.There has never been a team that has won...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101971390Author Roger AngellFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Anchor BooksWeight(grams) 295g

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 (starred...

A tongue-in-cheek look at the complicated love-hate relationship between Red Sox and Yankees fans, how and why it developed, what accounts for the animosity and the grudging respect, and why it and continues to dominate the baseball landscape, this book...

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If you love baseball and the venerable stadiums its played in, you need this definitive history and guide to Major League ballparks of the past, present, and future. With a tear-out checklist to mark ballparks you've visited and those on your bucket...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399575952Author Barry SvrlugaFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Blue Rider PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

The Boston Red Sox are the most winning baseball team in the 21st century with four World Series titles, and they're not slowing down any time soon. Two of the most prominent organizations in Boston, The Boston Globe and the Boston Red Sox, combine to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933060729Author Bill SimmonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 468Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 488gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538726556Author Tim BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint TwelvePublisher TwelveWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 162mm * 29mm

From the author of Paper Lion It began as a fun filled stunt and came to a deeply hellish, nearly humiliating end. George Plimpton had the chance to answer every baseball fan's question: could I strike out a major league star? Out of My League chronicles...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250118745Author Ron DarlingFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 227g

Five Seasons covers the baseball seasons from 1972 through 1976, described as the "most significant half decade in the history of the game." The era was notable for the remarkable individual feats of Hank Aaron, Lou Brock, and Nolan Ryan, among others...

Broken up into sections (pitching, fielding, hitting), this authoritative yet fun and easy guide will help readers young and old fully understand and comprehend the statistics that are the present and future of our national pastime.We all know what a ...

In the rich history of Major League Baseball (MLB), a transformative journey is unfolding…Women are rising to prominent positions in team management, coaching, and leadership.An increasing number of female coaches and front office leaders are making...

"Mark Kingwell is a beautiful writer, a lucid thinker and a patient teacher ...His insights are intellectual anchors in a fast-changing world. " --Naomi Klein "[Mark Kingwell] illuminates on almost every page. " --Los Angeles Times...

This study of the Detroit Tigers over a half-century demonstrates how baseball has reflected the fortunes of America's postwar urban society. Patrick Harrigan shows that the declining fortunes of this franchise have been inextricably linked with those of...

The Devil's Snake Curve offers an alternative American history, in which colonialism, jingoism, capitalism, and faith are represented by baseball. Personal and political, it twines Japanese internment camps with the Yankees; Walmart with the Kansas City...

High Fives, Pennant Drives, and Fernandomania is essential reading for Dodger fans and baseball buffs alike. It is a first-person account of Dodger history when the team was at its peak of success, winning three pennants in five years. The retelling of...

The story of baseball in America begins not with the fabled Abner Doubleday but with a generation of mid-nineteenth-century Americans who moved from the countryside to the cities and brought a cherished but delightfully informal game with them. But...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781926743691Author Andrew ForbesFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Invisible PublishingPublisher Invisible Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581826371Author Chris DeLucaFormat HardbackPage Count 186Imprint Cumberland House Publishing,USPublisher Sourcebooks, IncWeight(grams) 975g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780912083810Author Jack KavanaghFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Diamond CommunicationsPublisher Diamond CommunicationsWeight(grams) 680g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143116813Author Matt McCarthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm...

No one sees baseball like Joe Maddon. He sees it through his trademark glasses and irrepressible wit. Raised in the "shot and beer" town of Hazleton, PA, and forged by 15 years in the minors, Maddon over 19 seasons in Tampa Bay, Chicago, and Anaheim has...

Who never heard of Johnny Vander Meer's back-to-back no-hitters? Or Christy Mathewson's three shutouts in one World Series? Or Steve Carlton winning 27 games for a last-place team that won a total of only 59 games? These and a variety of other pitching...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156013871Author Roger AngellFormat PaperbackPage Count 398Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 200mm * 135mm *...

Baseball is a strange sport: it consists of long periods in which little seems to be happening, punctuated by high-energy outbursts of rapid fire activity. Because of this, despite ever greater profits, Major League Baseball is bent on finding ways to...

Science meets sport in this vibrant collection of baseball essays by the late evolutionary biologist.Among Stephen Jay Gould's many gifts was his ability to write eloquently about baseball, his great passion. Through the years, the renowned...

The most celebrated baseball writer of our time has selected his favorite pieces from the last forty years to create Once More Around the Park, a definitive volume of his most memorable work. Mr. Angell includes writing never previously collected as well...

Discover What Made Baseball America's Pastime #1 New Release in Baseball StatisticsBaseball Memories & Dreams celebrates the iconic moments, heroes, and trends that define baseball for its millions of fans This compendium of baseball writing covers it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635768893Author Joe KellyFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Diversion BooksPublisher Diversion BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 157mm *...

"The Ball" takes us to the farthest reaches of the globe and the deepest recesses of our ancient past to answer a question asked by every child on Earth: Why do we play ball? Inspired by the curiosity of his sports-obsessed 8-year-old son, anthropologist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786887446Author Yogi BerraFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 135mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307390585Author Ron DarlingFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 264gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974063676Author Marcella ParsonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint ARose Books PublishingPublisher ARose Books PublishingWeight(grams) 215g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998815718Author Scott ChristopherFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Soaring PressPublisher Soaring PressWeight(grams) 649g

This insightful collection documents Latinos in baseball from an interdisciplinary perspective. From the late, great Roberto Clemente, to Giants legend Juan Marichal to Pedro Martinez, Manny Ramirez, Sammy Sosa, Alex Rodriguez, the Alou brothers, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312573096Author Doug GlanvilleFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 386g