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When legendary Red Sox hitter Ted Williams died on July 5, 2002, newspapers reviewed the stats, compared him to other legends of the game, and declared him the greatest hitter who ever lived. Richard Ben Cramer, Pulitzer Prize winner and acclaimed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780228853930Author Brian GrayFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint Tellwell TalentPublisher Tellwell TalentWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060734640Author Kevin KennedyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 218g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780759688773Author John G. CarswellFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 233g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692789568Author Paquito MontanezFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Fabric of BaseballPublisher Fabric of BaseballWeight(grams) 154g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615344300Author Curt IckesFormat PaperbackImprint IRC Holdings LimitedPublisher IRC Holdings LimitedWeight(grams) 227g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578685632Author Michael W GustafsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Michael W GustafsonPublisher Michael W GustafsonWeight(grams) 367g

Legendary Yankees past and present sit down with award-winning columnist Bill Madden to offer a captivating portrait of what it's like to play for the Bronx Bombers.Book InformationISBN 9780446692694Author Madden B.Format PaperbackPage Count 453Imprint...

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Finding the Left Arm of God: Sandy Koufax and the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1960-1963 is the story of the Dodgers' volatile fortunes during the transformation of Sandy Koufax from a wild young left-hander with a career losing record on the verge of quitting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977242341Author Jim BarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977256126Author James AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 45g

What sports fans read, watch, and listen to at home often isn't the real story coming out of the locker room or the front office. George Castle should know; he's covered baseball in Chicago for decades and witnessed the widening gulf between the media...

Between 1870 and 2010, 165 Jewish Americans have played Major League baseball. This work presents oral histories featuring 23 of these Jewish major leaguers. From Bob Berman, a catcher for the Washington Senators in 1918, to Adam Greenberg, an outfielder...

This biography of Fred Hutchinson recounts the life of the former manager of the Cincinnati Reds. Facing a diagnosis of terminal lung cancer in December 1963, Hutchinson and his team pressed on with their season. A late streak of wins gave them a chance...

There are many sports-related books about what happens on the playing field, but few are written about the equally interesting stories of what happens on the business side. Why acquire a professional sports team? What goes into the branding, marketing...

Famed Washington sportswriter Shirley Povich once said that Clark Griffith's life was a true Horatio Alger story. Born in a frontier log cabin in Missouri in 1869, Griffith enjoyed a successful 64-year career in baseball that ended with his death in 1955...

This collection of nine essays examines some of baseball's most elusive mysteries. Topics include the discovery of the body of Ed Delahanty at the bottom of Niagara Falls, the suicide of Chick Stahl, the strange death of National League president Harry...

Offering a fresh approach to the familiar concept of all-time baseball teams, this exhaustive work ranks more than 2,500 players by state of birth and includes both major league and Negro League athletes. Each chapter covers one state and opens with the...

In 1995, William B. Gould IV, then chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, cast the deciding vote to obtain the injunction that ended the longest strike in baseball history. Sixteen years of peaceful relations between baseball labor and...

When Babe Ruth was sold by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees at the beginning of the Roaring Twenties, the stage was set for one of baseball's greatest dynasties. With Ruth on board, and under manager Miller Huggins, the Yankees became...

The Ebbets Field volume is the second in McFarland's series on historic ballparks. The book combines articles about the park and the memories of those who went there in any capacity. Essay topics include long time Dodger owner Charles Ebbets, Brooklyn...

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Many in baseball consider the scout to be the most important figure in any organization: It is the scout's work in the high school and college bleachers that unearths future legends. Few have achieved more--and in such grand style--than George Genovese...

This is the story of the Troy Haymakers, a pioneer baseball team legendary for their exploits on and off the field. Formed in 1860 in Troy, New York - an industrial city experiencing rapid growth - the team was embraced by the tough-minded Trojans as...

Negro League ballplayers, earning paychecks comparable to those of blue-collar workers, needed an off-season source of income to make ends meet. Many of them found the answer in baseball, by joining racially integrated barnstorming teams that toured the...

Having finished the previous season a mere game behind pennant-winning St. Louis, the Detroit Tigers entered spring training in 1945 determined to complete their drive to the top. Led by the pitching duo of Hal Newhouser and Paul Trout, benefiting from...

One thing about Max was that he was about as well-adjusted to his disability, if you want to call it that, as anyone could be... He even used his eye once to shut up an obnoxious high school coach. After he'd heard all the complaining he wanted to hear,...

Sal Maglie was a feared and hated pitcher perhaps best known for his vicious knockdown pitches that made batters tremble. Yet he was also respected as a ferocious competitor, one who pitched with his arm and his head, one who could be depended upon when...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781465310057Author Gary C SalivarFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint XlibrisPublisher XlibrisWeight(grams) 263g

During the Cleveland Indians' checkered 110-year history, only two of its teams have brought home baseball's ultimate prize. While the 1948 team continues to be revered by Clevelanders, little has been written about the 1920 team that won the city's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781998190874Author John D HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Tellwell TalentPublisher Tellwell TalentWeight(grams) 150g

After the old National Association of Professional Ball Players collapsed in 1875, Brooklyn went eight years without a baseball team of its own. Then, in 1883, urbane real estate investor Charles Byrne and hustling news editor George J. Taylor joined...

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The Brooklyn Dodgers are one of the most popular and most beloved baseball teams of all time. This book is a collection of writings about them, arranged chronologically--news reports, articles and excerpts from both fiction and nonfiction works by some...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647462161Author Crystal D WaltmanFormat HardbackPage Count 156Imprint Author Academy ElitePublisher Author Academy EliteWeight(grams) 399g

In 1946 American baseball was a shadow of its former self. In the wake of depression and war, attendance had spiraled down. Management was at odds with players, and some began to wonder if there might be other career options. Enter the five Pasquel...

In this third edition of ""Baseball Ratings"", author Charles Faber combines the second edition ('great fodder for arguments' - ""Booklist/RBB"") with his book on 19th-century greats, ""Baseball...

What baseball player had more hits than Babe Ruth, a better batting average than Willie Mays, a better slugging average than Ty Cobb, and more bases on balls than Stan Musial? This is the inspirational story of Melvin Thomas Ott, who at the strapping age...

Paperback edition available October, 2003. Billy Sunday was among the greatest of American evangelists. During the first quarter of the twentieth century his sermons reached hundreds of thousands of people, and he was widely quoted and admired. He was an...