History

In the nearly 120-year-history of the New York Yankees, fans have been treated to countless firsts—the first Yankee to hit a home run in the original Yankee Stadium (Babe Ruth), the first to hit a homer in the current stadium (Jorge Posada), the first Cy...

Just before the 2002 season opens, the Oakland Athletics must relinquish its three most prominent (and expensive) players and is written off by just about everyone-but then comes roaring back to challenge the American League record for consecutive wins...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593472675Author Joe PosnanskiFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

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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...

In the last two decades, innovation, data analysis and technology have driven a tectonic shift in the sports business. Game of Edges is the story of how sports franchises evolved, on and off the field, from raggedly run small businesses into some of the...

Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. Following the low-budget Oakland Athletics, their larger-than-life general manger, Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts, Michael Lewis has written not only...

Lawrence"Yogi" Berra was never supposed to become a major league ballplayer.That's what his immigrant father told him. That's what Branch Rickey told him, too-right to Berra's face, in fact. Even the lowly St. Louis Browns of his youth said he'd never...

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...

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...

The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Cubs is a decade-by-decade look at one of baseball's most beloved if hard-luck teams, starting with the franchise's beginnings in 1876 as the Chicago White Stockings and ending with the newfound success of Joe...

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 9781538722978Author Jack CurryFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint TwelvePublisher TwelveWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 155mm * 33mm

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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 9781953563033Author Ray WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Hrp HousePublisher Hrp HouseWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 9mm

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The fascinating, true, story of baseball's amateur origins. "Explores the conditions and factors that begat the game in the 19th century and turned it into the national pastime....A delightful look at a young nation creating a pastime that was love from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101970850Author Tyler KepnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

In Red Sox Nation, five-time New York Times bestselling author Peter Golenbock brings forth the definitive oral history of the Boston Red Sox. His focus is on the players, managers, and owners who were the colorful characters and legends who guided their...

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An inside look at Yankees slugger Aaron Judge's incredible, unparalleled run to break Roger Maris's home run record and the franchise both men called home. Babe Ruth. Roger Maris. Aaron Judge. Three historic figures across generations of Major League...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953563088Author Ray WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Hrp HousePublisher Hrp HouseWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 9mm

Lights, Camera, Fastball is a fascinating look at the Hollywood Stars, a glamour-shrouded baseball team with a star-studded fan base during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Throughout their glorious twenty-year run in the Pacific Coast League, the Stars were...

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It was the golden age of baseball, and all over the country teams gathered on town fields in front of throngs of fans to compete for local glory. In Rawlins, Wyoming, residents lined up for tickets to see slugger Joseph Seng and the rest of the Wyoming...

The Big 50: Toronto Blue Jays is an extensive and dynamic look at the 50 top moments and figures that make the Blue Jays the Blue Jays. In this revised and updated edition, longtime sportswriter Shi Davidi recounts the living history of the Blue Jays,...

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When Bill James published his original Historical Baseball Abstract in 1985, he produced an immediate classic, hailed by the Chicago Tribune as the "holy book of baseball." Now, baseball's beloved "Sultan of Stats" (The Boston Globe) is back with a fully...

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The Ultimate Boston Red Sox Time Machine presents a timeline format that not only includes the Red Sox's greatest moments-including its nine World Series wins and individual achievements-but focuses also on some very unusual seasons and events, such as...

What started as America's National Pastime is now a global phenomenon with multi-million dollar baseball leagues around the world and enough countries playing the game to warrant its inclusion in the 2020/1 Olympics. What started as America's...

Profiles of the very best NBA players and a definitive history of the game. The spectacular success of the NBA is based on its stars, their performances and personalities, which excite fans game after game, championship after championship. Michael...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618710539Author Buzz BissingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton MifflinDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 19mm

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The perfect gift for the diehard fan in your life or an enviable treasure for yourself, The Ultimate Yankee Book is the most current and comprehensive resource of trivia, people and stories from the team's creation in 1901 to today. Harvey Frommer is a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385546799Author Andy MartinoFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc