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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640480070Author Ace McCloudFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Pro Mastery PublishingPublisher Pro Mastery PublishingWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm)...

Never in baseball history had a team ranked last rebounded to take the pennant the following season. Yet in 1991 lightning struck twice as the Minnesota Twins and the Atlanta Braves, a pair of cellar dwellers the year before, faced each other in an...

Civil unrest at home, war abroad, and political uncertainty gripped the nation as the 1970s approached. In the summer of 1969, as a tumultuous decade of American history neared its end, Major League Baseball presented sports fans with a thrilling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743268936Author Jonathan EigFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster

In 1937, when local beer baron Emil Sick stepped in, the Seattle Indians were a struggling minor-league baseball team teetering on collapse. Moved to mix baseball and beer by his good friend and fellow brewer, New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert, Sick...

The latest and greatest in ESPN.com baseball guru Rob Neyer's Big Book series, Legends is a highly entertaining guide to baseball fables that have been handed down through generations.The well-told baseball story has long been a staple for baseball fans...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781970159011Author Gregory H WolfFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint Society for American Baseball ResearchPublisher Society for American Baseball...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781328570079Author Jason TurbowFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 135mm *...

A comprehensive trivia book that enables readers to compete as they answer questions!In The New Book of Baseball Trivia, experienced baseball author Wayne Stewart includes 500 fun and engaging questions and answers on everyone's favorite former and...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368077651Author Nick DavisFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint HyperionPublisher Hyperion

Games between the Dodgers and Giants are never just another day at the ballpark. Dating back to the late nineteenth century when the teams embodied the competitive spirit of rival metropolises of New York and Brooklyn the Giants-Dodgers rivalry gained...

With the "Curse" a distant memory, the Boston Red Sox are the first team this century to win three World Series titles. Before 2004, an obnoxious Yankees fan might have smirked: The Red Sox in the World Series? The world's shortest book!" In actual fact,...

The powerful story of Ken Caminiti, who changed baseball forever as the first player to confess to having used performance-enhancing steroidsIn Playing Through the Pain: The Life of Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever,...

To be a part of Red Sox Nation is to be a hopeful romantic who neither betrays loyalty nor surrenders hope in the direst of circumstances. From Bangor to Back Bay, New Englanders endure in baseball matters. And life. The team's history has intersected...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982180591Author Joe PosnanskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 880Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 862gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

From the legendary Ebbets Field in the heart of Brooklyn to the amenity-packed Houston Astrodome to the "retro" Oriole Park at Camden Yards, stadiums have taken many shapes and served different purposes throughout the history of American sports culture...

With forewords by Wade Boggs and Lance McCullers, Jr, here is a modern stat book for modern fans. Whether you follow the Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, Giants, or another Major League team, you fill find something new and fascinating!As America's pastime...

In 1957 Horace Stoneham took his Giants of New York baseball team and headed west, starting a gold rush with bats and balls rather than pans and mines. But San Francisco already had a team, the Seals of the Pacific Coast League, and West Coast fans had...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455511884Author Larry ColtonFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm)...

Few political figures of the modern age have been so vilified as Fidel Castro, and both the vilification and worship generated by the Cuban leader have combined to distort the true image of Castro. The baseball myths attached to Fidel have loomed every...

After coming close to winning the pennant on more than one occasion during the early 1920s, the Pittsburgh Pirates finally shed the stigma of being underachievers and claimed the National League flag in 1925, ending the New York Giants' four-year...

In the history of sports, few comeback stories compare to that of Edgar Charles Rice better known as “Sam.” Away from home, trying out for a low-level minor league team, Sam Rice received a telegram on an April morning that would turn his world upside...

For almost 50 years, the Cleveland Indians were a joke. They had won the 1948 World Series with one of the greatest teams of all time, but had not been to the playoffs since 1954 (losing to the New York Giants in the World Series). Even the Major League...

Voices of the GameCurt Smith is "...the voice of authority on baseball broadcasting." -USA Today#1 New Release in Photography, Baseball Statistics, Photo Essays, and Photojournalism In this second in a series of Baseball Hall of Fame books, celebrate...

Named Best Baseball Book of 2020 by Sports Collectors Digest 2021 SABR Seymour Medal Finalist In the summer of 1932, at the beginning of the turbulent decade that would remake America, baseball fans were treated to one of the most thrilling seasons in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250072542Author Dan EpsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's GriffinPublisher Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's...

Bill Terry had some big shoes to fill in midseason 1932, when he took over managing the second division New York Giants for the iconic John McGraw. The next year, his first full season as player-manager, "Memphis Bill" guided the Polo Grounders to the...

An entertaining look back at the most memorable year in Boston sports history. The year 1986 was a special one for Boston sports fans. Surprising everyone, the Patriots, Celtics, and Red Sox played in the Super Bowl, NBA Finals, and World Series, the...

Comiskey Park's Last World Series analyzes the significance of the 1959 White Sox from a multitude of perspectives. The book presents much more than the White Sox being one of the few teams modern era to win a pennant with speed, pitching, and defense...

In a game that has been around since the 1800s, there have been numerous variations on the rules of baseball. While the sport has certainly evolved, the game is still deeply rooted in history. Completely revised and updated through the 2019 baseball...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932391886Author The Editors at Baseball AmericaFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Baseball AmericaPublisher Baseball AmericaWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947848801Author Matthew CallanFormat PaperbackPage Count 374Imprint QuillPublisher QuillWeight(grams) 458gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 21mm

Few writers know more about baseball's role in American life than Jules Tygiel. In Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy, Tygiel penned a classic work, a landmark book that towers above most writing about the sport. Now he ranges...

Eddie Plank won 326 games and has the most complete games and shutouts by a left-handed pitcher in Major League history. But how much do we know about the hurler best known as "Gettysburg Eddie" in his playing days? And what of him that we do...

An early celebrity pitcher, Denton "Cy" Young (1867-1955) established supreme standards on the mound. A small-town Ohio farmer made good, he set Major League pitching records in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that will likely last...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593304874Author Jim Mudcat GrantFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Aventine PressPublisher Aventine PressWeight(grams) 653gDimensions(mm) 230mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933599953Author Jacob PomrenkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Society for American Baseball ResearchPublisher Society for American Baseball...

No doubt, you've heard about the Cubs' decades-long run of futility. They hadn't won a pennant in seventy-one years or a World Series in a record 108 years. To the frustration of Cubs fans everywhere, the team often missed chances with soul-crushing...

In the winter that followed the 1926 season, baseball became enveloped in scandal. Two of baseball's biggest stars, Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker, were accused of fixing and betting on games. Sportswriters called the scandal worse than that of the infamous...