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Southern League: A True Story of Baseball, Civil Rights, and the Deep South's Most Compelling Pennant Race by Larry Colton 9781455511884
RRP: £39.00£27.17Apologies 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)... -
The Southern Association in Baseball, 1885-1961 by Marshall D. Wright 9780786412914
RRP: £35.99£30.60This work is a complete history of the Southern Association, beginning with 1885, the year the Southern League began, and ending with 1961, the year it went out of business. Each chapter covers one year of the Southern Association's history and contains... -
A Whole New Game: Off the Field Changes in Baseball, 1946-1960 by John P. Rossi 9780786406517
RRP: £21.99£17.97Bismarck once said that God looked after drunkards, children and the U.S. of A. Some say that baseball should be added to the list. It must have been divine intervention that led the sport through a series of transformative challenges from the end of... -
Blackguards and Red Stockings: A History of Baseball's National Association, 1871-1875 by William J. Ryczek 9780786499458
RRP: £21.99£17.97It was a novel experiment as baseball's leading men formed the National Association, bringing order to the hodgepodge of professional and amateur clubs that made up the sport from the end of the Civil War through 1870. It was an imperfect beginning to... -
The Middle Atlantic League, 1925-1952: A Baseball History by William E. Akin 9780786497669
RRP: £21.99£17.97The small and midsized cities of western Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia reached their peaks of population and prosperity in the second quarter of the 20th century. The baseball teams from these towns formed the Middle Atlantic League, the strongest... -
In Cobb's Shadow: The Hall of Fame Careers of Sam Crawford, Harry Heilmann and Heinie Manush by Dan D'Addona 9780786497164
RRP: £28.99£23.38Ty Cobb was considered the greatest baseball player of his time. Some still call him the greatest in history. He cast a shadow over the entire game of baseball with his violence, both on the field and off. The shadow was never darker than when it was... -
The Babe Chases 60: That Fabulous 1927 Season, Home Run by Home Run by John G. Robertson 9780786493678
RRP: £21.99£17.97Homer-by-homer, this heavily researched work recounts the inimitable Babe Ruth's finest season. In that magical 1927 season, Ruth blasted homers off 33 different pitchers and hit at least one against every American League opponent. Two hurlers yielded... -
Stolen!: A History of Base Stealing by Russell Roberts 9780786493661
RRP: £21.99£17.97The stolen base is one of the most fascinating plays in all of sports. In no other sport is the opportunity present for the offence to literally take away what belongs to the defence. In other sports it is the ball (or puck) that must do the scoring; in... -
A Glimpse of Fame: Brilliant but Fleeting Major League Careers by Dennis Snelling 9780786477494
RRP: £21.99£17.97Ron Necciai once struck out 27 hitters in a nine-inning minor league game. Floyd Giebell beat Bob Feller to clinch the 1940 American League pennant for the Detroit Tigers. John Paciorek had three hits in three at bats in his big league debut-and never... -
0.721: A History of the 1954 Cleveland Indians by Gary Webster 9780786476558
RRP: £21.99£17.97The book is the day by day story of the 1954 Indians, whose .721 winning percentage is still the highest in American League history. It tells how down the city of Cleveland was on the team following three straight second place finishes, how little was... -
Big Dan Brouthers: Baseball's First Great Slugger by Roy Kerr 9780786475605
RRP: £21.99£17.97Described as ""the Greatest Batsman in the Country"" by sports writers of his era, Dennis ""Big Dan"" Brouthers compiled a .342 batting average, tying with Babe Ruth for ninth place all-time, and slugged 205... -
Early Latino Ballplayers in the United States: Major, Minor and Negro Leagues, 1901-1949 by Nick C. Wilson 9780786475063
RRP: £28.99£23.38On the average major league roster, Hispanic or Latin-born players today account for at least 25 percent of the team. In 1900 there were none; in 1911 the number had crept to two; and after World War II when American GI's returned to the playing fields,... -
Ed McKean: Slugging Shortstop of the Cleveland Spiders by Rich Blevins 9780786473342
RRP: £21.99£17.97This is the first book-length biography of Ed McKean, one of the nineteenth-century's premier shortstops. It is also the story of the so-called Emerald Age of baseball and leading Irish figures including Patsy Tebeau, Jimmy McAleer, John MGraw, and... -
Baseball in 1939: The Watershed Season of the National Pastime by Lawrence S. Katz 9780786471638
RRP: £21.99£17.97In 1939, baseball's past ran headlong into its future. As the game celebrated its 100th anniversary with the opening of the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, it learned that the legend of the sport's origins was purely a myth. On the field, the... -
Occasional Glory: The History of the Philadelphia Phillies, 2d ed. by David M. Jordan 9780786470280
RRP: £28.99£23.38With more losses and last-place finishes than any other club in Major League Baseball, the Philadelphia Phillies have earned a reputation as one of the most unsuccessful teams ever to take the field. Even so, the Phillies have boasted many unforgettable... -
Frantic Frank Lane: Baseball's Ultimate Wheeler-Dealer by Bob Vanderberg 9780786470181
RRP: £21.99£17.97The book follows the colorful career of Frank Lane, who as baseball's busiest general manager during the 1950s made the deals that turned the Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals and Cleveland Indians from losers into pennant contenders almost... -
Billy Southworth: A Biography of the Hall of Fame Manager and Ballplayer by John C. Skipper 9780786468478
RRP: £21.99£17.97Billy Southworth was the most successful major league baseball manager of the 1940s including the three straight years in which his St. Louis Cardinal teams won more than 100 games. He won three National League pennants with the Cardinals and one with... -
The 1957 San Francisco Seals: End of an Era in the Pacific Coast League by P.J. Dragseth 9780786465453
RRP: £21.99£17.97The 1957 PCL season faced uncertainty about the pending ""invasion of major league baseball"" in 1958. While the meetings, wheeling and dealing and politics took place off the diamond, the historic San Francisco Seals, a charter... -
Arlie Latham: A Baseball Biography of the Freshest Man on Earth by L.M. Sutter 9780786461387
RRP: £21.99£17.97One of early baseball's most popular celebrities, Arlie Latham played for the St. Louis Browns in the 1880s. A brainy hitter and base-runner, he was also the sport's brashest, funniest player, his ""fresh"" personality bringing him as... -
Roger Connor: Home Run King of 19th Century Baseball by Roy Kerr 9780786459582
RRP: £21.99£17.97Roger Conner, the Babe Ruth of the 1880s and inventor of the pop-up slide, ranks number one for 19th century players in home runs and was an expert bunter. Called ""The Gentleman of the Diamond,"" and played well into his fifties... -
When Cobb Met Wagner: The Seven-Game World Series of 1909 by David Finoli 9780786448371
RRP: £21.99£17.97The 1909 World Series featured Hall of Fame players Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner and was the first championship to extend to Game Seven, the final and deciding game. This work examines the entire regular season of both the Tigers and the Pirates but pays... -
Ballparks of North America: A Comprehensive Historical Reference to Baseball Grounds, Yards and Stadiums, 1845 to Present by Michael Benson 9780786444212
RRP: £35.99£30.00What grandstand collapsed during a game, killing twelve? How high is the Green monster in Fenway? In what park was the outfield fence only 187 feet from home plate? ""Ballparks of North America"" is a comprehensive encyclopedia of the... -
The 1923 New York Yankees: A History of Their First World Championship Season by Ronald A. Mayer 9780786444045
RRP: £21.99£17.97The 1923 Yankees started the dynasty - with stars like Babe Ruth, Wally Pipp, Joe Dugan and Bob Meusel, they won the pennant by 16 games before claiming the franchise's first World Series title. Five Yankees pitchers won 16 games that year, led by Sam... -
The Early Image of Black Baseball: Race and Representation in the Popular Press, 1871-1890 by James E. Brunson 9780786442065
RRP: £28.99£23.38This volume examines early black baseball as it was represented in the artwork and written accounts of the popular press. From contemporary postbellum articles, illustrations, photographs and woodcuts, a unique image of the black athlete emerges, one... -
Making the Big Red Machine: Bob Howsam and the Cincinnati Reds of the 1970s by Daryl Smith 9780786439805
RRP: £21.99£17.97With a line-up that included future Hall of Famers Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Tony Perez and Pete Rose, the 'Big Red Machine' powered its way to six division titles, four pennants, and two World Series, all in the 1970s. Three other times in that decade... -
Asian Pacific Americans and Baseball: A History by Joel S. Franks 9780786432912
RRP: £21.99£17.97With the rise of stars such as Hideo Nomo, Ichiro Suzuki, and now Daisuke Matsuzaka, fans today can easily name players from the island country of Japan. Less widely known is that baseball has long been played on other Pacific islands, in pre-statehood... -
Lost in the Sun: The Comebacks and Comedowns of Major League Ballplayers by G.Richard McKelvey 9780786432189
RRP: £21.99£17.97Baseball players, like teams, have their ups and downs. Pitchers inexplicably lose their command of the strike zone, batters think themselves into deep slumps, and injuries, addiction, and poor decision-making can radically change the fortunes of either... -
The Evolution of Pitching in Major League Baseball by William F. McNeil 9780786424689
RRP: £24.99£20.29Are today's major league baseball pitchers better than ever? Or do they pale in comparison to the great hurlers of 20, 30 or 40 years ago? This book tackles a debate that has been traveling baseball circles for the past decade or so. With changes in... -
The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary by W.C. Madden 9780786422630
RRP: £35.99£30.00For a dozen years in the 1940s and 1950s, more than 700 women played professional baseball in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Though some saw their brand of ball as a sideshow or wartime diversion, the women were all tough... -
Nineteenth Century Baseball: Year-by-year Statistics for the Major League Teams, 1871 Through 1900 by Marshall D. Wright 9780786418954
RRP: £35.99£30.00In March 1871, ten of the United States' most powerful professional baseball clubs met in Brooklyn, New York. Out of that meeting came the sport's first major league: the National Association of Professional Baseball Players. The Philadelphia Athletics,... -
The Texas League in Baseball, 1888-1958 by Marshall D. Wright 9780786418022
RRP: £46.99£39.32For over 100 years, the Texas League has been one of the top five minor leagues in the Southwest. This work is a statistical history of the Texas League from its inception in 1888 through 1958, when Houston, Fort Worth and Dallas left for higher... -
The Giants and the Dodgers: Four Cities, Two Teams, One Rivalry by Andrew Goldblatt 9780786416400
RRP: £21.99£17.97The Giants-Dodgers rivalry began in the 1840s, was considered to be the best in baseball by 1890, and continues to be the game's oldest and most storied rivalry today. Three reasons it has been the best are how often both teams have been good, how rarely... -
Armando Marsans: The First Cuban Major League Baseball Player by Peter T. Toot 9780786415847
RRP: £17.99£14.87Armando Marsans joined the Cincinnati Reds in 1911, the first Cuban to play Major League baseball. Events in baseball have often mirrored the social development of the United States; Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier is one such example... -
The Last Baseball Town: How Campbell, California achieved the unprecedented, and still unduplicated, in American youth baseball by Chuck Hildebrand 9781439234440
RRP: £26.99£20.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439234440Author Chuck HildebrandFormat PaperbackPage Count 388Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 671g -
A Noble Game by Will Pascoe 9781419645471
RRP: £13.99£11.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781419645471Author Will PascoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 191g -
Touching All the Bases: Baseball in 101 Fascinating Stories by Thomas D. Phillips 9780810885523
RRP: £71.00£61.70Around 1863, William "Candy" Cummings discovered he could make clamshells curve when thrown-a skill he transferred to baseball as a pitcher for the New York Excelsiors. In 1869, the Cincinnati Red Stockings became the first team in baseball to... -
Baseball's Iconic 1-0 Games by Warren N. Wilbert 9780810885783
RRP: £87.00£76.23Although very few baseball games end with a final score of one to zero, and such a score line might suggest a contest devoid of drama, nothing could be further from the truth. Since the 1876 inaugural season of professional baseball, many 1-0 games have... -
The Art of Betting on Baseball by A Roman 9781419601347
RRP: £11.99£10.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781419601347Author A RomanFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 272g -
The Greatest Game: The Day That Bucky, Yaz, Reggie, Pudge, and Company Played the Most Memorable Game in Baseball's Most Intense Rivalry by Richard Bradley 9781416534396
RRP: £14.99£14.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416534396Author Richard BradleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 399g -
Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America's Pastime by Mark Frost 9781401310264
RRP: £24.99£18.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781401310264Author Mark FrostFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 142mm *...