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Boston Red Sox IQ: Hall of Fame Edition by Bill Nowlin 9780988364851
RRP: €14.22€11.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988364851Author Bill NowlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Black Mesa PublishingPublisher Black Mesa PublishingWeight(grams) 191g -
The Yankee Princess: Why Dad and I Were in a League of Our Own by Jennie Paul 9780982629338
RRP: €23.74€20.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982629338Author Jennie PaulFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Silloway PressPublisher Silloway PressWeight(grams) 229g -
Extra Bases: Reflections on Jackie Robinson, Race, and Baseball History by Jules Tygiel 9780803294479
RRP: €16.65€13.96Few sports have as much power and magic as baseball, and few writers have addressed the history of the game as well as Jules Tygiel. In his role as a historian, Tygiel purposefully takes his eye off the ball and focuses on the broader cultural scene that... -
Middle Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1900-1948 by Dean A. Sullivan 9780803292833
RRP: €20.22€16.95Dean A. Sullivan presents a fascinating array of provocative, unexpected, and illuminating materials revealing the rich history of baseball. The 105 pieces in this work cover such topics as the Merkle Boner, Jim Thorpe, Christy Mathewson, the Black Sox... -
Crossing the Line: Black Major Leaguers, 1947-1959 by Larry Moffi 9780803283169
RRP: €17.84€15.07From 1947, when Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, through 1959, when the Boston Red Sox became the last Major League team to integrate, more than a hundred African American baseball players crossed the color line and made it to the Major... -
The Quality of Courage: Heroes in and out of Baseball by Mickey Mantle 9780803282599
RRP: €14.27€11.09As a man who played baseball brilliantly despite near-constant pain from a succession of injuries, Mickey Mantle knew something about courage. In The Quality of Courage we find Mickey's opinion on some of his widely-recognized associates including Jackie... -
The Unforgettable Season by G. H. Fleming 9780803269224
RRP: €20.22€15.52One of Sports Illustrated's top 100 sports books of all-time The 1908 National League pennant race was without question the most exciting and dramatic battle of all time. Three teams, the Giants, the Cubs, and the Pirates, battled from start to finish,... -
American Jews and America's Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball by Larry Ruttman 9780803253438
RRP: €23.79€23.51Most fans don't know how far the Jewish presence in baseball extends beyond a few famous players such as Greenberg, Rosen, Koufax, Holtzman, Green, Ausmus, Youkilis, Braun, and Kinsler. In fact, that presence extends to the baseball commissioner Bud... -
After Many a Summer: The Passing of the Giants and Dodgers and a Golden Age in New York Baseball by Robert E. Murphy 9780803245730
RRP: €27.36€23.10By the mid-1950s, New York had been the unrivaled capital of America's national pastime for a century, a place where baseball was followed with truly fanatical fervor. The city's three teams-the New York Yankees, the New York Giants, and the Brooklyn... -
Jackie and Campy: The Untold Story of Their Rocky Relationship and the Breaking of Baseball's Color Line by William C. Kashatus 9780803246331
RRP: €23.79€19.40As star players for the 1955 World Champion Brooklyn Dodgers, and prior to that as the first black players to be candidates to break professional baseball's color barrier, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella would seem to be natural allies. But the two... -
In the Best Interests of Baseball?: Governing the National Pastime by Andrew Zimbalist 9780803245358
RRP: €24.98€20.19In the Best Interests of Baseball? is a thoughtful, balanced look at the impact of the ninth commissioner of baseball, Bud Selig, on the sport as well as an examination of the commissioner's position in a historical context. The more controversial topics... -
The 50 Greatest Yankee Games by Cecilia Tan 9780471763130
RRP: €13.08€12.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471763130Author Cecilia TanFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 426g -
The Black Prince of Baseball: Hal Chase and the Mythology of the Game by Donald Dewey 9780803299399
RRP: €19.03€17.46As America lurched into the twentieth century, its national pastime was afflicted with the same moral malaise that was enveloping the rest of the nation. Players regularly bet on games, games were routinely fixed, and league politics were as dirty as the... -
The Golden Game: The Story of California Baseball by Kevin Nelson 9780803283954
RRP: €23.79€20.59The Golden Game presents in words and pictures 150 years of baseball history, from sandlot ball in the 1850s and the Pacific Coast League to the western arrival of the Dodgers, Giants, Angels, Athletics, and Padres. Here is a stirring, colorfully written... -
Center Field Shot: A History of Baseball on Television by James R. Walker 9780803248250
RRP: €23.79€19.56In Baseball Weekly's list of things that most affected baseball in the twentieth century, television ranked second-behind only the signing of Jackie Robinson. The new medium of television exposed baseball to a genuinely national audience; altered the... -
Take Me Out to the Ball Game: The Story of the Sensational Baseball Song by Amy Whorf McGuiggan 9780803218918
RRP: €26.17€20.41For anyone who has ever sung "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch and wondered why we sing it when we are already at the ball game, this entertaining book supplies the answers. And why did this song become the... -
Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain by Marty Appel 9780767927550
RRP: €19.03€15.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767927550Author Marty AppelFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 323g -
Playing for Keeps: A History of Early Baseball by Warren Goldstein 9780801475085
RRP: €20.22€16.05In the late 1850s organized baseball was a club-based fraternal sport thriving in the cultures of respectable artisans, clerks and shopkeepers, and middle-class sportsmen. Two decades later it had become an entertainment business run by owners and... -
Celebrating 100 Years of Baseball in Greater Binghamton: Tales from the Binghamton Baseball Shrine by Michael J McCann 9780615966366
RRP: €11.90€10.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615966366Author Michael J McCannFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Jim MaggiorePublisher Jim MaggioreWeight(grams) 472g -
World Serious: One San Francisco Giants Fan's 2012 Pilgrimage by Paul Kocak 9780615742885
RRP: €6.49€5.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615742885Author Paul KocakFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Kocak Wordsmiths InkPublisher Kocak Wordsmiths InkWeight(grams) 91g -
Beerball: A History of St. Louis Baseball by Ed Gaus 9780595191727
RRP: €17.24€13.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595191727Author Ed GausFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Writer's Showcase PressPublisher Writer's Showcase PressWeight(grams) 340g -
The Great Chase: The Dodger-Giants Pennant Race of 1951 by Harvey Rosenfeld 9780595184415
RRP: €22.60€17.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595184415Author Harvey RosenfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Backinprint.comPublisher Backinprint.comWeight(grams) 499g -
Wahoo Sam Crawford: The King of Sluggers by Kent Krause 9780578869155
RRP: €17.79€14.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578869155Author Kent KrauseFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Kodar PublishingPublisher Kodar PublishingWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm... -
Did Babe Ruth Call His Shot?: And Other Unsolved Mysteries of Baseball by Paul Aron 9780471482048
€12.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471482048Author Paul AronFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 360g -
October Men by Roger Kahn 9780156029711
RRP: €22.60€16.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156029711Author Roger KahnFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton Mifflin -
The Best Game Ever: Pirates vs. Yankees, October 13, 1960 by Jim Reisler 9780306817557
€18.56October 13, 1960: the hardscrabble Pirates were a colourful bunch of overachievers led by Roberto Clemente and Bill Mazeroski, making the franchise's first World Series appearance in thirty-five years against a heavily favoured Yankee squad featuring... -
Six Good Innings by Mark Kreidler 9780061473586
RRP: €20.22€14.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061473586Author Mark KreidlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 247Imprint It BooksPublisher It BooksWeight(grams) 191g -
The Great Eight: The 1975 Cincinnati Reds by Society for American Baseball Research 9780803245860
RRP: €28.55€26.14The 1975 Cincinnati Reds, also known as the "Big Red Machine," are not just one of the most memorable teams in baseball history-they are unforgettable. While the Reds dominated the National League from 1972 to 1976, it was the '75 team that... -
Playing for Their Nation: Baseball and the American Military during World War II by Steven R. Bullock 9780803213371
€38.82Just two months after the magical baseball season of 1941, the United States entered World War II, and baseball, like other American institutions, was called upon to sacrifice and serve in the war effort. Utilizing personal accounts, military documents,... -
Transpacific Field of Dreams: How Baseball Linked the United States and Japan in Peace and War by Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu 9781469622040
RRP: €39.21€36.83Baseball has joined America and Japan, even in times of strife, for over 150 years. After the ""opening"" of Japan by Commodore Perry, Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu explains, baseball was introduced there by American employees of the... -
Never Just a Game: Players, Owners, and American Baseball to 1920 by Robert F. Burk 9780807849613
RRP: €55.87€51.71Baseball's early labor wars America's national pastime has been marked from its inception by bitter struggles between owners and players over profit, power, and prestige. In this labor history of baseball from its beginning to 1920, Robert Burk describes... -
Much More Than a Game: Players, Owners, and American Baseball since 1921 by Robert F. Burk 9780807849088
RRP: €51.11€47.15Power struggles off the field To most Americans, baseball is just a sport; but to those who own baseball teams - and to those who play on them - our national pastime is much more than a game. In this book, Robert Burk traces the turbulent labor history... -
The Age of Ruth and Landis: The Economics of Baseball during the Roaring Twenties by David George Surdam 9780803296824
€49.00As the 1919 World Series scandal simmered throughout the 1920 season, tight pennant races drove attendance to new peaks and presaged a decade of general prosperity for baseball. Babe Ruth shattered his own home-run record and, buoyed by a booming... -
The Continental League: A Personal History by Russell D. Buhite 9780803271906
€38.78Long before there was Moneyball, a group of investors led by baseball legend Branch Rickey proposed a new economic model for baseball. Based on an innovative approach to evaluating and developing talent, the Continental League was the last serious... -
Playing in Isolation: A History of Baseball in Taiwan by Junwei Yu 9780803211407
€33.88Despite the political instability characterizing twentieth-century Taiwan, the value of baseball in the lives of Taiwanese has been a constant since the game was introduced in 1895. The game first gained popularity on the island under the Japanese... -
Baseball in Memphis by Clarence Watkins 9780738591087
RRP: €26.17€18.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738591087Author Clarence WatkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 295g -
Chicago Cubs: Baseball on Catalina Island by Jim Vitti 9780738577951
RRP: €26.17€18.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738577951Author Jim VittiFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 327g -
San Francisco Giants by Tricia O'Brien 9780738576121
RRP: €26.17€18.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738576121Author Tricia O'BrienFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 235mm... -
The Early Polo Grounds by Chris Epting 9780738562872
RRP: €26.17€18.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738562872Author Chris EptingFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 390g -
Baseball in Baltimore by Tom Flynn 9780738553252
RRP: €26.17€18.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738553252Author Tom FlynnFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 327g