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When Baseball Went White: Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Dreams of a National Pastime by Ryan A. Swanson 9780803235212
RRP: $58.48$43.56The story of Jackie Robinson valiantly breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947 is one most Americans know. But less recognized is the fact that some seventy years earlier, following the Civil War, baseball was tenuously biracial and had the potential... -
The Only del: The Greatest Batsman in the Land by W G Braund 9780097775876
RRP: $54.60$50.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780097775876Author W G BraundFormat HardbackPage Count 396Imprint Out of the ParkPublisher Out of the ParkWeight(grams) 735g -
Homegrown: How the Red Sox Built a Champion from the Ground Up by Alex Speier 9780062944191
RRP: $56.53$48.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062944191Author Alex SpeierFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint HarperLuxePublisher HarperLuxeWeight(grams) 567g -
Old Timers Day: As Told by God to Richard Lopresto by Richard Lopresto 9780998784304
RRP: $58.48$40.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998784304Author Richard LoprestoFormat HardbackPage Count 182Imprint Celestial Baseball Association LLCPublisher Celestial Baseball Association... -
The Midsummer Classic: The Complete History of Baseball's All-Star Game by David W. Vincent 9780803292734
RRP: $70.20$57.92Since its inception in 1933, the All-Star Game has become an integral part of baseball. Yet there has been no truly comprehensive source for researchers that includes both a narrative and a play-by-play for each game. Nor have there been more than... -
Lefty O'Doul: Baseball's Forgotten Ambassador by Dennis Snelling 9780803290969
RRP: $70.20$48.07From San Francisco to the Ginza in Tokyo, Lefty O'Doul relates the untold story of one of baseball's greatest hitters, most colorful characters, and the unofficial father of professional baseball in Japan. Lefty O'Doul (1897-1969) began his career on the... -
American Jews and America's Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball by Larry Ruttman 9780803264755
RRP: $78.00$64.23Most 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... -
1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York by Lyle Spatz 9780803220607
RRP: $62.40$49.47At the dawn of the roaring twenties, baseball was struggling to overcome two of its darkest moments: the death of a player during a Major League game and the revelations of the 1919 Black Sox scandal. At this critical juncture for baseball, two teams... -
Beyond DiMaggio: Italian Americans in Baseball by Lawrence Baldassaro 9780803217058
RRP: $87.75$61.80Berra, Rizzuto, Lasorda, Torre, Conigliaro, Santo, Piazza. Casual baseball fans-in fact, even many nonfans-know these names, not as Italian Americans, but as some of the most colorful figures in Major League Baseball. Ever since future Hall of Famer Tony... -
John McGraw by Charles C. Alexander 9780803259256
$56.63"He ate gunpowder every morning," complained one umpire, "and washed it down with warm blood." That described John McGraw, who in the 1890s was the rowdiest member of the ferocious Baltimore Orioles, the club that pioneered the hit-and-run, the cutoff,... -
Drama and Pride in the Gateway City: The 1964 St. Louis Cardinals by Bill Nowlin 9780803243729
RRP: $54.58$43.00By 1964 the storied St. Louis Cardinals had gone seventeen years without so much as a pennant. Things began to turn around in 1953, when August A. Busch Jr. bought the team and famously asked where all the black players were. Under the leadership of men... -
Bridging Two Dynasties: The 1947 New York Yankees by Society for American Baseball Research 9780803240940
RRP: $50.68$40.54Of all the New York Yankees championship teams, the 1947 club seemed the least likely. Bridging the gap between the dynasties of Joe McCarthy and Casey Stengel, the team, managed by Bucky Harris, was coming off three non-pennant-winning seasons and given... -
Connie Mack and the Early Years of Baseball by Norman L. Macht 9780803232631
RRP: $78.00$61.85Connie Mack (1862-1956) was the Grand Old Man of baseball and one of the game's first true celebrities. This book, spanning the first fifty-two years of Mack's life, through 1914, covers his experiences as player, manager, and club owner and will stand... -
Connie Mack: The Turbulent and Triumphant Years, 1915-1931 by Norman L. Macht 9780803220393
RRP: $70.20$56.65The Philadelphia Athletics dominated the first fourteen years of the American League, winning six pennants through 1914 under the leadership of their founder and manager, Connie Mack. But beginning in 1915, where volume 2 in Norman L. Macht's biography... -
Conspiracy of Silence: Sportswriters and the Long Campaign to Desegregate Baseball by Chris Lamb 9780803210769
RRP: $78.00$58.01The campaign to desegregate baseball was one of the most important civil rights stories of the 1930s and 1940s. But most of white America knew nothing about this story because mainstream newspapers said little about the color line and less about the... -
Willie's Boys: The 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro League World Series, and the Making of a Baseball Legend by John Klima 9780470400135
RRP: $42.88$40.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780470400135Author John KlimaFormat HardbackPage Count 303Imprint WileyPublisher WileyWeight(grams) 590g -
Mac's Boys: Branch McCracken and the Legendary 1953 Hurryin' Hoosiers by Jason Hiner 9780253218148
$48.22This is the story of the 1953 Hoosiers, NCAA champions, coached by Branch McCracken and boldly led by star players Bobby Leonard and Don Schlundt. This legendary Indiana University team from the pre-Bob Knight era has begun to fade from memory, but Mac's... -
Baltimore Orioles IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom by Tucker Elliot 9780988364899
RRP: $23.30$19.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988364899Author Tucker ElliotFormat PaperbackImprint Black Mesa PublishingPublisher Black Mesa PublishingWeight(grams) 209g -
The Integration of the Pacific Coast League: Race and Baseball on the West Coast by Amy Essington 9780803285736
RRP: $33.13$29.39While Jackie Robinson's 1947 season with the Brooklyn Dodgers made him the first African American to play in the Major Leagues in the modern era, the rest of Major League Baseball was slow to integrate while its Minor League affiliates moved faster. The... -
Out of the Shadows: African American Baseball from the Cuban Giants to Jackie Robinson by William Kirwin 9780803278257
RRP: $33.13$25.55For nearly fifteen years NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture has been a leading scholarly journal of baseball history. Covering the cultural and historical implications of America's national pastime, NINE has explored baseball from the... -
Double No-Hit: Johnny Vander Meer's Historic Night under the Lights by James W. Johnson 9780803271395
RRP: $31.18$24.26The average pitcher has about a .000645 chance of throwing a no-hitter. In the spring of 1938, Cincinnati Reds rookie pitcher Johnny Vander Meer pitched two, back to back. The feat has never been duplicated, which comes as no surprise to sports... -
Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat by Red Barber 9780803261365
RRP: $37.03$28.22For more than fifty years Red Barber was the voice of baseball. The game was broadcast sporadically until the late 1930s, when Barber burst into prominence by bringing it home to radio listeners, play by play. More than half a century later, he could... -
The Great Baseball Revolt: The Rise and Fall of the 1890 Players League by Robert B. Ross 9780803249417
RRP: $50.68$37.21The Players League, formed in 1890, was a short-lived professional baseball league controlled and owned in part by the players themselves, a response to the National League's salary cap and "reserve rule," which bound players for life to one... -
Pitchers of Beer: The Story of the Seattle Rainiers by Dan Raley 9780803228474
RRP: $50.68$37.73In 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... -
A Game of Brawl: The Orioles, the Beaneaters, and the Battle for the 1897 Pennant by Bill Felber 9780803226364
RRP: $42.88$31.45Not only was it probably the most cutthroat pennant race in baseball history; it was also a struggle to define how baseball would be played. This book re-creates the rowdy, season-long 1897 battle between the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Beaneaters... -
Venezuelan Bust, Baseball Boom: Andres Reiner and Scouting on the New Frontier by Milton H. Jamail 9780803215719
RRP: $33.13$26.33Though Venezuela is sandwiched between two soccer-mad countries-Brazil and Colombia-baseball is its national pastime and passion. Yet until the late 1980s few professional teams actively scouted and developed players there. This book is about the man who... -
The Imperfect Diamond: A History of Baseball's Labor Wars by Lee Lowenfish 9780803233607
RRP: $33.13$27.14From the introduction of the reserve clause in 1879 to the lockout and new basic agreement of 1990, baseball players have been engaged in one of the longest and most colorful labor struggles in our nation's history. The Imperfect Diamond tells the... -
In Ty Cobb's Shadow: The Story of Napoleon Lajoie, Baseball's First Superstar by Gregory Rubano 9780692649862
RRP: $35.10$28.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692649862Author Gregory RubanoFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Stillwater River PublicationsPublisher Stillwater River PublicationsWeight(grams) 152g -
Wild in the Strike Zone: Baseball Poems by Tim Peeler 9780692719701
RRP: $27.20$23.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692719701Author Tim PeelerFormat PaperbackImprint Rank Stranger PressPublisher Rank Stranger PressWeight(grams) 200g -
Baseball and Other Matters in 1941 by Robert W. Creamer 9780803264069
RRP: $37.03$28.39Remembering the baseball--and other matters--of 1941 in a tribute to the game that is also part memoirBook InformationISBN 9780803264069Author Robert W. CreamerFormat PaperbackPage Count 339Imprint Bison BooksPublisher University of Nebraska... -
Late Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1945-1972 by Dean A. Sullivan 9780803292857
RRP: $50.68$37.17Late Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1945-1972 is the third volume in Dean A. Sullivan's successful series on the vibrant history of baseball. Through 114 contemporary documents, Late Innings examines everything from Jackie Robinson's... -
The 50 Greatest Yankee Games by Cecilia Tan 9780471659389
RRP: $33.13$30.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471659389Author Cecilia TanFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 546g -
Baseball in Savannah by Brian Harold Lee 9780738591261
RRP: $42.88$31.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738591261Author Brian Harold LeeFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 318g -
The Blue Ridge League by Robert P. Savitt 9780738582399
RRP: $42.88$31.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738582399Author Robert P. SavittFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 308g -
Mexican American Baseball in Los Angeles by Francisco E. Balderrama 9780738581804
RRP: $42.88$31.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738581804Author Francisco E. BalderramaFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 308g -
Baseball in Albuquerque by Gary Herron 9780738579641
RRP: $42.88$31.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738579641Author Gary HerronFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318g -
The Philadelphia Phillies by Seamus Kearney 9780738574202
RRP: $42.88$29.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738574202Author Seamus KearneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318g -
Baseball in Birmingham by Clarence Watkins 9780738566863
RRP: $42.88$31.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738566863Author Clarence WatkinsFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 318g -
19th Century Baseball in Chicago by Mark Rucker 9780738531816
RRP: $42.88$30.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738531816Author Mark RuckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 299g -
The Hollywood Stars by Richard Beverage 9780738530567
RRP: $38.98$30.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738530567Author Richard BeverageFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 327g