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The Best Little Baseball Town in the World: The Crowley Millers and Minor League Baseball in the 1950s by Gaylon H. White 9781538141151
RRP: £35.00£32.49This book tells the fun, quirky, story of a minor league baseball town in Louisiana that was the talk of the baseball world in the 1950s. Written by respected minor-league baseball historian Gaylon White, this book will be of interest to baseball and... -
The Fightin' Phillies: 100 Years of Philadelphia Baseball from the Whiz Kids to the Misfits by Larry Shenk 9781629371993
RRP: £14.95£12.09From when the Phillies franchise was established in 1883 and a rookie manager led the team to its first National League pennant in 1915 to the World Series titles in 1980 and 2008, Larry Shenk, a longtime Phillies executive, provides insight into a... -
Battle of the Bay: Bashing A's, Thrilling Giants, and the Earthquake World Series by Gary Peterson 9781600789335
RRP: £17.99£11.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600789335Author Gary PetersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Triumph BooksPublisher Triumph BooksWeight(grams) 353g -
Abner Doubleday and Baseball's Beginning: Separating Fact from Fiction by Nelson Yomtov 9781496695369
RRP: £31.32£17.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496695369Author Nelson YomtovFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone PressWeight(grams) 249g -
Baseball's Greatest Managers by Harvey Frommer 9781630761530
RRP: £12.99£9.61During the more than one hundred years that baseball has been our national pastime, all types of individuals have been managers of teams. They have run the gamut from political appointees to tyrants, schemers, incompetents and geniuses. Legendary... -
Jackie Robinson West: The Triumph and Tragedy of America’s Favorite Little League Team by George Castle 9781630761264
RRP: £18.99£16.46The competition level in Little League has never been tougher, but the kids on the Jackie Robinson West team faced their own set of challenges on and off the baseball diamond. The Jackie Robinson West team takes their fans and followers on a... -
DiMag & Mick: Sibling Rivals, Yankee Blood Brothers by Tony Castro 9781630761240
RRP: £18.99£16.61DiMag & Mick is a portrait of DiMaggio and Mantle as the old and young exemplars of what was a more confident, masterful age not only in baseball but in the country where they were held up as cultural heroes over two generations, symbolic of an America... -
The Bucs!: The Story of the Pittsburgh Pirates by John McCollister 9781630760939
RRP: £18.99£17.90The Bucs is the story of a baseball club. The word "story" is purposely used in lieu of the more common designation "history." A baseball club rarely has a history in the strictest sense of the word. Instead, the record of its formation and growth... -
Taking Flight: The St. Louis Cardinals and the Building of Baseball's Best Franchise by Rob Rains 9781629370859
RRP: £21.95£16.80Written by veteran sportswriter and Cardinals insider Rob Rains, Taking Flight answers two basic questions - what makes the Cardinals different from other organizations, and why are they so successful? Perhaps the most important man in the history of... -
If These Walls Could Talk: New York Yankees: Stories from the New York Yankees Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box by Jim Kaat 9781629370248
RRP: £18.99£12.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629370248Author Jim KaatFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Triumph BooksPublisher Triumph BooksWeight(grams) 336g -
The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America's Game by Edward Achorn 9781610393775
£12.57Chris von der Ahe knew next to nothing about baseball when he risked his life's savings to found the franchise that would become the St. Louis Cardinals. Yet the German-born beer garden proprietor would become one of the most important,and... -
For Boston: From Worst to First, the Improbable Dream Season of the 2013 Red Sox by Larry Lucchino 9781600788925
RRP: £13.95£11.13When John Farrell was introduced as the new Red Sox manager in the fall of 2012, he took over a last-place team lacking talent and cohesion. A franchise that once made Boston proud had become an embarrassment. Just one year later, the Red Sox have won... -
The Greatest Game Ever Pitched: Juan Marichal, Warren Spahn, and the Pitching Duel of the Century by Jim Kaplan 9781600788215
RRP: £17.95£13.50The incredible performances of Juan Marichal and Warren Spahn on July 2, 1963, would forever link their names together in baseball history, and this dual biography of these athletes weaves that 1963 contest throughout the narrative in a book that is sure... -
Summers at Shea: Tom Seaver Loses His Overcoat and Other Mets Stories by Ira Berkow 9781600787751
RRP: £13.95£10.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600787751Author Ira BerkowFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Triumph BooksPublisher Triumph BooksWeight(grams) 380g -
Sweet Spot: 125 Years of Baseball and the Louisville Slugger by David Magee 9781600781766
RRP: £24.95£21.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600781766Author David MageeFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Triumph BooksPublisher Triumph BooksWeight(grams) 1150g -
Mudville Madness: Fabulous Feats, Belligerent Behavior, and Erratic Episodes on the Diamond by Jonathan Weeks 9781589799561
RRP: £12.99£9.61The extent to which remarkable things can happen on a baseball field is virtually limitless. Bats break, balls carom wildly, personalities clash, and playing fields are invaded by uninvited guests. Mudville Madness is for baseball fans who seek... -
The Tigers of '68: Baseball's Last Real Champions by George Cantor 9781589799288
RRP: £12.99£9.61They had two future Hall of Famers, the last pitcher to win thirty games, and a supporting cast of some of the most peculiar individuals ever to play in the majors. But more than that, the 1968 Detroit Tigers symbolize a lost era in baseball. It was a... -
The Outlaw League and the Battle That Forged Modern Baseball by Daniel R. Levitt 9781589799547
RRP: £14.99£11.53In late 1913, the newly formed Federal League declared itself a major league in competition with the established National and American Leagues. Backed by some of America's wealthiest merchants and industrialists, the new organization posed a real... -
The Last Icon: Tom Seaver and His Times by Steven Travers 9781589796607
RRP: £18.99£17.55In early 1969, New York City and all it represented was in disarray: politically, criminally, and athletically. But while Simon and Garfunkel lamented the absence of a sports icon like Joe DiMaggio, a modern Lancelot rode forth to lead the New York Mets... -
Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles by James Overmyer 9781578860012
RRP: £30.00£24.46The first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, there was no one like Effa Manley in the sports world of the 1930s and 1940s. She was a sophisticated woman who owned a baseball team. She never shrank from going head to head with men, who... -
Magic Moments Yankees: Celebrating the Most Successful Franchise in Sports History by Phil Pepe 9781572438637
RRP: £28.99£21.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781572438637Author Phil PepeFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Triumph Books (IL)Publisher Triumph Books (IL)Weight(grams) 1070g -
Game Day: Yankees Baseball: The Greatest Games, Players, Managers and Teams in the Glorious Tradition of Yankees Baseball by Athlon Sports Athlon Sports 9781572438354
RRP: £21.95£18.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781572438354Author Athlon Sports Athlon SportsFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Triumph Books (IL)Publisher Triumph Books (IL)Weight(grams) 0g -
Few and Chosen Yankees: Defining Yankee Greatness Across the Eras by Whitey Ford 9781572437227
RRP: £16.95£14.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781572437227Author Whitey FordFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Triumph BooksPublisher Triumph BooksWeight(grams) 662g -
The Bronx Zoo: The Astonishing Inside Story of the 1978 World Champion New York Yankees by Sparky Lyle 9781572437159
RRP: £17.95£13.57This bestselling, highly-acclaimed account is a hilarious but scathing baseball tell-all. After being voted the 1977 American League Cy Young Award winner, Sparky Lyle was rewarded for his efforts by being benched. The Yankees, a leader of free agency,... -
But Didn't We Have Fun?: An Informal History of Baseball's Pioneer Era, 1843-1870 by Peter Morris 9781566637480
RRP: £19.99£18.16The story of baseball in America begins not with the fabled Abner Doubleday but with a generation of mid-nineteenth-century Americans who moved from the countryside to the cities and brought a cherished but delightfully informal game with them.Book... -
The National Game: Baseball and American Culture by John P. Rossi 9781566634168
RRP: £14.99£11.53As a part of popular culture, sport has made a deep impression in American life. And nowhere is this clearer than in baseball, the game that seems to transcend generations and has made its way into our language and literature. In The National Game, John... -
The National Game: Baseball and American Culture by John P. Rossi 9781566632874
RRP: £18.99£16.62John Rossi offers not only an expert overview of baseball over the past 175 years; he shows how the game has reflected and contributed to changes in American society over time. The National Game chronicles baseball's popular successes and financial... -
Beyond Baseball's Color Barrier: The Story of African Americans in Major League Baseball, Past, Present, and Future by Rocco Constantino 9781538149089
RRP: £30.00£28.02A fascinating history celebrating Black players in Major League Baseball from the 1800s through today, with special insight into what the future may hold. In Beyond Baseball's Color Barrier: The Story of African Americans in Major League Baseball, Past,... -
Double Plays and Double Crosses: The Black Sox and Baseball in 1920 by Don Zminda 9781538142325
RRP: £30.00£28.42This book is the exciting story of how one of the most infamous scandals in American history-the Black Sox scandal-continued for over a year following the "fixed" World Series of 1919 until the truth began to emerge. It is a story of gamblers and crooks;... -
Mantle: The Best There Ever Was by Tony Castro 9781538159064
RRP: £13.99£10.84I really do believe I would be way up at the top of everything if I hadn't been injured. When I was healthy, I really believe I was the best of anyone I ever saw play.-Mickey Mantle, reflecting on his career Mickey Mantle is one of baseball's all-time... -
Road to Nowhere: The Early 1990s Collapse and Rebuild of New York City Baseball by Chris Donnelly 9781496221421
RRP: £29.99£24.14Road to Nowhere is the story of New York City baseball from 1990 to 1996, describing in intimate detail the collapse of both the Mets and the Yankees in the early nineties, the Yankees’ then reclaiming of the city and the Mets attempts to rebuild from... -
When the Crowd Didn't Roar: How Baseball's Strangest Game Ever Gave a Broken City Hope by Kevin Cowherd 9781496213297
RRP: £23.99£19.19The date is April 29, 2015. Baltimore is reeling from the devastating riots sparked by the death in police custody of twenty-five-year-old African American Freddie Gray. Set against this grim backdrop, less than thirty-six hours after the worst rioting... -
The Immaculate Inning: Unassisted Triple Plays, 40/40 Seasons, and the Stories Behind Baseball's Rarest Feats by Joe Cox 9781493032129
RRP: £19.99£19.07The Immaculate Inning shines a light on the miracle of baseball’s endless possibility—the way that on any given day, someone (maybe a star, or maybe a scrub) could perform the rarest of single-game feats or cap off a seemingly unobtainable chase for a... -
One-Year Dynasty: Inside the Rise and Fall of the 1986 Mets, Baseball's Impossible One-and-Done Champions by Matthew Silverman 9781493009091
RRP: £14.99£13.50Relive the games, moves, and players of the hard-hitting team that won the 1986 World Series. Vin Scully called the tenth-inning groundball in Game Six of the 1986 World Series-Mets versus Red Sox-that sealed a comeback, fueled a curse, and turned a... -
Baseball's Union Association: The Short, Strange Life of a 19th-Century Major League by Justin McKinney 9781476680606
RRP: £35.99£30.36Hastily formed in 1883 as a rival, third major league, the Union Association upset the moguls of the baseball world and disrupted the status quo. Backed by Henry V. Lucas, an impetuous 26-year-old millionaire from St. Louis, the UA existed for one... -
Baseball Under the Lights: The Rise of the Night Game by Charlie Bevis 9781476680156
RRP: £28.99£23.38Night games transformed the business of professional baseball, as the smaller, demographically narrower audiences able to attend daytime games gave way to larger, more diversified crowds of nighttime spectators. Many ball club owners were initially... -
Work, Fight, or Play Ball: How Bethlehem Steel Helped Baseball's Stars Avoid World War I by William Ecenbarger 9781439925171
RRP: £19.99£17.54In 1918, Bethlehem Steel started the world’s greatest industrial baseball league. Appealing to Major League Baseball players looking to avoid service in the Great War, teams employed “ringers” like Babe Ruth, Rogers Hornsby, and Shoeless Joe Jackson in... -
Dominican Baseball: New Pride, Old Prejudice by Alan Klein 9781439910887
RRP: £19.99£17.54Pedro Martinez. Sammy Sosa. Manny Ramirez. By 2000, Dominican baseball players were in every Major League clubhouse, and regularly winning every baseball award. In 2002, Omar Minaya became the first Dominican general manager of a Major League team. But... -
Baseball Collectibles by Peter Capano 9780887401602
RRP: £13.99£8.77The interest in America's favorite pastime is at an all-time high, especially among collectors. From children collecting the latest baseball cards, to adults who seek any object related to baseball. In this book Peter Capano explores the great variety of... -
You Can't Lose 'Em All: The Year the Phillies Finally Won the World Series by Frank Fitzpatrick 9780878331994
RRP: £18.99£15.72A franchise over a century old, the Philadelphia Phillies still own only one world championship—the glorious, long-overdue Series of 1980. This book relives all the action of that remarkable season .Book InformationISBN 9780878331994Author Frank...