History

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061994715Author Lawrence S. RitterFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

This book covers the entirety of franchise history, from their birth and struggles as the Highlanders to the bludgeoning bats of Murderer's Row and the first Yankees dynasty to the juggernauts of the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s, to the anomalous...

"Alex Speier spins a compelling narrative about how great scouting and player development created a perennial contender in baseball's toughest division, without losing sight of the people at the heart of his story." - Keith LawThe captivating inside...

The rivalry between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox involves not just the teams, but the cities, owners, ballparks, fans, and the media. Its roots reach back to before even Babe Ruth and Harry Frazee, yet it is as contemporary as the next Red...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307701541Author Paul GoldbergerFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. Knopf

For more than a century the owners of baseball franchises conducted their business like feudal barons, with the players in the role of serfs. This situation began to change in 1966, when the Major League Baseball Players Association was formed and Marvin...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385546256Author Tyler KepnerFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc

The Cup of Coffee Club shares the stories of eleven men who played in just a single major league baseball game and how they responded to the heartache of never making it back. Featuring exclusive interviews with each of the players, their insight...

"This is one of the very best baseball books in years." Booklist, Starred ReviewReaching the major leagues is a pipe dream for most young baseball players in America. Very few ever get to live it out. A select number of those players face the elation and...

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 *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802123763Author Ben BlattFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

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While Jackie Robinson's breakthrough in 1947 opened the gates of opportunity for African Americans and other minority players, it was not until 1971 when a team first enjoyed a full and complete level of integration, with half of its twenty-five-man...

The Iconic Jersey: Baseball x Fashion explores the design and aesthetics of the iconic baseball jersey both on and off the sandlot. Featuring over 35 historic and contemporary jerseys and baseball-inspired fashion, this ground-breaking volume also...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493055326Author Martin GitlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Taylor Trade PublishingPublisher Taylor Trade PublishingWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802142474Author Frank DefordFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250007247Author Dan EpsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 210mm...

This fascinating book is a milestone in baseball scholarship.-Ken BurnsJackie Robinson was a Negro Leaguer before he became a Major Leaguer. So too were Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Monte Irvin, Roy Campanella, Willie Mays, and Willie Wells before...

The fascinating, true, story of baseball's amateur origins. "Explores the conditions and factors that begat the game in the 19th century and turned it into the national pastime....A delightful look at a young nation creating a pastime that was love from...

Early in the 1920s, the New York Giants sent a scout to watch a young Cuban play for Foster's American Giants, a baseball club in the Negro Leagues. During one at-bat this talented slugger lined a ball so hard that the rightfielder was able to play it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953563125Author Ray WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Hrp HousePublisher Hrp HouseWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 9mm

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A Los Angeles Times Best Seller A 2020 NPR Best Book of the Year Is there life after baseball? Starting from this simple question, The Wax Pack ends up with something much bigger and unexpected-a meditation on the loss of innocence and the gift of...

As the anchor titles in a new "Time Machine" Lyons Press baseball series, The Ultimate Cleveland Indians Time Machine presents a timeline format that not only includes the Indians' greatest moments-including World Series appearances and individual...

With the success of The Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic, baseball in Europe has begun to receive more attention. But few realize just how far back the sport's history stretches on the continent. Baseball has been played in Europe since the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728271897Author John RosengrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Sourcebooks, IncPublisher Sourcebooks, Inc

Long before baseball became America's national pastime, English citizens of all ages, genders, and classes of society were playing a game called baseball. It had the same basic elements as modern American baseball, such as pitching and striking the ball,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743241748Author Rob NeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint Fireside BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 610gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 191mm *...

BLOOPER: BALL SQUIRTS THROUGH BILLY BUCKNER'S LEGS. BLUNDER: BILLY BUCKNER'S MANAGER LEFT HIM IN THE GAME. Baseball bloopers are fun; they're funny, even. A pitcher slips on the mound and his pitch sails over the backstop. An infielder camps under a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812992564Author Steve FainaruFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint VillardPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 516gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

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...

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Every summer, in ten small towns across Cape Cod, the finest college baseball players in the country gather in hopes of making it to "The Show." The hopes are justifiably high: The Cape Cod Baseball League is the best amateur league in the world,...

Doc, Donnie, the Kid, and Billy Brawl focuses on the 1985 New York baseball season, a season like no other since the Mets came to town in 1962. Never before had both the Yankees and the Mets been in contention for the playoffs so late in the same season...

Searching for a home and a homerun-an overlooked era of Giants and San Francisco historyThe San Francisco Giants have been one of the most successful franchises in baseball in the twenty-first century as evidenced by the three World Series Championship...

In the 1880s, a Brooklyn baseball manager plotted to steal pitching signs and alert batters with a hidden electrical wire. In 1951, the Brooklyn Dodgers were robbed of a pennant via a sign-stealing scheme involving a center field office, a telescope...

In the deciding game of the 1992 National League Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves, the Pittsburgh Pirates suffered the most dramatic and devastating loss in team history when former Pirate Sid Bream slid home with the winning run. Bream's...

They were coming off a seemingly endless string of losing records. They were considered years away from legitimate contention. They were derided and disregarded as a matter of course. But in 2015 the New York Mets changed their course and changed their...

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 *...