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In this gripping account of one of the most important steps in the history of American desegregation, Jules Tygiel tells the story of Jackie Robinson's crossing of baseball's color line. Examining the social and historical context of Robinson's...

With a legacy that spans two fiercely loyal baseball towns a half-nation apart, the Baltimore Orioles - originally the St. Louis Browns - rank among baseball's most storied teams. One of the fifteen celebrated team histories commissioned by G. P...

Following the 1957 season, two of baseball's most famous teams, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants, left the city they had called home since the 19th century and headed west. The Dodgers went to Los Angeles and the Giants to San Francisco...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640480070Author Ace McCloudFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Pro Mastery PublishingPublisher Pro Mastery PublishingWeight(grams) 122g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940086019Author Steve SpakFormat HardbackImprint Steve Spak PublishingPublisher Steve Spak PublishingWeight(grams) 621g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767919104Author Mike VaccaroFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 374g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781795792943Author Jeff EversonFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 272g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938545405Author Rich WestcottFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Summer Game BooksPublisher Summer Game BooksWeight(grams) 327g

The knuckleball-so difficult to hit but also difficult to control and catch-has been a part of major league baseball since the early 1900s and continues to be used to this day. This remarkable and unusual pitch is the instrument of a special breed of...

This entertaining, informative and easily understood guide digs into the roots of baseball in and around Cleveland, starting in the 1840's and closing with the end of the century in 1900. It is an outline with a large volume of baseball information where...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620061701Author Lawrence KnorrFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint Sunbury Press, Inc.Publisher Sunbury Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 617g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250006165Author John KlimaFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 431g

At six feet, four inches and more than 220 pounds, Roger Clemens (1962- ) was a major figure in baseball for nearly a quarter century. The best pitcher of his generation, his 4,672 strikeouts rank third all-time. He dominates modern statistical analysis:...

You don't know the history of the Chicago Cubs until you know the story of Charles Webb Murphy, the ebullient and mercurial owner of this historic franchise from 1905 through 1914. Originally a sportswriter in Cincinnati, he joined the New York Giants...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786478705Author Jim LeekeFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint McFarland & CompanyPublisher McFarland & CompanyWeight(grams) 300g

When Jackie Robinson made his debut at Ebbets Field on opening day in 1947, the Brooklyn Dodgers became the first major league team with a black player anywhere in its organization. By the end of the Golden Era of baseball, a period in and around the...

When the 1949-1953 New York Yankees won an astounding five consecutive World Series, they did it without the offensive firepower that characterized so many of their championship teams before and after. The franchise came to rely instead on three aging...

This work presents biographical and career sketches of each of the 637 participants in the 1884 Major League Baseball season. It also includes more than 100 photographs and 110 charts of the players' performances on National Association, National League,...

Professional baseball has always consisted of a variety of characters, from likeable youngsters to notorious rebels. From 1871 to the present, the sport has witnessed the likes of Germany Schaeffer, an infielder with a penchant for "stealing"...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781960819079Author Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)Format PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Society for American Baseball ResearchPublisher...

The Baseball Research Journal presents baseball research with a strong analytical approach. Made up of statistical studies, in-depth examinations of playing techniques, and articles focusing on baseball as a business, the Baseball Research Journal draws...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933599441Author Mark PattisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Society for American Baseball ResearchPublisher Society for American Baseball...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938545429Author Michael SowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Summer Game BooksPublisher Summer Game BooksWeight(grams) 426g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544073316Author Eileen PlunkettFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

For people who have had it up to here with the endless nostalgia about "The Summer Game" on a "Field of Dreams," here is a bracing antidote: baseball history with an attitude. From baseball's rough-and-tumble origins in the nineteenth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781518696480Author Susana HurlichFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781638370000Author John R StanczakFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Palmetto PublishingPublisher Palmetto PublishingWeight(grams) 127g

From Nick Altrock to Casey Stengel, Dizzy Dean to Satchel Paige, Bill Veeck to Bob Uecker, baseball has always admired the clever. This book tells the stories of some of the players, coaches, managers and broadcasters who had the most fun in the Major...

This is a book about baseball players who performed in the major leagues before the age of 21. For years the dream of many boys has been to enter the world of professional sports. Out of millions of boys who have played baseball, over 17,000 have...

2017 Seymour Medal from the Society for American Baseball Research 2016 Pete Delohery Award for Best Sports Book from Shelf Unbound When it opened in 1965, the Houston Astrodome, nicknamed the Eighth Wonder of the World, captured the attention of an...

A unique approach to the history of a Negro League team: The first half of this book covers the leagues and the players of the 1920s, the 1930s, and 1940 through 1947 (when Robinson broke the color barrier). The second half is devoted to the Black...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496226662Author J Frank CashenFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint University of Nebraska PressPublisher University of Nebraska PressWeight(grams) 140g