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This book commemorates "The Captain's" career in pinstripes through words and images. David Fischer traces Derek Jeter's legendary baseball career, from his early minor-league struggles, through his exhilarating days as a Yankees superstar, to his status...

In 1968, two remarkable pitchers would dominate the game as well as the broadsheets. One was black, the other white. Bob Gibson, together with the St. Louis Cardinals, embodied an entire generation's hope for integration at a heated moment in American...

On October 8, 1908, Mordecai Brown clutched a half-dozen notes inside his coat pocket. The message of each was clear: we'll kill you if you pitch and beat the Giants. A black handprint marked each note, the signature of the Italian Mafia.Mordecai...

2008 - Robert Peterson Recognition Award Willie Wells was arguably the best shortstop of his generation. As Monte Irvin, a teammate and fellow Hall of Fame player, writes in his foreword, "Wells really could do it all. He was one of the slickest fielding...

Lively and filled with vivid anecdotes, Viva Baseball! chronicles the struggles of Latin American professional baseball players in the United States from the late 1800s to the present. As Latino players, managers, and owners continue to blossom into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681342122Author Stew ThornleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Minnesota Historical Society PressPublisher Minnesota Historical Society...

Although many people know Williamsport, Pennsylvania, as the "birthplace of Little League Baseball," it is a city with a rich professional baseball tradition. Since the earliest days of the Pennsylvania State Association in the nineteenth century,...

Amazing Stories From the Cubs Dugout is crammed with stories, quotes, and anecdotes about the greatest Cubs players of past and present. The story of the Cubs is part legend, part pathos; heroic and, on occasion, hilarious. Enjoy the heartbreak and joy...

In spring 1914, a new ballpark opened in Chicago. Hastily constructed after epic political maneuvering around Chicago's and organized baseball's hierarchies, the new Weeghman Field (named after its builder, fast-food magnate Charley Weeghman) was home to...

You may have seen Eight Men Out or Field of Dreams, but you won't really know the full story of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the Black Sox scandal of 1919 without reading Tim Hornbaker's book. "Haunting portrait of one of the game's most controversial and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541742222Author Eric NusbaumFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint PublicAffairsPublisher PublicAffairs

Who never heard of Johnny Vander Meer's back-to-back no-hitters? Or Christy Mathewson's three shutouts in one World Series? Or Steve Carlton winning 27 games for a last-place team that won a total of only 59 games? These and a variety of other pitching...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933599359Author Dan DesRochersFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Society for American Baseball ResearchPublisher Society for American Baseball...

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...

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 9781250192783Author Rich CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm * 20mm

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...

The perfect gift for the diehard fan in your life or an enviable treasure for yourself, The Ultimate Yankee Book is the most current and comprehensive resource of trivia, people and stories from the team's creation in 1901 to today. Harvey Frommer is a...

An entertaining read about the greatest baseball team, the 1927 New York Yankees, who beat up on American League rivals during the regular season and then swept the World Series. With verve, facts, and stories, Harvey Frommer evokes the Murderers' Row of...

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

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,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547747606Author Ian O'ConnorFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 135mm *...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781413477979Author Andreas V GeorgiouFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Xlibris UsPublisher Xlibris UsWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 5mm

Call it the forgotten rivalry. The Cincinnati Reds and the Los Angeles Dodgers may not share geographical boundaries, and today they don't even play in the same division, but for a period of time in the 1970s Dodgers vs. Reds was the best rivalry in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637275658Author Dwight EvansFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Triumph BooksPublisher Triumph Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250268372Author Kevin CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Holt McDougalPublisher Holt McDougalWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm * 23mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932391657Author Allan SimpsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Baseball AmericaPublisher Baseball AmericaWeight(grams) 2087gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

Dale Scott's career as a professional baseball umpire spanned nearly forty years, including thirty-three in the Major Leagues, from 1985 to 2017. He worked exactly a thousand games behind the plate, calling balls and strikes at the pinnacle of his...

Chronicling the Brewers from the Suds Series of 1982 to the 2011 National League Central title and from Bambi's Bombers of the late '70s to Harvey's Wallbangers of the early '80s, Bill Schroeder, a longtime Brewers color commentator and former Brewers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476776309Author Molly KnightFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

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 9780060592370Author Bernard A WeisbergerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in that year's World Series, one of the nation's strongest baseball teams practiced on a skinned-out college field in the heart of North Carolina. Ted Williams,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101970850Author Tyler KepnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743294041Author John ThornFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 137mm...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541742215Author Eric NusbaumFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint PublicAffairsPublisher PublicAffairsWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 157mm * 38mm

Baseball's new dynasty is the San Francisco Giants. The Giants captured their third World Series crown in five seasons in 2014-this last one having taken perhaps the most unlikely path. San Francisco finished second in the NL West but advanced to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306832598Author Andy McCulloughFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 581g