Description
#1 New Release in Baseball Statistics
Baseball Memories & Dreams celebrates the iconic moments, heroes, and trends that define baseball for its millions of fans
This compendium of baseball writing covers it all-recollections of Hall of Famers and narratives from top baseball writers; stories on the rich iconography and history of the game across the full diversity of players, teams, and leagues; and reflections on the way America's pastime has shaped our culture. Selected from the Baseball Hall of Fame's member magazine, Baseball Memories & Dreams brings to life the best of baseball.
More than just a baseball history book. Revel in America's pastime and explore baseball history in articles written by notable sports writers, Hall of Famers, media personalities, and the Hall's own expert historians. Baseball Memories & Dreams showcases the best of baseball facts, baseball biographies, and baseball media personalities into a robust catalogue of known and unknown information.
Get the inside scoop into the lives of baseball giants like Johnny Bench, Peter Gammons, John Grisham, Tim Kurkjian, Ichiro Suzuki, Joe Torre, and more. From their stories, gain insight into each individual life to see just what trials and hardships made these men into the best baseball players in history. With Baseball Memories & Dreams in hand, you'll see America's pastime in a new light.
Inside, you'll find over 70 articles on America's pastime, highlighting:
- Baseball facts, baseball biographies, stats, and artifacts-and the history and lore behind them
- Coverage of Black, Hispanic, and woman players
- Stories about baseball's great players, teams, and rivalries, as well as the moments that trace the game's wide-ranging history
If you enjoy baseball books-best sellers like The Baseball 100, Cloudbuster Nine, or Talking to GOATS-you'll love Baseball Memories & Dreams.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is the premiere national institution celebrating the history of baseball and its place in our social and cultural landscape. It reaches more than ten million baseball fans annually: visitors to its exhibition halls, website, and through its educational programs. The Hall's social media reach, on its own, is considerable; as of 2019, this includes over 250,000 Facebook friends and 204,000 Twitter followers.
About the Author
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located in Cooperstown, New York, is an independent nonprofit educational institution, dedicated to fostering an appreciation of the historical development of baseball and its impact on our culture by collecting, preserving, exhibiting and interpreting its collections for a global audience as well as honoring those who have made outstanding contributions to our National Pastime. Opening its doors for the first time on June 12, 1939, the Hall of Fame has stood as the definitive repository of the game's treasures and as a symbol of the most profound individual honor bestowed on an athlete. It is every fan's "Field of Dreams"-with its stories, legends and magic shared from generation to generation.
Book Information
ISBN 9781642508772
Author The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Format Hardback
Page Count 265
Imprint Mango Media
Publisher Mango Media
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm
