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A fascinating tour of Oakland sports history and a look toward the future of professional sports in the East Bay. Oaklan......more
A love letter to Red Sox baseball from one of America’s foremost scribes Bob Ryan has scored every baseball game he’s at......more
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"This is a biography about Hall of Fame pitcher Don Drysdale"--...more
The New York Times bestselling author of The Matheny Manifesto offers the definitive guide to coaching youth baseball an......more
Born out of expansion in 1962, the New York Mets have more than filled the void left by the departure of the Brooklyn Do......more
InThe 50 Greatest Players in Cincinnati Reds History, sports historian Robert W. Cohen examines the careers of the 50 me......more
The Big 50: Cincinnati Reds is an amazing, full-color look at the 50 men and moments that made the Reds the Reds. Experi......more
Now fully revised and updated, this is the definitive guide for Cleveland baseball fanatics! In 100 Things Guardians Fan......more
Doc, Donnie, the Kid, and Billy Brawl focuses on the 1985 New York baseball season, a season like no other since the Met......more
Willie McCovey, known as "Stretch," played Major League Baseball from 1959 to 1980, most notably as a member of the San ......more
Baseball’s October showcase has provided some high drama over the years. Willie Mays’s spectacular catch in 1954, Bill M......more
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From zany mascots to the most beautiful ballparks ever, and from great traditions to humorous anecdotes from the game, I......more
What can baseball teach us about language, culture, and society? The first book-length exploration of multilingualism in......more
The Emmy Award-winning FOX Sports broadcaster provides a front row seat to some of the most memorable moments in sports ......more
The earliest history of baseball in black America surfaces not just in the pages of the mainstream newspapers if the day......more
The Presidents and the Pastime draws on Curt Smith’s extensive background as a former White House presidential speechwri......more
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Before Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders, there were only nineteen men, throughout history, who played in the Major Leagues o......more
Though much has been written about Negro Leagues players and Black major leaguers of the integration era, little attenti......more
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The son of a coal miner from a small Illinois town, Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman lived the American dream unt......more
The son of a coal miner from a small Illinois town, Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman lived the American dream unt......more
As abundant and layered as the National Pastime itself, Baseball Stories takes the reader on a rich journey that circles......more
"A sweeping look at one of the most significant developments in worldwide sports." --Christine Brennan, best-selling aut......more
"This is the first book to focus on a small but essential piece of every baseball game played during the last 100-plus y......more
The "Miracle Mets" of 1969 had great hopes and enormous expectations for the coming decade. Unfortunately, they would be......more
In 1964, thousands of Philadelphia baseball fans were caught up in the Phillies’ unexpected run at the National League p......more
Regarded by many of his contemporaries as the greatest baseball player of all time, John Peter "Honus" Wagner enjoyed a ......more
The San Francisco 49ers have one of the best records in NFL history, with 20 division championships, seven conference ti......more
Stat geeks, going deep, and all-time feats. Spend a year at the ballpark with the facts, stats, personalities, and most ......more
Whether you’re a fan or a fanatic, lovers of the diamond will enjoy gazing at baseball’s most iconic parks around the Un......more
Get fit for baseball season A specialized strength and conditioning program for young athletes. Developed by best-sellin......more
For twenty Major League seasons, the name Dwight Evans was synonymous with sterling defense and a potent bat. A Red Sox ......more
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A professional baseball prospect given little chance of making the big time, Octavio "Cookie" Rojas proved his evaluator......more
Since before the turn of the twentieth century, baseball greats have captivated audiences both on the diamond and the st......more
Like many American boys, Tony Barnette yearned to one day make it to "The Show," playing baseball professionally. The Ar......more
The inside story of the Detroit Tigers’ unforgettable 1984 season In 1984, fantasy became reality in the Motor City. Led......more
"This thoughtful and engaging collection of essays captures the astute fans’ history of the franchise, going beyond well......more
The sandlot movement is a different animal, drawing players of all ages back to their roots. If you remember playing bas......more
"The National League was in its second season of existence in 1877. In mid-season, the Louisville Grays suddenly took th......more
This book examines Memphis’s symbolic meaning and value as a Negro leagues baseball city during Jim Crow. It locates the......more
In the more than 140-year-history of the Chicago Cubs, fans have been treated to countless firsts -- well-known things s......more
In The Franchise: Atlanta Braves, take a more profound and unique journey into the history of an iconic team. This thoug......more
Harry Dalton was a front office executive in Major League Baseball for more than forty years, serving as general manager......more
No one changed the landscape of college baseball like Ron Fraser. The sport enjoyed little national interest until Frase......more
Now revised and updated to include reflections on the modern era of Red Sox baseball Commemorating the Boston Red Sox’s ......more
With rare access to the inner sanctum of the New York Yankees, SNY analyst Andy Martino weaves two years of exclusive in......more
"When the pandemic hit in early 2020, baseball’s minor leagues cancelled their seasons. A few independent leagues tried ......more
"Featuring Field of Dreams, The Bad News Bears, A League of Their Own, and more: a probing and entertaining work at the ......more
When people think of baseball trailblazers, their minds immediately go to Jackie Robinson. He was the man who broke the ......more
In the fifty years that have passed since Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run and supplanted Babe Ruth as baseball’s home ......more
Roger Bresnahan began his major league baseball career in 1897 as an 18-year-old pitcher and ended it in 1915 as a catch......more
The definitive biography of Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, examining the genesis of his brilliance, his epic quest to win ......more
Discover the inside story of the 1998 Yankees’ unprecedented talent with this gripping account from a reporter who was t......more
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When Vin Scully passed away in 2022, the city of Los Angeles lost its soundtrack. If you were able to deliver a eulogy f......more
Mike Donlin was a brash, colorful, and complicated personality. He was the most popular athlete in New York and was a st......more
Robert Dean Emslie (1859-1943) spent fifty-six of his eighty-four years in professional baseball--eight as a player and ......more
In 1946, a bus carrying the Spokane Indians baseball team crashed, leaving nine players dead and six hospitalized. This ......more
Jeff Van Gundy. Brad Stevens. Frank Vogel. Mike Budenholzer. Tom Thibodeau. Sam Presti. Leon Rose. Before you knew his n......more
Sports Illustrated, the most respected voice in sports journalism, has covered Major League Baseball for over seven deca......more
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A Cubs dynasty founded on fastballs and fisticuffs. Unlike today’s Chicago Cubs, the Cubs of 1906-1910 were not at all l......more
This is the first book-length biography of Ned Hanlon, a Hall of Famer but yet an underappreciated figure in baseball hi......more
Many baseball fans may not be aware of lesser-known but equally engaging stories about the Fall Classic. Shadows of Glor......more
The "tape-measure home run" is the greatest single act of power in the game of baseball, and the tales of these homers a......more
A love letter to New York Mets fandom--the triumphs, the heartbreak, and everything in between Childhood for Evan Robert......more
Waite "Schoolboy" Hoyt’s improbable baseball journey began when the 1915 New York Giants signed him as a high school jun......more
Under Jackie’s Shadow is a portal to the hidden world of Minor League baseball in the era just after Jackie Robinson sig......more
Winner of the 2022 SABR Baseball Research Award Before there was Joe DiMaggio, there was Tony Lazzeri. A decade before t......more
To be a part of Red Sox Nation is to be a hopeful romantic who neither betrays loyalty nor surrenders hope in the direst......more
Johnny Mize was one of the greatest hitters in baseball’s golden age of great hitters. Born and raised in tiny Demorest,......more
Buzzie and the Bull chronicles a baseball year in the lives of two lifelong friends who couldn’t be more different: Buzz......more
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A captivating chronicle of the incredible story of one of America’s most iconic, charismatic......more
This book celebrates the Golden Age of baseball from 1900 to 1960 where baseball had no draft, no free agency, no arbitr......more
In 2004, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series in historic fashion. This book, published on the 20th anniversary of th......more
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Shakespeare and baseball are monuments of high and popular culture: Shakespeare is the most widely read and staged playw......more
"The definitive story" (Tyler Kepner, The New York Times baseball columnist) of Yankees slugger Aaron Judge’s incredible......more
The purpose of this book is to explore the history of pitching and bowling machines for baseball, softball, and cricket;......more
The best resource for projecting future performance of minor league athletes--essential for fantasy league baseball play......more
Futures Guide 2024 features: Detailed scouting reports on the top 10 prospects for every major-league team. Condensed sc......more
Since 1913, Tampa has provided the background for some of the Major League Baseball’s most iconic spring moments led, of......more
Rich Marazzi has experienced Yankee history and its culture first-hand as a fan, a writer for Yankees Magazine, a radio ......more
Officially licensed by the National Baseball Hall of Fame, this revised and updated volume gathers the biographies, stat......more
An examination of the careers of the 50 Houston Astros players who have made the greatest impact on one of Major League ......more