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In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues, this book honors the life of Effa Manley, the trailblazing......more
Baseball may be the great American pastime, but in New York, it is a religion. Names like Ruth, Mays, Gehrig, Wright and......more
The Boston Red Sox have blown hot and cold over the decades. These lists of Top 5s and 10s cover both the highs and lows......more
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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......more
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This book features many of the funniest, flakiest, and most clever men ever associated with baseball. From the hilarious......more
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Cumberland Posey began his career in 1911 playing outfield for the Homestead Grays, a local black team in his Pennsylv......more
This reference manual and practical handbook presents over 200 knots, illustrating how to tie them in step-by-step photo......more
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The Detroit Tigers came out of the womb scratching and snarling. Early owner James D. Burns orchestrated the only known ......more
Baseball exploded in Evansville after the Civil War. Early clubs like the Resolutes, Blues, Brewers, Hoosiers and Blackb......more
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"Baseball Memories is a collection of 101 poems celebrating America’s national pastime -- baseball. It recalls the achie......more
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Much has been written about Roger Maris and the historic summer of 1961 when he broke Babe Ruth’s single-season home run......more
Len: I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your book. The stories about the players, managers and owners of our yo......more
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How to live with difference--not necessarily in peace, but with resilience, engagement, and a lack of vitriol--is a defi......more
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James T. Farrell and Baseball is a social history of baseball on Chicago’s South Side, drawing on the writings of noveli......more
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Baseball is a game of fine points and grand gestures, small blunders and bold accomplishments--the hook slide into secon......more
The ultimate guide to the top players and teams in college baseball over the past 40 years. Baseball America s Head of t......more
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Offering the best in original research and analysis, Base Ball is an annually published book series that promotes the st......more
Babe Ruth thrilled baseball fans with his tremendous home-run swing. He made friends-and some enemies-with his loud, lar......more
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Arthur Bradsher was nicknamed the King of the Southern Diamond by the legendary John Heisman after he started the 1904 s......more
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The 1947 World Series was the most exciting ever in the words of Joe DiMaggio, with a decade s worth of drama packed i......more
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From Jane Leavy, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Boy and Sa......more
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The captivating inside story of the historic 2018 Boston Red Sox, as told through the assembly and ascendancy of their t......more
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The Birmingham Black Barons were a nationally known team in baseball’s Negro leagues from 1920 through 1962. Among its......more
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A vivid history of the controversial building of Dodger Stadium and how it helped transform Los Angeles When Walter O Ma......more
A New York Times bestseller. Foreword by Doris Kearns Goodwin The longtime Commissioner of Major League Baseball provide......more
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Foreword by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe longtime Commissioner of Major League Baseball provides an unprecedented look inside......more
Mexican American Baseball on the Westside of Los Angeles pays homage to the teams, players, coaches, and umpires in Sant......more
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In 1887, Tip O’Neill, left fielder for the St. Louis Browns, won the American Association batting championship with a .4......more