"This isn’t just a story about baseball. It’s about life and the beauty of knowing and accepting who you are." --Jeff Pa......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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The New York Times bestselling author of The Matheny Manifesto offers the definitive guide to coaching youth baseball an......more
"This is a biography about Hall of Fame pitcher Don Drysdale"--...more
InThe 50 Greatest Players in Cincinnati Reds History, sports historian Robert W. Cohen examines the careers of the 50 me......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
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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As abundant and layered as the National Pastime itself, Baseball Stories takes the reader on a rich journey that circles......more
The son of a coal miner from a small Illinois town, Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman lived the American dream unt......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
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
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
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
"Featuring Field of Dreams, The Bad News Bears, A League of Their Own, and more: a probing and entertaining work at the ......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
Robert Dean Emslie (1859-1943) spent fifty-six of his eighty-four years in professional baseball--eight as a player and ......more
Mike Donlin was a brash, colorful, and complicated personality. He was the most popular athlete in New York and was a st......more
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