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  • The New York Game

    Baseball and the Rise of a New City

    by Kevin Baker ...
    A hugely entertaining history of baseball and New York City, bursting with larger-than-life figures and fascinating stories from the game’s beginnings to the end of World War II.Baseball is “the New York game” because New York is where the diamond was first laid out, where the bunt and the curveball were invented, and where the home run was hit. It’s where the game’s first stars were born, and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Once More Around the Park

    by Roger Angell ...
    This essay collection covers more than forty years of history, fandom, and insider analysis from “the best baseball writer of our time—maybe ever” (Newsweek)The celebrated baseball chronicler has selected his favorite pieces from the last forty years to create Once More Around the Park, a definitive volume of his most memorable work. Here are the extraordinary games Roger Angell has witnessed and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Swinging '73

    Baseball's Wildest Season

    Interest and attendance were dropping, and football was ascending. Stuck in a rut, baseball was dying. Then Steinbrenner bought the Yankees, a second-division club with wife-swapping pitchers, leaving the House That Ruth Built not with a slam but a simper. He vowed not to interfere—before soon changing his mind. Across town, Tom Seaver led the Mets’ stellar pitching line-up, and iconic outfielder ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Hidden Game of Baseball

    The acclaimed classic on the statistical analysis of baseball records in order to evaluate players and win more games.Long before Moneyball became a sensation or Nate Silver turned the knowledge he’d honed on baseball into electoral gold, John Thorn and Pete Palmer were using statistics to shake the foundations of the game. First published in 1984, The Hidden Game of Baseball ushered in the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Franchise: New York Yankees

    A Curated History of the Bronx Bombers

    Series series The Franchise
    In The Franchise: New York Yankees, take a more profound and unique journey into the history of the baseball's most successful team.This thoughtful and engaging collection of essays captures the astute fans' history of the franchise, going beyond well-worn narratives of yesteryear to uncover the less-discussed moments, decisions, people, and settings that fostered the Yankees' iconic identity ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Harry the K

    The Remarkable Life of Harry Kalas

    by Randy Miller ...
    To Philadelphia Phillies fans, he was the soundtrack of summer. To millions of football fans across America, he was the "Voice of the NFL." And as open and giving as Harry Kalas was throughout his professional and personal life, there are countless layers of the man that have remained unknown . . . until now.Author Randy Miller interviewed more than 160 people -- including all of Harry's surviving ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Great Stuff

    Baseball's Most Amazing Pitching Feats

    by Rich Westcott ...
    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 feats comprise the contents of Rich Westcott’s latest book, Great Stuff: Baseball’s Most Amazing Pitching Feats.However, this is not a book that ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Card

    Collectors, Con Men, and the True Story of History's Most Desired Baseball Card

    Since its limited release just after the turn of the twentieth century, this American Tobacco cigarette card has beguiled and bedeviled collectors. First identified as valuable in the 1930s, when the whole notion of card collecting was still young, the T206 Wagner has remained the big score for collectors who have scoured card shows, flea markets, estate sales, and auctions for the portrait of ... Read more

    $8.49 USD

  • Facing Mariano Rivera

    Players Recall the Greatest Relief Pitcher Who Ever Lived

    by David Fischer ...
    Series series Facing
    The all-time career leader in saves, with 652, Mariano Rivera is one of the greatest professional athletes in history. Since taking over the closer’s role for the New York Yankees in 1997, until his retirement in 2013, Rivera saved 30 or more games in every season but one. In addition, he has an astonishing MLB record 42 postseason saves, with 11 of them coming in the World Series. After 19 ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • 大谷翔平:武士初心——2023年WBC世界一、全壘打王&MVP球季、轉戰道奇全紀錄

    Shohei Ohtani: Spirit of Baseball Samurai

    by 張尤金 ...
    Series series belle vue
    《大谷翔平:天才二刀流挑戰不可能的傳奇全紀錄》暢銷作者張尤金最新力作!二刀流、MVP、獨角獸的美譽背後,是超越勝負的野球武士初心。2023年是大谷翔平棒球生涯的屢創紀錄年。從大聯盟開季前的WBC經典賽冠軍開始,歷經全壘打王&MVP史詩球季,手肘韌帶撕裂傷,到球季結束後戲劇性地轉隊道奇、簽下全球運動史上最高額合約。本書為不朽歷史作見證,是獻給棒球迷的珍藏紀念專書。世界全壘打王-王貞治:「我們那個時代是仰望美國棒球的。但他是在俯視嗎?」日本武士隊監督-栗山英樹:「堅持挑戰困難的事,是他永不停止進化的原因。」混血王子-達比修有:「大谷並不害怕自我挑戰,這是我做不到的事。」道奇高層:「大谷有兩個嗜好,一是打棒球,另一是從事棒球訓練。」★特別收錄:大谷翔平大事年表‧紀錄獎項‧美日職棒生涯數據一覽★◆本書是《大谷翔平:天才二刀流挑戰不可能的傳奇全紀錄》系列作,前書榮登誠品和博客來暢銷榜。◆2023年. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • 大谷翔平:天才二刀流挑戰不可能的傳奇全紀錄

    by 張尤金 ...
    Series series belle vue
    **【全球第一本・最新最完整】****大谷翔平華文傳記專書&**格言語錄!★特別收錄:大谷翔平大事年表‧紀錄獎項‧美日職棒生涯數據一覽****★《天才的人間力,鈴木一朗》暢銷作者張尤金最新力作!鈴木一朗:「翔平是一個比我更好的打者。」王貞治:「每當我打開電視,就會看到他打出全壘打。」松井秀喜:「大谷改變了大家長久以來對棒球的認識,他是獨一無二的存在。」前洋基王牌左投沙巴西亞:「大谷是我看過的最佳選手,他是所有大聯盟選手夢想成為的球員。」... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Clemente

    The True Legacy of an Undying Hero

    Baseball great, family man, humanitarian—the life and enduring legacy of Roberto Clemente, as told by his family.With a swift bat and fierce athleticism, Roberto Clemente intimidated major league pitchers for eighteen seasons, compiling three thousand hits. His legs were among the quickest of his era. His throwing arm was one of the strongest, gunning down base runners from right field with ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Baseball's Wildest Season

    Three Leagues, Thirty-Four Teams and the Chaos of 1884

    At the end of the 1883 baseball season, things looked rosy--attendance had skyrocketed and the National League and American Association were at peace. A year later, however, the sport was in total disarray. A third major league, the Union Association, had come on the scene and waged a bitter war that rocked the baseball world. By the dawn of the 1885 season, the UA had dissolved in a sea of red ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Strike Four

    The Evolution of Baseball

    Baseball began as a schoolyard game, brought to America by the colonists. It evolved rapidly over the second half of the nineteenth century, with innovations and rule changes continuing throughout the twentieth century and into the modern era. But why and how did these changes take place?In Strike Four: The Evolution of Baseball, Richard Hershberger examines the national pastime’s development, ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • How the Red Sox Explain New England

    An examination of the unique affinity New Englanders have for their Red Sox, this work illustrates how the storied history of the franchise mirrors that of New England itself. Founded in 1901 and playing in front of sold out crowds at Fenway Park for more than a century, the Boston Red Sox are far and away New England’s most beloved franchise, and this work features topics such as the team’s ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • If These Walls Could Talk: New York Mets

    Stories From the New York Mets Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box

    Series series If These Walls Could Talk
    Mike Puma of the New York Post provides insight into the team's inner sanctum as only he canThe New York Mets are one of the most historic teams in Major League Baseball, with superstars over the years including Jacob deGrom, Mike Piazza, David Wright, and Tom Seaver. Aided by dozens of new, exclusive interviews, readers will gain the perspective of players, coaches, and personnel from Mets ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee

    by Allen Barra ...
    “Allen Barra brings a legendary figure from the true golden age of baseball to life.”—Bob CostasYogi Berra is one of the most popular former athletes in American history, and the most quoted American since Abraham Lincoln. Part clown, part feisty competitor, Berra is also the winningest player (fourteen pennants, ten World Series, 3 MVPs) in baseball history. In this revelatory biography, Allen ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Cellar Dwellers

    The Worst Teams in Baseball History

    In 1890, baseball’s Pittsburgh Alleghenys won a measly 23 games, losing 113. The Cleveland Spiders topped this record when they lost an astonishing 134 games in 1899. Over 100 years later, the 2003 Detroit Tigers stood apart as the only team in baseball history to lose 60 games before July in a season. These stories and more are told in Cellar Dwellers: The Worst Teams in Baseball History, a ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • The Victory Season

    The End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball's Golden Age

    The triumphant story of baseball and America after World War II.In 1945 Major League Baseball had become a ghost of itself. Parks were half empty, the balls were made with fake rubber, and mediocre replacements roamed the fields, as hundreds of players, including the game's biggest stars, were serving abroad, devoted to unconditional Allied victory in World War II.But by the spring of 1946, the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Core Four

    The Heart and Soul of the Yankees Dynasty

    Tracing the careers of four instrumental players who turned around the Yankees ball club, this book shares behind-the-scenes stories from their early days together in the minors through the 2013 season, and follows them on their majestic ride to the top of the baseball world. At a time when the New York Yankees were in free fall, having failed to win a World Series in 17 years and had not played ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates

    Treachery and Triumph

    After many years of being an also-ran in the National league, the Pittsburgh Pirates' fortunes changed dramatically following the 1899 season after a monumental deal with the Louisville Colonels. The addition of star players such as Fred Clarke, Honus Wagner, Tommy Leach and Deacon Phillippe allowed Pittsburgh to become the first baseball dynasty of the twentieth century as they won National ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Wrong Stuff

    The return of a sports classic with a new foreword by the authorFinally back in print after many years, here is Bill Lee’s classic tale of his renegade life on and off the mound. Whether walking out on the Montreal Expos to protest the release of a valued teammate or telling sportswriters eager for candid and offbeat comments more about the game than his bosses wanted anyone to know, pitcher Bill ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Game Must Go On

    Hank Greenberg, Pete Gray, and the Great Days of Baseball on the Home Front in WWII

    by John Klima ...
    The Game Must Go On offers a compelling and action packed story on how WWII changed American baseball, and how baseball helped to win the war.On December 7, 1941, as the battleships of Pearl Harbor smoldered, one of the most powerful athletes in America, Detroit Tigers MVP Hank Greenberg, made a tumultuous decision-to leave the baseball field for the field of war.His decision left baseball's place ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Willie Stargell

    A Life in Baseball

    by Frank Garland ...
    This book brings to life one of baseball's greatest sluggers, Willie Stargell. It examines the factors that shaped him as a man growing up in the tumultuous racial times of the 1950s and '60s, and then recreates the major moments in his Hall of Fame baseball career. His various endeavors during the post-playing days are fully explored as well.Interviews with more than 80 people--family members, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD