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  • Swing Kings

    The Inside Story of Baseball's Home Run Revolution

    by Jared Diamond ...
    "The best baseball book I’ve read in years." — Sam Walker • "An exhilarating story of innovation." — Ben Reiter • "Swing Kings feels like a spiritual successor to Moneyball." — Baseball ProspectusFrom the Wall Street Journal’s national baseball writer, the captivating story of the home run boom, following a group of players who rose from obscurity to stardom and the rogue swing coaches who helped ... Read more

    $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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Wait Till Next Year

    A touching memoir of growing up in love with family and baseball from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Team of Rivals and Leadership in Turbulent Times.Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year recreates the postwar era, when the corner store was a place to share stories and neighborhoods were equally divided between Dodger, Giant, and Yankee fans.We meet the people who ... Read more

    $2.99 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

  • 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

  • They Played the Game

    Memories from 47 Major Leaguers

    Noted baseball historian Norman L. Macht brings together a wide‑ranging collection of baseball voices from the Deadball Era through the 1970s, including nine Hall of Famers, who take the reader onto the field, into the dugouts and clubhouses, and inside the minds of both players and managers. These engaging, wide-ranging oral histories bring surprising revelations—both highlights and lowlights ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The Baby Bombers

    The Inside Story of the Next Yankees Dynasty

    by Bryan Hoch ...
    A comprehensive look behind the rise of a new generation of superstar Yankees—now updated with the Yankees’ 100-win 2018 season!Derek Jeter and the “Core Four” have passed the torch to a new generation of Yankees superstars—including Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Luis Severino, and Gleyber Torres—who have powered through the minors to become stars on baseball’s biggest stage. Joined by reigning ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hidden History of Cleveland Sports

    by Marc Bona ...
    Series series Sports
    Cleveland sports history goes well beyond The Shot, The Fumble, The Drive and so many other ignoble moments. Many of the city's most illustrious sports tales are long-forgotten chapters of tribulations and tragedy, of fleeting fame and enduring milestones. There are forgotten firsts, such as football's first pass and the invention of baseball's slider having ties to Cleveland. There are ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Man Who Made Babe Ruth

    Brother Matthias of St. Mary's School

    by Brian Martin ...
    At six-feet-six, the hulking Martin Leo Boutilier (1872-1944) was hard to miss. Yet the many books written about Babe Ruth relegate the soft-spoken teacher and coach to the shadows. Ruth credited Boutilier--known as Brother Matthias in the Congregation of St. Francis Xavier--with making him the man and the baseball player he became. Matthias saw something in the troubled seven-year old and ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Veeck--As In Wreck

    The Autobiography of Bill Veeck

    Bill Veeck was an inspired team builder, a consummate showman, and one of the greatest baseball men ever involved in the game. His classic autobiography, written with the talented sportswriter Ed Linn, is an uproarious book packed with information about the history of baseball and tales of players and owners, including some of the most entertaining stories in all of sports literature. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Wingmen

    The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams

    by Adam Lazarus ...
    CASEY Award Finalist for Best Baseball Book of the YearThe untold story of the unique fifty-year friendship between two American icons: John Glenn, the unassailable pioneer of space exploration and Ted Williams, indisputably the greatest hitter in baseball history.It was 1953, the Korean War in full throttle, when two men—already experts in their fields—crossed the fabled 38th Parallel into ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Arm

    Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports

    by Jeff Passan ...
    Yahoo’s lead baseball columnist offers an in-depth look at the most valuable commodity in sports—the pitching arm—and how its vulnerability to injury is hurting players and the game, from Little League to the majors.Every year, Major League Baseball spends more than $1.5 billion on pitchers—five times more than the salary of every NFL quarterback combined. Pitchers are the game’s lifeblood. Their ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mantle

    The Best There Ever Was

    by Tony Castro ...
    "Mantle’s life story has been told many times, but it’s never received as loving a treatment as this one." Booklist**, Starred Review**Mickey Mantle is one of baseball’s all-time greats. Playing for the New York Yankees for his entire professional career, Mantle was named to the All-Star team for 11 consecutive seasons, won three MVP awards, and was a seven-time World Series champion. He quickly ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Mint Condition

    How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession

    by Dave Jamieson ...
    “An entertaining history of baseball cards . . . An engaging book on a narrow but fascinating topic.” —The Washington PostWhen award-winning journalist Dave Jamieson’s parents sold his childhood home a few years ago, he rediscovered a prized boyhood possession: his baseball card collection. Now was the time to cash in on the “investments” of his youth. But all the card shops had closed, and cards ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pastime Lost

    The Humble, Original, and Now Completely Forgotten Game of English Baseball

    by David Block ...
    Long before baseball became America’s national pastime, English citizens of all ages, genders, and classes of society were playing a game called baseball. It had the same basic elements as modern American baseball, such as pitching and striking the ball, running bases, and fielding, but was played with a soft ball on a smaller playing field and, instead of a bat, the ball was typically struck by ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Honus Wagner and His Pittsburgh Pirates

    Scenes from a Golden Era

    Honus Wagner's spectacular baseball career spanned 21 seasons from 1897 through 1917. Widely considered the greatest shortstop in baseball history, Wagner won eight National League batting titles and helped win the pennant four times for his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates. This book assembles the many stories about Wagner that circulated among his teammates, opposing players, writers and fans- ... Read more

    $16.99 USD