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  • 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 Baseball 100

    by Joe Posnanski ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year“An instant sports classic.” —New York Post * “Stellar.” —The Wall Street Journal * “A true masterwork…880 pages of sheer baseball bliss.” —BookPage (starred review) * “This is a remarkable achievement.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Jo... ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • 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

  • The New York Mets Encyclopedia

    3rd Edition

    The New York Mets Encyclopedia provides the full and exciting story of modern-era baseball’s most popular expansion-age franchise. From those lovable losers of 1962 and 1963, to the Miracle Mets of 1969 and 1973, and on to year-in and year-out contenders of the 1980s and 1990s, New York’s National League Mets have written some of the most exciting and colorful pages in Major League history. This ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • When Your Wife Has Tommy John Surgery and Other Baseball Stories

    Poems

    Much-honored Washington, D.C. poet activist E. Ethelbert Miller delights and surprises us with his deft imaginings and portraits. Ethelbert’s poems play out in baseball rhythm and express the joy of living, despite the bitter challenges in today’s world. These poems define our time and allow us to see ourselves as human through the lens of baseball, family and music.When Your Wife Has Tommy John ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Last Boy

    Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood

    by Jane Leavy ...
    Award-winning sports writer Jane Leavy follows her New York Times runaway bestseller Sandy Koufax with the definitive biography of baseball icon Mickey Mantle.The legendary Hall-of-Fame outfielder was a national hero during his record-setting career with the New York Yankees, but public revelations of alcoholism, infidelity, and family strife badly tarnished the ballplayer's reputation in his ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • 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

  • The Ball

    Discovering the Object of the Game

    by John Fox ...
    Anthropologist John Fox sets off on a worldwide adventure to thefarthest reaches of the globe and the deepest recesses of our ancientpast to answer a question inspired by his sports-loving son:"Why do we play ball?"From Mexican jungles to the small-town gridirons of Ohio, frommedieval villages and royal courts to modern soccer pitches andbaseball parks, The Ball explores the little-known origins ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • 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

  • Deep Drive

    A Long Journey to Finding the Champion Within

    An inspiring, national bestselling memoir from a Red Sox hero and MVP of the 2007 World Series.In 2007, Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell triumphed over a lifetime of adversity when he led the world’s most zealously followed baseball team to the promised land—their second World Series title in four years. But there was much more to the story than what happened that October night.From the hardships ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Church of Baseball

    The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit

    by Ron Shelton ...
    LA TIMES BESTSELLER • From the award-winning screenwriter and director of cult classic Bull Durham, the extremely entertaining behind-the-scenes story of the making of the film, and an insightful primer on the art and business of moviemaking."This book tells you how to make a movie—the whole nine innings of it—out of nothing but sheer will.” —Tony Gilroy, writer/director of Michael Clayton and The ... Read more

    $14.99 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

  • Early Baseball and the Rise of the National League

    by Tom Melville ...
    Did modern baseball spontaneously arise from the genius of the American people? Did professionalism arise simply from a desire to turn baseball into a business? Did William Hulbert, organizer of the National League, really “save” baseball? These are three of the questions examined in this work about early baseball’s role in American culture. Beginning with an introduction to the sport as ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Long Balls, No Strikes

    What Baseball Must Do to Keep the Good Times Rolling

    by Joe Morgan ...
    Nobody loves baseball more than Joe Morgan. He's proved it with his hall-of-fame performance on the field and his brilliant color commentary in the broadcast booth. Bob Costas says, "There may not be anyone alive who knows more about baseball than Joe Morgan.In his playing days, Morgan was a key cog in the Big Red Machine, and he saw the game at its zenith. From his perch in the broadcast booth he ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Burial at Home Plate

    An Oddball History of the Pittsburgh Pirates

    by Bob Fulton ...
    About the BookBurial at Home Plate offers a colorful look at the Pittsburgh Pirates, with an emphasis on offbeat moments in team history. Read about the doubleheader completed underwater; the Pittsburgh outfielders whose pursuit of a batted ball was halted by a gun-wielding Cincinnati fan; the pitcher who earned a victory while taking a nap; the dead man who tied a franchise record for games ... Read more

    $18.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Out of the Park

    Memoir of a Minor League Baseball All-Star

    by Ed Mickelson ...
    During the Golden Age of baseball, as many as 59 minor leagues operated in a single season, and hundreds of G.I.s returning home from World War II competed in them for the big break that would land them one of only 400 spots on 16 teams in the majors. These were truly the days when athletes played purely for the love of the game, motivated by goals that seemed always just beyond their fingertips ... Read more

    $11.99 USD