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  • A Pitcher's Moment: Carl Hubbell and the Quest for Baseball Immortality

    Carl Hubbell knew that every year in July his telephone would start ringing. As baseball's All-Star Game grew near, reporters asked him anew about his legendary moment-the 1934 All-Star Game. He had scored five consecutive strikeouts there: a feat for the ages, considering that all five of the batters he bested were to become among the brightest figures in baseball's Hall of Fame. Lou Gehrig, Joe ... Read more

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  • Tampa Bay Rays IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom

    by Tucker Elliot ...
    Series Book 13 - THE ULTIMATE TEST OF TRUE FANDOM
    Think you know Rays baseball? Think again … you’re about to find out how smart you really are about the Tampa Bay Rays. You know that in 1998 the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were an expansion franchise playing its first official, painful season. You know that in 2008, minus the Devil, the Rays were the best team in the American League. But if you think you know everything that transpired as Tampa went ... Read more

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  • Cleveland Spiders

    Series series Baseball
    The Cleveland Spiders were a competitive major league baseball team for seven of their all too short existence for thirteen seasons from 1887 to 1899. They won the 1895 Temple Cup championship, and produced six Hall of Famers in that short period. No, not any of those added-later-also-ran-politically-corrects. Try Cy Young, Jesse Burkett, John Clarkson, Buck Ewing, George Davis, and Bobby Wallace. ... Read more

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  • 51 Questions for the Diehard Fan: Los Angeles Dodgers

    by Ryder Edwards ...
    The Dodgers won World Championships in Brooklyn and LA during the same decade and boast a devoted fan base on both coasts and all points in between; and today, thanks to past stars like Fernando Valenzuela and Chan Ho Park, that fan base is spread the world over.Every Major League team has a history—but this is the franchise of Jackie Robinson. Every Major League team has players they call “heroes ... Read more

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  • Boston Red Sox: An Interactive Guide to the World of Sports

    by Tucker Elliot ...
    The team that won the first World Series in baseball's modern era is now officially a part of the Sports by the Numbers franchise!THE TEAM: The Boston Red Sox dominated the early 20th century, winning five World Series titles before the Evil Empire tasted postseason success for the first time. With the 86-year nightmare that followed now firmly in the past, Boston is dominant once again, having ... Read more

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  • El gigante de Tarapacá

    Juan Ostoic Ostojic

    Biografía deportiva del gran basquetbolista chileno Juan Ostoic, gran conversador nacido en Iquique el año 1931. Estuvo en el Mundial de Argentina cuando Chile obtuvo el tercer lugar y dos veces olímpico en Melbourne y en Helsinki. Entrenador de la selección chilena femenina y de la Unión Española, con la que salió campeón tres años consecutivos en la década de los 70. Hizo puzzles en el diario La ... Read more

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  • Players' National League 1890

    Series series Baseball
    The Players’ League, formed in 1890, lasted just that one season, and was owned in part by the players themselves. Led by John Montgomery Ward, the league boasted 90% of the stars of the established National League, who bolted not only for better wages but also to share ownership of the teams. The players were underfunded and had to turn to wealthy capitalists for much of their startup costs, ... Read more

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  • Baseball Trailblazers; Book 3 of 4

    Series Book 3 - Baseball
    Short biographies of the early stars, from which one can also gather the history of the game. Contains pictures and baseball card facsimiles. ... Read more

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  • Baseball Trailblazers; Book 4 of 4

    Series Book 4 - Baseball
    Short biographies of the early stars, from which one can also gather the history of the game. Contains pictures and baseball card facsimiles. ... Read more

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  • Major League Baseball IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom

    by Tucker Elliot ...
    Series Book 11 - THE ULTIMATE TEST OF TRUE FANDOM
    Think you know everything about our National Pastime? Think again! It's time to find out how much trivia you really know about Major League Baseball.Are you a rookie? Are you a tested, hardcore veteran? Or will you be clearing waivers for your pending release halfway through the book? We'll let you know. Ten chapters, 200 brand new questions, fascinating history, the best trivia from every era of ... Read more

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  • Baseball Trailblazers; Book 2 of 4

    Series Book 2 - Baseball
    Short biographies of the early stars, from which one can also gather the history of the game. Contains pictures and baseball card facsimiles. ... Read more

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  • Le baseball de Brownlow

    by Clay Michel ...
    En 1990, Christopher Brownlow, un milliardaire venant de l'Ontario, acheta les Expos de Montréal. En 1994, la grève des joueurs mit fin à une saison de rêve de l'équipe. L'Ontarien ordonna à la direction de se débarrasser des joueurs les mieux payés de l'équipe. L'année suivante était un désastre. Face à l'insatisfaction des partisans, Brownlow construisit un nouveau stade avec son propre argent. ... Read more

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  • Jack and Larry

    Jack Graney and Larry, the Cleveland Baseball Dog

    Jack and Larry is the heartwarming story of a man, a dog, and a baseball team. Leadoff batter for the Cleveland American League team from 1910-22, Canadian Jack Graney was loved for many reasons, not least among them the fact that he owned Larry, bull terrier mascot of the woebegone, 102-losses, 48-games-out team that struggled to prove itself worthy. Larry, too, was loved, not only by the ... Read more

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  • 51 Questions for the Diehard Fan: New York Yankees

    by Ryder Edwards ...
    Test your knowledge with these hardball questions about your favorite team—all the sluggers, hurlers, and greatest moments in New York Yankees history … 51 questions to challenge the diehard Yankees fan. ... Read more

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  • The Tiger Wore Spikes

    An Informal Biography of Ty Cobb

    by John McCallum ...
    The Tiger Wore Spikes, first published in 1956, is an insightful, down-to-earth look at the career of baseball great Tyrus “Ty” Cobb (1886-1961), who spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers (the last 6 years as the team’s playermanager), followed by several seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics. Written by sports writer John McCallum, the book is based on the author’s interviews with Cobb as he ... Read more

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  • The Dodgers and Me

    by Leo Durocher ...
    The Dodgers and Me, first published in 1948, is Hall of Fame baseball player and manager Leo “The Lip” Durocher’s account of his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Beginning with a history of the club and owner Charley Ebbets, to Durocher’s arrival from St. Louis in 1938, the book details, in an often humorous manner, the rise of the cellar-dwelling Dodgers to their first pennant in 21 years. ... Read more

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  • Baseball Crazy

    by B. Sting ...
    A simple book on new ideas for baseball, including pitching, hitting and base stealing. ... Read more

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  • Judge Landis and 25 Years of Baseball

    Judge Landis and 25 Years of Baseball, first published in 1947, is a look at the career of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, a federal judge and professional baseball’s first commissioner, who served in that position for 25 years until his death in 1944. The book, authored by J. G. Taylor Spink, editor of the influential The Sporting News, also serves as a history of major league baseball at that ... Read more

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  • 51 Questions for the Diehard Fan: San Francisco Giants

    by Ryder Edwards ...
    With a victory vs. San Diego on the final day of the 2010 regular season, the San Francisco Giants began an unlikely run that culminated with postseason glory. And in 2012, the Giants did something that very few teams—at any level, in any sport—prove capable of achieving: they validated the title won just two years earlier by winning the World Series again, for the second time in three years. The ... Read more

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  • 51 Questions for the Diehard Fan: Baltimore Orioles

    by Ryder Edwards ...
    The St. Louis Browns lost 100 games in 1953, and then packed up and moved to Baltimore. After 52 years in St. Louis, the franchise had amassed just one Pennant, but had placed dead last or second to last an astounding 26 times. The first season in Baltimore wasn’t much better—99 losses and a 57.5 game deficit to the Pennant-winning Indians—but it didn’t take long to improve. The club was ... Read more

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  • 51 Questions for the Diehard Fan: Atlanta Braves

    by Ryder Edwards ...
    Test your knowledge with these hardball questions about your favorite team—all the sluggers, hurlers, and greatest moments in Atlanta Braves history … 51 questions to challenge the diehard Braves fan. ... Read more

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  • The Unconventional Path of Jared Robinson

    by John Alfes ...
    He's not tall enough. He's not big enough. He won't make it.Jared Robinson's career was brought to an abrupt halt after just three years of high school baseball. The right-handed pitcher had quite the résumé, winning pitcher of the year, offensive player of the year and taking home a pair of MVP awards. Despite his remarkable stint with the Bishop Amat High School baseball program, Robinson made ... Read more

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  • Contender: Triumph, Tragedy and Canadian Baseball Player Harry Fisher

    Harry Fisher was a good-looking farm kid from southwestern Ontario, that fertile breeding ground of Canadian baseball stars. After a rapid rise through the minor leagues, Harry made it to the Show, called up to pitch for the big-league Pittsburgh Pirates in the summer of 1952.Nicknamed “the handsome Hollywood hurler” from his time with the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League, Harry had a ... Read more

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  • 51 Questions for the Diehard Fan: Tampa Bay Rays

    by Ryder Edwards ...
    Tampa Bay, like any other expansion team, toiled and persevered in its infancy—but today, minus the Devil, the Rays have become one of the most exciting teams in baseball. This eBook will take you through the best moments and biggest names in Rays’ history—so if you’re a diehard Rays fan or you’re just a baseball fanatic in general, then it’s time to step up to the challenge and test your ... Read more

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