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Baseball Obscura 2026
$18.95PaperbackAdd to cartDive deeper into the game with Baseball Obscura 2026!
Baseball is more than standings and box scores: it’s about the teams and players, history and future, the arguments and possibilities. Baseball Obs
- Author: Fleming, David J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: January 01 2026
- ISBN10: 9798992355925
- Language: English
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By: Friedman, Rob
Unhittable: How Technology, Mavericks, and Innovators Engineered Baseball’s New Era of Pitching Dominance
$32.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe baseball expert famously known as PitchingNinja explores the revolution that has given pitchers an unprecedented advantage in today’s game.
Pitching dominates baseball as never before. Spin rate,- Author: Friedman, Rob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 0063456761
- Language: English
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By: Freedman, Lew
Bob Uecker: The Funniest Man in Baseball
$14.95PaperbackAdd to cart- Author: Freedman, Lew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: May 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1681572427
- Language: English
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By: Bryan, Ethan D.
A Year of Playing Catch: What a Simple Daily Experiment Taught Me about Life
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe tedium of daily stress leads us to play less and connect less than we long for–and our souls pay for it. Prolific author Ethan Bryan shares stories from a one-year experiment of playing catch eve… [more below]
- Author: Bryan, Ethan D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 0310367387
- Language: English
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By: Gittell, Noah
Baseball: The Movie
$30.00HardcoverAdd to cart“Finally, someone takes baseball movies seriously! Baseball: The Movie blends the passion of a fan with the rigorous analysis of a film critic to create a persuasive argument that the baseball movie m… [more below]
- Author: Gittell, Noah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 1637272642
- Language: English
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By: Hoffarth, Tom
Perfect Eloquence: An Appreciation of Vin Scully
$34.95HardcoverAdd to cartNamed aBest Sports Book of 2024 Pick by Sports Illustrated
When Vin Scully passed away in 2022, the city of Los Angeles lost its soundtrack. If you were able to deliver a eulogy for him, what might- Author: Hoffarth, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1496238788
- Language: English
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By: Leavy, Jane
Make Me Commissioner: I Know What’s Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It
$32.50HardcoverAdd to cartA New York Times bestselling biographer and lifelong baseball devotee takes readers on an epic journey through the game that baseball has become– a heartfelt manifesto that’s perfect for lovers of th… [more below]
- Author: Leavy, Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 0306834669
- Language: English
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Homestand: Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America
$30.00HardcoverAdd to cartA poignant memoir exploring small town baseball as a lens into what’s right and wrong with modern America–written by an acclaimed journalist and Army Ranger who, after returning from Iraq to a painfu… [more below]
- Author: Bardenwerper, Will
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0385549652
- Language: English
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By: Mayo, Jonathan
Smart, Wrong, and Lucky: The Origin Stories of Baseball’s Unexpected Stars
$28.00HardcoverRead moreA fascinating look at how MLB teams find diamonds in the rough
In the plainest of terms, baseball scouts are tasked with seeing the future–a distant future, at that. Baseball’s long developmental arc
- Author: Mayo, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1629378984
- Language: English
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By: Madden, Bill
Yankees, Typewriters, Scandals, and Cooperstown: A Baseball Memoir
$30.00HardcoverAdd to cartA freewheeling memoir of baseball, journalism, and New York spanning over 50 years of America’s pastime
Before he’d covered dozens of World Series; before he’d written about countless hirings, firing- Author: Madden, Bill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1637277156
- Language: English
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By: Silverman, Jeff
The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told
$26.83PaperbackAdd to cartAt a 1931 barnstorming exhibition game in Tennessee, a seventeen-year-old pitcher for the Chattanooga Lookouts struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back to back. Her name was Jackie Mitchell–“organize… [more below]
- Series: Greatest
- Author: Silverman, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 326
- Publish Date: January 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1592280838
- Language: English
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By: Pluto, Terry
Our Tribe: A Baseball Memoir
$17.95PaperbackAdd to cart“A beautiful, absolutely unforgettable memoir.” — Booklist
A son, a father, a baseball team … This remarkable baseball memoir will touch the heart of any baseball fan who has ever shared a love for
- Author: Pluto, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 234
- Publish Date: April 15 2003
- ISBN10: 188622871X
- Language: English
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New York Times Story of the Yankees: 1903-Present: 390 Articles, Profiles & Essays
$25.99PaperbackRead moreExperience a century of the pride, power, and pinstripes of the Yankees, Major League Baseball’s most successful team, as told through the stories of their hometown newspaper, The New York Times.
The- Author: The New York Times
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: March 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0762472189
- Language: English
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The Franchise: Minnesota Twins
$28.00HardcoverRead moreIn The Franchise: Minnesota Twins, take a more profound and unique journey into the history of an iconic team.
This thoughtful and engaging collection of essays captures the astute fans’ history of t- Series: The Franchise
- Author: Neal III, La Velle E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1637275773
- Language: English
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Sports Illustrated the Baseball Vault: Great Writing from the Pages of Sports Illustrated
$30.00HardcoverAdd to cartSports Illustrated, the most respected voice in sports journalism, has covered Major League Baseball for over seven decades, documenting its heroes, villains, great characters, and iconic moments.
A- Author: Sports Illustrated
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1637274998
- Language: English
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By: Bowman, Mark
The Franchise: Atlanta Braves
$28.00HardcoverRead moreIn The Franchise: Atlanta Braves, take a more profound and unique journey into the history of an iconic team.
This thoughtful and engaging collection of essays captures the astute fans’ history of th- Series: The Franchise
- Author: Bowman, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1637275684
- Language: English
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By: Berkow, Ira
Baseball’s Best Ever: A Half Century of Covering Hall of Famers
$40.00HardcoverRead more“Big-league baseball is subtle; cloaked in summer languor, moving with the slow, supple grace of a ballerina practicing backstage, yet taut and technical in its skills. To view a baseball game and app… [more below]
- Author: Berkow, Ira
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1683584457
- Language: English
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A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartWith a foreword by David Halberstam. He spoke out against player trading. He banned Pete Rose from baseball for gambling. He even asked sports fans to clean up their acts. Bart Giamatti was baseball’s… [more below]
- Author: Robson, Kenneth S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: January 04 1998
- ISBN10: 1565121929
- Language: English
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By: Berra, Yogi
When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball’s Greatest Heroes
$24.00HardcoverAdd to cartAn exciting new collection of sublimely simple wisdom from a bestselling author, celebrated athlete, and a true American hero.
Three-time MVP and Hall of Famer Yogi Berra hit home runs twice in a row- Author: Berra, Yogi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 175
- Publish Date: February 19 2010
- ISBN10: 0786867752
- Language: English
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By: Shannon, Mike
Tales from the Dugout: The Greatest True Baseball Stories Ever Told
$20.00PaperbackAdd to cartBatter up–here comes the most memorable collection of anecdotes about the national pastime ever assembled. Tales from the Dugout brings together never-before-told stories from baseball personalities
- Author: Shannon, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0809229501
- Language: English















