Baseball - History
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Baseball History: The History of Baseball Along With Fascinating Facts & Unbelievably True Stories
$13.99 Add to cartWould you love to know the incredible and exciting history of baseball?
Whether you want to (1) learn incredible and interesting facts about baseball history, (2) discover some of baseball’s greatest e
- Series: Best of Baseball History Stories Games
- Author: McCloud, Ace
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 52
- Publish Date: March 14 2017
- ISBN10: 1640480072
- Language: English
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Kom League Remembered
$31.99 Add to cartThe late 1940s and early 1950s was the Golden Age for minor league baseball. The National Pastime thrived in small town America with hundreds of professional teams in over 50 leagues playing at every … [more below]
- Author: Hall, John G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: September 08 2004
- ISBN10: 1531619010
- Language: English
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Cincinnati Reds: 1950-1985
$31.99 Add to cartImagine crouching 15 feet from home plate during a Cincinnati Reds baseball game with a camera at eye level. A major league player like Ted Kluszewski comes barreling towards the plate as you flash th… [more below]
- Author: Klumpe, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: August 25 2004
- ISBN10: 1531618782
- Language: English
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If These Walls Could Talk: Los Angeles Dodgers: Stories from the Los Angeles Dodgers Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box
$19.95 Read moreNow revised and updated for 2023!
Since moving from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958, the Dodgers have had an eventful–and frequently successful–history. From playing in the 100,000-seat Coliseum to- Series: If These Walls Could Talk
- Author: Mitchell, Houston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1637273053
- Language: English
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Baseball from the Broadcast Booth: So You Think You Know Baseball?
$43.85 Add to cartBaseball from the Broadcast Booth is filled with baseball metaphors that various announcers have used throughout the years. Do you know what they all mean? If you think you know baseball, Lee Anderson… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1664295585
- Language: English
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Five Seasons: A Baseball Companion
$19.95 Add to cartFive Seasons covers the baseball seasons from 1972 through 1976, described as the “most significant half decade in the history of the game.” The era was notable for the remarkable individual feats of … [more below]
- Author: Angell, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 413
- Publish Date: March 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0803259506
- Language: English
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Jackie Mitchell: The Girl Who Loved Baseball
$14.95 Add to cartOn March 26, 1931, the baseball world was stunned as a 18-year female pitcher named Virne Beatrice “Jackie” Mitchell of Chattanooga, TN, signed a minor league contract with the hometown Lookouts. Seve
- Author: Kovach, John M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: August 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1947589415
- Language: English
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Mount Rushmore of the New York Mets: The Best Players by Decade to Wear the Orange and Blue
$15.99 Read moreMount Rushmore, located in the Black Hills of Keystone, South Dakota, is one of the most iconic landmarks in the United States. The face of the mountain features 60-foot heads of Presidents George Was… [more below]
- Author: Topel, Brett
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 1683584171
- Language: English
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The 50 Greatest Players in Boston Red Sox History
$19.95 Add to cartSports historian Robert W. Cohen has chosen and profiles the on-field exploits of the 50 best players to ever wear the Boston Red Sox uniform. Chances are you’ll find your favorite player here.
- Series: 50 Greatest Players
- Author: Cohen, Robert W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: May 15 2018
- ISBN10: 1608939901
- Language: English
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San Francisco Giants
$31.99 Add to cartIn 1958, San Francisco welcomed its first major league baseball team when the Giants left New York and journeyed across the country to the Bay Area. Steeped in tradition, the orange-and-black team has… [more below]
- Author: Brien, Tricia O.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: October 17 2011
- ISBN10: 1531650309
- Language: English
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Baseball Research Journal (Brj), Volume 52 #1
$14.95 Add to cartHarvey Haddix pitched one of the most notable “near perfect” games in professional baseball history when he completed 12 perfect innings against the Milwaukee Brewers on May 26, 1959. Unfortuantely,
- Author: Society for American Baseball Research (
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1970159928
- Language: English
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Mets Fan Book
$19.99 Add to cartYa Gotta Believe!: The 40th Anniversary New York Mets Fan Book is the perfect gift for the ultimate fan
Are you a true Mets fan? Were you there when they won the 1986 World Series in the seventh game?- Author: Lichtenstein, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 20 2002
- ISBN10: 0312286864
- Language: English
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Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America’s Pastime
$24.99 Add to cartBoston, Tuesday, October 21, 1975. The Red Sox and the Cincinnati Reds have endured an excruciating three-day rain delay. Tonight, at last, they will play Game Six of the World Series. Leading three g… [more below]
- Author: Frost, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 11 2010
- ISBN10: 1401310265
- Language: English
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Jackie Robinson
$10.00 Add to cartThe year was 1947. A talented young minor-league baseball player was called up to the majors to join the Brooklyn Dodgers. But this was no ordinary man, nor any simple achievement. This was Jackie Rob
- Series: Gemma Open Door
- Author: Schuster, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 82
- Publish Date: October 30 2018
- ISBN10: 1936846713
- Language: English
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The Forgotten League: A History of Negro League Baseball
$14.99 Add to cartRube Foster, Cool Papa Bell, Monte Irvin, Buck Leonard…they are some of the greatest players to ever play the game; so why have so few people heard of them? Because they never played in the MLB; the
- Series: History Shorts #2
- Author: Foster, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: April 17 2016
- ISBN10: 1621073807
- Language: English
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The 1919 Black Sox Scandal
$24.99 Add to cartAll kinds of spurious rumors had swirled around the 1919 World Series. Allegations about a fixed game between the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies on August 31, 1920, began a chain of events tha… [more below]
- Series: Images of Baseball
- Author: Helpingstine, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 23 2019
- ISBN10: 1467103764
- Language: English
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One Season in Rocket City: How the 1985 Huntsville Stars Brought Minor League Baseball Fever to Alabama
$29.95 Add to cartNamed a Best Baseball Book of 2023 by Sports Collectors Digest
It’s 1984. Minor League Baseball mogul Larry Schmittou needs a new home for his Southern League Nashville Sounds franchise. Walt Jockett- Author: Tafoya, Dale
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1496230736
- Language: English
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Summer of ’68: The Season That Changed Baseball — And America — Forever
$21.99 Add to cartThe extraordinary story of the 1968 baseball season–when the game was played to perfection even as the country was being pulled apart at the seams
From the beginning, ’68 was a season rocked by nati- Author: Wendel, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 12 2013
- ISBN10: 0306821834
- Language: English
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The Franchise: New York Yankees: A Curated History of the Bronx Bombers
$28.00 Read moreIn 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 ast- Series: The Franchise
- Author: Feinsand, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1629379948
- Language: English
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New York Mets Firsts: The Players, Moments, and Records That Were First in Team History
$22.95 Add to cartIn New York Mets Firsts, Brett Topel presents the stories behind the firsts in Mets history in question-and-answer format. More than a mere trivia book, Topel’s collection includes substantive answers
- Series: Sports Team Firsts
- Author: Topel, Brett
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 198
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1493068776
- Language: English
