Baseball - History
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If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers: Stories from the Milwaukee Brewers Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box
$19.95 Read moreNow fully revised and updated for 2023!
Chronicling the Brewers from the Suds Series of 1982 to the MVP season of Christian Yelich in 2018, and from Bambi’s Bombers of the late ’70s to Harvey’s Wallb- Series: If These Walls Could Talk
- Author: Schroeder, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1637273037
- Language: English
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Baseball from the Broadcast Booth: So You Think You Know Baseball?
$19.77 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: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1664295577
- Language: English
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Invisible Men: Life in Baseball’s Negro Leagues
$19.95 Add to cartThis fascinating book is a milestone in baseball scholarship.–Ken Burns
Jackie Robinson was a Negro Leaguer before he became a Major Leaguer. So too were Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Monte Irvin, Roy C
- Author: Rogosin, Donn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: October 01 2020
- ISBN10: 149622339X
- Language: English
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Road to Nowhere: The Early 1990s Collapse and Rebuild of New York City Baseball
$34.95 Add to cartNamed a Best Baseball Book of 2023 by Sports Collectors Digest
Road to Nowhere is the story of New York City baseball from 1990 to 1996, describing in intimate detail the collapse of both the Mets an- Author: Donnelly, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1496221427
- Language: English
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100 Things Yankees Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
$18.95 Read moreMost Yankees fans have taken in a game or two at Yankee Stadium, have seen highlights of stars like Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio, and can tell the story of Babe Ruth’s called-shot home run in 1932. … [more below]
- Series: 100 Things…Fans Should Know
- Author: Fischer, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 15 2018
- ISBN10: 1629375470
- Language: English
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The Teammates: A Portrait of Friendship
$19.99 Add to cartMore than 6 years after his death David Halberstam remains one of this country’s most respected journalists and revered authorities on American life and history in the years since WWII. A Pulitzer Pri… [more below]
- Author: Halberstam, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 217
- Publish Date: May 05 2004
- ISBN10: 0786888679
- Language: English
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Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball’s Last Hero
$21.00 Add to cartDiscover the remarkable life of Roberto Clemente–one of the most accomplished–and beloved–baseball heroes of his generation from Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss.
On New Year’s Eve 1972, follow- Author: Maraniss, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 03 2007
- ISBN10: 074329999X
- Language: English
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The Last Best League (10th Anniversary Edition): One Summer, One Season, One Dream
$21.99 Add to cartEvery summer, in ten small towns across Cape Cod, young college baseball players showcase their talents in hopes of making it to the “show.” A vicious filter, the league has produced one out of every … [more below]
- Author: Collins, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 27 2014
- ISBN10: 0306823101
- Language: English
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Baseball’s Endangered Species: Inside the Craft of Scouting by Those Who Lived It
$34.95 Add to cartNamed a Best Baseball Book of 2023 by Sports Collectors Digest
Scouting has been called pro baseball’s personalized way of renewing itself from year to year and a pathway to the game’s past. It takes- Author: Lowenfish, Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: April 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1496214811
- Language: English
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The Bad Guys Won: A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo Chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, the Kid, and t
$19.99 Add to cart“Jeff Pearlman has captured the swagger of the ’86 Mets. You don’t have to be a Mets fan to enjoy this book–it’s a great read for all baseball enthusiasts.” –Philadelphia Daily News
Award-winning Spo
- Author: Pearlman, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 30 2011
- ISBN10: 0062097636
- Language: English
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Summer of ’49
$18.99 Add to cart“Dazzling…A celebration of a vanished heroic age and a ‘simpler America’ ” —New York Times Book Review
David Halberstam’s classic chronicle of baseball’s most magnificent season, as seen through th
- Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
- Author: Halberstam, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 09 2006
- ISBN10: 0060884266
- Language: English
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Boston Red Sox Firsts: The Players, Moments, and Records That Were First in Team History
$19.95 Add to cartIn Boston Red Sox Firsts, veteran Red Sox historian Bill Nowlin presents the stories behind the firsts in Red Sox history in question-and-answer format. More than a mere trivia book, Nowlin’s collecti
- Series: Sports Team Firsts
- Author: Nowlin, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 234
- Publish Date: June 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493073389
- Language: English
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How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! the True Story Revealed
$28.95 Add to cartHow baseball evolved with shocking speed from a casual folk game into a serious adult activity, an instrument of national unification and then a national entertainment industry.
- Author: Gilbert, Thomas W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1567926770
- Language: English
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Yankees Legends Alphabet
$19.95 Read moreFrom A-Rod to Derek Jeter, The Sandman to The Babe, Yankees Legends Alphabet is a grand slam home run examining the greatest ballplayers ever to lap the bases in New York. Grab your wooden bat and you… [more below]
- Author: Feiner, Beck
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0645200190
- Language: English
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Beauty at Short: Dave Bancroft, the Most Unlikely Hall of Famer and His Wild Times in Baseball’s First Century
$9.49 Add to cartThe most unlikely Hall of Famer
Dave Bancroft should not be in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He emerged from his Iowa hometown as an undersized shortstop without batting skills. Signed by one of the 300-
- Author: Alesia, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: March 22 2022
- ISBN10: 057837451X
- Language: English
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Daybreak at Chavez Ravine: Fernandomania and the Remaking of the Los Angeles Dodgers
$32.95 Add to cartFinalist for the 2023 CASEY Award
Fernando Valenzuela was only twenty years old when Tom Lasorda chose him as the Dodgers’ opening-day
Named a Best Baseball Book of 2023 by Sports Collectors Digest- Author: Sherman, Erik
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1496231015
- Language: English
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The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It
$19.99 Add to cart“Easily the best baseball book ever produced by anyone.” –Cleveland Plain Dealer
“This was the best baseball book published in 1966, it is the best baseball book of its kind now, and, if it is reissue
- Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
- Author: Ritter, Lawrence S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 06 2010
- ISBN10: 0061994715
- Language: English
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Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between
$21.99 Add to cartA story about baseball, family, the American Dream, and the fight to turn Los Angeles into a big league city.
Dodger Stadium is an American icon. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond base… [more below]- Author: Nusbaum, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1541742222
- Language: English
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The Great Book of Baseball: Interesting Facts and Sports Stories
$11.99 Add to cartFor the real sports fan this is a must-read book. It is perhaps the biggest collection of facts and what some might call fiction, since some of the sports stories have been passed on for generations.
- Series: Sports Trivia #VOL.
- Author: O’Neill, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 05 2020
- ISBN10: 1648450199
- Language: English
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The Ultimate Texas Rangers Trivia Book: A Collection of Amazing Trivia Quizzes and Fun Facts for Die-Hard Rangers Fans!
$11.85 Add to cartCalling all Texas Rangers fans!
The Ultimate Texas Rangers Trivia Book is a staple for anyone who loves baseball, sports trivia, and the Lone Stars. You will be tested on your knowledge of mind-blowing
- Author: Walker, Ray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: November 05 2020
- ISBN10: 1953563953
- Language: English
