Baseball
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Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball
$23.99 Add to cart“No athlete performed at a higher level through greater stress than Jackie Robinson.” -Scott Simon
The integration of baseball in 1947 had undeniable significance for the civil rights movement and Ame- Series: Turning Points in History #16
- Author: Simon, Scott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 01 2002
- ISBN10: 047126153X
- Language: English
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Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball
$18.99 Add to cart#1 New York Times Bestseller
“A delightful look at all the little things that make major league baseball a subtle spectacle.” —Seattle Times
In his classic tribute to America’s pastime, political comm
- Author: Will, George F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 13 2010
- ISBN10: 0061999814
- Language: English
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Baseball America 2023 Prospect Handbook
$39.95 Read moreThe 2023 Prospect Handbook is your guide to the next wave of MLB stars
The 2023 Prospect Handbook is your guide to the next wave of MLB stars. With complete scouting reports on more than 900 prospects- Author: The Editors at Baseball America
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1735548294
- Language: English
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The Ballplayer’s Son: Following the Footsteps and Escaping the Shadow of Big Moe Franklin
$19.99 Add to cartBy the time “The Brawl Heard ‘Round the World” blew up baseball on a hot Sunday in 1953, young Dell Franklin had been a regular in Pacific Coast League clubhouses for three years. His father, former m
- Author: Franklin, Dell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: September 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1955398089
- Language: English
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When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball’s Greatest Heroes
$19.99 Add 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: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 08 2008
- ISBN10: 0786887443
- Language: English
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And God Said, Play Ball!: Amusing and Thought-Provoking Parallels Between the Bible and Baseball
$17.99 Add to cartThis book manages to be entertaining and educational, as well as fanciful and inspirational. It draws from the lives of Jesus Christ and Yogi Berra, Joseph of Nazareth and Joe DiMaggio, Moses and Hank… [more below]
- Author: Graf, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0764814753
- Language: English
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Death Row All Stars: A Story of Baseball, Corruption, and Murder
$16.95 Add to cartThe amazing true story of the men on Wyoming’s death row in the nineteen-teens who believed they’d be granted reprieves as long as they kept winning baseball games.
- Author: Enss, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 02 2014
- ISBN10: 0762787562
- Language: English
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Baseball’s Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy (Anniversary)
$23.99 Add to cartIn this gripping account of one of the most important steps in the history of American desegregation, Jules Tygiel tells the story of Jackie Robinson’s crossing of baseball’s color line. Examining the… [more below]
- Author: Tygiel, Jules
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 27 2008
- ISBN10: 0195339282
- Language: English
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Fifty-Nine in ’84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had
$15.99 Add to cart“First-class narrative history that can stand with everything Steven Ambrose wrote. . . . Achorn’s description of the utter insanity that was barehanded baseball is vivid and alive.” —Boston Globe
“A
- Author: Achorn, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0061825875
- Language: English
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Get Up, Baby!: My Seven Decades with the St. Louis Cardinals
$30.00 Read moreAn unforgettable look at a lifetime of Cardinals baseball packed with Mike Shannon’s passion for the game
Mike Shannon’s voice served as the soundtrack of St. Louis Cardinals baseball for 50 years.- Author: Hummel, Rick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1629379867
- Language: English
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100 Things Reds Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
$16.95 Add to cartIn this ultimate resource guide for true fans of baseball’s first professional team, author Joel Luckhaupt has collected every essential piece of Cincinnati Reds trivia, as well as must-do activities,… [more below]
- Series: 100 Things…Fans Should Know
- Author: Luckhaupt, Joel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1600787940
- Language: English
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The Way of Baseball: Finding Stillness at 95 MPH
$18.99 Add to cartTwo-time All Star Shawn Green shows how the surprising lessons the game has taught him transcend baseball and compose a life well lived.
Shawn Green’s career statistics can be found on the backs of ba- Author: Green, Shawn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 05 2012
- ISBN10: 1439191204
- Language: English
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Willie’s Boys: The 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro League World Series, and the Making of a Baseball Legend
$30.99 Add to cartThe story of Willie Mays’s rookie year with the Negro American League’s Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro World Series, and the making of a baseball legend
Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays is o
- Author: Klima, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0470400137
- Language: English
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Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball’s Greatest Forgotten Player
$21.95 Add to cart- Winner of the SABR Seymour Medal
- Casey Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year by Spitball Magazine
- Winner of SABR’s Larry Ritter and Robert Peterson Awards
Buck O’Neil once described him as “Ty Cobb… [more below]
- Author: Beer, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: April 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1496224965
- Language: English
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Maybe I’ll Pitch Forever
$16.99 Add to cartLeroy “Satchel” Paige was a man of many words–boastful, brash, bitter, wise. Maybe I’ll Pitch Forever is Paige’s story in his own words. It is unadulterated Satchel, as pure as knee-high smoke over a
- Series: Summer Game Books Baseball Classic
- Author: Paige, Leroy Satchel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: October 19 2018
- ISBN10: 1938545192
- Language: English
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Long Shot
$23.99 Add to cartIn this New York Times bestselling autobiography, baseball legend Mike Piazza takes readers into his exceptional and storied career–from the rumors and controversies to his proudest achievements.
In- Author: Piazza, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 18 2014
- ISBN10: 1439150230
- Language: English
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Intentional Balk: Baseball’s Thin Line Between Innovation and Cheating
$22.00 Add to cartFrom the moment of its inception, the quintessentially American sport of baseball has included cheating. Sometimes that rule-skirting is embraced as ingenious hijinks; other times, reviled as an unfor
- Author: Levitt, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 9798985263268
- Language: English
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Yadi: The Legendary Career of Yadier Molina
$18.95 Read moreCelebrate Yadier Molina’s incredible career with this vibrant retrospective.
A 10-time All-Star with nine Gold Gloves and two World Series rings, Yadier Molina has established his position as one of- Author: St Louis Post-Dispatch
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 163727100X
- Language: English
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Out Of My League
$21.00 Add to cartAfter six years of laying it on the line in the minors, pitcher Dirk Hayhurst hopes 2008 is the year he breaks into the big leagues. But every time Dirk looks up, the bases are loaded with new challen… [more below]
- Author: Hayhurst, Dirk
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 406
- Publish Date: March 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0806534869
- Language: English
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The Betrayal: The 1919 World Series and the Birth of Modern Baseball
$21.99 Add to cartIn the most famous scandal of sports history, eight Chicago White Sox players–including Shoeless Joe Jackson–agreed to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for the promise … [more below]
- Author: Fountain, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0190679182
- Language: English
