Baseball
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Last Time Out: Big-League Farewells of Baseball’s Greats
$22.95 Add to cartMost sports fans know that Ted Williams ended his major league career with style, swatting a home run in his final at bat. But what about Babe Ruth? Ty Cobb? Joe DiMaggio? Willie Mays? How did some of
- Author: Nogowski, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: July 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1493066536
- Language: English
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The Ultimate Houston Astros Trivia Book: A Collection of Amazing Trivia Quizzes and Fun Facts for Die-Hard Astros Fans!
$9.85 Add to cartTest Your Houston Astros Knowledge
The Ultimate Houston Astros Trivia Book is a staple for anyone who loves baseball, sports trivia, and the ‘Stros. You will be tested on your knowledge of mind-blowin
- Author: Walker, Ray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 09 2020
- ISBN10: 1953563376
- 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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The Shift – The Business of Baseball at The Youth-High School and Professional Level
$19.99 Add to cartIn my early years as a college coach, while out recruiting several local American Legion and Senior Babe Ruth tournaments, I began to hear about these “AAU” travel baseball tournaments. This was truly
- Author: Beede, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: December 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1088013783
- Language: English
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Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season
$21.00 Add to cart“Faithful isn’t just about the Red Sox. It’s also about family, friendship, and what it truly means to be a baseball fan and to be–well, faithful, come hell or high water” (The Boston Globe).
“Of al- Author: O’Nan, Stewart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 06 2005
- ISBN10: 0743267532
- Language: English
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The Comic Book Story of Baseball: The Heroes, Hustlers, and History-Making Swings (and Misses) of America’s National Pastime
$19.99 Add to cartA graphic novel-style history of baseball, providing an illustrated look at the major games, players, and rule changes that shaped the sport.
This graphic novel steps up to the plate and covers all th- Series: Comic Book Story of
- Author: Irvine, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 08 2018
- ISBN10: 0399578943
- Language: English
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This Old Man: All in Pieces
$16.95 Read moreRoger Angell, the acclaimed New Yorker writer and editor, steps up with a selection of writings that celebrate a view from the tenth decade of an engaged, vibrant life. Whether it’s a Fourth of July i… [more below]
- Author: Angell, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 18 2016
- ISBN10: 1101971398
- Language: English
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Bang the Drum Slowly
$21.95 Add to cartHenry Wiggen, hero of The Southpaw and the best-known fictional baseball player in America, is back again, throwing a baseball “with his arm and his brain and his memory and his bluff for the sake of … [more below]
- Author: Harris, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 243
- Publish Date: December 01 2003
- ISBN10: 080327338X
- 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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Mental Toughness: Baseball’s Winning Edge
$23.93 Add to cartWorking from a vast combined experience in professional baseball, the authors have broken down the elements of mental toughness into an easily understood package. Not only baseball players but other a… [more below]
- Author: Kuehl, Karl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 19 2006
- ISBN10: 1566637236
- Language: English
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Starting and Closing
$17.99 Add to cartFrom John Smoltz – one of the best Major League pitchers of the last 25 years, lead baseball analyst of Fox Sports, and all-around stellar guy – comes Starting and Closing, a powerful memoir illustrat
- Author: Smoltz, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0062120565
- Language: English
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Inside the Boston Red Sox
$9.99 Read moreFollow the Boston Red Sox from the team’s origins to the present. Sports fans will love learning about the history of one of baseball’s most iconic teams, including the championships, greatest players
- Series: Super Sports Teams (Lerner (Tm) Sports)
- Author: Fishman, Jon M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1728449448
- 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 Batboy
$9.99 Add to cartFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Heat, Travel Team and Million-Dollar Throw.
Brian is living every baseball kid’s dream: he is a batboy for his hometown Major League team. Brian believ- Author: Lupica, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 22 2011
- ISBN10: 0142417823
- 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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So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin’ True Story of the New York Mets–The Best Worst Team in Sports
$32.99 Read more“This is a weird, wonderful, and essential book about both America and its pastime. It’s about a place as vast as New York City and as intimate as the human heart. Fred Exley meets Richard Ben Cramer-
- Author: Gordon, Devin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 16 2021
- ISBN10: 62940023
- Language: English
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Baseball Records Smashed!
$8.99 Add to cartIn baseball, long games are marked by spectacular moments–like Nolan Ryan beating Sandy Koufax’s no-hitter record or Ichiro Suzuki smashing George Sisler’s record number of hits in a season. In this … [more below]
- Series: Sports Illustrated Kids: Record Smashers
- Author: Berglund, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1669071510
- Language: English
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Roy White: From Compton to the Bronx
$29.95 Read moreA young man from Compton rises to the highest levels of baseball greatness.
Roy White played on the New York Yankees from 1965 through the 1979 season. Roy grew up on the tough streets of Compton and- Author: White, Roy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1951122577
- Language: English
