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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

Essential Tips for Coaching Youth Sports

Sandlot Stories - Japanese

The Little Red (Sox) Book

Baseball at the University of Michigan

Bronx Epitaph

The Kid

They Played for the Love of the Game

Multilingual Baseball

The Baseball Bible

Finding the Left Arm of God

The New York Mets and the Meaning of Life

Kill the Ámpaya! The Best Latin American Baseball Fiction

Waiting for a Sign Volume 2

Revival by the River

Before the Machine

Pitching In A Pinch : Or, Baseball From The Inside

Rage

The Minneapolis Millers of the American Association

Roberto Alomar

The Ball Player

Los Angeles Dodgers 2019

Red Sox Triviology

The Knuckleball Club