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In Scoring Position

40 Years of a Baseball Love Affair

by Bob Ryan, Bill Chuck ...

Narrated by Pat Grimes, Chris Lutkin, Pete Cross ...

Unabridged

11 hours 38 min

Bob Ryan has scored every baseball game he's attended, at every level, since the start of the 1977 season. It's a deeply personal tradition still going strong at more than 1,400 games and counting. The tattered scorebooks he's filled are worn from age, travel, and countless summer days, but their grids and scrawled symbols tell the stories of milestones, rivalries, rare historic achievements, and ... Read more

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Bob Ryan has scored every baseball game he's attended, at every level, since the start of the 1977 season. It's a deeply personal tradition still going strong at more than 1,400 games and counting. The tattered scorebooks he's filled are worn from age, travel, and countless summer days, but their grids and scrawled symbols tell the stories of milestones, rivalries, rare historic achievements, and
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Trading Bases

A Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball (Not Necessarily in That Order)

by Joe Peta ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

9 hours 36 min

An ex–Wall Street trader improved on Moneyball’s famed sabermetrics to place bets that would beat the Vegas odds on Major League Baseball games—with a 41 percent return in his first year. Trading Bases explains how he did it.After the fall of Lehman Brothers, Joe Peta was out of a job. He found a new one but lost that, too, when an ambulance mowed him down. In search of a way to cheer himself up ... Read more

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An ex–Wall Street trader improved on Moneyball’s famed sabermetrics to place bets that would beat the Vegas odds on Major League Baseball games—with a 41 percent return in his first year. Trading Bases explains how he did it.After the fall of Lehman Brothers, Joe Peta was out of a job. He found a new one but lost that, too, when an ambulance mowed him down. In search of a way to cheer himself up
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The Last Hero

A Life of Henry Aaron

by Howard Bryant ...

Narrated by Dominic Hoffman ...

Abridged

9 hours 32 min

In the thirty-four years since his retirement, Henry Aaron’s reputation has only grown in magnitude: he broke existing records (rbis, total bases, extra-base hits) and set new ones (hitting at least thirty home runs per season fifteen times, becoming the first player in history to hammer five hundred home runs and three thousand hits). But his influence extends beyond statistics, and at long last ... Read more

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In the thirty-four years since his retirement, Henry Aaron’s reputation has only grown in magnitude: he broke existing records (rbis, total bases, extra-base hits) and set new ones (hitting at least thirty home runs per season fifteen times, becoming the first player in history to hammer five hundred home runs and three thousand hits). But his influence extends beyond statistics, and at long last
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The Baby Bombers

The Inside Story of the Next Yankees Dynasty

by Bryan Hoch ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

9 hours 40 min

Derek Jeter and the "Core Four" have passed the torch to a new generation of Yankees superstars—featuring Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Luis Severino, and Greg Bird—who have powered through the minors to become stars on baseball's biggest stage. Joined by reigning National League MVP Giancarlo Stanton, this thrilling group is poised to chase championship titles for years to come.The Baby Bombers ... Read more

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Derek Jeter and the "Core Four" have passed the torch to a new generation of Yankees superstars—featuring Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Luis Severino, and Greg Bird—who have powered through the minors to become stars on baseball's biggest stage. Joined by reigning National League MVP Giancarlo Stanton, this thrilling group is poised to chase championship titles for years to come.The Baby Bombers
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The Echoing Green

The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca and the Shot Heard Round the World

by Joshua Prager ...

Narrated by Joshua Prager ...

Abridged

5 hours 53 min

The Untold Story Behind The Shot Heard Round The WorldThe 1951 regular baseball season was as good as over. The Brooklyn Dodgers led the New York Giants by three runs with just three outs to go in their third and final playoff game. Not once in the 278 preceding playoff and World Series games had a team overcome a three-run deficit in the ninth inning. But New York rallied, and at 3:58 pm on ... Read more

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The Untold Story Behind The Shot Heard Round The WorldThe 1951 regular baseball season was as good as over. The Brooklyn Dodgers led the New York Giants by three runs with just three outs to go in their third and final playoff game. Not once in the 278 preceding playoff and World Series games had a team overcome a three-run deficit in the ninth inning. But New York rallied, and at 3:58 pm on
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Baseball History

by Introbooks Team ...

Narrated by Andrea Giordani ...

Unabridged

39 min

Baseball inspired millions of people in the United States. It evolved from the old bat and ball games which used to be played in England during the 18th century. The immigrants who came to settle in North America were the ones responsible to bring this game to the Americans. Eventually they came up with the modern version of the game and by the end of 19th century baseball was being recognised as ... Read more

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Baseball inspired millions of people in the United States. It evolved from the old bat and ball games which used to be played in England during the 18th century. The immigrants who came to settle in North America were the ones responsible to bring this game to the Americans. Eventually they came up with the modern version of the game and by the end of 19th century baseball was being recognised as
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Bat Boy

My True Life Adventures Coming of Age with the New York Yankees

by Matthew McGough ...

Narrated by Jason Harris ...

Unabridged

8 hours 11 min

Sixteen-year-old Matthew McGough was a fairly typical teenager, obsessed with getting through high school, girls, and baseball, not necessarily in that order. His passion for the New York Yankees was absolute, complete with a poster of his hero, Yankees first baseman Don Mattingly, hanging on his bedroom wall. Despite having no connections whatsoever with the ballclub, Matt dreamed of sitting in ... Read more

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Sixteen-year-old Matthew McGough was a fairly typical teenager, obsessed with getting through high school, girls, and baseball, not necessarily in that order. His passion for the New York Yankees was absolute, complete with a poster of his hero, Yankees first baseman Don Mattingly, hanging on his bedroom wall. Despite having no connections whatsoever with the ballclub, Matt dreamed of sitting in
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Till the End

by Chris Smith, CC Sabathia ...

Narrated by CC Sabathia, Guy Lockard ...

Unabridged

8 hours 31 min

A raw, compelling memoir of baseball, family, fame, addiction, and recovery, by one of the most beloved baseball players of his generationHow does it feel to be born with enormous gifts, in a life shadowed by tragedy? What does it mean when the gift that opens the world for us is not enough to stop us from losing the things we love? And what new gifts do we find in that loss?Baseball had been CC ... Read more

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A raw, compelling memoir of baseball, family, fame, addiction, and recovery, by one of the most beloved baseball players of his generationHow does it feel to be born with enormous gifts, in a life shadowed by tragedy? What does it mean when the gift that opens the world for us is not enough to stop us from losing the things we love? And what new gifts do we find in that loss?Baseball had been CC
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The Gift and the Curse "the Jeff Jackson Story"

by Jeff Jackson ...

Narrated by Jeff Jackson ...

Unabridged

1 hour 41 min

(Author) Jeff Jackson former high school "GATORADE" Player Of The Year and Philadelphia Phillies former #1 Draft Pick takes you on a journey deep into his life... He reveals his truth about his professional baseball career as well as his experience with the Philadelphia Phillies and shares what really happened... For the first time, he divulges his most interpersonal thoughts and feelings about ... Read more

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(Author) Jeff Jackson former high school "GATORADE" Player Of The Year and Philadelphia Phillies former #1 Draft Pick takes you on a journey deep into his life... He reveals his truth about his professional baseball career as well as his experience with the Philadelphia Phillies and shares what really happened... For the first time, he divulges his most interpersonal thoughts and feelings about
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Låt ditt barn vinna

by Magnus Hedman ...

Narrated by Magnus Hedman ...

Unabridged

3 hours 39 min

Passa bollen!! Upp i planen där bak gör du ingen nytta!! Alla föräldrar med barn som idrottar känner nog igen den typen av repliker från publiken. Många, alltför många, försöker coacha sina barn från sidan, vilket ofta ger en helt motsatt effekt. Det leder ofta istället till att barnets utveckling stannar av och deras välmående minskar. Föräldrars engagemang och förhållningssätt till sina barns ... Read more

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Passa bollen!! Upp i planen där bak gör du ingen nytta!! Alla föräldrar med barn som idrottar känner nog igen den typen av repliker från publiken. Många, alltför många, försöker coacha sina barn från sidan, vilket ofta ger en helt motsatt effekt. Det leder ofta istället till att barnets utveckling stannar av och deras välmående minskar. Föräldrars engagemang och förhållningssätt till sina barns
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The First All-Star Game

Babe Ruth, FDR and America at the Crossroads

by Randall Sullivan ...

Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

Unabridged

12 hours 53 min

Acclaimed journalist Randall Sullivan tells the story of baseball in America, from its rough-and-tumble origins through the first decades of the twentieth century and into the pivotal summer of 1933—when national crisis and a sport’s fight for survival converged in baseball’s first All-Star Game1933. America was still reeling from the crash. Breadlines stretched around city blocks and shanty– ... Read more

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Acclaimed journalist Randall Sullivan tells the story of baseball in America, from its rough-and-tumble origins through the first decades of the twentieth century and into the pivotal summer of 1933—when national crisis and a sport’s fight for survival converged in baseball’s first All-Star Game1933. America was still reeling from the crash. Breadlines stretched around city blocks and shanty–
... Read more
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Bums

An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers

by Peter Golenbock ...

Narrated by Raymond Todd ...

Unabridged

19 hours 34 min

Before the team headed to Los Angeles in 1957, the Brooklyn Dodgers were one of the most colorful and beloved teams in baseball. Even today, they remain ingrained in the fabric of our national pastime. In Bums, bestselling author Peter Golenbock has compiled a fascinating oral history of the Ebbets Field heroes with recollections from former players, writers, front-office executives, and faithful ... Read more

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Before the team headed to Los Angeles in 1957, the Brooklyn Dodgers were one of the most colorful and beloved teams in baseball. Even today, they remain ingrained in the fabric of our national pastime. In Bums, bestselling author Peter Golenbock has compiled a fascinating oral history of the Ebbets Field heroes with recollections from former players, writers, front-office executives, and faithful
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Tales from the Ballpark

by Mike Shannon ...

Narrated by Raymond Todd ...

Unabridged

5 hours 20 min

Mike Shannon takes you behind the scenes into the ballpark, the clubhouse, and the minor leagues in this memorable collection of anecdotes about America's pastime. Tales from the Ballpark contains more than 125 priceless stories from some of baseball's greatest players and storytellers, including legendary Hall of Famers Ralph Kiner and Bob Gibson and modern-day stars Mo Vaughn and David Wells ... Read more

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Mike Shannon takes you behind the scenes into the ballpark, the clubhouse, and the minor leagues in this memorable collection of anecdotes about America's pastime. Tales from the Ballpark contains more than 125 priceless stories from some of baseball's greatest players and storytellers, including legendary Hall of Famers Ralph Kiner and Bob Gibson and modern-day stars Mo Vaughn and David Wells
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Kings and Pawns

Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America

by Howard Bryant ...

Narrated by JD Jackson ...

Unabridged

10 hours 9 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLER | Read by AudioFile Golden Voice, JD Jackson“I loved this book.... I looked forward to [it] more than any other in a long time, and Howard Bryant exceeded my great expectations. Kings and Pawns is brilliantly conceived and powerfully written.” — David Maraniss, author of Path Lit by LightningA path-breaking work of biography of two American giants, Jackie Robinson and Paul ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER | Read by AudioFile Golden Voice, JD Jackson“I loved this book.... I looked forward to [it] more than any other in a long time, and Howard Bryant exceeded my great expectations. Kings and Pawns is brilliantly conceived and powerfully written.” — David Maraniss, author of Path Lit by LightningA path-breaking work of biography of two American giants, Jackie Robinson and Paul
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The Inside Game

Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us About Ourselves

by Keith Law ...

Narrated by Rhett Samuel Price ...

Unabridged

8 hours 22 min

In this groundbreaking book, Keith Law, the ESPN baseball writer and author of the acclaimed Smart Baseball, offers an era-spanning dissection of some of the best and worst decisions in modern baseball, explaining what motivated them, what can be learned from them, and how their legacy has shaped the game.For years, Daniel Kahneman’s iconic work of behavioral science Thinking Fast and Slow has ... Read more

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In this groundbreaking book, Keith Law, the ESPN baseball writer and author of the acclaimed Smart Baseball, offers an era-spanning dissection of some of the best and worst decisions in modern baseball, explaining what motivated them, what can be learned from them, and how their legacy has shaped the game.For years, Daniel Kahneman’s iconic work of behavioral science Thinking Fast and Slow has
... Read more
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Swing Kings

The Inside Story of Baseball's Home Run Revolution

by Jared Diamond ...

Narrated by Joe Farinacci ...

Unabridged

10 hours 8 min

""This is the best baseball book I’ve read in years. Swing Kings is a love letter to small people with big ideas."" — Sam Walker, author of The Captain ClassFrom the Wall Street Journal’s national baseball writer, the captivating story of the home run boom, following a group of players who rose from obscurity to stardom and the rogue swing coaches who helped them usher the game into a new age.We ... Read more

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""This is the best baseball book I’ve read in years. Swing Kings is a love letter to small people with big ideas."" — Sam Walker, author of The Captain ClassFrom the Wall Street Journal’s national baseball writer, the captivating story of the home run boom, following a group of players who rose from obscurity to stardom and the rogue swing coaches who helped them usher the game into a new age.We
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Grinders

Baseball's Intrepid Infantry

by Mike Capps, Chuck Hartenstein ...

Narrated by Mike Capps ...

Unabridged

9 hours 9 min

Baseball is a game of stars, but this is not their story. These are the stories of players who battled their way to a chance in the big leagues and hung on as long as they could — Deacon Jones, Brian Mazone, and Lorenzo Bundy. They are tales of a love of the game, passed from father to son. Without the Grinders, without their grit, determination, and persistence, there would be no stars. The ... Read more

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Baseball is a game of stars, but this is not their story. These are the stories of players who battled their way to a chance in the big leagues and hung on as long as they could — Deacon Jones, Brian Mazone, and Lorenzo Bundy. They are tales of a love of the game, passed from father to son. Without the Grinders, without their grit, determination, and persistence, there would be no stars. The
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Tom Seaver

A Terrific Life

by Bill Madden ...

Narrated by David Marantz ...

Unabridged

9 hours 15 min

An authoritative, “must-read” (Keith Hernandez) baseball biography of New York Mets and Hall of Fame pitching legend Tom Seaver, still the greatest player ever to wear a Mets jersey, by a journalist who knew him well.He was called Tom Terrific for a reason. Tom Seaver is “among the greatest pitchers of all time” (Bob Costas). He is one of only two pitchers with 300 wins, 3,000 strikeouts, and an ... Read more

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An authoritative, “must-read” (Keith Hernandez) baseball biography of New York Mets and Hall of Fame pitching legend Tom Seaver, still the greatest player ever to wear a Mets jersey, by a journalist who knew him well.He was called Tom Terrific for a reason. Tom Seaver is “among the greatest pitchers of all time” (Bob Costas). He is one of only two pitchers with 300 wins, 3,000 strikeouts, and an
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Sixty Feet, Six Inches

A Hall of Fame Pitcher & A Hall of Fame Hitter Talk about How the Game Is Played

by Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson, Lonnie Wheeler ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis, Dominic Hoffman ...

Unabridged

9 hours 25 min

**Reggie Jackson and Bob Gibson offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to understand America's pastime from their unique insider perspective.**Legendary. Insightful. Uncompromising. Candid. Uncensored. Mr. October and Hoot Gibson unfortunately never faced each other on the field. But now, in Sixty Feet, Six Inches, these two legends open up in fascinating detail about the game they love and how it ... Read more

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**Reggie Jackson and Bob Gibson offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to understand America's pastime from their unique insider perspective.**Legendary. Insightful. Uncompromising. Candid. Uncensored. Mr. October and Hoot Gibson unfortunately never faced each other on the field. But now, in Sixty Feet, Six Inches, these two legends open up in fascinating detail about the game they love and how it
... Read more
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The Wax Pack

On the Open Road in Search of Baseball's Afterlife

by Brad Balukjian ...

Narrated by Brad Balukjian ...

Unabridged

9 hours 57 min

Is there life after baseball? Starting from this simple question, The Wax Pack ends up with something much bigger and unexpected—a meditation on the loss of innocence and the gift of impermanence, for both Brad Balukjian and the former ballplayers he tracked down. To get a truly random sample of players, Balukjian followed this wildly absurd but fun-as-hell premise: he took a single pack of ... Read more

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Is there life after baseball? Starting from this simple question, The Wax Pack ends up with something much bigger and unexpected—a meditation on the loss of innocence and the gift of impermanence, for both Brad Balukjian and the former ballplayers he tracked down. To get a truly random sample of players, Balukjian followed this wildly absurd but fun-as-hell premise: he took a single pack of
... Read more
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Bouton

The Life of a Baseball Original

by Mitchell Nathanson ...

Narrated by Barry Abrams ...

Unabridged

13 hours 55 min

From the day he first stepped into the Yankee clubhouse, Jim Bouton (1939–2019) was the sports world's deceptive revolutionary. Underneath the crew cut and behind the all-American boy-next-door good looks lurked a maverick with a signature style. Whether it was his frank talk about player salaries and mistreatment by management, his passionate advocacy of progressive politics, or his efforts to ... Read more

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From the day he first stepped into the Yankee clubhouse, Jim Bouton (1939–2019) was the sports world's deceptive revolutionary. Underneath the crew cut and behind the all-American boy-next-door good looks lurked a maverick with a signature style. Whether it was his frank talk about player salaries and mistreatment by management, his passionate advocacy of progressive politics, or his efforts to
... Read more
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Pioneers of the Diamond, The: Uncovering First Olympic Baseball Team

by Tina Mcbride ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Anya G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 42 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Within the pages of this captivating book, readers are taken on a thrilling journey back in time to explore the untold story of the first baseball team that made history by competing in the Olympics. Delving deep into the archives of sporting history, the author meticulously uncovers the challenges, triumphs, and groundbreaking moments that defined ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Within the pages of this captivating book, readers are taken on a thrilling journey back in time to explore the untold story of the first baseball team that made history by competing in the Olympics. Delving deep into the archives of sporting history, the author meticulously uncovers the challenges, triumphs, and groundbreaking moments that defined
... Read more
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Emperors and Idiots

The Hundred Year Rivalry Between the Yankees and Red Sox, From the Very Beginning to the End of the Curse

by Mike Vaccaro ...

Narrated by Richmond Hoxie ...

Abridged

5 hours

The New York Yankees. The Boston Red Sox. For a hundred years, no two teams have locked horns as fiercely or as frequently – and no two seasons frame the colossal battle more perfectly than 2003 and 2004. Now, with incredible energy and access, leading sports columnist Mike Vaccaro chronicles the history of the greatest rivalry in sports, and the two stunning American League Championship Series ... Read more

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The New York Yankees. The Boston Red Sox. For a hundred years, no two teams have locked horns as fiercely or as frequently – and no two seasons frame the colossal battle more perfectly than 2003 and 2004. Now, with incredible energy and access, leading sports columnist Mike Vaccaro chronicles the history of the greatest rivalry in sports, and the two stunning American League Championship Series
... Read more
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Sports Byline: Cam Perron

by Ron Barr ...

Narrated by Ron Barr, Cam Perron ...

Series series Sports Byline Classics
Unabridged

10 min

In this Sports Byline interview, Ron Barr talks to Cam Perron, who developed an interest in the Negro League baseball players when he was just 12 years old. Perron has since been chronicling his research on the players and the league, and was featured on HBO’s Real Sports.Perron shares stories from the Negro League players he’s become close with in his research and gives insight into this ... Read more

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In this Sports Byline interview, Ron Barr talks to Cam Perron, who developed an interest in the Negro League baseball players when he was just 12 years old. Perron has since been chronicling his research on the players and the league, and was featured on HBO’s Real Sports.Perron shares stories from the Negro League players he’s become close with in his research and gives insight into this
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Baseball Audiobooks

In Scoring Position

Trading Bases

The Last Hero

The Baby Bombers

The Echoing Green

Baseball History

Bat Boy

Till the End

The Gift and the Curse "the Jeff Jackson Story"

Låt ditt barn vinna

The First All-Star Game

Bums

Tales from the Ballpark

Kings and Pawns

The Inside Game

Swing Kings

Grinders

Tom Seaver

Sixty Feet, Six Inches

The Wax Pack

Bouton

Pioneers of the Diamond, The: Uncovering First Olympic Baseball Team

Emperors and Idiots

Sports Byline: Cam Perron