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  • Tales from the Detroit Tigers Dugout

    A Collection of the Greatest Tigers Stories Ever Told

    Series series Tales from the Team
    The Detroit Tigers Old English D” is one of the most recognized symbols in sports. A team rich with legends and history, the Tigers have endured in the hearts of fans and continue to up the ante of competition against rivals like the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox. The Tigers have been a constant presence in the MLB playoffs for the last four years. Three of those years resulted in ALCS ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Wander through the forests of baseball and soccer with strategists from the Three Kingdoms

    by Nomadsirius ...
    Prologue.In baseball and soccer, the outcome is determined by the coach\'s tactics.To maximize performance and profits, it is necessary to delight customers and fans with quick information gathering and accurate analysis based on vast data.The coach, who is responsible for the entire game, must respect the individuality of the players, acknowledge the unique authority of the coaches, and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Who's on First: Replacement Players in World War II

    SABR Digital Library, #26

    Series Book 26 - SABR Digital Library
    During the four seasons the U.S. was at war in World War II (1942-1945), 533 players made their major-league debuts. There were 67 first-time major leaguers under the age of 21 (Joe Nuxhall the youngest at 15 in 1944). More than 60 percent of the players in the 1941 Opening Day lineups departed for the service. The 1944 Dodgers had only Dixie Walker and Mickey Owen as the two regulars from their ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • New Century, New Team: The 1901 Boston Americans

    SABR Digital Library

    Series series SABR Digital Library
    The team now known as the Boston Red Sox played its first season in 1901. The city of Boston had a well-established National League team, known at the time as the Beaneaters, but the founders of the American League knew that Boston was a strong baseball market and when they launched the league as a new major league in 1901, they went head-to-head with the N.L. in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Boston. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Closer

    Major League Players Reveal the Inside Pitch on Saving the Game

    The closer is the ace reliever who specializes in closing out the game without surrendering the lead. Facing a power hitter in the ninth inning with a man on base and no outs takes nerves of steel. The pressure on the mound is intense. It takes a special breed to hold it together in these situations. Legendary manager Tony LaRusso said "Sure, games can get away from you in the seventh and eighth, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Detroit Tigers 1984: What A Start! What A Finish!

    SABR Digital Library, #9

    Series Book 9 - SABR Digital Library
    The 1984 Detroit Tigers roared out of the gate, winning their first nine games of the season and compiling an eye-popping 35-5 record after the campaign's first 40 games — still the best start ever for any team in major league history. The Tigers led wire-to-wire in 1984, becoming only the third team in the modern era of the majors to have done so. Detroit's determination and tenacity resulted in ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ruling Over Monarchs, Giants, and Stars

    True Tales of Breaking Barriers, Umpiring Baseball Legends, and Wild Adventures in the Negro Leagues

    The Kansas City Monarchs, the Chicago American Giants, the St. Louis Stars, the Birmingham Black Barons, the Homestead Grays, and the Indianapolis Clowns; for over fifty years, they were the Yankees, Cardinals, and Red Sox of black baseball in America. And for over a decade beginning in the late 1940s, umpire Bob Motley called balls and strikes for many of their games, working alongside such ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Derek Jeter #2

    Thanks for the Memories

    by David Fischer ...
    This book commemorates The Captain’s” career in pinstripes through words and images. David Fischer traces Derek Jeter’s legendary baseball career, from his early minor-league struggles, through his exhilarating days as a Yankees superstar, to his status as an enduring symbol of the steroid-free athlete. Indeed, Jeter’s intangible ability to play at a high level in the postseason makes him the face ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Tales from the Angels Dugout

    A Collection of the Greatest Angels Stories Ever Told

    by Steve Bisheff ...
    Series series Tales from the Team
    Tales from the Angels Dugout is a humorous and fascinating look at the lighter side of forty-one years of frustration followed by the excitement of 2002. Award-winning sportswriter Steve Bisheff reminds us of those colorful days with The Cowboy, Gene Autry and the struggles under the ownership of the Walt Disney Company, as well as the curses, hexes and tragedies that haunted the Angels for so ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Old Wise Tales: The Sporting Life

    Old Wise Tales, #3

    by Rusty Mullins ...
    Series Book 3 - Old Wise Tales
    While the mountains of southwestern Virginia are extremely beautiful and life there has its own pace, many do not realize the richness of the sports community in my mountian home. From fishing in a reclaimed mining pond to a fleeting Little League baseball moment of glory and lots inbetween - you are invited to remember a less hectic time set in the beautiful Appalachian mountains. ... Read more

    $8.00 USD

  • Six Good Innings

    How One Small Town Became a Little League Giant

    by Mark Kreidler ...
    In the tradition of Friday Night Lights comes an unforgettable portrait of a small New Jersey town that became known throughout the world for the remarkable exploits of its Little League stars.Summertime in Toms River means two things: tourists and champions. The tourists head for the beaches; the 12-year-old Little League champions can be found on the baseball diamonds, where they win titles at ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Homegrown

    How the Red Sox Built a Champion from the Ground Up

    by Alex Speier ...
    “Alex Speier spins a compelling narrative about how great scouting and player development created a perennial contender in baseball’s toughest division, without losing sight of the people at the heart of his story.” — Keith LawThe captivating inside story of the historic 2018 Boston Red Sox, as told through the assembly and ascendancy of their talented young core—the culmination of nearly a decade ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Tribe Reborn

    How the Cleveland Indians of the ?90s Went from Cellar Dwellers to Playoff Contenders

    For almost 50 years, the Cleveland Indians were a joke. They had won the 1948 World Series with one of the greatest teams of all time, but had not been to the playoffs since 1954 (losing to the New York Giants in the World Series). Even the Major League movies poked fun at their inadequacy. That all changed in the 1990s, when the Indians became one of the most dominant teams of the decade.A Tribe ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • My 30 Ballpark Summer: A Journey Through Baseball's Generations

    When Tobey Shiverick turned 78, he gave himself the gift of fulfilling a lifelong dream: To see a ballgame at every major league stadium in one season. Five months, 34,000 miles, a cycle and a steal of home later, he was done. The result was an unforgettable trip across the country of baseball, and an opportunity to grow his love of the game for himself, and across the generations of his family. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Six Decades of Baseball

    A Personal Narrative

    by Bill Lewers ...
    "...one of the most heart-felt baseball books to come out in the last few months, written not by a journalist with nice advancement but by a simple fan who put up his own money, got it self published, and got himself heard." - Tom Hoffarth, columnist for the Los Angeles Daily News"His take on some of baseballs major events and personalities are refreshingly different from the conventional wisdom ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Protecting This House: Oakland Coliseum 1980

    A personal reminiscence from childhood about a humorous incident during a visit to the Oakland Coliseum during an Oakland A's game against the Boston Red Sox in June of 1980 ... Read more

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  • Beisbol, historia y reglas.

    by Chaquil Bull ...
    Para los entusiastas fanáticos de los deportes, nada los emociona más que poder ver a sus equipos de béisbol favoritos luchar. Estos artículos brindan información detallada sobre el famoso deporte y consejos sobre diferentes bates, ejercicios para hacer e incluso problemas con los esteroides.Dentro de este libro encontrarás:Barry Bonds, sólo le falta batir un récord para ser el número 1Béisbol y ... Read more

    $7.90 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Press Box Revolution

    How Sports Reporting Has Changed Over the Past Thirty Years

    by Rich Coutinho ...
    Press Box Revolution is a journey through the evolution of reporting in New York and around the nation by a reporter who has witnessed every second of it in the past three decades. Rich Coutinho, a New York-based reporter who has covered numerous major sporting events, will escort readers into corners of the press box and locker room they have never seen and discusses what the business will look ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Red Smith Reader

    Edited by Dave Anderson ...
    Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1976, Walter Wellesley Red” Smith is considered one of the greatest sportswriters ever to live. Put alongside Ring Lardner, Red Smith was beloved by those who read him because of his crisp writing and critical views.Originally released in 1982, The Red Smith Reader is a wonderful collection of 131 columns with subjects ranging from baseball and fishing to golf, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Baseball Maniac's Almanac

    The Absolutely, Positively, and without Question Greatest Book of Facts, Figures, and Astonishing Lists Ever Compiled

    An addictive read that is sure to spark conversation wherever baseball is spoken, this updated edition of The Baseball Maniac’s Almanac is part reference, part trivia, part brain teaser, and absolutely the most unusual and thorough compendium of baseball stats and facts ever assembled-all verified for accuracy by the Baseball Hall of Fame. In its pages, renowned sportswriter Bert Randolph Sugar ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Tales from the Toronto Blue Jays Dugout

    A Collection of the Greatest Blue Jays Stories Ever Told

    by Jim Prime ...
    Series series Tales from the Team
    From the club’s inception in the late ’70s to winning the division for the first time in the ’80s, Joe Carter’s epic home run, the two World Series titles in the early ’90s, the reign of Roy Halladay, Josh Donaldson’s MVP season, and everything in between, the Blue Jays have continued to build a storied history as one of baseball’s most exciting teams. In Tales from the Toronto Blue Jays Dugout, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Wrigley Field Year by Year

    A Century at the Friendly Confines

    by Sam Pathy ...
    More than just a lavishly illustrated and highly readable book, Wrigley Field Year by Year, originally published in 2014, is the result of a quarter century of meticulous research. Written by a baseball historian and recognized authority on the Friendly Confines,” this is the first book to detail each year of the storied park’s existence. The book covers not only the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The Baseball Maniac's Almanac

    The Absolutely, Positively, and Without Question Greatest Book of Facts, Figures, and Astonishing Lists Ever Compiled

    Part reference, part trivia, part brain teaser, and absolutely the most unusual and thorough compendium of baseball stats and facts ever assembled—all verified for accuracy by the Baseball Hall of Fame.First created by legendary sportswriter Bert Randolph Sugar, and now updated, here are thousands of fascinating lists, tables, data, and stimulating facts. Inside, you’ll find all of the big name ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • You're the Umpire

    Mind-Boggling Questions to Test Your Baseball Knowledge

    by Wayne Stewart ...
    Do you think you have what it takes to be a Major League umpire? Well, now you can test your knowledge of the game with Wayne Stewart’s You’re the Umpire.Divided into three sections, this unusual handbook, now in its third edition, offers Routine Calls, which deal with scenarios and rules that typically come up in games and deal with clear-cut rules—fair and foul, strike zone questions, and the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD