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  • The Ballplayer's Son: Following the Footsteps and Escaping the Shadow of Big Moe Franklin

    by Dell Franklin ...
    By 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 major leaguer Murray “Big Moe” Franklin, was in the middle of the fight, near the end of a nearly 20-year career in professional baseball, with a chip on his shoulder that had been there even longer ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Memories of a Ballplayer: Bill Werber and Baseball in the 1930s

    SABR Digital Library

    by Society for American Baseball Research, C. Paul Rogers, Bill Werber ...
    series SABR Digital Library
    Rich in anecdotes and humor, Bill Werber's Memories of a Ballplayer is a clear-eyed memoir of the world of big-league baseball in the 1930s. Originally published by SABR in hardcover in 2000 and in paperback in 2001, the book is still in print, but now also available as an ebook.Bill Werber's claim to fame is unique: he is the last living person to have a direct connection to the 1927 Yankees, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Memories of a Ballplayer

    Bill Werber and Baseball in the 1930s

    by Bill Werber, C. Paul Rodgers III ...
    series The SABR Digital Library
    Rich in anecdotes and humor, Bill Werber's Memories of a Ballplayer is a clear-eyed memoir of the world of big-league baseball in the 1930s. Originally published by SABR in hardcover in 2000 and in paperback in 2001, the book is still in print, but now also available as an ebook.Bill Werber's claim to fame is unique: he was the last living person to have a direct connection to the 1927 Yankees, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Ballplayer

    by Chipper Jones, Carroll Rogers Walton ...
    Atlanta Braves third baseman and National Hall of Famer Chipper Jones—one of the greatest switch-hitters in baseball history—shares his remarkable story, while capturing the magic nostalgia that sets baseball apart from every other sport.Before Chipper Jones became an eight-time All-Star who amassed Hall of Fame–worthy statistics during a nineteen-year career with the Atlanta Braves, he was just a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Name That Ballplayer

    The Ultimate Baseball "Whodunnit?" Quiz Book

    by Wayne Stewart ...
    Taking a cue from the legendary TV game show Name That Tune, Wayne Stewart's Name That Ballplayer is a unique baseball quiz book. This is not just a list of questions followed by the answers. Readers are given three sets of clues to help them name the ballplayer in question. If they get the player on the first clue, they are awarded five points. If they require a second clue, they get only three ... Read more

    $8.95 USD

  • Lyman Bostock

    The Inspiring Life and Tragic Death of a Ballplayer

    by K. Adam Powell ...
    Lyman Bostock Jr. had baseball in his blood. The son of a former Negro League standout, Bostock began his professional career with the Minnesota Twins in 1975. Two years later, he became one of the first players in major league baseball to cash in on the new era of free agency, signing with the California Angels for more than $2 million—one of the richest contracts in sports history at that time. ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Billy Southworth

    A Biography of the Hall of Fame Manager and Ballplayer

    by John C. Skipper ...
    Billy Southworth was the most successful major league baseball manager of the 1940s including the three straight years in which his St. Louis Cardinal teams won more than 100 games. He won three National League pennants with the Cardinals and one with the Boston Braves, and his .597 winning percentage is the fifth highest in baseball history. But Southworth was dogged by demons off the field, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Dick Bosman on Pitching

    Lessons from the Life of a Major League Ballplayer and Pitching Coach

    by Ted Leavengood, Dick Bosman ...
    Dick Bosman’s career in Major League Baseball as a player and coach has spanned more than 50 years. He pitched eleven seasons in the American League, was the Major League pitching coach for multiple teams, and has served as a minor league pitching coordinator for the Tampa Bay Rays since 2001. Throughout his years in baseball, Bosman has developed a distinct pitching philosophy and astute insights ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Roberto Clemente

    A great ballplayer and a greater human being

    by Ángel R. Cabán González ...
    This book is the English translation of the Spanish 1st edition of Clemente, vigente vibrante siempre, published in Puerto Rico in 2021. It is an updated edition. In it we have several details as a ballplayer, testimonies, and anecdotes of his personality formation. A true Puerto Rican jibaro, noble and humanitarian. He is our ambassador of Puerto Rican culture in the world not with power nor ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    Ballplayer

    by Chipper Jones, Carroll Rogers Walton ...
    Narrated by Chipper Jones, Mark Deakins ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 27 min

    Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones—one of the greatest switch-hitters in baseball history—shares his remarkable story, while capturing the magic nostalgia that sets baseball apart from every other sport.Before Chipper Jones became an eight-time All-Star who amassed Hall of Fame–worthy statistics during a nineteen-year career with the Atlanta Braves, he was just a country kid from small ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

  • Losing Tom, Finding Grace

    Walking through the aftermath of a son' s suicide

    by Jackie Slough ...
    series True Stories
    This book is unique.Written as a journal, it is an honest and intimate revelation of one woman's ability to cope with the unexpected suicide of her teenage son.Tom was a deep-thinking and creative young man, and an active Christian. How can a young Christian commit suicide? How can a parent not feel condemned? What goes through the minds of young people in these circumstances? Excerpts from Tom's ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Films of Endearment

    A Mother, a Son and the '80s Films That Defined Us

    by Michael Koresky ...
    **An Esquire Best Book About HollywoodA USA TODAY Best Book of 2021“A lovely and loving book.”—Will Schwalbe, New York Times bestselling author of The End of Your Life Book Club**"I'm not sure I have ever read a book about movies that is as tender and open-hearted as Films of Endearment."—Mark Harris, New York Times bestselling author of Mike Nichols: A LifeA poignant mem... ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook