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  • Underdogs

    How Two Indian Athletes Beat the Million Dollar Arm and Became Professional Baseball Players

    by Fergus Mason ...
    Baseball players come from Cuba, Korea, Japan...India? India is the least likely place anyone would expect a professional baseball player to come from, but one man saw potential, and gave two men a chance to prove themselves.After a strong display of athletics on the Indian television show Million Dollar Arm, two pitchers (Rinku Singh and Dinsesh Patel) were invited to America by the Pittsburg ... Read more

    R57,15

  • Calico Joe

    The unforgettable family drama from the number 1 Sunday Times bestselling author

    by John Grisham ...
    THE TRACY FAMILY ARE ABOUT TO BE THROWN A CURVEBALL.Thirty years have passed since the day that changed eleven-year-old Paul Tracy's life: he watched his troubled father, Warren, a pitcher for the New York Mets, clash violently with Joe Castle, star of the Chicago Cubs and Paul's hero.Now Warren Tracy is dying - and his son has decided it's time for them to face what really happened on that ... Read more

    R227,34

  • Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

    The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

    by Michael Lewis ...
    "One of the best baseball—and management—books out....Deserves a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame."—ForbesMoneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. Following the low-budget Oakland Athletics, their larger-than-life general manger, Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts, Michael Lewis has written not only "the single most influential baseball ... Read more

    R260,69

  • Mind Gym : An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

    An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

    by Gary Mack, David Casstevens ...
    Drawing on his work with some of the top teams in professional sports, noted sport psychology consultant Gary Mack shares with you the same techniques and exercises he uses to help elite athletes build mental "muscle." These 40 accessible lessons and inspirational anecdotes will help you gain the "head edge" over the competition. ... Read more

    R275,30

  • Changing The Game: Play-By-Play Book 2

    by Jaci Burton ...
    Series Book 2 - Play-By-Play
    Changing The Game is the second steamy hot tale in the Play-By-Play series from New York Times bestselling author Jaci Burton*.* Perfect for fans of Lori Foster, Maya Banks and Jill Shalvis.Playing by the rules isn't for everyone... Win at any cost. That's always been the mantra of sports agent Liz Darnell. When she carries things too far, she loses a major client in Mick Riley and figures his ... Read more

    R211,13

  • Thrown By A Curve: Play-By-Play Book 5

    by Jaci Burton ...
    Series Book 5 - Play-By-Play
    Thrown By A Curve is the fifth erotically charged book in the Play-By-Play series from New York Times bestselling author Jaci Burton*.* Perfect for fans of Lori Foster, Maya Banks and Jill Shalvis.This player has a few surprise moves... Alicia Riley's love for her job as a sports therapist for the St Louis Rivers baseball team is tested when she has to work with star pitcher Garrett Scott. Out of ... Read more

    R211,13

  • Holiday Games: A Play-By-Play Novella 6.5

    by Jaci Burton ...
    Series Book 6 - Play-By-Play
    Holiday Games is a sexy holiday novella in the Play-By-Play series from New York Times bestselling author Jaci Burton. Perfect for fans of Lori Foster, Maya Banks and Jill Shalvis.All Elizabeth and Gavin Riley want for Christmas is a baby. Despite over a year of trying, conception hasn't been successful. But for a high-achiever like Elizabeth, she must succeed at everything. That means making the ... Read more

    R38,03

  • Slider

    A Novel

    by Patrick Robinson ...
    Each summer, on the fields of glorious Cape Marlin, off theNew England coast, the nation's best college players gatherto play the most important baseball of their lives.Jack Faber is a young hotshot pitcher with an unhittable slider and a rocket for a fastball. He plays for the fabled Seapuit Seawolves and dreams of making the Big Show. But a new coach, the scowling Bruno Riazzi, a former pro ... Read more

    R243,90

  • I Don't Care If We Never Get Back

    30 Games in 30 Days on the Best Worst Baseball Road Trip Ever

    by Ben Blatt, Eric Brewster ...
    Two friends take a wild month-long road trip to hit every Major League Baseball stadium in America: "A fun ride" ( The Boston Globe).Ben, a sports analytics wizard, loves baseball. Eric, his best friend, hates it. But when Ben writes an algorithm for the optimal baseball road trip, an impossible dream of every pitch of thirty games in thirty stadiums in thirty days, who will he call on to take ... Read more

    R249,19 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Art of Fielding

    by Chad Harbach ...
    ‘Sensational’ OBSERVER‘Terrific’ JONATHAN FRANZEN‘Exceptional’ GUARDIAN‘Pure fun’ JOHN IRVING‘Outstanding’ THE TIMESA disastrous error on the field sends five lives into a tailspin in this widely acclaimed debut novel of love, life and baseball.Henry Skrimshander, a shy, small-town kid, arrives at Westish College w... ... Read more

    R123,27

  • Savage Summit

    The Life and Death of the First Women of K2

    by Jennifer Jordan ...
    Though not as tall as Everest, the "Savage Mountain" is far more dangerous. Located on the border of China and Pakistan, K2 has some of the harshest climbing conditions in the world. Ninety women have scaled Everest but of the six women who reached the summit of K2, three lost their lives on the way back down the mountain and two have since died on other climbs.In Savage Summit, Jennifer Jordan ... Read more

    R219,52

  • Jim Brown

    A Hero's Life

    by Mike Freeman ...
    The first, definitive biography of one of the most important, controversial, and outspoken athletes of the 20th century.He intimidated people on and off the football field. He was brutal yet brilliant, narcissistic yet magnanimous, relentless yet unyielding. Most of all, he was the greatest football player of all time. He was Jim Brown. A legend in his own time, Jim Brown was revered as an athlete ... Read more

    R219,52

  • Pitching Strategies Explained

    A Parent's Guide

    by Dan Russell ...
    Pitching Strategies Explained is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book in the world today on the mental strategies used by top collegiate and professional pitchers. It is a must-have for any player, parent or coach hoping to maximize success at any level of the game.Pitching Strategies Explained leaves no stone unturned as it delves into every aspect of a pitcher’s strategic universe. In ... Read more

    R190,93

  • Born Into Baseball: Laughter and Heartbreak at the Edge of The Show

    by Jim Campanis ...
    Jim Campanis Jr. is a third generation professional baseball player whose career stopped just short of the major leagues. Born Into Baseball is a collection of Jim's stories about his life in and around the game:• As a boy—meeting star players, being batboy, sitting in the owner's box• As a prospect—starring in high school, making All-American at USC, being drafted in the third round• In the ... Read more

    R116,17 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Diamonds from the Dugout

    115 Baseball Legends Remember Their Greatest Hits

    by Mark Newman ...
    What hit meant the most to you and why? It was a simple question of nine words, a magical number in baseball, and it led award-winning sportswriter Mark Newman on an eight-year journey that would bring about surprising stories and empowering life lessons from the minds of the most fabled Major League hitters in our time.Charming tales of heroic moments are delivered in a very different and ... Read more

    R152,82

  • Undeniable Why Most Baseball Players Never Get Recruited

    by Gary McDonald ...
    What if the real value of sports had nothing to do with the game itself?In today's world, talent alone is not enough. The athletes who separate themselves — in sports and in life — are the ones who develop discipline, resilience, accountability, leadership, and the ability to thrive under pressure.This book is not simply about baseball recruiting, scholarships, or making a roster.It is about ... Read more

    R265,75

  • Yankees Century

    Voices and Memories of the Pinstripe Past

    by Alan Ross ...
    Love 'em or hate 'em, there's no denying that the New York Yankees have won twenty-six world championships. No other team comes close to matching that record. Some clubs are fortunate enough to assemble a team that can be called a dynasty, most never come close — the Yankees have had five.Long before the 2000 World Series trophy was awarded, Alan Ross, a lifelong Yankees fan, began compiling a ... Read more

    R213,31 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Major League Baseball Organizations

    Team Performances and Financial Consequences

    by Frank P. Jozsa Jr. ...
    This book analyzes and highlights the development and success of major league baseball teams in the National League and the American League, focusing on each team’s performance in seasons and postseasons and to what extent each succeeded as a business enterprise despite competition for market share from other types of entertainment.The book discusses historical and financial information about the ... Read more

    R1 492,80

  • Lucky Me

    My Sixty-Five Years in Baseball

    by Eddie Robinson, C. Paul Rogers ...
    Eddie Robinson’s career lasted sixty-five years and spanned the era before and during World War II, integration, the organization of the players union, expansion, use of artificial turf, free agency, labor stoppages, and even the steroid era. He was a Minor League player, a Major League player, a coach, a farm director, a general manager, a scout, and a consultant. During his six and a half ... Read more

    R305,08

  • Big Dan Brouthers

    Baseball's First Great Slugger

    by Roy Kerr ...
    Described as "the Greatest Batsman in the Country" by sportswriters of his era, Dennis "Big Dan" Brouthers compiled a .342 batting average, tying with Babe Ruth for ninth place all-time, and slugged 205 triples, eighth all time, in 16 major league seasons. He won five batting and on-base percentage titles, and seven slugging titles, and was the first player to win batting and slugging crowns in ... Read more

    R324,75

  • Foundations of Sports Coaching

    Applying Theory to Practice

    Edited by Ashley Gill ...
    The fully revised third edition of the popular Foundations of Sports Coaching textbook aims to provide a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the practical and theoretical principles that underpin the sports coaching process, from both a participation and performance perspective. The focus of this contemporary edition is to bridge the gap between practical sports coaching delivery and the ... Read more

    R1 333,86

  • The Unnatural

    by Dave Phillips ...
    Every once in a while an incredibly talented athlete comes on the scene— in baseball that athlete would be able to run fast, throw hard, hit the ball a mile, etc. Books and movies are produced to tell the hero’s story. But what about the rest of us, the vast majority of us, who are less than talented, uncoordinated, near-sighted? Do we get a hero we can relate to?The Unnatural tells the story of ... Read more

    R210,24 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shoeless Joe

    by W. P. Kinsella ...
    The book that inspired the movie Field of Dreams.The voice of a baseball announcer tells the Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella: "If you build it, he will come.""He" is Shoeless Joe Jackson, Ray's hero."It" is a baseball stadium which Ray carves out of his cornfield.Like the movie FIELD OF DREAMS that was made from this novel, SHOELESS JOE is about baseball. But it's also about love and the power of dreams ... Read more

    R80,37

  • Faithful

    Two Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season

    by Stewart O'Nan, Stephen King ...
    Stephen King and Stewart O'Nan, lifelong Boston Red Sox addicts, chronicle the 2004 baseball season from spring training to the last dramatic game, in their dramatic World Series-winning season.Who better to follow the fortunes of a 'cursed' team like the Boston Red Sox than two renowned horror writers and lifelong Red Sox addicts?Red Sox fans have seen it all since 1918... except that elusive ... Read more

    R129,82