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  • Savage Summit

    The Life and Death of the First Women of K2

    by Jennifer Jordan ...

    R209,75

  • 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

    R217,22

  • 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

    R249,19

  • 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

    R263,11

  • 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

    R201,70

  • 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

    R201,70

  • 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

    R36,35

  • 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

    R209,75

  • 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

    R182,47

  • 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

    R240,91 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Slider

    A Novel

    by Patrick Robinson ...

    R233,09

  • Cramer's Choice

    Memoir of a Baseball Card Collector Turned Manufacturer

    by Mike Cramer ...
    Mike Cramer's first love was baseball cards. Before high school he had a mail-order trading card business. At age 30 he founded Pacific Trading Cards with money he made fishing crab in the Bering Sea. From 1980 to 2004, Pacific created more than 200 successful trading card products. In 2021, a Pacific Tom Brady rookie card sold for $117,000. Pacific's cards remain some of the hobby's most sought ... Read more

    R310,37

  • "Hey Mom, wanna have a catch?"

    A Collection of Baseball Stories...honoring moms and dads who taught us to love America's National Pastime

    by Rob Sheinkopf ...
    49 Baseball Stories That Will Warm Your Heart!This anthology celebrates parenthood and the powerful influence moms and dads have on their sons' and daughters' lifelong love for baseball.Author Rob Sheinkopf retired from a career in higher education and served as a Luxury Suites Concierge for the San Francisco Giants. At Oracle Park he listened to his guests tell their tales of fandom, oftentimes ... Read more

    R155,12

  • Two Outs, So What!

    The 2001 Seattle Mariners

    Edited by Steve Friedman, Eric Vickrey, Bill Nowlin ...
    Twenty-five years ago, the Seattle Mariners had a magical season and pennant fever gripped the Pacific Northwest. This book collects biographies of every player on the 2001 roster and looks back at key games and moments in their record-setting run-a 116-win season, the best in American League history. Their penchant for comeback victories inspired the catchphrase: "Two Outs, So What!"The M's built ... Read more

    R155,12

  • Baseball on the Brink

    The Crisis of 1968

    by William J. Ryczek ...
    Major League Baseball was in crisis in 1968. The commissioner was inept, professional football was challenging the sport's popularity and the game on the field was boring, with pitchers dominating hitters in a succession of dull, low-scoring games. The major league expanded for the 1969 season but the muddled process by which new franchises were selected highlighted the ineffective management of ... Read more

    R310,37

  • The Pride of Havana

    A History of Cuban Baseball

    by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria ...
    From the first amateur leagues of the 1860s to the exploits of Livan and Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, here is the definitive history of baseball in Cuba. Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria expertly traces the arc of the game, intertwining its heroes and their stories with the politics, music, dance, and literature of the Cuban people. What emerges is more than a story of balls and strikes, but a richly ... Read more

    R452,86

  • Dugouts and Deadlines

    Triumphs and Heartaches With the Texas Rangers

    by Jim Reeves ...
    Heartaches and Triumphs with the Texas Rangers, discloses how Nolan Ryan came to make peace with Robin Ventura, the player who had charged the mound and launched a bloody (and losing) attack on the legendary pitcher.Reeves is the author of Dallas Cowboys: The Legends of America’s Team and Remember the Alamo Bowl: Bram Kohlhausen’s Epic TCU Comeback. The award-winning sports reporter and columnist ... Read more

    R164,21 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Braves Field: Memorable Moments at Boston's Lost Diamond

    SABR Digital Library, #29

    by Society for American Baseball Research ...
    Series Book 29 - SABR Digital Library
    From its opening on August 18, 1915 to the sudden departure of the Boston Braves to Milwaukee just weeks before the start of the 1953 baseball season, Braves Field was home to Boston's National League baseball club. The ballpark hosted many other events, from college and NFL football to major-league soccer to championship boxing, and the facility lives on as Boston University's Nickerson Field. ... Read more

    R158,67

  • Live All You Can

    Alexander Joy Cartwright and the Invention of Modern Baseball

    by Jay Martin ...
    Laying waste to the notion that Abner Doubleday established the modern game of baseball, acclaimed biographer Jay Martin makes a bold case for A. J. Cartwright (1820-1892), an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and avid ballplayer whose keen perception and restless spirit codified the rules of the sport and engineered its rapid spread throughout the country.Consulting Cartwright's personal ... Read more

    R321,41

  • One Season in the Sun

    by Joe Schuster ...
    Series series Gemma Open Door
    These are the tales of one-season wonders. The history of baseball is filled with forgotten names—players who are good enough to reach the top of the sport but who, for any number of reasons, land at the edges of the game. Some spend a week or two in the major leagues and then disappear back into the minors. Many leave the sport for good. Still, for an afternoon, a week, or a couple of months, ... Read more

    R81,41

  • Yankee Stories Untold

    An Insider's Memoir from Ruth to Jeter

    by Rich Marazzi ...
    Rich Marazzi has experienced Yankee history and its culture first-hand as a fan, a writer for Yankees Magazine, a radio talk show host, umpire in the Old Timer's Day game for 16 years, a writer for Mel Allen, the long-time voice of the Yankees, and currently as a baseball rules consultant who was hired by general manager Brian Cashman in 2004. He was also trained by Bob Sheppard as a back-up to ... Read more

    R372,47

  • Salvaged From the Flood

    by Brian Paige ...
    Salvaged From the Flood is a candid collection of first-person stories chronicling the twists and turns of a life defined by curiosity, creativity, and resilience. From Babe Ruth League baseball and high school drama to college debate tournaments and indie filmmaking, each chapter reflects on a passion pursued and the lessons discovered along the way.Through adventures in cities like Los Angeles ... Read more

    R95,14 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ross Youngs

    In Search of a San Antonio Baseball Legend

    by David King ...
    Series series Sports
    Though Ross Youngs has been enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame since 1972, few have given his remarkable career its due. Born in Shiner and raised in San Antonio, Youngs played his first game as a professional at the age of sixteen, and just three years later, his contract was purchased by the New York Giants, one of baseball's elite teams in the early twentieth century. Tragically, ... Read more

    R230,15 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • All the Way

    The Life of Baseball Trailblazer Maybelle Blair

    by Kat D. Williams ...
    The inspiring biography of former women's professional baseball player Maybelle BlairMaybelle Blair's entire life has been about baseball-women's baseball. About playing it, preserving its history, and making it accessible to everyone. A former player for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League that inspired the movie A League of Their Own, Maybelle broke down barriers for women in the ... Read more

    R372,36