Baseball category: 2631 books
by David Forst
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
The 2016 edition of the New York Times Bestselling Guide
Welcome to The Show! After 20 All-Star seasons, the creators of this, the 21st edition of the industry-leading Baseball Prospectus annual, could have been content to rest on their laurels. Instead, Baseball Prospectus 2016 contains significant...
Do You Want to Work in Baseball?
How to Acquire a Job in MLB & Mentorship in Scouting/Player Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2016
Bill Geivett's- Do You Want to Work in Baseball? Do you want to know the process of acquiring employment in MLB? Have you wondered how baseball scouts evaluate players? Do you want to know more about professional baseball Player Development? Bill Geivett draws on his 28 years of experience in professional...
by Robert L. Tiemann, Mark Rucker
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
With almost 150 years of baseball history, the stories of many players from before 1900 were long obscured. The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) first attempted to remedy this in 1989 by publishing a collection of 136 fascinating biographies of talented late-1800s players. Twenty-three...
So So In Centerfield
Baseball Quotations Honoring the Game's Hallowed Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
"The Yankees play such smart baseball that it’s almost as if they beat you wearing tuxedos." - Billy Beane
Baseball has produced more classic quotes than any other sport, by not only the players and managers but by the writers and the fans too. Sports writing legend Roger Angell...
In the Best Interests of Baseball?
Governing the National Pastime
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
In the Best Interests of Baseball? is a thoughtful, balanced look at the impact of the ninth commissioner of baseball, Bud Selig, on the sport as well as an examination of the commissioner’s position in a historical context. The more controversial topics Andrew Zimbalist probes include the conflicts...
Baseball America 2017 Prospect Handbook Digital Edition
Rankings and Reports of the Best Young Talent in Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
The one player guide every true baseball fan will want -- the leading resource for the next generation of rising stars!
The Baseball America 2017 Prospect Handbook is the ultimate guide to the next generation of baseball stars. The Prospect Handbook features in-depth analysis and statistics...
The Quality of Home Runs
The Passion, Politics, and Language of Cuban Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2008
In parks and cafes, homes and stadium stands, Cubans talk baseball. Thomas F. Carter contends that when they are analyzing and debating plays, games, teams, and athletes, Cubans are exchanging ideas not just about baseball but also about Cuba and cubanidad, or what it means to be Cuban. The Quality...
by Josh Pahigian
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
A brand new edition of the finalist for the 2008 Casey Award, presented annually to the best baseball book, 101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out profiles America’s greatest baseball museums, shrines, sports bars, pop culture landmarks and ballpark sites. From sandlots and skyboxes to...
Baseball Fantography
A Celebration in Snapshots and Stories from the Fans
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2012
A treasury of candid photos and behind-the-scenes trivia covering decades of baseball history.
Baseball Fantography is a celebration of baseball through the eyes of fans, via photos they’ve taken of players, ballparks, and related subjects over the past nine decades, along with essays, sidebars,...
Baseball America 2018 Prospect Handbook Digital Edition
Rankings and Reports of the Best Young Talent in Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
The one player guide every true baseball fan will want - the leading resource for the next generation of rising stars.
The Baseball America 2018 Prospect Handbook is the ultimate guide to the next generation of baseball stars. The Prospect Handbook features in-depth analysis and statistics...
Major League Baseball A Mile High: The First Quarter Century of the Colorado Rockies
SABR Digital Library, #58
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Major League Baseball A Mile High: The First Quarter Century of the Colorado Rockies
provides a look at the first 25 years (1993 through 2017) of the major-league baseball team in
Denver, the Colorado Rockies. Included are essays on the birth of the Rockies and biographies
of 24 of the most important...
by Rocco Constantino
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Baseball is a game of incredible moments, awe-inspiring feats, and dramatic finishes. But not all of these events actually impacted the game itself or the players still to come. Moments such as Lou Gehrig’s last Opening Day appearance, the very first All-Star game, or Mickey Mantle’s first game...
by Coach Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2005
Numerous coaching books cover the bases on the skills and drills of baseball. But very few hit on the tactical skills of the game: the situational decisions players and coaches make that often determine the outcome of games. That's where Coaching Baseball Technical and Tactical Skills stands out in...
Small Ball
The Blessings of Miniature Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
Nicknamed “America’s Pastime,” baseball is a favorite sport for many people. With little leagues, school teams, community recreation clubs, farm teams, and Major League Baseball, it is no wonder the game is so popular.
When Craig Barnes and his friends broke a window in their neighborhood...