Baseball category: 2631 books
For the Good of the Game
The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
Foreword by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The longtime Commissioner of Major League Baseball provides an unprecedented look inside professional baseball today, focusing on how he helped bring the game into the modern age and revealing his interactions with players, managers, fellow owners, and fans nationwide.
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Where Nobody Knows Your Name
Life In the Minor Leagues of Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
From the acclaimed #1 bestselling author . . . a riveting journey through the world of minor-league baseball
“No one grows up playing baseball pretending that they’re pitching or hitting in Triple-A.” —Chris Schwinden, Triple-A pitcher
“If you don’t like it here, do a better...
Pastime Lost
The Humble, Original, and Now Completely Forgotten Game of English Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Long before baseball became America’s national pastime, English citizens of all ages, genders, and classes of society were playing a game called baseball. It had the same basic elements as modern American baseball, such as pitching and striking the ball, running bases, and fielding, but was played...
by Bill James
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
When Bill James published his original Historical Baseball Abstract in 1985, he produced an immediate classic, hailed by the Chicago Tribune as the “holy book of baseball.” Now, baseball's beloved “Sultan of Stats” (The Boston Globe) is back with a fully revised and updated edition for the...
Baseball as a Road to God
Seeing Beyond the Game
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
The president of New York University offers a love letter to America’s most beloved sport and a tribute to its underlying spirituality.
For more than a decade, John Sexton has taught a wildly popular New York University course about two seemingly very different things: religion and baseball....
The Psychology of Baseball
Inside the Mental Game of the Major League Player
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2007
Get inside the minds of the stars of the diamond in this extraordinary tour of brain power, psyche, and sheer will.
Yogi Berra once said, "Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical." Even so, the Yankee great may have underestimated the brain power professional baseball...
Up, Up, and Away
The Kid, the Hawk, Rock, Vladi, Pedro, le Grand Orange, Youppi!, the Crazy Business of Baseball, and the Ill-fated but Unforgettable Montreal Expos
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
The definitive history of the Montreal Expos by the definitive Expos fan, the New York Times bestselling sportswriter and Grantland columnist Jonah Keri.
2014 is the 20th anniversary of the strike that killed baseball in Montreal, and the 10th anniversary of the team's move to Washington,...
Long Balls, No Strikes
What Baseball Must Do to Keep the Good Times Rolling
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
Nobody loves baseball more than Joe Morgan. He's proved it with his hall-of-fame performance on the field and his brilliant color commentary in the broadcast booth. Bob Costas says, "There may not be anyone alive who knows more about baseball than Joe Morgan.
In his playing days, Morgan...
Baseball FAQ
All That's Left to Know About America's Pastime
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Was Abner Doubleday the architect of baseball? What exactly did it mean to be a “professional” baseball player in the 1870s? What goes on in the front office? What exactly is the Eephus pitch? What are “the tools of ignorance”? Readers will find the answers to these questions – and many...
by John DT White
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Are you a baseball fan? Are you familiar with the rules and terminology of America’s favourite game? Would you like to know more about the history of baseball and the famous players past and present? If so, you won’t want to be without 101 Things You May Not Have Known About Baseball.Which player...
27 Men Out
Baseball's Perfect Games
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
The first in-depth look at baseball's nirvana -- a lyrical history of pitching perfection.
There have been only fourteen perfect games pitched in the modern era of baseball; the great Cy Young fittingly hurled the first, in 1904, and David Cone pitched the most recent, in 1999. In between,...
by Warren N. Wilbert
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Although very few baseball games end with a final score of one to zero, and such a score line might suggest a contest devoid of drama, nothing could be further from the truth. Since the 1876 inaugural season of professional baseball, many 1-0 games have proved as compelling as those featuring a parade...
Baseball Myths
Debating, Debunking, and Disproving Tales from the Diamond
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
Baseball followers have been perpetuating, debating, and debunking myths for nearly two centuries, producing a treasury of baseball stories and “facts.” Yet never before have these elements of baseball history been carefully scrutinized and compiled into one comprehensive work—until now. In...
Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends
The Truth, the Lies, and Everything Else
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
The latest and greatest in ESPN.com baseball guru Rob Neyer's
Big Book series, Legends is a highly entertaining guide to baseball fables that
have been handed down through generations.
The well-told baseball story has long been a staple for baseball fans. In Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball...