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"A delightful look at all the little things that make major league baseball a subtle spectacle." -Seattle Times
In his classic tribute to America's pastime, political commentator, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and lifelong sports enthusiast George F. Will travels from the baseball field to the dugout to the locker room to get to the root of the game we all love. He breaks down the sport to its four basic components,...
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Get the Summary of Michael Lewis's Moneyball in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Moneyball" by Michael Lewis explores the innovative approach to baseball management by Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's. Facing financial constraints, Beane challenges traditional scouting methods by focusing on data and statistics to identify undervalued players. The book delves into Beane's personal history as a...
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"The outcome isn't in doubt. These guys will hit. I'm life's third guarantee." – the Third Guarantee
In your hands you hold the answers to hitting major league down/away pitches, off or over the open side power alley wall. You also hold the answers to driving in a runner on second base with two outs.
There isn't a talent shortage in major league baseball. There is a skills shortage; specifically, 6-9 hitters who can drive outside...
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People who love baseball do strange things. The best basketball player on the planet gave up millions of dollars and left the NBA to play for a thousand a month with a low level minor league baseball team. The world's first millionaire author would trade every dollar if he could have played just one season of professional hardball. What follows are the true stories of one of baseball's greatest teams and one of the world's best novelists - as well...
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When the Boston Red Sox won the World Series on October 27, 2004, they made history. Their stunning comeback against the New York Yankees and their four-game annihilation of the St. Louis Cardinals capped one of the most thrilling postseason runs ever. The World Series victory-Boston's first in 86 years-came less than three years after John Henry and Tom Werner bought the team from the Yawkey Trust and forever changed the way the Red Sox operated...
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As America developed a huge appetite for its emerging passion in the late 19th century, one man stood above all other baseball players - Cannonball Crane. He was the biggest, strongest, and the heaviest star the game had. His record heave in the Polo Grounds set a record for a 'long throw' that probably still stands today - as does his 428 batting average for Toronto. That mark is still far and away the high water mark for any pitcher in the nearly...
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Get the Summary of Joe Posnansk's Why We Love Baseball in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Why We Love Baseball" by Joe Posnanski is a heartfelt exploration of baseball's most memorable moments and the emotional connections they forge. Posnanski intertwines personal anecdotes with historical events, capturing the essence of the sport through various lenses. From Joe Mantegna's awe at Kerry Wood's 20-strikeout game...
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"Delightful and insightful." -John Thorn, author of Total Baseball Baseball is the only sport where the defense has the ball, and there is no lonelier in the world of sports than the pitcher's mound. Which makes Yankee relievers among the most scrutinized and intriguing group of athletes in the game. In Bullpen Diaries, Charley Rosen, lifelong Yankees fan and co-author of the bestseller More Than Just a Game, delivers a fun, insider's look at this...
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That old baseball saying is right: It is a funny game. No other sport can compare to the national pastime's vast catalog of silly quips and quotations, unforgettable characters, memorable nicknames, and inventive pranks.
The Funniest Baseball Book Ever captures it all between two covers. It's simply the most complete, contemporary resource for baseball humor. This compendium expertly draws on a century of history and several hundred sources to lend...
11) The Jewish Mets
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Of the tens of thousands of men who have played Major League Baseball, about 160 of them were Jewish. The New York Mets, who play in the Jewish capital of America, have had just nine Jews take the field for them. "The Jewish Mets" takes a look at each of them; what is was like to play for the Mets and their experiences playing in a sport with so few Jewish colleagues.
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Get the Summary of Jane Leavy's Sandy Koufax in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Sandy Koufax" by Jane Leavy is a comprehensive biography that delves into the life and career of the legendary Dodgers pitcher. The book paints a portrait of Koufax's harmonious blend of natural talent and mastered craft, which allowed him to dominate baseball with his fastball and curveball. It explores his profound understanding of...
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Don Zimmer is baseball. His first book, Zim-A Baseball Life, was a New York Times bestseller and one of the best baseball memoirs ever published. Now, in The Zen of Zim, one of baseball's most beloved figures offers readers an insightful look into the baseball of yesterday and today.
Baseball fans will love hearing Zim's positions on such things as pitching inside, managing, bosses, and more.
With more than fifty-six years in baseball, Don Zimmer...
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The extent to which remarkable things can happen on a baseball field is virtually limitless. Bats break, balls carom wildly, personalities clash, and playing fields are invaded by uninvited guests.
Mudville Madness is for baseball fans who seek something beyond the standard boxscores-something new or rarely encountered. This book is a jaunt into the realm of the extraordinary and (at times) outright bizarre. The most uncommon events in three centuries...
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*The eagerly anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking first version of Projecting X!*In Projecting X 2.0: How to Forecast Baseball Player Performance, FanGraphs expert Mike Podhorzer takes you on a journey through the process of projecting baseball player performance. As he walks you through an assortment of both basic and advanced metrics, citing various pieces of relevant research along the way, you will learn the whats, whys, and hows of each...
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In Projecting X: How to Forecast Baseball Player Performance, FanGraphs expert Mike Podhorzer takes you on a journey through the process of projecting baseball player performance. As he walks you through an assortment of both basic and advanced metrics, citing various pieces of relevant research along the way, you will learn the whats, whys and hows of each statistic.After becoming an expert on analyzing the statistics and metrics used in forecasting,...
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1954: Perhaps no single baseball season has so profoundly changed the game forever. In that year-,the same in which the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled, in the case of Brown vs. Board of Education, that segregation of the races be outlawed in America's public schools-,Larry Doby's Indians won an American League record 111 games, dethroned the five-straight World Series champion Yankees, and went on to play Willie Mays's Giants in the first World...
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Do you think your team is bad? In this landmark work on one of the most tortured franchises in baseball, one reporter discovers that nine innings can feel like an eternity.
In early 1973, gonzo sportswriter Mike Shropshire agreed to cover the Texas Rangers for the Fort-Worth Star-Telegram, not realizing that the Rangers were arguably the worst team in baseball history. Seasons in Hell is a riotous, candid, irreverent behind-the-scenes account in...
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Now revised and updated to include reflections on the modern era of Red Sox baseball Commemorating the Boston Red Sox's unforgettable championship run in the fall of 2004, go behind the scenes and inside the dugout, bullpen, and clubhouse to discover how this team defied the ultimate odds. This oral history highlights how, during a span of just 76 hours, the Red Sox won four do-or-die games against their archrivals, the New York Yankees,...
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Baseball Photography Classics
"It's a great addition to your coffee table, or as a gift to the baseball fan in your life." ―baseballmusings.com
#1 New Release in Photojournalism, Photo Essays, Statistics, History, Sports Photography, and SportsPicturing America's Pastime celebrates baseball through a unique photography collection of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum's unmatched archive of baseball photos.
Preserving History,...
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