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  • Baseball in Alabama

    Tales of Hardball in the Heart of Dixie

    by Doug Wedge ...
    Series series Sports
    Although football may first spring to mind when talking about sports in Alabama, the state has certainly made its mark with the national pastime. Thirteen players with Alabama roots are enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, including all-time greats like Hank Aaron, Ozzie Smith and Satchel Paige. Bob Veale of Birmingham led the National League in strikeouts in 1964. Superstars and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pinnacle on the Mound

    Cy Young Award Winners Talk Baseball

    by Doug Wedge ...
    Cy Young Award winners spanning fifty years of baseball history reflect on their iconic seasons, keys to success, and most memorable moments.In Pinnacle on the Mound: Cy Young Award Winners Talk Baseball, ten pitchers who were recognized as the best in the game share fascinating stories from their years in the majors. Featuring pitchers such as Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley and five-time Gold ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Cy Young Catcher

    by Doug Wedge, Charlie O'Brien ...
    Series series Swaim-Paup-Foran Spirit of Sport Series, sponsored by James C. ’74 & Debra Parchman Swaim, Nancy & T. Edgar Paup ’74, & Joseph Wm. & Nancy Foran
    During fifteen seasons in the major leagues, Charlie O’Brien was battery-mate to thirteen pitchers who won the Cy Young Award, presented each year by the Baseball Writers Association of America.To put that accomplishment in perspective, Hall of Fame catchers Johnny Bench and Yogi Berra each worked with only one Cy Young winner during their careers. Legendary hurlers caught by O’Brien include such ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • Beyond Belief

    Finding the Strength to Come Back

    by Josh Hamilton, Tim Keown ...
    Josh Hamilton was the first player chosen in the first round of the 1999 baseball draft. He was destined to be one of those rare "high-character " superstars. But in 2001, working his way from the minors to the majors, all of the plans for Josh went off the rails in a moment of weakness. What followed was a 4-year nightmare of drugs and alcohol, estrangement from friends and family, and his ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • A Pitcher's Story

    Innings with David Cone

    by Roger Angell ...
    Baseball's best writer offers an extraordinarily candid and thorough exploration of the inner craft of pitching from one of the game's best, David Cone.There is no big league pitcher who is more respected for his skill than David Cone.In his stellar career Cone has won multiple championships andcountless professional accolades. Along the way, the perennial all-star has had to adjust to five ... Read more

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  • A Season to Remember

    How Canada's Team Gave Us the Best Summer in Twenty-two Years

    by The Toronto Star ...
    What started as a baseball season like any other became the most thrilling sports story of 2015Canada’s team began the season with as many losses as wins, but things changed rapidly. With inspired moves by management at the trade deadline, and a bullpen rally not seen since the back-to-back championships of 1992 and 1993, they were back on top.The boys in blue went on to score 891 runs—127 runs ... Read more

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  • The Utility of Boredom

    Baseball Essays

    by Andrew Forbes ...
    A collection of essays for ardent seamheads and casual baseball fans alike, The Utility of Boredom is a book about finding respite and comfort in the order, traditions, and rituals of baseball. It’s a sport that shows us what a human being might be capable of, with extreme dedication—whether we're eating hot dogs in the stands, waiting out a fog delay in our living rooms, or practising the lost ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame

    by Bill James ...
    Arguing about the merits of players is the baseball fan's second favorite pastime and every year the Hall of Fame elections spark heated controversy. In a book that's sure to thrill--and infuriate--countless fans, Bill James takes a hard look at the Hall, probing its history, its politics and, most of all, its decisions. ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • In the Time of Bobby Cox

    The Atlanta Braves, Their Manager, My Couch, Two Decades, and Me

    by Lang Whitaker ...
    Bobby Cox has now hung up his spikes, leaving behind an unparalleled tenure as one of the most successful managers of all time. Known throughout baseball as a player’s manager, the legendary skipper has endeared himself to all who love the game. His constancy has been an anomaly in this fickle sports era, and In the Time of Bobby Cox is Lang Whitaker’s heartfelt exploration of the lessons he’s ... Read more

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  • Ballplayer

    by Chipper Jones, Carroll Rogers Walton ...
    Atlanta Braves third baseman and National Hall of Famer Chipper Jones—one of the greatest switch-hitters in baseball history—shares his remarkable story, while capturing the magic nostalgia that sets baseball apart from every other sport.Before Chipper Jones became an eight-time All-Star who amassed Hall of Fame–worthy statistics during a nineteen-year career with the Atlanta Braves, he was just a ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?

    A Remembrance

    by Richard Ben Cramer ...
    Richard Ben Cramer, Pulitzer Prize winner and acclaimed biographer of Joe DiMaggio decodes baseball icon Ted Williams and finds not just a great player, but also a great man.When legendary Red Sox hitter Ted Williams died on July 5, 2002, newspapers reviewed the stats, compared him to other legends of the game, and declared him the greatest hitter who ever lived.In 1986, Richard Ben Cramer spent ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Tales from the Dodgers Dugout

    A Collection of the Greatest Dodgers Stories Ever Told

    by Carl Erskine ...
    Series series Tales from the Team
    To baseball fans of today, the name Dodgers” is synonymous with Hollywood, the warm California sun, and names like Tommy Lasorda, Kirk Gibson, Steve Garvey, and Orel Hershiser. The Dodgers mean much more than that to fans of baseball history, however. Namely, these fans remember the famed Boys of Summer,” otherwise known as the Brooklyn Dodgers, a team that included some of the most storied ... Read more

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