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  • Hank Thompson's Blues

    de Theodore Hamm, Walter Chiu ...
    Based on the true story of how one man rose to the heights of baseball glory only to fall into the depths of the Texas prison system,Hank Thompson's Blues recounts the life of the third black player in the major leagues. Hank Thompson (1925-1969) starred for the New York Giants in the 1954 World Series before his drinking problems ruined his promising baseball career. Hank Thompson's Blues is a ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

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  • Eight Men Out

    The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series

    de Eliot Asinof ...
    A "vividly, excitingly written" classic of baseball history: "The most thorough investigation of the Black Sox scandal on record" ( Chicago Tribune).It was "the most gigantic sporting swindle in the history of America"—the 1919 fix of the World Series and attempted cover-up. Eliot Asinof has reconstructed the entire scene-by-scene story of the fantastic scandal in which eight Chicago White Sox ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • The Baseball

    Stunts, Scandals, and Secrets Beneath the Stitches

    de Zack Hample ...
    The Baseball is a salute to the ball, filled with insider trivia, anecdotes, and generations of ball-induced insanity—from Zack Hample, the bestselling author of Watching Baseball Smarter• Which Hall of Famer once caught a ball dropped from an airplane?• Why do balls get stamped with invisible ink?• What’s the best ticket to buy for catching a foul ball?• Whic... ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • American Icon

    de Teri Thompson, Nathaniel Vinton, Michael O'Keeffe, Christian Red ...
    It was an epic downfall. In twenty-four seasons pitcher Roger Clemens put together one of the greatest careers baseball has ever seen. Seven Cy Young Awards, two World Series championships, and 354 victories made him a lock for the Hall of Fame. But on December 13, 2007, the Mitchell Report laid waste to all that. Accusations that Clemens relied on steroids and human growth hormone provided and ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • A Well-Paid Slave

    Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports

    de Brad Snyder ...
    A “captivating”* look at how center fielder Curt Flood's refusal to accept a trade changed Major League Baseball forever.After the 1969 season, the St. Louis Cardinals traded their star center fielder, Curt Flood, to the Philadelphia Phillies, setting off a chain of events that would change professional sports forever. At the time there were no free agents, no no-trade clauses. When a player was ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Satch, Dizzy, and Rapid Robert

    The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball Before Jackie Robinson

    de Timothy M. Gay ...
    Before Jackie Robinson integrated major league baseball in 1947, black and white ballplayers had been playing against one another for decades—even, on rare occasions, playing with each other. Interracial contests took place during the off-season, when major leaguers and Negro Leaguers alike fattened their wallets by playing exhibitions in cities and towns across America. These barnstorming tours ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • The Old Ball Game

    How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball

    de Frank Deford ...
    The legendary NPR sports commentator and Sports Illustrated journalist retells the story of an unusual friendship between two towering figures in baseball history.At the turn of the twentieth century, Christy Mathewson was one of baseball's first superstars. Over six feet tall, clean cut, and college educated, he didn't pitch on the Sabbath and rarely spoke an ill word about anyone. He also had ... Leer más

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  • Long Balls, No Strikes

    What Baseball Must Do to Keep the Good Times Rolling

    de Joe Morgan ...
    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 was a key cog in the Big Red Machine, and he saw the game at its zenith. From his perch in the broadcast booth he ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • It's What's Inside the Lines That Counts

    Baseball Stars of the 1970s and 1980s Talk About the Game They Loved

    de Fay Vincent ...
    It’s What’s Inside the Lines That Counts brings together ballplayers, managers, an umpire, and the first head of the players’ union to describe the momentous changes to the game that took place in the 1970s and 1980s. Former MLB commissioner Fay Vincent draws from his ongoing oral history of the game to celebrate the era that spans the Miracle Mets through free agency to Cal Ripken’s historic ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The Tecumsehs of the International Association

    Canada's First Major League Baseball Champions

    de Brian Martin ...
    This is the previously untold story of the London Tecumsehs, an 1870s baseball team that rose to the top ranks of pro ball. The Tecumsehs of London, Ontario, were among the founding members of the International Association in 1877, the first league established to challenge the struggling National League, formed a year earlier. The team played against the top competition of the day and defeated ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey

    Nobility

    de Fritz Knapp ...
    As part of the acclaimed Sports Virtues series, "Branch Rickey & Jackie Robinson: Nobility" discusses the struggles and triumphs of Branch Rickey's and Jackie Robinson's lives. As with each story in the Sports Virtues series, this book assigns a virtue to a celebrated athlete or coach, and uses that person's story to help the reader achieve that virtue for him or herself.What emerges after reading ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

  • Black Giants

    de John B. Holway ...
    There is no available information at this time. ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD