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Random House USA Inc Where Nobody Knows Your Name
Book SynopsisMinor league baseball is quintessentially American: small towns, small stadiums, $5 tickets, $2 hot dogs, the never-ending possibility of making it big. But looming above it all is always the real deal: Major League Baseball. John Feinstein takes the reader behind the curtain into the guarded world of the minor leagues, like no other writer can. Where Nobody Knows Your Name explores the trials and travails of the inhabitants of Triple-A, focusing on nine men, including players, managers and umpires, among many colorful characters, living on the cusp of the dream. The book tells the stories of former World Series hero Scott Podsednik, giving it one more shot; Durham Bulls manager Charlie Montoya, shepherding generations across the line; and designated hitter Jon Lindsey, a lifelong minor leaguer, waiting for his day to come. From Raleigh to Pawtucket, from Lehigh Valley to Indianapolis and beyond, this is an intimate and exciting look at life in the minor leagues, where you&rs
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Random House USA Inc Class A Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere
Book SynopsisAn unforgettable chronicle of a year of minor-league baseball in a small Iowa town that follows not only the travails of the players of the Clinton LumberKings but also the lives of their dedicated fans and of the town itself. Award-winning essayist Lucas Mann delivers a powerful debut in his telling of the story of the 2010 season of the Clinton LumberKings. Along the Mississippi River, in a Depression-era stadium, young prospects from all over the world compete for a chance to move up through the baseball ranks to the major leagues. Their coaches, some of whom have spent nearly half a century in the game, watch from the dugout. In the bleachers, local fans call out from the same seats they’ve occupied year after year. And in the distance, smoke rises from the largest remaining factory in a town that once had more millionaires per capita than any other in America. Mann turns his eye on the players, the coaches, the fans, the radio announcer, the
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Little Brown and Company The Hall A Celebration of Baseballs Greats
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Rickey
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Inside The Empire
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Random House USA Inc The Echoing Green
Book SynopsisThis is the untold story of the secret scandal behind baseball's most legendary moment:The Shot Heard Round the World. A Washington Post Best Book of the Year.At 3:58 p.m. on October 3, 1951, Bobby Thomson hit a home run off Ralph Branca. The ball sailed over the left field wall and into history. The Giants won the pennant. That moment—the Shot Heard Round the World—reverberated from the West Wing of the White House to the Sing Sing death house to the Polo Grounds clubhouse, where hitter and pitcher forever turned into hero and goat. It was also in that centerfield block of concrete that, after the home run, a Giant coach tucked away a Wollensak telescope. The Echoing Green places that revelation at the heart of a larger story, re-creating in extravagant detail and illuminating as never before the impact of both a moment and a long-guarded secret on the lives of Bobby Thomson and Ralph Branca.
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WW Norton & Co Baseball Haiku The Best Haiku Ever Written about
Book SynopsisPresenting more than two hundred of the greatest haiku ever written about the game.Trade Review"Cor van den Heuvel is the most important anthologist of haiku composed in English in North America." -- Japan Times"Generous, irreplaceable…It’s an eye-opener and a who’s-who of haiku today." -- Providence Sunday Journal"If you are at all interested in haiku, you want to own this book. It is simply the best, most extensive collection of English language haiku in existence, and a joy to read." -- Modern Haiku"An exceptional selection of English-language haiku at its finest." -- Library Booknotes
£14.24
WW Norton & Co Taking On the Yankees Winning and Losing in the
Book SynopsisAn illuminating history of the Yankees and the behind-the-scenes business interests that make them the dynasty they are today.
£11.99
WW Norton & Co Yogi Berra
Book Synopsis“Allen Barra brings a legendary figure from the true golden age of baseball to life.”—Bob CostasTrade Review"Starred Review. A superior sports book." -- Kirkus Reviews"Count me among the Yankee haters who devoured this book." -- David Maraniss, author of Clemente"Allen Barra’s real Yogi Berra is even more interesting than the legendary one." -- Jim Bouton, author of Ball Four
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WW Norton & Co So You Think You Know Baseball A Fans Guide to
Book SynopsisEssential for armchair umpires and scorekeepers, this guide challenges aficionados on every significant part of the Official Baseball Rules.Trade Review"Give this book to a fan and you might make yourself a friend for life." -- Mark Flowers - School Library Journal"Robert’s Rules of Order for baseball." -- Dan Shaughnessy, author of the New York Times bestseller Francona"Meltzer has pulled off a baseball feat as rare as a triple play. He’s managed to demystify—and in the process humanize—the game’s complex and often arcane rulebook." -- Frank Fitzpatrick - Philadelphia Inquirer"I loved this book. The amount of research that went into it made my head spin. It’s the real-life examples that make the difference." -- Grant Brisbee, editor, Baseball Nation"This unique breakdown of [baseball’s] complex rules makes the labyrinthine regulations easy for even casual observers to understand…. So you think you know baseball? Check out this book and you’ll know a lot more!" -- Neil Pond - American Profile"Absorbing." -- Dennis Drabelle - Washington Post
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Penguin Putnam Inc Trading Bases
Book SynopsisAn ex-Wall Street trader improved on Moneyball’s famed sabermetrics and beat the Vegas odds with his own betting methods. Here is the story of how Joe Peta turned fantasy baseball into a dream come true. Joe Peta turned his back on his Wall Street trading career to pursue an ingenious—and incredibly risky—dream. He would apply his risk-analysis skills to Major League Baseball, and treat the sport like the S&P 500. In Trading Bases, Peta takes us on his journey from the ballpark in San Francisco to the trading floors and baseball bars of New York and the sportsbooks of Las Vegas, telling the story of how he created a baseball “hedge fund” with an astounding 41 percent return in his first year. And he explains the unique methods he developed. Along the way, Peta provides insight into the Wall Street crisis he managed to escape: the fragility of the midnineties investment model; the dis
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Crown Gator My Life in Pinstripes
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The Perseus Books Group Baseball Between the Numbers Why Everything You
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Mariner Books Billy Martin Baseballs Flawed Genius
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Mariner Books Fenway 1912 The Birth of a Ballpark a
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Matheny Manifesto A Young Managers OldSchool
Book SynopsisSt. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny's New York Times bestselling manifesto about what parents, coaches, and athletes get wrong about sports; what we can do better; and how sports can teach eight keys to success in sports and life. Mike Matheny was just forty-one, without professional managerial experience and looking for a next step after a successful career as a Major League catcher, when he succeeded the legendary Tony La Russa as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals in 2012. While Matheny has enjoyed immediate success, leading the Cards to the postseason four times in his first four years−a Major League record−people have noticed something else about his life, something not measured in day-to-day results. Instead, it’s based on a frankly worded letter he wrote to the parents of a Little League team he coached, a cry for change that became an Internet sensation and eventually a “manifesto.” The tough-love philos
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Random House USA Inc Skinnybones
Book SynopsisIf you thought Junie B. Jones was FUNNY—catch more laughs from New York Times bestselling author Barbara Park with Skinnybones! Just right for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and I Funny, Skinnybones has been a kid and teacher favorite for almost thirty years and has sold over 1 MILLION copies! Play ball??? Alex Frankovitch is the smallest, second-worst kid on his team. But he has a MAJOR-LEAGUE-sized mouth. And it gets him into MAJOR-LEAGUE trouble! Even Alex knows he’s gone too far when he brags his way into a pitching contest with T.J. Stoner, the best player—and BIGGEST jerk—in the whole school (and maybe the whole world!). Can Alex talk his way out this mess? Or is he in for the GRAND SLAM of all humiliations? Find out in the award-winning, laugh-out-loud novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Junie B. Jones! “Park is one of the funniest writers around. Skinnybones equals tickled funnybones.” —Booklist “Hilarious! Even if you don’t know center field from first base this story will keep you laughing.” —Children’s Book Review Service “Park writes…in a way that touches reality, but makes the reader double over with laughter.” —Chicago Sun-Times
£9.90
Arcadia Publishing Yankees Baseball
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Arcadia Publishing Black Baseball in Detroit Black America
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Arcadia Publishing The American League The Early Years 19011920
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Arcadia Publishing The House of David Baseball Team Images of
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Arcadia Publishing New York Yankees The First 25 Years Sports
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Arcadia Publishing Brooklyn Dodgers Images of Sports
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Arcadia Publishing The Little Leaguer Baseball World Series Images
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Arcadia Publishing Baseball in Rochester Images of Baseball
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Arcadia Publishing Inc. Baseball in New Haven Images of Baseball
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Arcadia Publishing Baseball in Reading Images of Baseball
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Arcadia Publishing Inc. Bridgeport Baseball Images of Baseball
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Arcadia Publishing Inc. Baseball in Newark Images of Baseball
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Arcadia Publishing Baseball in Washington D.C.
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Arcadia Publishing Baseball in Greenville and Spartanburg Images of
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Arcadia Publishing Baseball in New Orleans Images of Baseball
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Arcadia Publishing Inc. Baseball in Catawba County Images of Baseball
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Arcadia Publishing Baseball at Ball State Images of Baseball
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Arcadia Publishing Inc. Baseball in Columbus Images of Sports
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Arcadia Publishing Riverfront Stadium Home of the Big Red Machine
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Arcadia Publishing Inc. The Cleveland Indians Cleveland Press Years
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Arcadia Publishing Inc. San Francisco Seals Images of Baseball
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Arcadia Publishing Inc. The Hollywood Stars Images of Baseball
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Arcadia Publishing Hoosier Hitmen Indiana University Baseball Images
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Arcadia Publishing Baseball in Fort Worth Images of Baseball
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Arcadia Publishing Comiskey Park Images of Baseball
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Arcadia Publishing Baseball at Davenports John ODonnell Stadium
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Arcadia Publishing Notre Dame Baseball Greats From Anson to Yaz
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Arcadia Publishing The Portland Beavers Images of Baseball
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Arcadia Publishing The American Association Milwaukee Brewers Images
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Arcadia Publishing Baseball in Omaha Images of Baseball
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Arcadia Publishing Baseball in Dallas Images of Baseball
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