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Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball's Greatest Gift by Harvey Araton Publisher Comments “How would you like to hang out with Yogi Berra and Ron Guidry during spring training? Funny and sweet, Driving Mr. Yogi transports you there.” — Jim Bouton, author of Ball Four It happens every spring. Yankees pitching great Ron... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover 
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The Science of Hitting by Ted Williams and John Underwood Publisher Comments Ted Williams is our greatest living expert on how to hit a baseball — the last baseball player to hit .400 in the major leagues. Williams's career hitting statistics will stand forever as a monument to his complete mastery of the single most... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Damn Yankees: Twenty-Four Major League Writers on the World's Most Loved (and Hated) Team by Rob (edt) Fleder Publisher Comments Everyone has an opinion about the Yankees. More than an opinion in most cases, but an opinion at the very least. —From the Introduction Love them or hate them, the New York Yankees have been an American institution for nearly a century. With their... (read more) Your price: $27.99 New - Hardcover
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Ozzie's School of Management: Lessons from the Dugout, the Clubhouse, and the Doghouse by Rick Morrissey Publisher Comments Going behind the scenes with Ozzie Guillen, baseball's most colorful and irrepressible manager, to reveal the hidden factors that create a winning team When Ozzie Guillen opens his mouth, nobody knows what's going to come out. And that has made the... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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Lefty: An American Odyssey by Vernona Gomez Publisher Comments A baseball legend distinguished by his competitive nature, quick wit, and generous spirit, Lefty Gomez was one of a kind. Told for the first time, this is his remarkable story. Born to a small-town California ranching family, the youngest of eight,... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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Imperfect: An Improbable Life by Jim Abbott Publisher Comments On an overcast September day in 1993, Jim Abbott took the mound at Yankee Stadium and threw one of the most dramatic no-hitters in major-league history. The game was the crowning achievement in an unlikely success story, unseen in the annals of... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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Ozzie's School of Management: Lessons from the Dugout, the Clubhouse, and the Doghouse by Rick Morrissey Publisher Comments Going behind the scenes with Ozzie Guillen, baseball's most colorful and irrepressible manager, to reveal the hidden factors that create a winning team When Ozzie Guillen opens his mouth, nobody knows what's going to come out. And that has made the... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Bullpen Gospels: Major League Dreams of a Minor League Veteran (10 Edition) by Dirk Hayhurst Staff Pick Dirk Hayhurst may well be the antithesis of the stereotypical athlete, and his book, The Bullpen Gospels, is unlike any other sports memoir of late. Chronicling the uncertain and often frustrating life of a professional ballplayer as he ascends and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Last Natural: Bryce Harper's Big Gamble in Sin City and the Greatest Amateur Season Ever by Rob Miech Publisher Comments Before Bryce Harper was the top pick in the Major League Baseball draft, before he signed the sports biggest contract ever for a first-year pro, he gambled his future on one make-or-break season. The Las Vegas High School sophomore already had dominated... (read more) Your price: $26.99 New - Hardcover
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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis Publisher Comments Billy Beane, the Oakland A's general manager, is leading a revolution. Reinventing his team on a budget, he needs to outsmart the richer teams. He signs undervalued players whom the scouts consider flawed but who have a knack for getting on base, scoring... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood by Jane Leavy Publisher Comments Jane Leavy, the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy, returns with a biography of an American original—number 7, Mickey Mantle. Drawing on more than five hundred interviews with friends and family... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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One Shot at Forever by Chris Ballard Publisher Comments The Inspirational Story of a Coach, a Baseball Team, and the Season They'll Never Forget In 1971, a small-town high school baseball team from rural Illinois playing with hand-me-down uniforms and peace signs on their hats defied convention and the odds... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $22.18 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball by R A Dickey Publisher Comments The Glass Castle meets Ball Four as Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey weaves searing honesty and baseball insight in this memoir about his unlikely journey to the big leagues. An English Lit major at the University of Tennessee, Dickey is as articulate and... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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Nolan Ryan's Pitcher's Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Power, Precision, and Long-Term Performance by Nolan Ryan Publisher Comments How does Nolan Ryan still do it? At 43 years old, Nolan Ryan is a marvel. He is still blowing his fastballs by hitters at an age when most pitchers have long since retired -- or have learned to depend on guile instead of power. But the Ryan express... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Ball: Rounding the Globe to Uncover the History of Play by John Fox Publisher Comments Anthropologist John Fox sets off on a worldwide adventure to thefarthest reaches of the globe and the deepest recesses of our ancientpast to answer a question inspired by his sports-loving son: Why do we play ball? From Mexican jungles to the small-town... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Veeck--As in Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck by Bill Veeck Publisher Comments Bill Veeck was an inspired team builder, a consummate showman, and one of the greatest baseball men ever involved in the game. His autobiography, written with the talented sportswriter Ed Linn, is an uproarious book packed with baseball history and some... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Trade Paper
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Summer of '68: The Season That Changed Baseball--And America--Forever by Tim Wendel Publisher Comments The extraordinary story of the 1968 baseball season—when the game was played to perfection even as the country was being pulled apart at the seams From the beginning, ’68 was a season rocked by national tragedy and sweeping change. Opening... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $16.75 New - Hardcover
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100 Things Rangers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (100 Things...Fans Should Know) by Rusty Burson Publisher Comments Being a Rangers fan is about more than watching the team win the big game, and this book helps fans get the most out of it. Taking 40 years of Rangers history, the book distills it to the absolute best and most compelling moments, identifying the... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Starting and Closing: Perseverance, Faith, and One More Year by John Smoltz Publisher Comments John Smoltz was one of the greatest Major League pitchers of the late twentieth/early twenty-first century--one of only two in baseball history ever to achieve twenty wins and fifty saves in single seasons--and now he shares the candid, no-holds-barred... (read more) Your price: $13.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball by George F Will Publisher Comments From the Pulitzer Prize-winning political commentator and longtime baseball fanatic George F. Will--the #1 bestselling ultimate insider's look at the exacting craft of... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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