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Babe: The Legend Comes to Life (Fireside Sports Classics)
by Robert Creamer  Publisher Comments "I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can." -- Babe Ruth Babe Ruth is without a doubt the most famous character ever produced by the sport of baseball. A legendary player, world-famous for his...
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Wrong Side of the Wall: The Life of Blackie Schwamb, the Greatest Prison Baseball Player of All Time
by Eric Stone Publisher Comments An account of Ralph "Blackie" Schwamb, one of the best baseball prospects ever to come out of Los Angeles, who became the greatest player in the history of prison baseball....
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Yankee for Life: My 40-Year Journey in Pinstripes
by Bobby Murcer Publisher Comments A former Yankees great remembers his years in pinstripes and talks candidly about his courageous battle with brain cancer. As he stepped to the plate at Yankee Stadium on Opening Day in 1966, Bobby Murcer carried with him the hopes and expectations of...
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The Curt Flood Story: The Man Behind the Myth
by Stuart L. Weiss Synopsis Curt Flood, former star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, is a hero to many for selflessly sacrificing his career to challenge baseball's reserve system. Although he lost in the Supreme Court, he has become for many a martyr in the later...
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When Boston Still Had the Babe: The 1918 World Series Champion Red Sox
by Bill (edt) Nowlin Synopsis Until Red Sox fans could relax (a bit) after expunging The Curse, it seemed taboo to study their last championship year, 1918, an overlooked season in the shadow of World War I with players leaving for military service or war-related work.Thirty...
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The Wrong Stuff:
by Bill Lee Publisher Comments In this hilarious memoir, pitcher Bill "Spaceman" Lee shares his memorable baseball life, from his wacky college days at USC to his seasons as the lefty ace of the Boston Red Sox....
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The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth
by Leigh Montville Publisher Comments He was the Sultan of Swat. The Caliph of Clout. The Wizard of Whack. The Bambino. And simply, to his teammates, the Big Bam. From the award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller Ted Williams comes the thoroughly original, definitively ambitious,...
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Ball Four 20TH Anniversary Edition
by Jim Bouton 
Powells.com Staff Pick Baseball Season is upon us. I-CHI-RO! I-CHI-RO! Youngsters, you really need to read Ball Four by Jim Bouton. A season in the bigs with the expansion Seattle Pilots (Milwaukee Brewers for those that don't know.) Joe Schultz, Sal "The Barber" Maglie and...
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Baseballs Great Experiment 25 Ann Edition
by Jules Tygiel Publisher Comments In this gripping account of one of the most important steps in the history of American desegregation, Jules Tygiel tells the story of Jackie Robinson's crossing of baseball's color line. Examining the social and historical context of Robinson's...
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Mickey Mantle: Stories & Memorabilia from a Lifetime with the Mick with Other
by Mickey Herskowitz Publisher Comments In this first-ever illustrated biography published with the support of the Mantle family, the authors cover Mickey Mantle's entire life, from his impoverished youth to his glorious career to his poignant sunset years. It features rare photos and never...
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Stepping Up: The Story of Curt Flood and His Fight for Baseball Players' Rights
by Alex Belth Publisher Comments At last, a biography of the all-star baseball player who stood up to injustice. <BR>Curt Flood was a dazzling center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals when, in 1969, he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. But instead of accepting his fate...
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Free Byrd: The Power of a Liberated Life
by Paul Byrd Publisher Comments Cleveland Indians pitcher paul Byrd gives an honest account of how he has kept his faith in God despite all the trials and temptations associated with the Major league Baseball lifestyle. Paul Byrd has experienced many struggles, victories, and life...
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The Yogi Book: "I Really Didn't Say Everything I Said!"
by Yogi Berra Publisher Comments Hardly anyone would quarrel...that Winston Churchill has been replaced by Yogi Berra as the...favorite source of quotations. (The New Yorker) "Yogi Berra was one of the first guys to allow himself to be kidded by his teammates. A shrewd move--they made...
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The Life That Ruth Built: A Biography
by Marshall Smelser Review "Smelser demonstrates that a good historian can write good sports history and that good sports history makes good history. Of course Smelser had an ideal subject: Babe Ruth, the Sultan of Swat, the Colossus of Clout, the Bambino. But the author made the...
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Ten Rings: My Championship Seasons
by Yogi Berra Publisher Comments In more than a century of baseball history, there is only one player who has won the most championship rings -- Yogi Berra. He has ten of them, in fact. One for each and every finger. In Ten Rings, Yogi, for the first time, tells the stories behind each...
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Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, World War II, and the Long Journey Home
by Gary W Moore Publisher Comments Part Tuesdays with Morrie, part Field of Dreamsa true American story of World War II and redemption Driven by word of mouth and the author's heroic efforts to tell the world his father's story, Playing with the Enemy was a surprise hardcover hit for its...
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The 33-Year-Old Rookie: How I Finally Made It to the Big Leagues After Eleven Years in the Minors
by Chris Coste Publisher Comments Chris Coste dreamed of playing major-league baseball from the age of seven. But after eleven grueling years in the minors, a spot on a major-league roster still seemed just out of his reach–until that fateful call came from the Philadelphia...
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Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life
by Michael Lewis Publisher Comments "[Lewis] has such a gift for storytelling."—New York Times There was a turning point in Michael Lewis's life, in a baseball game when he was fourteen years old. The irascible and often terrifying Coach Fitz put the ball in his hand with the game on...
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A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports
by Brad Snyder Publisher Comments The author of "Beyond the Shadow of the Senators" explores the life of all-star center fielder Curt Flood and the landmark Supreme Court case that changed professional sports forever....
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Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save Baseball
by Jose Canseco Publisher Comments In 2005, Jose Canseco blew the lid off Major League Baseball's steroid scandal -- and no one believed him. His New York Times bestselling memoir Juiced met a firestorm of criticism and outrage from the media, coaches, clubs, and players, many of whom...
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