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The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It
by Lawrence S. Ritter  Publisher Comments <P><CENTER><B>The Story of the<br>Early Days of Baseball<br>Told by the Men Who<br>Played It</B></CENTER></P>...
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The Physics of Baseball, 3rd Edition
by Robert Kemp Adair Publisher Comments Blending scientific fact and sports trivia, Robert Adair examines what a baseball or player in motion does-and why. How fast can a batted ball go? What effect do stitch patterns have on wind resistance? How far does a curve ball break? Who reaches first...
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The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball
by Frank Deford 
Publisher Comments Focusing on the unusual friendship between John McGraw and Christy Mathewson, "The Old Ball Game" is a masterful chronicle of the early days of baseball from America's most beloved sportswriter. Illustrations throughout....
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Moneyball : Art of Winning an Unfair Game (03 Edition)
by Michael Lewis
Publisher Comments The Oakland Athletics have a secret: a winning baseball team is made, not bought. "I wrote this book because I fell in love with a story. The story concerned a small group of undervalued professional baseball players and executives, many of whom had...
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Your Brain on Cubs: Inside the Heads of Players and Fans
by Dana Gordon Publisher Comments White Sox fans were overcome with euphoria when their beloved team won after eighty-eight years of failure, and the long-suffering Red Sox Nation finally received their vindication in 2004. Now the Cubs are the only “cursed” team left: The...
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Summer of '49
by David Halberstam Publisher Comments David Halberstam's New York Timesbestselling classic chronicle of baseball's most magnificent season, as seen through the battle royale between Joe DiMaggio's Yankees and Ted Williams's Red Sox for the heart of a nation. With incredible skill, passion...
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Baseball : Literary Anthology (02 Edition)
by Nicholas Dawidoff
Publisher Comments Robert Frost never felt more at home in America than when watching baseball "be it in park or sand lot." Full of heroism and heartbreak, the most beloved of American sports is also the most poetic, and writers have been drawn to this sport as to no other....
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The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
by Joe Posnanski Publisher Comments An award-winning sports columnist and a baseball legend tour the country to recapture the joys and wonders of America's greatest pastime....
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Baseball Oral History Project #1: The Only Game in Town: Baseball Stars of the 1930s and 1940s Talk about the Game They Loved
by Fay Vincent Publisher Comments In this tie-in to an HBO sports documentary, some of baseball's greatest legends reminisce in their own words about the game they played and loved. of photos....
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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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Living on the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember
by John Feinstein Publisher Comments Pitchers are the heart of baseball, and John Feinstein tells the story of the game today through one season and two great pitchers working in the crucible of the New York media market. Tom Glavine and Mike Mussina have seen it all in the Major Leagues...
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Heads-up Baseball (95 Edition)
by Ken Ravizza Publisher Comments What does it mean to play heads-up baseball? A heads-up player has confidence in his ability, keeps control in pressure situations, and focuses on one pitch at a time. His mental skills enable him to play consistently at or near his best despite the...
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The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.
by Robert Coover Publisher Comments His name is J. Henry Waugh. He eats delicatessen, drinks in a neighborhood bar, picks up B-girls, and likes counrty music. But he has one strange obsession. He has devised a baseball game whose every action is determined by a throw of the dice. He is the...
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The Pride of Havana: A History of Cuban Baseball
by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria Publisher Comments From the first amateur leagues of the 1860s to the exploits of Livan and Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, here is the definitive history of baseball in Cuba. Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria expertly traces the arc of the game, intertwining its heroes and their...
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Bash Brothers: A Legacy Subpoenaed
by Dale Tafoya Publisher Comments Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco-the Bash Brothers-ushered in a new era of muscle-bound power hitters in baseball in the late 1980s. Suddenly balls were flying out of the parks like never before, and the rest of baseball stood up, took notice, and followed...
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The Samurai Way of Baseball: The Impact of Ichiro and the New Wave from Japan
by Robert Whiting Synopsis The bestselling author of the baseball classic "You Gotta Have Wa delivers a fascinating look at how Japanese ballplayers are influencing and reinventing America's major leagues....
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Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Publisher Comments Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwin's touching memoir of growing up in love with her family and baseball. She re-creates the postwar era, when the corner store was a place to share stories and...
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Miracle in Chavez Ravine: The Los Angeles Dodgers in 1988
by William F. Mcneil Synopsis After winning the 1981 World Series and raising the expectations of management and fans, the Los Angeles Dodgers followed up with six years of disappointing finishes. By the time they ended the 1987 season 17 games behind the hated Giants, general...
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The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia (ESPN Pro Baseball Encyclopedia)
by Gary (edt) Gillette Publisher Comments From the sports experts at ESPN comes the most informative baseball compilation ever created—and the next best thing to watching the home team win! “I want a bumper sticker: You can have my Baseball Encyclopedia when you tear it...
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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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