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Tim McCarver's Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans
Understanding and Interpreting the Game So You Can Watch It Like a Pro
Written by Tim McCarver and Danny Peary
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2013
Price: $11.99
Tim McCarver, major league baseball's premier analyst, has been surprising and delighting viewers for years with his remarkable insight. Fans who once were content to merely watch baseball were stimulated into wanting to think baseball as well. McCarver brings to the booth a combination of twenty-one years of major league service... Read more >
Understanding and Interpreting the Game So You Can Watch It Like a Pro
Written by Tim McCarver and Danny Peary
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2013
Price: $11.99
Tim McCarver, major league baseball's premier analyst, has been surprising and delighting viewers for years with his remarkable insight. Fans who once were content to merely watch baseball were stimulated into wanting to think baseball as well. McCarver brings to the booth a combination of twenty-one years of major league service... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Mickey and Willie
Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age
Written by Allen Barra
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $27.00
Acclaimed sportswriter Allen Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field.
Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light-years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age and almost the same size, and they came to New York at the same... Read more >
Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age
Written by Allen Barra
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $27.00
Acclaimed sportswriter Allen Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field.
Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light-years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age and almost the same size, and they came to New York at the same... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Mickey and Willie
Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age
Written by Allen Barra
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $13.99
Acclaimed sportswriter Allen Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field.
Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light-years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age and almost the same size, and they came to New York at the same... Read more >
Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age
Written by Allen Barra
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $13.99
Acclaimed sportswriter Allen Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field.
Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light-years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age and almost the same size, and they came to New York at the same... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Who's on Worst?
The Lousiest Players, Biggest Cheaters, Saddest Goats and Other Antiheroes in Baseball History
Written by Filip Bondy
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $24.95
A hilarious celebration of the worst in baseball history: The boneheads, cheats, jerks and losers who make the grand old game so fun
Libraries and Internet sites are filled to groaning with debates about who the best ballplayers of all time were—but how many times can you argue about Mantle... Read more >
The Lousiest Players, Biggest Cheaters, Saddest Goats and Other Antiheroes in Baseball History
Written by Filip Bondy
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $24.95
A hilarious celebration of the worst in baseball history: The boneheads, cheats, jerks and losers who make the grand old game so fun
Libraries and Internet sites are filled to groaning with debates about who the best ballplayers of all time were—but how many times can you argue about Mantle... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
Who's on Worst?
The Lousiest Players, Biggest Cheaters, Saddest Goats and Other Antiheroes in Baseball History
Written by Filip Bondy
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $12.99
A hilarious celebration of the worst in baseball history: The boneheads, cheats, jerks and losers who make the grand old game so fun
Libraries and Internet sites are filled to groaning with debates about who the best ballplayers of all time were—but how many times can you argue about Mantle... Read more >
The Lousiest Players, Biggest Cheaters, Saddest Goats and Other Antiheroes in Baseball History
Written by Filip Bondy
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $12.99
A hilarious celebration of the worst in baseball history: The boneheads, cheats, jerks and losers who make the grand old game so fun
Libraries and Internet sites are filled to groaning with debates about who the best ballplayers of all time were—but how many times can you argue about Mantle... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
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Who's on Worst?
The Lousiest Players, Biggest Cheaters, Saddest Goats and Other Antiheroes in Baseball History
Written by Filip Bondy
Read by Scott Brick
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $20.00
A hilarious celebration of the worst in baseball history: The boneheads, cheats, jerks and losers who make the grand old game so fun
Libraries and Internet sites are filled to groaning with debates about who the best ballplayers of all time were—but how many times can you argue about Mantle... Read more >
The Lousiest Players, Biggest Cheaters, Saddest Goats and Other Antiheroes in Baseball History
Written by Filip Bondy
Read by Scott Brick
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $20.00
A hilarious celebration of the worst in baseball history: The boneheads, cheats, jerks and losers who make the grand old game so fun
Libraries and Internet sites are filled to groaning with debates about who the best ballplayers of all time were—but how many times can you argue about Mantle... Read more >
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Stan Musial
An American Life
Written by George Vecsey
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2012
Price: $16.00
An American Life
Written by George Vecsey
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2012
Price: $16.00
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Veteran sports journalist George Vecsey finally gives this twenty-time All-Star and St. Louis Cardinals icon the biographical treatment he deserves. Stan Musial is the definitive portrait of one of the game’s best-loved but most unappreciated legends—told through the remembrances of those who played beside, worked with, and covered...
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Raceball
How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game
Written by Rob Ruck
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 21, 2012
Price: $18.00
From an award-winning writer, the first linked history of African Americans and Latinos in Major League Baseball
After peaking at 27 percent of all major leaguers in 1975, African Americans now make up less than one-tenth--a decline unimaginable in other men's pro sports. The number of Latin Americans, by contrast, has exploded... Read more >
How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game
Written by Rob Ruck
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 21, 2012
Price: $18.00
From an award-winning writer, the first linked history of African Americans and Latinos in Major League Baseball
After peaking at 27 percent of all major leaguers in 1975, African Americans now make up less than one-tenth--a decline unimaginable in other men's pro sports. The number of Latin Americans, by contrast, has exploded... Read more >
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Long Balls, No Strikes
What Baseball Must Do to Keep the Good Times Rolling
Written by Joe Morgan
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2011
Price: $2.99
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... Read more >
What Baseball Must Do to Keep the Good Times Rolling
Written by Joe Morgan
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2011
Price: $2.99
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... Read more >
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The Lords of the Realm
Written by John Helyar
Format: eBook, 640 pages
On Sale: July 27, 2011
Price: $22.99
In this fascinating, colorful chronicle -- based on hundreds of interviews and years of research and digging -- John Helyar brings to vivid life the extraordinary people and dramatic events that shaped America's favorite pastime, from the dead-ball days at the turn of the century through the great strike of 1994... Read more >
Written by John Helyar
Format: eBook, 640 pages
On Sale: July 27, 2011
Price: $22.99
In this fascinating, colorful chronicle -- based on hundreds of interviews and years of research and digging -- John Helyar brings to vivid life the extraordinary people and dramatic events that shaped America's favorite pastime, from the dead-ball days at the turn of the century through the great strike of 1994... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Stan Musial
An American Life
Written by George Vecsey
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $26.00
When baseball fans voted on the top twenty-five players of the twentieth century in 1999, Stan Musial didn’t make the cut. This glaring omission—later rectified by a panel of experts—raised an important question: How could a first-ballot Hall of Famer, widely considered one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, still... Read more >
An American Life
Written by George Vecsey
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $26.00
When baseball fans voted on the top twenty-five players of the twentieth century in 1999, Stan Musial didn’t make the cut. This glaring omission—later rectified by a panel of experts—raised an important question: How could a first-ballot Hall of Famer, widely considered one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, still... Read more >
Stan Musial
An American Life
Written by George Vecsey
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $11.99
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Veteran sports journalist George Vecsey finally gives this twenty-time All-Star and St. Louis Cardinals icon the biographical treatment he deserves. Stan Musial is the definitive portrait of one of the game’s best-loved but most unappreciated legends—told through the remembrances of those who played beside, worked with, and covered... Read more >
An American Life
Written by George Vecsey
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $11.99
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Veteran sports journalist George Vecsey finally gives this twenty-time All-Star and St. Louis Cardinals icon the biographical treatment he deserves. Stan Musial is the definitive portrait of one of the game’s best-loved but most unappreciated legends—told through the remembrances of those who played beside, worked with, and covered... Read more >
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Stan Musial
An American Life
Written by George Vecsey
Read by Scott Brick
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $22.50
When baseball fans voted on the top twenty-five players of the twentieth century in 1999, Stan Musial didn’t make the cut. This glaring omission—later rectified by a panel of experts—raised an important question: How could a first-ballot Hall of Famer, widely considered one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, still... Read more >
An American Life
Written by George Vecsey
Read by Scott Brick
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $22.50
When baseball fans voted on the top twenty-five players of the twentieth century in 1999, Stan Musial didn’t make the cut. This glaring omission—later rectified by a panel of experts—raised an important question: How could a first-ballot Hall of Famer, widely considered one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, still... Read more >
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Raceball
How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game
Written by Rob Ruck
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2011
Price: $25.95
The colliding histories of black and Latin ballplayers in the major leagues have traditionally been told as a story of their shameful segregation and redemptive integration. Jackie Robinson jumped baseball’s color line to much fanfare, but integration was painful as well as triumphal. It gutted the once-vibrant Negro Leagues and often... Read more >
How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game
Written by Rob Ruck
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2011
Price: $25.95
The colliding histories of black and Latin ballplayers in the major leagues have traditionally been told as a story of their shameful segregation and redemptive integration. Jackie Robinson jumped baseball’s color line to much fanfare, but integration was painful as well as triumphal. It gutted the once-vibrant Negro Leagues and often... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
Raceball
How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game
Written by Rob Ruck
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 1, 2011
Price: $25.95
How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game
Written by Rob Ruck
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 1, 2011
Price: $25.95
From an award-winning writer, the first linked history of African Americans and Latinos in Major League Baseball
After peaking at 27 percent of all major leaguers in 1975, African Americans now make up less than one-tenth--a decline unimaginable in other men's pro sports. The number of Latin Americans, by contrast, has exploded...
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Baseball
An Illustrated History, including The Tenth Inning
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward
Format: Hardcover, 592 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $75.00
The companion volume to Ken Burns’s magnificent PBS television series—updated and expanded to coincide with the broadcast of a new, two-part Tenth Inning, directed with Lynn Novick.
The authors of the acclaimed and best-selling The Civil War, Jazz, and The War turn to another uniquely American phenomenon: baseball. In words and pictures... Read more >
An Illustrated History, including The Tenth Inning
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward
Format: Hardcover, 592 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $75.00
The companion volume to Ken Burns’s magnificent PBS television series—updated and expanded to coincide with the broadcast of a new, two-part Tenth Inning, directed with Lynn Novick.
The authors of the acclaimed and best-selling The Civil War, Jazz, and The War turn to another uniquely American phenomenon: baseball. In words and pictures... Read more >
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Baseball
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Read by Ken Burns
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $35.00
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Read by Ken Burns
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $35.00
The companion to Ken Burns’s magnificent PBS television series—updated and expanded to coincide with the broadcast of a new, two-part Tenth Inning directed with Lynn Novick.
The authors of the acclaimed and bestselling The Civil War, Jazz, and The War turn to another uniquely American phenomenon: baseball. Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken...
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Baseball
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Read by Ken Burns
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $14.00
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Read by Ken Burns
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $14.00
The companion to Ken Burns’s magnificent PBS television series—updated and expanded to coincide with the broadcast of a new, two-part Tenth Inning directed with Lynn Novick.
The authors of the acclaimed and bestselling The Civil War, Jazz, and The War turn to another uniquely American phenomenon: baseball. Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken...
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The First Fall Classic
The Red Sox, the Giants, and the Cast of Players, Pugs, and Politicos Who Reinvented the World Series in 1912
Written by Mike Vaccaro
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $15.95
The Red Sox, the Giants, and the Cast of Players, Pugs, and Politicos Who Reinvented the World Series in 1912
Written by Mike Vaccaro
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $15.95
In this wonderful page-turner, veteran sports journalist Mike Vaccaro brings to life a bygone era in cinematic and intimate detail—and re-creates the magic and suspense of the world’s first classic series.
Despite a major presidential election, the near-assassination of Teddy Roosevelt, and the most sensational trial of the young century, baseball dominated...
Also available as an
eBook.
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Miracle Ball
My Hunt for the Shot Heard 'Round the World
Written by Brian Biegel and Pete Fornatale
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2010
Price: $15.00
"Nothing short of mind-blowing . . . Just amazing stuff"—Newsday
"A fast-paced, fascinating tale that combines shoe leather, high-tech forensics and some healthy dollops of luck….Biegel makes a compelling case that he's solved the mystery…his book is a home run." – Associated Press
October 3, 1951. Giants third baseman Bobby... Read more >
My Hunt for the Shot Heard 'Round the World
Written by Brian Biegel and Pete Fornatale
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2010
Price: $15.00
"Nothing short of mind-blowing . . . Just amazing stuff"—Newsday
"A fast-paced, fascinating tale that combines shoe leather, high-tech forensics and some healthy dollops of luck….Biegel makes a compelling case that he's solved the mystery…his book is a home run." – Associated Press
October 3, 1951. Giants third baseman Bobby... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Munson
The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain
Written by Marty Appel
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2010
Price: $16.00
Our captain and leader has not left us, today, tomorrow, this year, next … Our endeavors will reflect our love and admiration for him.”
—Honorary plaque to Munson in Yankee Stadium
Thurman Munson is remembered by fans as the fiercely competitive, tough, and—most of all—inspiring Yankee captain and champion from the wild Bronx... Read more >
The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain
Written by Marty Appel
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2010
Price: $16.00
Our captain and leader has not left us, today, tomorrow, this year, next … Our endeavors will reflect our love and admiration for him.”
—Honorary plaque to Munson in Yankee Stadium
Thurman Munson is remembered by fans as the fiercely competitive, tough, and—most of all—inspiring Yankee captain and champion from the wild Bronx... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Satchel
The Life and Times of an American Legend
Written by Larry Tye
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $16.00
He is that rare American icon who has never been captured in a biography worthy of him. Now, at last, here is the superbly researched, spellbindingly told story of athlete, showman, philosopher, and boundary breaker Leroy “Satchel” Paige.
Through dogged research and extensive interviews, award-winning author and journalist Larry Tye has tracked... Read more >
The Life and Times of an American Legend
Written by Larry Tye
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $16.00
He is that rare American icon who has never been captured in a biography worthy of him. Now, at last, here is the superbly researched, spellbindingly told story of athlete, showman, philosopher, and boundary breaker Leroy “Satchel” Paige.
Through dogged research and extensive interviews, award-winning author and journalist Larry Tye has tracked... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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Kiss 'Em Goodbye
An ESPN Treasury of Failed, Forgotten, and Departed Teams
Written by Dennis Purdy
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: February 23, 2010
Price: $15.00
THEY’RE GOING, GOING, GONE. . . .
Their names roll off the tongue, a litany of the damned: the Providence Steam Roller, the Wilmington Quicksteps, the Cincinnati Porkers. They are the lost squads of professional sports history—teams forsaken by fans, fleeced by owners, or forgotten by time. Until now.
Kiss ’Em Goodbye unearths... Read more >
An ESPN Treasury of Failed, Forgotten, and Departed Teams
Written by Dennis Purdy
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: February 23, 2010
Price: $15.00
THEY’RE GOING, GOING, GONE. . . .
Their names roll off the tongue, a litany of the damned: the Providence Steam Roller, the Wilmington Quicksteps, the Cincinnati Porkers. They are the lost squads of professional sports history—teams forsaken by fans, fleeced by owners, or forgotten by time. Until now.
Kiss ’Em Goodbye unearths... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Kiss 'Em Goodbye
An ESPN Treasury of Failed, Forgotten, and Departed Teams
Written by Dennis Purdy
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: February 23, 2010
Price: $11.99
THEY’RE GOING, GOING, GONE. . . .
Their names roll off the tongue, a litany of the damned: the Providence Steam Roller, the Wilmington Quicksteps, the Cincinnati Porkers. They are the lost squads of professional sports history—teams forsaken by fans, fleeced by owners, or forgotten by time. Until now.
Kiss ’Em Goodbye unearths... Read more >
An ESPN Treasury of Failed, Forgotten, and Departed Teams
Written by Dennis Purdy
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: February 23, 2010
Price: $11.99
THEY’RE GOING, GOING, GONE. . . .
Their names roll off the tongue, a litany of the damned: the Providence Steam Roller, the Wilmington Quicksteps, the Cincinnati Porkers. They are the lost squads of professional sports history—teams forsaken by fans, fleeced by owners, or forgotten by time. Until now.
Kiss ’Em Goodbye unearths... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The First Fall Classic
The Red Sox, the Giants and the Cast of Players, Pugs and Politicos Who Re-Invented the World Series in 1912
Written by Mike Vaccaro
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $11.99
The Red Sox, the Giants and the Cast of Players, Pugs and Politicos Who Re-Invented the World Series in 1912
Written by Mike Vaccaro
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $11.99
In this wonderful page-turner, veteran sports journalist Mike Vaccaro brings to life a bygone era in cinematic and intimate detail—and re-creates the magic and suspense of the world’s first classic series.
Despite a major presidential election, the near-assassination of Teddy Roosevelt, and the most sensational trial of the young century, baseball dominated...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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