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Satchel
The Life and Times of an American Legend
Written by Larry Tye
Read by Dominic Hoffman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $25.00
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.
Few reliable records or news reports survive about players in the Negro Leagues. Through... Read more >
The Life and Times of an American Legend
Written by Larry Tye
Read by Dominic Hoffman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $25.00
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.
Few reliable records or news reports survive about players in the Negro Leagues. Through... Read more >
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American Icon
Written by Teri Thompson, Nathaniel Vinton, Michael O'Keeffe and Christian Red
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $14.99
It was an epic downfall. In twenty-four seasons pitcher Roger Clemens put together one of the greatest careers baseball has ever seen. Seven Cy Young Awards, two World Series championships, and 354 victories made him a lock for the Hall of Fame. But on December 13, 2007, the Mitchell Report laid... Read more >
Written by Teri Thompson, Nathaniel Vinton, Michael O'Keeffe and Christian Red
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $14.99
It was an epic downfall. In twenty-four seasons pitcher Roger Clemens put together one of the greatest careers baseball has ever seen. Seven Cy Young Awards, two World Series championships, and 354 victories made him a lock for the Hall of Fame. But on December 13, 2007, the Mitchell Report laid... Read more >
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Miracle Ball
My Hunt for the Shot Heard 'Round the World
Written by Brian Biegel and Pete Fornatale
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $11.99
The captivating, utterly improbable but ultimately true story of one man’s quest to solve sports’ greatest mystery: What happened to the most famous of all home-run balls–the holy grail of sports?
October 3, 1951. Giants third baseman Bobby Thomson hit the most dramatic home run in the history of baseball. The moment... Read more >
My Hunt for the Shot Heard 'Round the World
Written by Brian Biegel and Pete Fornatale
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $11.99
The captivating, utterly improbable but ultimately true story of one man’s quest to solve sports’ greatest mystery: What happened to the most famous of all home-run balls–the holy grail of sports?
October 3, 1951. Giants third baseman Bobby Thomson hit the most dramatic home run in the history of baseball. The moment... Read more >
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The Crowd Sounds Happy
A Story of Love and Madness in an American Family
Written by Nicholas Dawidoff
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $15.00
Growing up in a doomed hometown with a missing father and a single mother, Nicholas Dawidoff listened to baseball every night on his bedside radio, the professional ballplayers gradually becoming the men in his life. A portrait of a childhood shaped by a stoical, enterprising mother, a disturbed, dangerous father, the... Read more >
A Story of Love and Madness in an American Family
Written by Nicholas Dawidoff
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $15.00
Growing up in a doomed hometown with a missing father and a single mother, Nicholas Dawidoff listened to baseball every night on his bedside radio, the professional ballplayers gradually becoming the men in his life. A portrait of a childhood shaped by a stoical, enterprising mother, a disturbed, dangerous father, the... Read more >
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The Complete Game
Written by Ron Darling
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2009
Price: $9.99
World Series champion, former All-Star, and award-winning television analyst Ron Darling gives readers a inside look at one of the most demanding and strategic positions in all of sports: the pitcher. Drawing on vivid situations from his playing days for the New York Mets and the Oakland Athletics, and from moments... Read more >
Written by Ron Darling
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2009
Price: $9.99
World Series champion, former All-Star, and award-winning television analyst Ron Darling gives readers a inside look at one of the most demanding and strategic positions in all of sports: the pitcher. Drawing on vivid situations from his playing days for the New York Mets and the Oakland Athletics, and from moments... Read more >
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Now I Can Die in Peace
How The Sports Guy Found Salvation Thanks to the World Champion (Twice!) Red Sox
Written by Bill Simmons
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $16.00
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How The Sports Guy Found Salvation Thanks to the World Champion (Twice!) Red Sox
Written by Bill Simmons
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $16.00
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The 33-Year-Old Rookie
My 13-Year Journey from the Minor Leagues to the World Series
Written by Chris Coste
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $15.00
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 Phillies in May 2006. At age thirty-three (“going on eighty”), Coste... Read more >
My 13-Year Journey from the Minor Leagues to the World Series
Written by Chris Coste
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $15.00
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 Phillies in May 2006. At age thirty-three (“going on eighty”), Coste... Read more >
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The Yankee Years
Written by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $26.95
Written by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $26.95
Twelve straight playoff appearances. Six American League pennants. Four World Series titles. This is the definitive story of a dynasty: the Yankee years
When Joe Torre took over as manager of the New York Yankees in 1996, the most storied franchise in sports had not won a World Series title in eighteen...
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The Yankee Years
Written by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci
Read by Tom Verducci
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $34.95
Twelve straight playoff appearances. Six American League pennants. Four World Series titles. This is the definitive story of a dynasty: the Yankee years
When Joe Torre took over as manager of the New York Yankees in 1996, the most storied franchise in sports had not won a World Series title in eighteen... Read more >
Written by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci
Read by Tom Verducci
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $34.95
Twelve straight playoff appearances. Six American League pennants. Four World Series titles. This is the definitive story of a dynasty: the Yankee years
When Joe Torre took over as manager of the New York Yankees in 1996, the most storied franchise in sports had not won a World Series title in eighteen... Read more >
Also available as an
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The Yankee Years
Written by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci
Read by Tom Verducci
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $17.50
Twelve straight playoff appearances. Six American League pennants. Four World Series titles. This is the definitive story of a dynasty: the Yankee years
When Joe Torre took over as manager of the New York Yankees in 1996, the most storied franchise in sports had not won a World Series title in eighteen... Read more >
Written by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci
Read by Tom Verducci
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $17.50
Twelve straight playoff appearances. Six American League pennants. Four World Series titles. This is the definitive story of a dynasty: the Yankee years
When Joe Torre took over as manager of the New York Yankees in 1996, the most storied franchise in sports had not won a World Series title in eighteen... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
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The Yankee Years
Written by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $13.99
The definitive story of one of the greatest dynasties in baseball history, Joe Torre's New York Yankees.
When Joe Torre took over as manager of the Yankees in 1996, they had not won a World Series title in eighteen years. In that time seventeen others had tried to take the helm of... Read more >
Written by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $13.99
The definitive story of one of the greatest dynasties in baseball history, Joe Torre's New York Yankees.
When Joe Torre took over as manager of the Yankees in 1996, they had not won a World Series title in eighteen years. In that time seventeen others had tried to take the helm of... Read more >
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abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover,
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Baseball
A History of America's Favorite Game
Written by George Vecsey
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $9.99
“Football is force and fanatics, basketball is beauty and bounce. Baseball is everything: action, grace, the seasons of our lives. George Vecsey’s book proves it, without wasting a word.”
–Lee Eisenberg, author of The Number
In Baseball, one of the great bards of America’s Grand Old Game gives a rousing account of the... Read more >
A History of America's Favorite Game
Written by George Vecsey
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $9.99
“Football is force and fanatics, basketball is beauty and bounce. Baseball is everything: action, grace, the seasons of our lives. George Vecsey’s book proves it, without wasting a word.”
–Lee Eisenberg, author of The Number
In Baseball, one of the great bards of America’s Grand Old Game gives a rousing account of the... Read more >
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Watching Baseball Smarter
A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks
Written by Zack Hample
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $9.99
Whether you’re a major league couch potato, life-long season ticket-holder, or teaching game to a beginner, Watching Baseball Smarter leaves no territory uncovered. In this smart and funny fan’s guide Hample explains the ins and outs of pitching, hitting, running, and fielding, while offering insider trivia and anecdotes that will surprise... Read more >
A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks
Written by Zack Hample
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $9.99
Whether you’re a major league couch potato, life-long season ticket-holder, or teaching game to a beginner, Watching Baseball Smarter leaves no territory uncovered. In this smart and funny fan’s guide Hample explains the ins and outs of pitching, hitting, running, and fielding, while offering insider trivia and anecdotes that will surprise... Read more >
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100 Baseball Icons
From the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Archive
Written by Kit Hinrichs
Text by Delphine Hirasuna
Designed by Kit Hinrichs
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $19.95
100 BASEBALL ICONS presents the treasures of the most famous repository of baseball memorabilia in the world, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. Given access to the Hall's vast archives, award-winning photographer and lifelong baseball aficionado Terry Heffernan unearths artifacts that represent some of the... Read more >
From the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Archive
Written by Kit Hinrichs
Text by Delphine Hirasuna
Designed by Kit Hinrichs
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $19.95
100 BASEBALL ICONS presents the treasures of the most famous repository of baseball memorabilia in the world, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. Given access to the Hall's vast archives, award-winning photographer and lifelong baseball aficionado Terry Heffernan unearths artifacts that represent some of the... Read more >
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Baseball
A History of America's Favorite Game
Written by George Vecsey
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $14.00
“Football is force and fanatics, basketball is beauty and bounce. Baseball is everything: action, grace, the seasons of our lives. George Vecsey’s book proves it, without wasting a word.”
–Lee Eisenberg, author of The Number
In Baseball, one of the great bards of America’s Grand Old Game gives a rousing account of the... Read more >
A History of America's Favorite Game
Written by George Vecsey
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $14.00
“Football is force and fanatics, basketball is beauty and bounce. Baseball is everything: action, grace, the seasons of our lives. George Vecsey’s book proves it, without wasting a word.”
–Lee Eisenberg, author of The Number
In Baseball, one of the great bards of America’s Grand Old Game gives a rousing account of the... Read more >
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The Echoing Green
The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca and the Shot Heard Round the World
Written by Joshua Prager
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $15.95
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... Read more >
The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca and the Shot Heard Round the World
Written by Joshua Prager
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $15.95
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... Read more >
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The Echoing Green
Written by Joshua Prager
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $9.99
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... Read more >
Written by Joshua Prager
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $9.99
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... Read more >
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Believeniks!
2005: The Year We Wrote a Book About the Mets
Written by Ivan Felt and Harris Conklin
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.99
Critic Ivan Felt and poet Harris Conklin are the Don Quixote and Sancho Panza of baseball fandom. Or, perhaps, the Felix and Oscar of baseball fandom. Or the Pollock and de Kooning. Or the Bugs and Daffy.
The New York Mets are, of course, the New York Mets of baseball.
In 2005, Felt... Read more >
2005: The Year We Wrote a Book About the Mets
Written by Ivan Felt and Harris Conklin
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.99
Critic Ivan Felt and poet Harris Conklin are the Don Quixote and Sancho Panza of baseball fandom. Or, perhaps, the Felix and Oscar of baseball fandom. Or the Pollock and de Kooning. Or the Bugs and Daffy.
The New York Mets are, of course, the New York Mets of baseball.
In 2005, Felt... Read more >
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Emperors and Idiots
The Hundred Year Rivalry Between the Yankees and Red Sox, From the Very Beginnin g to the End of the Curse
Written by Mike Vaccaro
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99
The New York Yankees. The Boston Red Sox. For a hundred years, no two teams have locked horns as fiercely or as frequently – and no two seasons frame the colossal battle more perfectly than 2003 and 2004. Now, with incredible energy and access, leading sports columnist Mike Vaccaro chronicles the... Read more >
The Hundred Year Rivalry Between the Yankees and Red Sox, From the Very Beginnin g to the End of the Curse
Written by Mike Vaccaro
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99
The New York Yankees. The Boston Red Sox. For a hundred years, no two teams have locked horns as fiercely or as frequently – and no two seasons frame the colossal battle more perfectly than 2003 and 2004. Now, with incredible energy and access, leading sports columnist Mike Vaccaro chronicles the... Read more >
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Fall Classics
The Best Writing About the World Series' First 100 Years
Written by Bill Littlefield and Richard Johnson
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99
Long before there was the Super Bowl, the NBA Championship, the Final Four, or the World Cup, there was the World Series. In the beginning, men in derbies sat in the outfield and marveled at Mathewson and McGraw. Today, fans congregate in sports bars, staring at screens big enough to see... Read more >
The Best Writing About the World Series' First 100 Years
Written by Bill Littlefield and Richard Johnson
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99
Long before there was the Super Bowl, the NBA Championship, the Final Four, or the World Cup, there was the World Series. In the beginning, men in derbies sat in the outfield and marveled at Mathewson and McGraw. Today, fans congregate in sports bars, staring at screens big enough to see... Read more >
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Have Glove, Will Travel
Adventures of a Baseball Vagabond
Written by Bill Lee and Richard Lally
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $9.99
It was 1982 when Bill Lee was famously booted from the Montreal Expos after he went AWOL in protest of another player’s mistreatment by management. His reputation for antics both on and off the field guaranteed that no other club would pick him up. The Ace from Space had landed on... Read more >
Adventures of a Baseball Vagabond
Written by Bill Lee and Richard Lally
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $9.99
It was 1982 when Bill Lee was famously booted from the Montreal Expos after he went AWOL in protest of another player’s mistreatment by management. His reputation for antics both on and off the field guaranteed that no other club would pick him up. The Ace from Space had landed on... Read more >
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The Wrong Stuff
Written by Bill Lee and Richard Lally
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99
The return of a sports classic with a new foreword by the author
Finally back in print after many years, here is Bill Lee’s classic tale of his renegade life on and off the mound. Whether walking out on the Montreal Expos to protest the release of a valued teammate or telling... Read more >
Written by Bill Lee and Richard Lally
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99
The return of a sports classic with a new foreword by the author
Finally back in print after many years, here is Bill Lee’s classic tale of his renegade life on and off the mound. Whether walking out on the Montreal Expos to protest the release of a valued teammate or telling... Read more >
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Chasing the Dream
My Lifelong Journey
Written by Joe Torre
Read by Joe Torre
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: December 11, 2007
Price: $10.00
Read more >
My Lifelong Journey
Written by Joe Torre
Read by Joe Torre
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: December 11, 2007
Price: $10.00
Read more >
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The New York Mets
Ethnography, Myth, and Subtext
Written by Richard Grossinger
Foreword by Mike Vacarro
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $16.95
No baseball team has captured America’s imagination like the Mets. Alternately the “Lovable Losers” and the “Miracle Mets,” New York’s other team offers fascinating fodder for writer Richard Grossinger in this thoughtful collection. The New York Mets is a series of probing essays on the best and most interesting years of... Read more >
Ethnography, Myth, and Subtext
Written by Richard Grossinger
Foreword by Mike Vacarro
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $16.95
No baseball team has captured America’s imagination like the Mets. Alternately the “Lovable Losers” and the “Miracle Mets,” New York’s other team offers fascinating fodder for writer Richard Grossinger in this thoughtful collection. The New York Mets is a series of probing essays on the best and most interesting years of... Read more >
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Two in the Field
Written by Darryl Brock
Format: Trade Paperback, 408 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Price: $15.95
In this sequel to the best-selling If I Never Get Back, Sam Fowler manages to break into the past once again—but this time it’s 1875. Gripped by an economic depression, America is a darker place. Again Sam falls in with ballplayers, but spins off on his own seeking the whereabouts of... Read more >
Written by Darryl Brock
Format: Trade Paperback, 408 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Price: $15.95
In this sequel to the best-selling If I Never Get Back, Sam Fowler manages to break into the past once again—but this time it’s 1875. Gripped by an economic depression, America is a darker place. Again Sam falls in with ballplayers, but spins off on his own seeking the whereabouts of... Read more >
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