"Baseball: 365 Days" is a colourful, surprising, even moving panorama of modern baseball, covering the 1960s up to the present day. Vivid, revealing images from Major League Baseball's rich photo archives trace the arc of a ballplayer's career, touching on childhood triumphs, minor-league struggles and the triumphs and tribulations of life in the ...
In the finest tradition of baseball journalism, David Halberstam captures the drama and joy of the 1949 pennant race, which pitted the New York Yankees against the Boston Red Sox. Personalities include Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Yogi Berra, and Jerry Coleman. Halberstam evokes a different time, when baseball was broadcast on the radio and games ...
Great news for baseball fans--here is Lawrence Ritter's remarkable and universally hailed classic, now available in trade paperback. This is the enlarged edition, with 120 fantastic and rare photographs, of the 1966 original. In the words of 26 players, it describes what it was like to play major league baseball at the turn of the century and in ...
This book, dramatized for a movie in 1988, covers the fantastic scandal in which eight Chicago White Sox players arranged with the nation's leading gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series. "As thrilling as a cops and robbers tome."--"The Boston Globe." of photos.
Following his #1 baseball bestseller Summer of '49, David Halberstam gives us the Yankees-Cardinals World Series that concluded the '64 season--a transformational American moment, both inside and outside the ballpark. A book of deep insight and importance, October 1964 is also, like Halberstam's previous baseball work, a great read. Photographs.
Published to the accolades of critics and sportswriters and the raves of thousands of readers everywhere, this phenomenal coast-to-coast bestseller is an incisive, intelligent and always fascinating analysis of America's favorite pastime. Will gives a unique look at this intricate sport, including in-depth profiles of Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripkin, Jr., ...
ESPNUs beloved Sports Guy replays the years leading up to the Boston Red Sox historic championship season and says goodbye to a lifetime of suffering--at least for now.
With the death of baseball legend Ted Williams on July 3, 2002, "Sports Illustrated" ran Montville's powerful obituary as its much-praised cover story. With passion and precision, Montville conjures equally the powerful grace of Williams's legendary swing and his cultural aura of invincibility.
Pitchers are at the heart of baseball. Each has the potential to make his team a winner or, very quickly, a loser. The pressure is huge. In the end, only those with both the arm and the heart and the ability to manage extraordinary stress will emerge as champions. John Feinstein looks into this complex side of the game through the events of one ...
Baseball's last great wild bunch--the world champion 1986 Mets--is immortalized in this rollicking story of the arrogant, insane, rock-and-roll, party-all-night team.
A great Father's Day gift, this second volume of oral histories from former Major League Baseball Commissioner Vincent covers the 1950s and 1960s, the era when baseball expanded across the country. 40 b&w photographs throughout.
Olney tracks the Yankees through six exciting and tumultuous seasons, giving intimate insights into the stars, the foot soldiers, and the coaches and managers. 8-page insert.
The shy and retiring Lou Gehrig became a baseball legend, playing in 2,130 consecutive games as a stalwart hitter and first-baseman for the Yankees in the 1920s and '30s. This exhaustive biography of Gehrig emphasizes his low-key, humble, endearingly eccentric personality, which was especially striking when contrasted with the flamboyant Babe Ruth ...
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.
October 13, 1960: The hardscrabble Pirates were a hungry squad, led by Roberto Clemente, Bill Mazeroski, and a colorful bunch of overachievers who hit singles and rode solid fielding and pitching to the franchise's first World Series appearance in 35 years. The Yankees, lordly and corporate, were making their 12th trip to the World Series in 15 ...
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.
From the authors and creators of "The Civil War," "Baseball: An Illustrated History" is the companion volume to the acclaimed public television series. In photographs, interviews, essays, and histories, the authors explore the national pastime from the mid-19th century to the present day. Many of the 'stars' from the televison series--John "Buck" ...
Injured players who "pitch through their pain". Fans who politely return foul balls. This witty and incisive book by the author of the acclaimed The Chrysanthemum and the Bat gives us an unprecedented look at Japanese baseball, as seen by baffled Americans from Babe Ruth to Willie Smith. Black-and-white photographs.
Filled with historical details and firsthand accounts, this moving story focuses on four baseball greats--Bobby Doerr, Dominic DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky and Ted Williams--whose 60-year friendship saw them through the transition from sports icons to men dealing with growing old.
Telling the storied history of The House that Ruth Built, this collection recounts the many highlights of this extraordinary American landmark. More than 250 photographs allow readers to see the stadium as never before.
This is the rollicking story of one of the best - and most colourful - baseball teams of all time, who lifted America's spirits and won the World Series during the darkest days of the Great Depression. "The Gashouse Gang" is a history of one of America's most famous baseball teams, the St Louis Cardinals. Author John Heidenry gives a vivid and ...
"A rousing good story, a rich tapestry of charming rogues, hustlers, and gritty ballparks that brings to sparkling life the game of baseball as it was played a century ago."--Doris Kearns Goodwin.
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