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  • Finding My Father's Voice

    by Leigh Ann Walker ...
    Leigh Ann Walker's efforts to learn about her deceased father began in earnest five years ago, but really, the journey started in 1971 when Verlon “Rube” Walker died. He was the third base coach for the Chicago Cubs when he died of leukemia at just 42 years old. Leigh Ann was 3. It was a loss impacting the Walker family, their friends, the Chicago Cubs family and eventually people that Verlon (or ... Read more

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  • The Best Team Money Can Buy

    The Los Angeles Dodgers' Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerhouse

    by Molly Knight ...
    **With a new Afterword covering the 2015 season.The bestselling, inside-the-clubhouse story of two tumultuous years when the Los Angeles Dodgers were re-made from top to bottom, becoming the most talked-about and most colorful team in baseball. “It’s as if Molly Knight ushers you behind the closed clubhouse doors.” (Buster Olney, ESPN)**In 2012 the Los Angeles Dodgers were bought out of bankruptcy ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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  • Have Glove, Will Travel

    Adventures of a Baseball Vagabond

    by Bill Lee, Richard Lally ...
    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 professional baseball’s blacklist, and so it was that one of the most popular major-league pitchers of our day was ... Read more

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  • The Matheny Manifesto

    A Young Manager's Old-School Views on Success in Sports and Life

    by Mike Matheny, Jerry B. Jenkins, Bob Costas ...
    St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny's New York Times bestselling manifesto about what parents, coaches, and athletes get wrong about sports; what we can do better; and how sports can teach eight keys to success in sports and life.Mike Matheny was just forty-one, without professional managerial experience and looking for a next step after a successful career as a Major League catcher, when he ... Read more

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  • The Last Hero

    A Life of Henry Aaron

    by Howard Bryant ...
    This definitive biography of Henry (Hank) Aaron—one of baseball's immortal figures—is a revelatory portrait of a complicated, private man who through sports became an enduring American icon.“Beautifully written and culturally important.” —The Washington Post“The epic baseball tale of the second half of the 20th century.” —Atlanta Journal ConstitutionAfter his retirement in 1976, Aaron’s reputation ... Read more

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  • A Mathematician at the Ballpark

    Odds and Probabilities for Baseball Fans

    by Ken Ross ...
    In A Mathematician at the Ballpark, professor Ken Ross reveals the math behind the stats. This lively and accessible book shows baseball fans how to harness the power of made predictions and better understand the game. Using real-world examples from historical and modern-day teams, Ross shows: Why on-base and slugging percentages are more important than batting averages How professional odds ... Read more

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  • Uppity

    My Untold Story About The Games People Play

    by Bill White ...
    There are very few major personalities in the world of sports who have so much to say about our National Pastime. And even fewer who are as well respected as Bill White.Bill White, who's now in his mid 70s, was an All-Star first baseman for many years with the New York Giants, St.Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies before launching a stellar broadcasting career with the New York Yankees for ... Read more

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  • The Principle of Baseball

    All There Is to Know About Hitting and More

    by John F. Paciorek ...
    "John's Book looks at Baseball, and its two most precious elements of Batting and Throwing, from the multiple standpoints of the 'superficially' physical and mental; from the 'meta-physically' scientific; and from the 'all-inclusiveness' of Spirituality. Therefore, Baseball's most enduring and endearing attributes can be perceived on multiple levels of conscious awareness, and thus arouse the ... Read more

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  • Sparky and Me

    My Friendship with Sparky Anderson and the Lessons He Shared About Baseball and Life

    by Dan Ewald ...
    In the tradition of Tuesdays With Morrie, a sportswriter recounts his friendship with legendary Tigers manager Sparky Anderson, the man who taught him not only the nuances of baseball, but also the importance of life's unwritten rules."For decades, it seemed like everyone in baseball knew Sparky Anderson, and almost all of us considered him a friend. But few knew him as Dan Ewald did. Here, Dan ... Read more

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  • Ballplayers in the Great War

    Newspaper Accounts of Major Leaguers in World War I Military Service

    by Jim Leeke ...
    Series Book 14 - The McFarland Historical Baseball Library
    This volume presents carefully selected, and annotated, articles about major-leaguers serving at home and overseas in the U.S. armed forces during World War I. Some continued to play ball in the military. Others fought the Germans in the trenches, in the air and at sea. Several lost their lives in combat or to disease. A few became heroes. From future Hall of Famers to journeymen and unknowns, ... Read more

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  • The New York Mets and the Meaning of Life

    by Alexander J. Basile ...
    Watching a baseball games entails much more than enjoying hot dogs, peanuts and Cracker Jacks. It is a microcosm of life that takes place on the field over the course of a nine-inning game. If we look carefully, we can unlock some amazing lessons. New York Mets fan, author, retreat leader, speaker and counselor, Alex Basile embarks on a fantastic journey in The Mets and the Meaning of Life ... Read more

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  • Baseball Americana

    Treasures from the Library of Congress

    by Harry Katz, Frank Ceresi, Phil Michel ...
    Foreword by George F. WillWith a new Preface by Carla Hayden, Librarian of CongressA lavishly illustrated history of America's game, from the unparalleled collections of the Library of Congress.“One of the most seductively designed books about the sport to come our way. … A book like this, so rich and deep in material. … brings baseball history to multifaceted life and reminds us that baseball is ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD