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  • Amazing Tales from the Chicago Cubs Dugout

    A Collection of the Greatest Cubs Stories Ever Told

    by Bob Logan, Pete Cava ...
    Series series Tales from the Team
    Amazing Stories From the Cubs Dugout is crammed with stories, quotes, and anecdotes about the greatest Cubs players of past and present. The story of the Cubs is part legend, part pathos; heroic and, on occasion, hilarious. Enjoy the heartbreak and joy of unforgettable afternoons at Wrigley Field. Without a doubt Amazing Stories From the Cubs Dugout is a must for any Chicago Cubs fan. ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players

    A Biographical Dictionary, 1871-2014

    by Pete Cava ...
    Indiana boasts a rich baseball tradition, with 10 native sons enshrined in Cooperstown. This biographical dictionary provides a close look at the lives of all 364 Hoosier big leaguers, who include New York City's first baseball superstar; the first rookie pitcher to win three games in a World Series; the man who caught most of Cy Young's record 511 career wins; one of the game's first star ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

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  • The Only Game in Town

    Baseball Stars of the 1930s and 1940s Talk About the Game They Loved

    by Fay Vincent ...
    In this delightful book that every baseball fan will cherish, ten outstanding ballplayers remember the heyday of the game in the 1930s and 1940s. It was the era of Gehrig and DiMaggio; of Foxx, Greenberg, and Williams; of Grove and Feller. Elden Auker, Tommy Henrich, Dom DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, and Bob Feller recall some great rivalries: Auker pitched to Ruth and Gehrig, then faced Dizzy Dean in ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Incredible Baseball Stats

    The Coolest, Strangest Stats and Facts in Baseball History

    by Kevin Reavy, Ryan Spaeder ...
    As America's pastime since the mid-1800s, baseball offers the sights, sounds, and even smells that are deeply entrenched in our culture. But for some, the experience can be less sensory. Some, such as Ryan Spaeder and Kevin Reavy, live for baseball statistics. Stats give the game historical context and measurables for past, present, and predictive analysis.Incredible Baseball Stats helps tell ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Baseball Prospects 2015

    by Mark Dawn ...
    Every new baseball season, there are new rounds of fresh talent that will be drafted into the sport. These prospects are pulled from various leagues and groups from around the country where they are recognized by their talent. Sometimes the prospects are found in the formal way, but may be found in an unconventional way which may lead to a life changing experience for them. When drafted, they are ... Read more

    $4.16 CAD

  • Baltimore Baseball & Barbecue with Boog Powell

    Stories from the Orioles' Smokey Slugger

    by Rob Kasper, Boog Powell ...
    Series series American Palate
    Since he started smacking long balls for the Baltimore Orioles, John "Boog" Powell has enjoyed the gustatory delights of his adopted hometown. A four-time All-Star and a fixture in two World Series, Boog also knows how to make one heck of a pit beef sandwich. Backyard barbecues at Boog's Baltimore row house were once a post-game tradition for the team. After hanging up his spikes, the former MVP ... Read more

    $17.96 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 1967 Red Sox

    The Impossible Dream Season

    by Raymond Sinibaldi ...
    Series series Images of Baseball
    A photo-packed celebration of Boston's 1967 pennant win.It was a summer that united a city and transformed a franchise. Led by 1967 MVP Carl Yastrzemski and Boston's first Cy Young Award winner, Jim Lonborg, the youngest Red Sox team since the days of Babe Ruth went from ninth to first place in what remains the closest pennant race in baseball history.Tony Conigliaro, Rico Petrocelli, George Scott ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Glory Daze

    by Chris M. ...
    Glory Daze transports the reader to a small town situated amongst cornfields of Indiana and the late 1960s. Fun could be had on the baseball diamonds known as sandlots. Trouble could also be found without much effort. This book relates some of the ups and downs of a game that often has more downs than ups. It explores pain of a first strike out to the joy of that first hit. In a time of great ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • A Calculus of Color

    The Integration of Baseball's American League

    by Robert Kuhn McGregor ...
    In 1947, as the integration of Major League Baseball began, the once-daring American League had grown reactionary, unwilling to confront postwar challenges--population shifts, labor issues and, above all, racial integration. The league had matured in the Jim Crow era, when northern cities responded to the Great Migration by restricting black access to housing, transportation, accommodations and ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Waite Hoyt

    A Biography of the Yankees' Schoolboy Wonder

    by William A. Cook ...
    Waite Hoyt was much more than a baseball player. A multi-faceted, sometimes troubled man, Hoyt was a vaudevillian, a mortician, a writer, a painter, and (of course) a Hall of Fame pitcher. He was also an alcoholic who overcame his demons and became one of the first players to make the transition to the announcer's booth. His teammates and managers were among the all-time greats, but he'll always ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Pride of Havana

    A History of Cuban Baseball

    by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria ...
    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 stories with the politics, music, dance, and literature of the Cuban people. What emerges is more than a story of balls and strikes, but a richly ... Read more

    $33.59 CAD

  • A Season in the Sun

    The Rise of Mickey Mantle

    by Randy Roberts, Johnny Smith ...
    The story of Mickey Mantle's magnificent 1956 seasonMickey Mantle was the ideal batter for the atomic age, capable of hitting a baseball harder and farther than any other player in history. He was also the perfect idol for postwar America, a wholesome hero from the heartland.In A Season in the Sun, acclaimed historians Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith recount the defining moment of Mantle's ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

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