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Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A relentless competitor, Rogers Hornsby-arguably the finest right-handed hitter in baseball's history-was supremely successful on the baseball field but, in many ways, a failure off it. In this biography, Charles Alexander turns his skilled eye to this complex individual, weaving the stories of his personal and professional life with a lively history of the sport.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Celebrate the unheralded people and stories that helped shape the game of baseball! Meet unsung pioneers, like John "Bud" Fowler, William Edward White, and brothers Moses Fleetwood Walker and Weld Walker, four African Americans who integrated white teams decades before Jackie Robinson. Discover unforgettable moments, like the time a 17-year old girl named Jackie Mtchell struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Marvel at records. Did you know that Japanese...
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Ted Williams, the legendary Red Sox slugger, lived a life full of dedication and passion. From his days as a young kid playing ball in North Park to his unmatched .406 season in 1941 to his stints as a fighter pilot in World War II and Korea, the story of Teddy Ballgame is the story of an American hero."--P. 2 of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Español
Description
Ahora, en este esperado libro que abarca grandes recuerdos, Jorge Posada detalla su viaje a la meta, compartiendo una remarcable historia generacional de su viaje desde los campos de pelota de Puerto Rico hasta la casa que Ruth construyó. Ofreciendo una visión desde atrás de la máscara a diferencia de cualquier otro, Jorge analiza los momentos clave y jugadas de los equipos que forjaron un legado que llegaron a definir a los Yankees de béisbol...
86) The 33-year-old rookie: how I finally made it to the big leagues after eleven years in the minors
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
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-leage roster still seemed just out of reach - until that fatefull call came from the Philadelphia Phillies in May 2006. At age thirty-three ("going on eighty"), Coste was finally heading to the big time. The 33-Year-Old Rookie is like a real-life Rocky, an unforgettable and inspirational story of one man's unwavering...
87) Slider
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Each summer, on the fields of glorious Cape Marlin, off the New England coast, the nation's best college players gather to play the most important baseball of their lives. Jack Faber is a young hotshot pitcher with an unhittable slider and a rocket for a fastball. He plays for the fabled Seapuit Seawolves and dreams of making the Big Show. But a new coach, the scowling Bruno Riazzi, a former pro catcher, resents the kid's celebrity status and decides...
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age, almost the same size, and came to New York at the same time. They possessed virtually the same talents, and played the same position. They were both products of generations of baseball-playing families, for whom the game was the only escape from a lifetime of brutal manual labor. Both were nearly crushed by the weight of the outsized expectations...
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The life of baseball's grandest figure, told in extraordinary detail Nearly a century has passed since George Herman Ruth made his major league debut, and in that time millions of words have been used to describe baseball's greatest hero. But for a man like the Babe, for whom the phrase "larger than life" seems to have been coined, those millions of words have created a mythologized legacy. Who was the real Babe Ruth? Relying on exhaustive research...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson, Mickey Mantle. These baseball legends rule the record books. But who will fans still be talking about years from now? Find out which of your favorite baseball players are legends in the making. Produced in partnership with Sports Illustrated Kids.
93) Hank Aaron
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Profiles the man who replaced Babe Ruth as "America's Home Run King" and also set records for RBIs and total bases run, despite the pressures of being one of the few black major league players in the 1950s.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Few names in the history of baseball evoke the excellence and dynamism that Rickey Henderson's does. He holds the record for the most stolen bases in a single game, and he's scored more runs than any player ever. "If you cut Rickey Henderson in half, you'd have two Hall of Famers," the baseball historian Bill James once said. But perhaps even more than his prowess on the field, Rickey Henderson's is a story of Oakland, California, the town that gave...
99) World Series
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
Provides a history of the World Series and profiles some of the most famous men who have competed in this century-old event.
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