Baseball - Essays & Writings
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When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball’s Greatest Heroes
$24.00 Add to cartAn exciting new collection of sublimely simple wisdom from a bestselling author, celebrated athlete, and a true American hero.
Three-time MVP and Hall of Famer Yogi Berra hit home runs twice in a row- Author: Berra, Yogi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 175
- Publish Date: February 19 2010
- ISBN10: 0786867752
- Language: English
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Tales from the Dugout: The Greatest True Baseball Stories Ever Told
$20.00 Add to cartBatter up–here comes the most memorable collection of anecdotes about the national pastime ever assembled. Tales from the Dugout brings together never-before-told stories from baseball personalities
- Author: Shannon, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0809229501
- Language: English
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Baseball Beyond Our Borders: An International Pastime
$24.95 Add to cartBaseball Beyond Our Borders celebrates the globalization of the game while highlighting the different histories and cultures of the nations in which the sport is played.
This collection of essays tel- Author: Gmelch, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0803276826
- Language: English
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A Baseball Birthright: Chronicles & Connections
$17.32 Add to cart“The days seem like minutes, but the memories last forever.”
Take it from this senior citizen and proud grandfather. Luck is real. I have attended some of the best baseball games ever, always seeming t
- Author: Carlucci, Pasquale A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: November 23 2022
- ISBN10: 9798218114046
- Language: English
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Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball
$18.99 Add to cart#1 New York Times Bestseller
“A delightful look at all the little things that make major league baseball a subtle spectacle.” —Seattle Times
In his classic tribute to America’s pastime, political comm
- Author: Will, George F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 13 2010
- ISBN10: 0061999814
- Language: English
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The Ballplayer’s Son: Following the Footsteps and Escaping the Shadow of Big Moe Franklin
$19.99 Add to cartBy the time “The Brawl Heard ‘Round the World” blew up baseball on a hot Sunday in 1953, young Dell Franklin had been a regular in Pacific Coast League clubhouses for three years. His father, former m
- Author: Franklin, Dell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: September 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1955398089
- Language: English
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When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball’s Greatest Heroes
$19.99 Add to cartAn exciting new collection of sublimely simple wisdom from a bestselling author, celebrated athlete, and a true American hero.
Three-time MVP and Hall of Famer Yogi Berra hit home runs twice in a row- Author: Berra, Yogi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 08 2008
- ISBN10: 0786887443
- Language: English
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Game 7, 1986
$21.99 Add to cartNew York Times Bestseller
An inside look at one of the most famous baseball games of all time, game seven of the 1986 World Series from Emmy-winning baseball analyst Ron Darling, the METS’ starting pit- Author: Darling, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1250118743
- Language: English
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Baseball Memories & Dreams: Reflections on the National Pastime from the Baseball Hall of Fame
$29.95 Add to cartDiscover What Made Baseball America’s Pastime
#1 New Release in Baseball Statistics
Baseball Memories & Dreams celebrates the iconic moments, heroes, and trends that define baseball for its millions of
- Author: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and M
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 265
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1642508772
- Language: English
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Baseball, Art, and Dreams: An American Baseball Memoir
$39.97 Add to cartBaseball, Art, and Dreams is the amazing true story of Scott Christopher, a boy who loved the game of baseball. At age six he falls on the broken soda bottle, severing all seven tendons, median nerve,
- Author: Christopher, Scott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0998815705
- Language: English
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The One Hundred Most Important Players in Baseball History
$17.95 Read moreBaseball lore and history is filled with many valuable players, and not all of them are the Hall of Famers you know.
Through insightful essays Lincoln A. Mitchell highlights the one hundred players
- Author: Mitchell, Lincoln
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1951122666
- Language: English
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Pinstripes by the Tale: Half a Century in and Around Yankees Baseball
$28.00 Read moreBaseball fans in the Bronx and beyond will delight in this incomparable, far-reaching collection of insider tales.
When 19-year-old Marty Appel got a job as a mail clerk for the New York Yankees, ass- Author: Appel, Marty
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1637272782
- Language: English
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Baseball Confidential
$15.95 Add to cartBaseball Confidential is a revealing look at behind the scenes communication between players, coaches, and managers at all levels of baseball. The book consists of stories and interviews with former p… [more below]
- Author: Lautenslager, Al
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 05 2024
- ISBN10: 9798889105633
- Language: English
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Sports Illustrated the Football Vault: Great Writing from the Pages of Sports Illustrated
$30.00 Read moreSports Illustrated, the most respected voice in sports journalism, has covered the National Football League for over seven decades, documenting its heroes, villains, great characters, and iconic momen… [more below]
- Author: Sports Illustrated
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1637275390
- Language: English
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Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and the Worst Baseball Team in History–The 1973-1975 Texas Rangers
$19.95 Add to cart“Disastrously hilarious.”—USA Today
“Even before the start of spring training, Herzog had said, ‘If Rich Billings is the starting catcher again, we’re in deep trouble.’ When that evaluation was passed
- Author: Shropshire, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 245
- Publish Date: December 15 2010
- ISBN10: 0803292775
- Language: English
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The Summer Game
$19.95 Add to cart“Page for page, The Summer Game contains not only the classiest but also the most resourceful baseball writing I have ever read.”–New York Times Book Review
The Summer Game, Roger Angell’s first book
- Series: Bison Book
- Author: Angell, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 303
- Publish Date: March 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0803259514
- Language: English
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Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season
$21.00 Add to cart“Faithful isn’t just about the Red Sox. It’s also about family, friendship, and what it truly means to be a baseball fan and to be–well, faithful, come hell or high water” (The Boston Globe).
“Of al- Author: O’Nan, Stewart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 06 2005
- ISBN10: 0743267532
- Language: English
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So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin’ True Story of the New York Mets–The Best Worst Team in Sports
$32.99 Add to cart“This is a weird, wonderful, and essential book about both America and its pastime. It’s about a place as vast as New York City and as intimate as the human heart. Fred Exley meets Richard Ben Cramer-
- Author: Gordon, Devin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 16 2021
- ISBN10: 62940023
- Language: English
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The New Ballgame: The Not-So-Hidden Forces Shaping Modern Baseball
$30.00 Read moreWatching a game of baseball today means witnessing phenomena that would have been novel, if not completely unheard of, not so long ago.
Starting pitchers sling 100 mile-per-hour heat for just four or- Author: Carleton, Russell A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 163727226X
- Language: English
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Gibby: Tales of a Baseball Lifer
$28.95 Read moreA captivating and candid memoir from one of the most beloved and colorful figures in Toronto Blue Jays history
Over 11 years and two separate managerial stints with the Toronto Blue Jays, John Gibbon
- Author: Gibbons, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1770417109
- Language: English
