Baseball - History
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Bottom of the 33rd LP
$28.99 Add to cart“Bottom of the 33rd is chaw-chewing, sunflower-spitting, pine tar proof that too much baseball is never enough.” –Jane Leavy, author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax
“What a book–an exquisite exerci
- Author: Barry, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 438
- Publish Date: May 03 2011
- ISBN10: 0062065033
- Language: English
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The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II
$19.99 Add to cartIn 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in that year’s World Series, one of the nation’s strongest baseball teams practiced on a skinned-out colle… [more below]
- Author: Keene, Anne R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: April 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1683583620
- Language: English
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Big Loosh: The Unruly Life of Umpire Ron Luciano
$32.95 Add to cartFinalist for the 2025 CASEY Award
Ron Luciano was a college football star, baseball umpire, TV broadcaster, and best-selling author. He barged through the world with an outsized personality, entertaini
- Author: Leeke, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1496237668
- Language: English
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The 50 Greatest Players in New York Mets History
$24.95 Add to cartFrom Seaver to deGrom, meet the 50 greatest Mets ever to take the field-ranked, remembered, and relived.
In The 50 Greatest Players in New York Mets History, sports historian Robert W. Cohen ranks the
- Author: Cohen, Robert W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 149309162X
- Language: English
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Nolan: The Singular Life of an American Original
$30.00 Read moreThe definitive biography of Nolan Ryan, arguably the greatest pitcher in the history of baseball, from New York Times bestselling sportswriter Tim Brown.
Nolan Ryan was the hero to two of America’s b- Author: Brown, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 1538726521
- Language: English
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The Tigers of ’68: Baseball’s Last Real Champions
$16.95 Add to cartThe Tigers of ’68 is the uproarious, stirring tale of this team-a group of hell-raisers who brawled on the field and partied hard afterward. This book revisits the main performers of this illustrious … [more below]
- Author: Cantor, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 07 2014
- ISBN10: 1589799283
- Language: English
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L.A. Dodgers Hollywood Ending
$40.00 Add to cartRelive the unforgettable journey of the 2025 MLB World Series Champions with this stunning, officially licensed commemorative book. From Opening Day through the final out of the Fall Classic, this de
- Author: Major League Baseball
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 9798992108484
- Language: English
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Before They Wore Dodger Blue
$24.95 Add to cartThe Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers were always groundbreakers on the player-development front, and when MLB instituted an amateur player draft in 1965, the Dodgers were ready: by 1968, the disciplined f
- Author: Vickrey, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: December 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1938532945
- Language: English
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The Subway Series: New York City’s Illustrious Baseball Tradition
$22.95 Add to cartFrom the Bridegrooms and Giants to the Mets and Yankees, discover 136 years of epic clashes that made the Subway Series a legendary rivalry.
For nearly thirty years, the modern-day tradition of the Su- Author: Laughland, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1493092731
- Language: English
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Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People’s Team
$30.00 Read more“Metropolitans expertly unpacks the ‘cruel optimism’ linking the yearning of a fanbase whose suffering is alleviated by sporadic miracles to the genuine dissident legacies that surrounded the team’s c… [more below]
- Author: Gittlitz, A. M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: March 31 2026
- ISBN10: 1662603002
- Language: English
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Baseball: A History of America’s Favorite Game
$20.00 Add to cart“Football is force and fanatics, basketball is beauty and bounce. Baseball is everything: action, grace, the seasons of our lives. George Vecsey’s book proves it, without wasting a word.”–Lee Eisenbe… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Chronicles
- Author: Vecsey, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 11 2008
- ISBN10: 0812978706
- Language: English
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Pure Baseball: Pitch by Pitch for the Advanced Fan
$17.00 Add to cartFormer All-Star Keith Hernandez teaches even the most learned fan a thing or two about baseball with his unparalleled insight into all aspects of the game, from the action in the bullpen to the positi
- Author: Hernandez, Keith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 19 1995
- ISBN10: 0060925914
- Language: English
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The 50 Greatest Players in St. Louis Cardinals History
$18.95 Add to cartThis book carefully examines the careers of the fifty men who made the greatest impact on one of the most successful franchises in the history of professional sports. Features of The 50 Greatest Playe… [more below]
- Series: 50 Greatest Players
- Author: Cohen, Robert W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1630760854
- Language: English
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Dave McNally
$22.95 Add to cartWhat lies ahead for a boy growing up in Billings, Montana, in the 1950s, who lost his father during combat in World War II? Can he realize the dream of thousands of youngsters and become a major-leagu
- Author: Gaub, Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 246
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 9798888193280
- Language: English
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Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game
$18.99 Add to cartYou’ll never watch baseball the same way again. A timeless baseball classic and a must read for any fan worthy of the name, Nine Innings dissects a single baseball game played in June 1982 — inning b
- Author: Okrent, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 10 2000
- ISBN10: 0618056696
- Language: English
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In the Japanese Ballpark: Behind the Scenes of Nippon Professional Baseball
$36.95 Add to cartBaseball is the national pastime of both the United States and Japan, but the two countries approach and play the game differently both on the field and away from it. To shed light on these difference… [more below]
- Author: Fitts, Robert K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: November 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1496244079
- Language: English
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America’s Ballparks: A Trip Across the Country to Visit Baseball’s Playing Fields, Old and New
$45.00 Add to cartNothing stirs the soul of a baseball fan like the crack of a bat against a ball . . . or the sight of a fielder leaping high into the air to snatch that ball out of play. What would these fans be with… [more below]
- Author: Hajeski, Nancy J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 15 2025
- ISBN10: 076437012X
- Language: English
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Baseball in the Roaring Twenties: The Yankees, the Cardinals, and the Captivating 1926 Season
$36.95 Add to cartIn the mid-1920s, America was in the throes of exuberant excess and clashing social change. It was the era of Prohibition and speakeasies; the reemergence of the Ku Klux Klan; popular evangelists, inc… [more below]
- Author: Wolf, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1496235789
- Language: English
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Ring the Bell: How the Philadelphia Phillies Built Baseball’s Best Fan Base
$32.99 Add to cartRalph Waldo Emerson famously said, “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.”
He must’ve been a Phillies fan. The Philadelphia Phillies, a franchise nearly 150 years old, has only reached its grand- Author: Reavy, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 29 2025
- ISBN10: 168358497X
- Language: English
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Baseball Legends Alphabet
$19.95 Add to cartFrom Babe Ruth to Joe DiMaggio, Satchel Paige to Dizzy Dean, see all the greats step up to the plate in Baseball Legends Alphabet. Written and illustrated with All-Star quality, this book is sure to h… [more below]
- Author: Feiner, Beck
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: February 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0648506347
- Language: English
