Essays & Writings
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Mount Rushmore of the New York Mets: The Best Players by Decade to Wear the Orange and Blue
$15.99 Read moreMount Rushmore, located in the Black Hills of Keystone, South Dakota, is one of the most iconic landmarks in the United States. The face of the mountain features 60-foot heads of Presidents George Was… [more below]
- Author: Topel, Brett
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 1683584171
- Language: English
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The Sandlot Legacy
$19.99 Read moreIn the vast tapestry of life, dreams are the vibrant threads that weave stories of ambition and determination. Jack Thompson’s journey is emblematic of every child who gazes at the stars and believes
- Author: Beede, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: July 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1088226590
- 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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And God Said, Play Ball!: Amusing and Thought-Provoking Parallels Between the Bible and Baseball
$16.99 Add to cartThis book manages to be entertaining and educational, as well as fanciful and inspirational. It draws from the lives of Jesus Christ and Yogi Berra, Joseph of Nazareth and Joe DiMaggio, Moses and Hank… [more below]
- Author: Graf, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0764814753
- Language: English
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Out Of My League
$21.00 Add to cartAfter six years of laying it on the line in the minors, pitcher Dirk Hayhurst hopes 2008 is the year he breaks into the big leagues. But every time Dirk looks up, the bases are loaded with new challen… [more below]
- Author: Hayhurst, Dirk
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 406
- Publish Date: March 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0806534869
- Language: English
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Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir
$17.99 Add to cartThe lost memoir from Lou Gehrig–“a compelling rumination by a baseball icon and a tragic hero” (Sports Illustrated) and “a fitting tribute to an inspiring baseball legend” (Publishers Weekly).At the … [more below]
- Author: Gaff, Alan D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 198213240X
- 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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The Closer
$40.00 Add to cartThe greatest relief pitcher of all time shares his extraordinary story of survival, love, and baseball.
Mariano Rivera, the man who intimidated thousands of batters merely by opening a bullpen door,- Author: Rivera, Mariano
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 06 2014
- ISBN10: 0316404608
- Language: English
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The Bullpen Gospels
$14.95 Add to cart“A true picture of baseball.” -Tim McCarver From the humble heights of a Class-A pitcher’s mound to the deflating lows of sleeping on his gun-toting grandmother’s air mattress, veteran reliever Dirk H… [more below]
- Author: Hayhurst, Dirk
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0806531436
- 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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Frank Chance’s Diamond: The Baseball Journalism of Ring Lardner
$39.50 Add to cartAt one time Ring Lardner’s baseball articles reached millions of readers through more than one hundred newspapers throughout America. This book contains Lardner’s columns as well as examples of Lardne
- Author: Rapoport, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1493080997
- 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
