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  • The Negro Leagues' 1931 Homestead Grays

    The Color of Greatness

    Edited by Thomas Kern, Bill Nowlin ...
    The 1931 edition of the Homestead Grays might be the greatest collection of talent on one team in baseball history. They not only retained all-time greats like Oscar Charleston, Josh Gibson, and Smokey Joe Williams from the previous year, but brought in future Hall of Famers Jud Wilson to play third base and Willie Foster to augment the pitching staff. They even briefly added Satchel Paige late in ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Cape Cod Baseball League

    From College Stars to Big League Futures

    Edited by Mike Richard, Bill Nowlin ...
    The Cape Cod League is the premier amateur baseball league in the United States, and this book presents stories of the people, places, and players who have made it great.If someone told you an amateur baseball league had produced 18 future major leaguers, it might seem impressive. But over 1,800 alumni of the Cape Cod Baseball League have landed in the major leagues. The "Cape League," as it is ... Read more

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  • Don't Let Us Win Tonight

    An Oral History of the 2004 Boston Red Sox's Impossible Playoff Run

    by Allan Wood, Bill Nowlin ...
    Now revised and updated to include reflections on the modern era of Red Sox baseball Commemorating the Boston Red Sox's unforgettable championship run in the fall of 2004, go behind the scenes and inside the dugout, bullpen, and clubhouse to discover how this team defied the ultimate odds. This oral history highlights how, during a span of just 76 hours, the Red Sox won four do-or-die games ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "The Kid" Blasts a Winner: Ted Williams's 110 Game-Deciding Home Runs

    by Bill Nowlin ...
    As if Ted Williams's numbers needed any help, recent research reveals that 110 of his 521 career home runs—more than 20%—were game-winners. "The Kid" Blasts a Winner, by Red Sox guru Bill Nowlin, tells the story of every one of them. Williams's first game-winner came just 10 games into his career, a mammoth blast, likely the longest ball ever hit at Briggs Stadium. His last came more than 21 years ... Read more

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  • Don't Let Us Win Tonight

    An Oral History of the 2004 Boston Red Sox's Impossible Playoff Run

    by Allan Wood, Bill Nowlin ...
    Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Boston Red Sox' unprecedented championship run in the fall of 2004, this guide takes fans behind the scenes and inside the dugout, bullpen, and clubhouse to reveal to baseball fans how it happened, as it happened. The book highlights how, during a span of just 76 hours, the Red Sox won four do-or-die games against their archrivals, the New York Yankees, to ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Red Sox in 5s and 10s

    Boston's Agony and Ecstasy

    by Bill Nowlin ...
    Series series
    The Boston Red Sox have blown hot and cold over the decades. These lists of Top 5s and 10s cover both the highs and lows of a team that has endured a long history of both joy and sorrow. They won the first World Series ever played and then five more pennants in the next fifteen years. Famously, from 1918 until the magical year of 2004, the Sox endured eighty-six seasons without a championship, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • When Football Went to War

    by Todd Anton, Bill Nowlin ...
    More than any other sport, professional football contributed fighting men to the battles of World War II, and the 22 or so players or former players that lost their lives are among the riveting stories told in this tribute to football's war heroes that spans many decades and military conflicts. The National Football League counts three Congressional Medal of Honor recipients among its honors, ... Read more

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  • When Baseball Went to War

    Edited by Todd Anton, Bill Nowlin ...
    Combined with never-before-published photographs and other special features, this account tells the compelling and unforgettable story of ballplayers such as Ted Williams, Dom DiMaggio, Jerry Coleman, Bob Feller, Lou Brissie, and Johnny Pesky who answered their nation's call to serve their country. ... Read more

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  • The Newark Eagles Take Flight: The Story of the 1946 Negro League Champions

    SABR Digital Library, #68

    by Society for American Baseball Research, Frederick C. Bush, Bill Nowlin ...
    Series Book 68 - SABR Digital Library
    The Newark Eagles won only one Negro National League pennant during the franchise's 15-year tenure in the Garden State, but the 1946 squad that ran away with the NNL and then triumphed over the Kansas City Monarchs in a seven-game World Series was a team for the ages. World War II had ended, and numerous players who had served in the military returned to resume their playing careers with the ... Read more

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  • The Glorious Beaneaters of the 1890s

    SABR Digital Library, #73

    by Society for American Baseball Research, Bob LeMoine, Bill Nowlin ...
    Series Book 73 - SABR Digital Library
    More than a century has passed since the "glorious Beaneaters" era of Boston's baseball history in the 1890s. While Boston would soon have a second baseball club that would capture the hearts of New England (the Red Sox), never again would there be such dominance over a decade as the Beaneaters accomplished. The team won five pennants in the decade. Nine of these players are enshrined in the ... Read more

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  • Pride of Smoketown: The 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords

    SABR Digital Library, #77

    by Frederick C. Bush, Bill Nowlin ...
    Series Book 77 - SABR Digital Library
    Pride of Smoketown: The 1935 Pittsburgh CrawfordsEdited by Frederick C. Bush and Bill NowlinAssociate editors Len Levin and Carl RiechersThe 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords team, one of the dominant teams in Negro League history, is often compared to the legendary 1927 "Murderer's Row" New York Yankees. The squad from "Smoketown"—a nickname that the Pittsburgh Courier often applied to the metropolis ... Read more

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  • The Babe

    SABR Digital Library, #72

    by Society for American Baseball Research, Bill Nowlin, Glen Sparks ...
    Series Book 72 - SABR Digital Library
    Babe Ruth thrilled baseball fans with his tremendous home-run swing. He made friends—and some enemies—with his loud, larger-than-life personality. The list of books about Ruth could fill a few bookshelves. Most recently, SABR awarded the prestigious Seymour Medal to Jane Leavy for her 2018 biography entitled The Big Fella, and she contributes the introduction to this book we call The Babe.A ... Read more

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