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  • State of Play

    The Old School Guide to New School Baseball

    by Bill Ripken ...
    Advanced statistics and new terminology have taken hold of baseball today, but do they accurately reflect the reality of the game? A baseball lifer states his case.America's favorite pastime is enduring an assault of new thoughts and ideas. In recent years, the sabermetrics and analytics craze has infiltrated Major League Baseball—from its front offices to dugouts to clubhouses to media covering ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Coaching Youth Baseball the Ripken Way

    by Cal Ripken, Jr., Bill Ripken, Scott Lowe ...
    Coaching young players, developing their skills, and cultivating a love for the sport may be the most rewarding experience baseball can offer. Cal and Bill Ripken understand this like few others.From their father, Cal Sr., a legend in the Baltimore Orioles organization for 37 years, they learned to play the game the right way. Those lessons, paired with their combined 33 years of big league ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

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    State of Play

    The Old School Guide to New School Baseball

    by Bill Ripken ...
    Narrated by Danny Campbell ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 11 min

    America's favorite pastime is undergoing an operations-to-field transformation. In recent years, the sabermetrics and analytics craze has infiltrated Major League Baseball—from its front offices to dugouts to clubhouses to media covering both, inciting a baseball culture war. New phrases like "launch angle," "spin rate," and "pitch framing" have entered the vocabulary, often with little real ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • Baseball 101: Learn How To Play Baseball - A Guide For Beginners

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  • The Yankee Years

    by Joe Torre, Tom Verducci ...
    The definitive story of one of the greatest dynasties in baseball history, Joe Torre's New York Yankees.When Joe Torre took over as manager of the Yankees in 1996, they had not won a World Series title in eighteen years. In that time seventeen others had tried to take the helm of America’s most famous baseball team. Each one was fired by George Steinbrenner. After twelve triumphant seasons—with ... Read more

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  • The Score Takes Care of Itself

    My Philosophy of Leadership

    by Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh ...
    The last lecture on leadership by the NFL's greatest coach will inspire, inform, and enlighten leaders in all professions.Bill Walsh was a towering figure in the history of the NFL. His advanced leadership transformed the San Francisco 49ers from the worst franchise in sports to a legendary dynasty. In the process, he changed the way football is played.Walsh taught that the requirements of ... Read more

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  • Change Up

    How to Make the Great Game of Baseball Even Better

    by Buck Martinez, Dan Robson ...
    In the spirit of Moneyball, the voice of the Toronto Blue Jays offers cutting insights on baseballBuck Martinez has been in and around professional baseball for nearly fifty years as a player, manager and broadcaster. Currently the play-by-play announcer for the Toronto Blue Jays, Martinez has witnessed enormous change in the game he loves, as it has morphed from a grassroots pastime to big ... Read more

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  • The Art of Catching

    The Secrets and Techniques of Baseball's Most Demanding Position

    by Brent Mayne ...
    An aspiring baseball catcher could do himself no greater favor than acquiring this manual. Whereas the techniques of hitting, pitching, and other baseball positions are well covered by valuable instruction books, the techniques of catching arguably the most difficult and most crucial position of all have not been covered well at all. Brent Mayne's The Art of Catching: The Secrets and Techniques of ... Read more

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  • Smart Baseball

    The Story Behind the Old Stats That Are Ruining the Game, the New Ones That Are Running It, and the Right Way to Think About Baseball

    by Keith Law ...
    Predictably Irrational meets Moneyball in ESPN veteran writer and statistical analyst Keith Law’s iconoclastic look at the numbers game of baseball, proving why some of the most trusted stats are surprisingly wrong, explaining what numbers actually work, and exploring what the rise of Big Data means for the future of the sport.For decades, statistics such as batting average, saves recorded, and ... Read more

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  • Big Data Baseball

    Math, Miracles, and the End of a 20-Year Losing Streak

    by Travis Sawchik ...
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