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“john wolff”

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  • How to Make Pro Baseball Scouts Notice You

    An Insider's Guide to Big League Scouting

    by Al Goldis, John Wolff ...
    The purpose of this book is twofold: one, to give ballplayers an inside look at just what scouts are really looking for in their search for professional ballplayers; and two, to help them market and sell themselves so that scouts will know they exist and see them put their best skills on display. This book has been written with the intent of helping ballplayers keep their dreams of playing pro ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • The Only Rule Is It Has to Work

    Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team

    by Ben Lindbergh, Sam Miller ...
    "A kind of gonzo Moneyball": The New York Times–bestseller about two statistics-minded outsiders being allowed to run a professional baseball team ( New York Times Book Review).It's the ultimate in fantasy baseball: You get to pick the roster, set the lineup, and decide on strategies—with real players, in a real ballpark, in a real playoff race. That's what baseball analysts Ben Lindbergh and Sam ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • My Turn At Bat

    by Stephanie Myles and Claude Brochu ...
    The decline and fall of the Montreal Expos. In 1969 the Montreal Expos played their first game. Thirty-two years later the team that once boasted baseball’s best farm system is nearly dead. In this book former Expos president Claude Brochu gets to the bottom of the Expos’ story. From his successful marketing career at Seagram’s Claude Brochu was thrust into the role of Expos president in 1986. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ashes Diary

    by Michael Clarke ...
    In his role as Australian captain, Michael Clarke has introduced a very different dynamic into the traditions of captaincy. Open, inclusive and articulate, Clarke is a refreshing change from the often gruff and monosyllabic leaders of the past. 2013 has produced his greatest challenge to date - leading an Australian team of uncertain quality against the might of a resurgent England. But ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Bryce Harper Story

    Rise of a Young Slugger

    by The Washington Post ...
    Bryce Harper's unprecedented ascent to the major leagues, from a 17-year-old first overall draft pick to a headline-creating, 19-year-old rookie center fielder for the Washington Nationals, dropped him into the middle of the best season of D.C. baseball since the Great Depression. Washington Post sports reporters chronicled each moment on and off the field, from his first press conference in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Play Ball

    The Life and Troubled Times of Major League Baseball

    by John Feinstein ...
    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Season Inside presents a thoroughly entertaining and deeply reflective examination of America’s greatest sport: baseball.What makes baseball what it is—the good as well as the bad? Who are the game’s heroes, and who its villains? What roles do managers play, and umpires and announcers and mascots and the media? What is the game’s future?To answer these ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Nailed!

    The Improbable Rise and Spectacular Fall of Lenny Dykstra

    by Christopher Frankie ...
    Nailed! is a dramatic biography of Lenny Dykstra -- the heroic center fielder for the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies in the '80s and '90s whose gritty play earned him the nickname "Nails." Dykstra's unlikely post-baseball rise in the business world is a success story that is only matched by the sordid tale of his ultimate downfall.From famously receiving financial guru Jim Cramer's ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Sabermetric Revolution

    Assessing the Growth of Analytics in Baseball

    by Benjamin Baumer, Andrew Zimbalist ...
    From the front office to the family room, sabermetrics has dramatically changed the way baseball players are assessed and valued by fans and managers alike. Rocketed to popularity by the 2003 bestseller Moneyball and the film of the same name, the use of sabermetrics to analyze player performance has appeared to be a David to the Goliath of systemically advantaged richer teams that could be ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Bat Boy

    My True Life Adventures Coming of Age with the New York Yankees

    by Matthew McGough ...
    Most of us have dreamed of sitting in the dugout with our favorite baseball team, and at sixteen Matt McGough was no different. A few months after sending a blind application letter to George Steinbrenner, on Opening Day 1992 Matt found himself walking into the legendary Yankee clubhouse. There, amid the chaos and excitement, he was greeted by none other than his idol Don Mattingly — who promptly ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • Death to the BCS: Totally Revised and Updated

    The Definitive Case Against the Bowl Championship Series

    by Dan Wetzel, Josh Peter, Jeff Passan ...
    With all-new reporting, a completely revised and updated second edition of the bestseller that takes down the Great Satan of college sports: the Bowl Championship Series (BCS).Every college sport picks its champion by a postseason tournament, except for one: Divsiion I-A football. Instead of a tournament, fans are subjected to the Bowl Championship Series, an arcane mix of polling and mathematical ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Dickson Baseball Dictionary

    by Paul Dickson ...
    The definitive work on the language of baseball—one of the “Five Best Baseball Books” (Wall Street Journal).Hailed as “a staggering piece of scholarship” (Wall Street Journal) and “an indispensable guide to the language of baseball” (San Diego Union-Tribune), The Dickson Baseball Dictionary has become an invaluable resource for those who love the game. Drawing on dozens of nineteenth- and early ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Sparky and Me

    My Friendship with Sparky Anderson and the Lessons He Shared About Baseball and Life

    by Dan Ewald ...
    In the tradition of Tuesdays With Morrie, a sportswriter recounts his friendship with legendary Tigers manager Sparky Anderson, the man who taught him not only the nuances of baseball, but also the importance of life's unwritten rules."For decades, it seemed like everyone in baseball knew Sparky Anderson, and almost all of us considered him a friend. But few knew him as Dan Ewald did. Here, Dan ... Read more

    $12.99 USD