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“larry dierker”

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  • My Team

    Choosing My Dream Team from My Forty Years in Baseball

    by Larry Dierker ...
    Mantle or Mays? A-Rod or Jeter? Biggio or Morgan? Clemens, Maddux, and Randy Johnson -- or Pedro, Palmer, and Carlton? These are questions baseball fans can spend endless hours debating. Former All-Star pitcher and National League Manager of the Year Larry Dierker has his own opinions, and he shares them in My Team, his fascinating discussion of the greatest players he has seen in his four decades ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • As They See 'Em

    A Fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires

    by Bruce Weber ...
    Named One of the Best Baseball Books Ever Written by EsquireAn insider’s look at the largely unknown world of professional umpires, the small group of men (and the very occasional woman) who make sure America’s favorite pastime is conducted in a manner that is clean, crisp, and true.Millions of American baseball fans know, with absolute certainty, that umpires are simply overpaid galoots who are ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Nine Innings

    The Anatomy of a Baseball Game

    by Daniel Okrent ...
    Brewers-Orioles, 6/10/82: "An astounding piece of sports journalism . . . the best book about the best game there is." — St. Louis Post-DispatchA timeless baseball classic, Nine Innings dissects a single baseball game played in June 1982—inning by inning, play by play. Daniel Okrent, New York Times–bestselling author and lifelong fan, chose as his subject a Milwaukee Brewers-Baltimore Orioles ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Icon

    by Teri Thompson, Nathaniel Vinton, Michael O'Keeffe, Christian Red ...
    It was an epic downfall. In twenty-four seasons pitcher Roger Clemens put together one of the greatest careers baseball has ever seen. Seven Cy Young Awards, two World Series championships, and 354 victories made him a lock for the Hall of Fame. But on December 13, 2007, the Mitchell Report laid waste to all that. Accusations that Clemens relied on steroids and human growth hormone provided and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • They Called Me God

    The Best Umpire Who Ever Lived

    by Doug Harvey, Peter Golenbock ...
    The incredible memoir from the man voted one of the “Best Umpires of All Time” by the Society of American Baseball Research—filled with more than three decades of fascinating baseball stories.Doug Harvey was a California farm boy, a high school athlete who nevertheless knew that what he really wanted was to become an unsung hero—a major league umpire. Working his way through the minor leagues, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Satch, Dizzy, and Rapid Robert

    The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball Before Jackie Robinson

    by Timothy M. Gay ...
    Before Jackie Robinson integrated major league baseball in 1947, black and white ballplayers had been playing against one another for decades—even, on rare occasions, playing with each other. Interracial contests took place during the off-season, when major leaguers and Negro Leaguers alike fattened their wallets by playing exhibitions in cities and towns across America. These barnstorming tours ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Inside the Park

    Running the Base Path of Life

    by Willie Wilson, Kent Pullian ...
    Willie Wilson played baseball with the mentality of a football player—a grimace, on his face. Totally unprepared for the spotlight of being in the major leagues, Wilson experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, sometimes unable to tell them apart. He helped lead the Kansas City Royals to their rst World Series in only his second full season in the Major Leagues. His 1983 arrest on a ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • MIKE's FREE "Scary" Sports Comics

    Volume 5

    by MIKE - aka Mike Raffone ...
    Series series MIKE's FREE Sports Comic Book Series
    This FREE comic book isn’t intended to scare sports fans.However, "Scary" Sports Comics - Volume 5 in my FREE sports comic book series – is a collection of figuratively frightening sports comics meant to entertain sports fans of all ages."Scary" Sports Comics highlights and sometimes lampoons the eerie expressions, creepy nicknames, ghostly references, frightening athletes, intimidating teams and ... Read more

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  • Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey

    Nobility

    by Fritz Knapp ...
    As part of the acclaimed Sports Virtues series, "Branch Rickey & Jackie Robinson: Nobility" discusses the struggles and triumphs of Branch Rickey's and Jackie Robinson's lives. As with each story in the Sports Virtues series, this book assigns a virtue to a celebrated athlete or coach, and uses that person's story to help the reader achieve that virtue for him or herself.What emerges after reading ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Bob Chandler's Tales from the San Diego Padres Dugout

    A Collection of the Greatest Padres Stories Ever Told

    by Bob Chandler, Bill Swank ...
    Series series Tales from the Team
    Since they burst onto the scene in 1968, the San Diego Padres have taken fans on a roller coaster ride of ups, downs, and unforgettable moments. In Tales from the San Diego Padres Dugout, longtime Padres announcer Bob Chandler shares his memories of the team with Bill Swank in an easy-to-read recap of the team’s colorful past. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The American League in Transition, 1965-1975

    How Competition Thrived When the Yankees Didn't

    by Paul Hensler ...
    In the years following the decline of the New York Yankees dynasty that ended in 1964, three American League teams endeavored to stake their claim to the Junior Circuit's crown. From 1965 to 1975, the Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, and Oakland Athletics emerged as the most significant AL clubs, but this trio achieved varying degrees of success. Through the prism of these three teams, this ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • T-Ball Skills & Drills

    by Marty Schupak ...
    T-Ball Skills & Drills presents 37 creative drills that T-Ball coaches and parents can do with their team or with their own kids at home. Over a million kids participate in T-Ball every year. Hitting fundamentals, throwing, baserunning, and fielding are just some of the skills covered. Coaches need to be creative to keep kids stimulated in practices and during games. Many of the drills in T-Ball ... Read more

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