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  • In the Time of Bobby Cox

    The Atlanta Braves, Their Manager, My Couch, Two Decades, and Me

    de Lang Whitaker ...
    Bobby Cox has now hung up his spikes, leaving behind an unparalleled tenure as one of the most successful managers of all time. Known throughout baseball as a player’s manager, the legendary skipper has endeared himself to all who love the game. His constancy has been an anomaly in this fickle sports era, and In the Time of Bobby Cox is Lang Whitaker’s heartfelt exploration of the lessons he’s ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • A Pitcher's Story

    Innings with David Cone

    de Roger Angell ...
    Baseball's best writer offers an extraordinarily candid and thorough exploration of the inner craft of pitching from one of the game's best, David Cone.There is no big league pitcher who is more respected for his skill than David Cone.In his stellar career Cone has won multiple championships andcountless professional accolades. Along the way, the perennial all-star has had to adjust to five ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Tales from the Dugout : The Greatest True Baseball Stories Ever Told: The Greatest True Baseball Stories Ever Told

    The Greatest True Baseball Stories Ever Told

    de Mike Shannon ...
    Batter up--here comes the most memorable collection of anecdotes about the national pastime ever assembled. Tales from the Dugout brings together never-before-told stories from baseball personalities such as Roger Maris, Ken Griffey Jr., Pete Rose, Phil Rizzuto, and Gaylord Perry in this illustrated, one-of-a-kind compendium. ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The Bryce Harper Story

    Rise of a Young Slugger

    de 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 ... Leer más

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  • A Season to Remember

    How Canada's Team Gave Us the Best Summer in Twenty-two Years

    de The Toronto Star ...
    What started as a baseball season like any other became the most thrilling sports story of 2015Canada’s team began the season with as many losses as wins, but things changed rapidly. With inspired moves by management at the trade deadline, and a bullpen rally not seen since the back-to-back championships of 1992 and 1993, they were back on top.The boys in blue went on to score 891 runs—127 runs ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • Play Ball

    The Life and Troubled Times of Major League Baseball

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • The Grind

    Inside Baseball's Endless Season

    de Barry Svrluga ...
    Built on material that appeared in The Washington Post, this is a raw, inside look at the wear and tear and the glory and impermanence of baseball—shortlisted for the 2016 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing.At 162 games, it is the sports world’s longest season. Grueling. Thrilling. Routine. Lonely. Exhilarating. Major league ballplayers even have a name for this relentless, unmatchable ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Catcher

    How the Man Behind the Plate Became an American Folk Hero

    de Peter Morris ...
    Today the baseball catcher is a familiar but uninspiring figure. Decked out in the so-called tools of ignorance, he stolidly goes about his duty without attracting much attention. But it wasn't always that way, as Peter Morris shows in this lively and original study. In baseball's early days, catchers stood a safe distance behind the batter. Then the introduction of the curveball in the 1870s led ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • Ballplayer

    de Chipper Jones, Carroll Rogers Walton ...
    Atlanta Braves third baseman and National Hall of Famer Chipper Jones—one of the greatest switch-hitters in baseball history—shares his remarkable story, while capturing the magic nostalgia that sets baseball apart from every other sport.Before Chipper Jones became an eight-time All-Star who amassed Hall of Fame–worthy statistics during a nineteen-year career with the Atlanta Braves, he was just a ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • 90% of the Game Is Half Mental

    And Other Tales from the Edge of Baseball Fandom

    de Emma Span ...
    "One of the most enjoyable, satisfying sports books I have ever had the pleasure to read." —Jeff Pearlman author, Boys Will Be Boys and The Bad Guys Won!Yogi Berra once said: “If you come to a fork in the road, take it.” But for lifelong baseball aficionado Emma Span, it hasn’t always been that simple. Now, in this winning collection of essays, Span chronicles her love of the sport, from childhood ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • The Last Nine Innings

    Inside the Real Game Fans Never See

    de Charles Euchner ...
    "The Last Nine Innings is the last word on the inside of baseball. It's full of wonderful revelations and perceptions that help us understand the game in ways that we might never have imagined. Charlie Euchner has done a marvelous job in getting players to talk, simply, about how they play, and we're the wiser for it."—Frank Deford"Charlie takes an unorthodox approach to an emotional week and ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • What Baseball Means to Me

    A Celebration of Our National Pastime

    de Curt Smith, The National Baseball Hall of Fame ...
    Funny, moving, and each one a diamond in the rough of the American consciousness, the essays in this book are the ultimate baseball conversation that pays homage to the perfect sport, in this perfect companion for all our personal baseball journeys.For some people baseball means a memory-of a certain dusty ball field on a certain summer day, or the first time they walked into a major league park ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD