Book Description
Baseball from 1900 -1991.
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Publisher :
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 50,88 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Baseball
ISBN : 9781561735549
Baseball from 1900 -1991.
Author : David Nemec
Publisher : Publications International
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 25,61 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Baseball
ISBN : 9781412716666
year by year chronicle of major-league baseball
Author : John Mehno
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,98 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Baseball
ISBN : 9780760787090
Presents highlights and timelines of 1900-2005 American and National League seasons, interspersed with feature profiles of select baseball players. The 2006 "highlights" consist of a report on the new World Baseball Classic, thirty-nine games played in three countries from March 3 - 20, 2006. Includes lists of many baseball statistics, such as World series and all-time leaders records.
Author : Anika Orrock
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 33,65 MB
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1452174261
This book chronicles the history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and the stories of the first women to play professional baseball in a league of their own. In 1941, the world was at war, and with able-bodied American men fighting overseas, professional baseball was in danger of becoming a quaint relic—until women stepped up to the plate. In this heartwarming illustrated history, the League's story is told by the ones who know it best: the players. Author Anika Orrock collects a variety of funny, charming, wince-worthy, and powerful vignettes told by the players themselves about their time playing the American pastime. • Features stories of grit and perseverance against all odds, told by the players themselves • Filled with player statistics, historical beats, headlines, and more; and fully illustrated in Anika's vibrant style • A visually engaging, readable women-led history book Written in an approachable manner and beautifully illustrated, The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League is a one-of-a-kind story told through the women's own voices and their own perspectives. This book ultimately proves that the incredible women of the AAGPBL truly were in a league of their own. • A unique celebration of a specific moment in women's and sports history • A great read for experienced and new sports fans alike, readers young and old, baseball fans • Perfect accompaniment to books like Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky, Strong is the New Pretty by Kate T. Parker, and Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future! by Kate Schatz
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,1 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Baseball
ISBN :
Author : The Baseball Guys
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 28,75 MB
Release : 2007-10-04
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781932855739
Includes multiple choice questions about baseball. Embedded in the book is a special computerized quiz module that lets you compete against yourself or a friend.
Author : Geoffrey C. Ward
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 36,63 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Baseball
ISBN : 0679765417
With more than 500 photographs -- Introduction by Roger Angell -- Essays by Thomas Boswell, Robert W. Creamer, Gerald Early, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Bill James, David Lamb, Daniel Okrent, John Thorn, George E Will -- And featuring an interview with Buck O'Neil
Author : Chronicle Books Staff
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,98 MB
Release : 2009-03-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780811860963
Filled with fascinating baseball facts and lore, B Is for Baseball is an alphabet book about America's favorite pastime. Chock full of incredible vintage photographs from the world-renowned American Baseball Hall of Fame, as well as distinctive line drawings, this volume covers intriguing details about the sport—from the number of stitches on a baseball to the three historic players who are known to have been the perfect infield combination. Readers will delight in learning baseball terms and history and about some of the most famous characters in baseball. B Is for Baseball is sure to excite curiosity about the game in young readers and baseball aficionados alike.
Author : Gerald Astor
Publisher : Touchstone
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 15,21 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780671761707
Presents historical photographs and original essays on Hall of Fame players by nine of the country's finest baseball writers.
Author : Joe Posnanski
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 34,79 MB
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1982180609
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year “An instant sports classic.” —New York Post * “Stellar.” —The Wall Street Journal * “A true masterwork…880 pages of sheer baseball bliss.” —BookPage (starred review) * “This is a remarkable achievement.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singular, and masterly book that took a lifetime to write. The entire story of baseball rings through a countdown of the 100 greatest players in history, with a foreword by George Will. Longer than Moby-Dick and nearly as ambitious,? The Baseball 100 is a one-of-a-kind work by award-winning sportswriter and lifelong student of the game Joe Posnanski. In the book’s introduction, Pulitzer Prize–winning commentator George F. Will marvels, “Posnanski must already have lived more than two hundred years. How else could he have acquired such a stock of illuminating facts and entertaining stories about the rich history of this endlessly fascinating sport?” Baseball’s legends come alive in these pages, which are not merely rankings but vibrant profiles of the game’s all-time greats. Posnanski dives into the biographies of iconic Hall of Famers, unfairly forgotten All-Stars, talents of today, and more. He doesn’t rely just on records and statistics—he lovingly retraces players’ origins, illuminates their characters, and places their accomplishments in the context of baseball’s past and present. Just how good a pitcher is Clayton Kershaw in the 21st-century game compared to Greg Maddux dueling with the juiced hitters of the nineties? How do the career and influence of Hank Aaron compare to Babe Ruth’s? Which player in the top ten most deserves to be resurrected from history? No compendium of baseball’s legendary geniuses could be complete without the players of the segregated Negro Leagues, men whose extraordinary careers were largely overlooked by sportswriters at the time and unjustly lost to history. Posnanski writes about the efforts of former Negro Leaguers to restore sidelined Black athletes to their due honor and draws upon the deep troves of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and extensive interviews with the likes of Buck O’Neil to illuminate the accomplishments of players such as pitchers Satchel Paige and Smokey Joe Williams; outfielders Oscar Charleston, Monte Irvin, and Cool Papa Bell; first baseman Buck Leonard; shortstop Pop Lloyd; catcher Josh Gibson; and many, many more. The Baseball 100 treats readers to the whole rich pageant of baseball history in a single volume. Engrossing, surprising, and heartfelt, it is a magisterial tribute to the game of baseball and the stars who have played it.