Author : Ryan Nagelhout
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 20,12 MB
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1482456893
Baseball is a great sport full of weird words. Trying to play a game with friends might be hard if you dont know what anyone is saying! Readers will get a look in the dugout, and even learn why they call it a dugout in the first place. With color photos and other graphics explaining different terms and concepts like a double switch or ground rules, readers are sure to learn everything they need to talkand playlike a pro.
Author : Dan Blewett
Publisher : Dan Blewett
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 19,17 MB
Release : 2019-04-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1727813936
Dear Baseball Gods, Why didn't you look out for him? Didn't he deserve better? He hustled, competed, and played the game the right way. What happened wasn't fair. A Second Comeback Dan sat by a tree, staring at the ground trying to decide what he would do next. The doctor had just explained that everything he worked for was now ruined. A second Tommy John surgery? Does anyone come back from that? Is my career over? Is this it? A Winding Road to the Top As a walk-on in college, Dan had to earn everything. He pitched on three hours sleep, lived in the clubhouse, played for a team that collapsed mid-season, and endured more arm pain than any kid should. A Way to Move On When finally forced to hang up his cleats, Dan looked in the mirror and didn't recognize the man peering back. If no longer a ballplayer...what would he do? What had been the point of it all? Who was he? The Deeper Side of Life as an Athlete In this philosophical memoir, written as a series of letters, you'll learn that the pinstripes don't wash off so easily.
Author : Dan Blewett
Publisher : Dan Blewett
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,64 MB
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN :
What Does it Take to Have a Great Baseball Career? You daydream about one day seeing your face on a baseball card. You live for pressure and the green grass beneath your cleats. But as your career progresses, the game gets harder. You slump and struggle. You get injured and overlooked. Your confidence plummets. Can you keep improving? Are your big dreams still within reach? A Handbook for the Dedicated Player Clean Your Cleats is filled with stories and advice learned the hard way, over a long career on the diamond. Develop better routines and improve your consistency. Handle the ups and downs with confidence and resolve. Strengthen relationships with teammates, parents and coaches. Learn mindset strategies to become the best version of you. Dan Blewett, in this practical guide, helps players understand all the little things in baseball that make a huge difference over a long career. Why clean your cleats? Because every detail matters.
Author : Ryan Nagelhout
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 19,15 MB
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1482457113
Theres a lot more to auto racing than just driving around in a circle. From engine maintenance to understanding wind physics while drafting, drivers and their crews are smart people making decisions in the blink of an eye. Making tough calls in an instant is often the difference between taking the checkered flag for the win or settling for a finish in the back of the pack. With vivid graphics and full-color photographs illustrating the fast-paced world of race car drivers, readers learn how spotters help drivers through crashes and some of the technical terms used in the pits to help make racing champions.
Author : Fay Vincent
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 39,2 MB
Release : 2009-04-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1416565310
Former Major League Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent brings together a stellar roster of ballplayers from the 1950s and 1960s in this wonderful new history of the game. Whitey Ford, Duke Snider, Carl Erskine, Bill Rigney, and Ralph Branca tell stories about baseball in New York when the Yankees dominated and seemed to play either the Dodgers or the Giants in every World Series. By the end of the fifties, the two National League teams had relocated to California, as baseball expanded across the country. Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts, Braves mainstay Lew Burdette, home-run king Harmon Killebrew, Cubs slugger Billy Williams, and Hall of Famers Brooks Robinson and Frank Robinson share great stories about milestone events, from Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier on the field to Frank Robinson doing the same in the dugout. They remember the teammates and opponents they admired, including Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Warren Spahn, Don Newcombe, and Ernie Banks. For anyone who grew up watching baseball in the 1950s and 1960s, or for anyone who wonders what it was like in the days when ballplayers negotiated their own contracts and worked real jobs in the off-season, this is a book to cherish.
Author : H. A. Dorfman
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 28,31 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1888698543
In this book, authors H.A. Dorfman and Karl Kuehl present their practical and proven strategy for developing the mental skills needed to achieve peack performance at every level of the game.
Author : Bob Gibson
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 39,13 MB
Release : 2009-09-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0385532164
Reggie Jackson and Bob Gibson offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to understand America's pastime from their unique insider perspective. Legendary. Insightful. Uncompromising. Candid. Uncensored. Mr. October and Hoot Gibson unfortunately never faced each other on the field. But now, in Sixty Feet, Six Inches, these two legends open up in fascinating detail about the game they love and how it was, is, and should be played. Their one-of-a-kind insider stories recall a who's who of baseball nobility, including Willie Mays, Alex Rodriguez, Hank Aaron, Albert Pujols, Billy Martin, and Joe Torre. This is an unforgettable baseball history by two of its most influential superstars. Bonus Material: This ebook edition includes an excerpt from Reggie Jackson's Becoming Mr. October.
Author : Jim Abbott
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 10,15 MB
Release : 2013-03-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0345523261
“Honest, touching, and beautifully rendered . . . Far more than a book about baseball, it is a deeply felt story of triumph and failure, dreams and disappointments. Jim Abbott has hurled another gem.”—Jonathan Eig, New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Man NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Born without a right hand, Jim Abbott dreamed of someday being a great athlete. Raised in Flint, Michigan, by parents who encouraged him to compete, Jim would become an ace pitcher for the University of Michigan. But his journey was only beginning: By twenty-one, he’d won the gold medal game at the 1988 Olympics and—without spending a day in the minor leagues—cracked the starting rotation of the California Angels. In 1991, he would finish third in the voting for the Cy Young Award. Two years later, he would don Yankee pinstripes and pitch one of the most dramatic no-hitters in major-league history. In this honest and insightful book, Jim Abbott reveals the challenges he faced in becoming an elite pitcher, the insecurities he dealt with in a life spent as the different one, and the intense emotion generated by his encounters with disabled children from around the country. With a riveting pitch-by-pitch account of his no-hitter providing the ideal frame for his story, this unique athlete offers readers an extraordinary and unforgettable memoir. “Compelling . . . [a] big-hearted memoir.”—Los Angeles Times “Inspirational.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer Includes an exclusive conversation between Jim Abbott and Tim Brown in the back of the book.
Author : Skip Bertman
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 38,17 MB
Release : 2014-10-05
Category :
ISBN : 9781502726544
Skip Bertman is widely respected as one of the premier coaches in all of collegiate athletics. Bertman began coaching at LSU in 1984 and transformed the Tigers into a baseball powerhouse. He guided the Tigers to 16 NCAA Tournament appearances, 11 College World Series appearances, 7 SEC Championships and 5 NCAA Baseball National Championships in his 18 seasons as Head Coach. His teams also drew record-setting crowds to LSU's Alex Box Stadium.In this 600 page massive collection of Bertman's best, you gain access to some of the greatest motivational and team building strategies used by the Hall of Fame coach on a consistent basis.SKIP BERTMAN: WINNING THE BIG ONE will give you insight into:* Striving for excellence and being at your very best* How to overcome failure and see failure as a necessary part of success* Acknowledging and addressing the fear factor all athletes face* Motivating your team to play with confidence and belief* Team building strategies that enhance your program chemistry* Motivational stories and sheets you can use to motivate your team
Author : Jason Turbow
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 27,92 MB
Release : 2011-03-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 030727862X
An insider’s look at baseball’s unwritten rules, explained with examples from the game’s most fascinating characters and wildest historical moments. Everyone knows that baseball is a game of intricate regulations, but it turns out to be even more complicated than we realize. All aspects of baseball—hitting, pitching, and baserunning—are affected by the Code, a set of unwritten rules that governs the Major League game. Some of these rules are openly discussed (don’t steal a base with a big lead late in the game), while others are known only to a minority of players (don’t cross between the catcher and the pitcher on the way to the batter’s box). In The Baseball Codes, old-timers and all-time greats share their insights into the game’s most hallowed—and least known—traditions. For the learned and the casual baseball fan alike, the result is illuminating and thoroughly entertaining. At the heart of this book are incredible and often hilarious stories involving national heroes (like Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays) and notorious headhunters (like Bob Gibson and Don Drysdale) in a century-long series of confrontations over respect, honor, and the soul of the game. With The Baseball Codes, we see for the first time the game as it’s actually played, through the eyes of the players on the field. With rollicking stories from the past and new perspectives on baseball’s informal rulebook, The Baseball Codes is a must for every fan.
