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Category : Baseball
Languages : en
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The Sporting News Official Baseball Register
Author: Baseball Register, 1988
Author: Sporting NewsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780892042654
Category : Baseball
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Official Baseball Register 1981
Author: Sporting News Publishing CompanyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780892040728
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
How Baseball Happened
Author: Thomas W. GilbertPublisher: Godine+ORM
ISBN: 1567926886
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The untold story of baseball’s nineteenth-century origins: “a delightful look at a young nation creating a pastime that was love from the first crack of the bat” (Paul Dickson, The Wall Street Journal). You may have heard that Abner Doubleday or Alexander Cartwright invented baseball. Neither did. You may have been told that a club called the Knickerbockers played the first baseball game in 1846. They didn’t. Perhaps you’ve read that baseball’s color line was first crossed by Jackie Robinson in 1947. Nope. Baseball’s true founders don’t have plaques in Cooperstown. They were hundreds of uncredited, ordinary people who played without gloves, facemasks, or performance incentives. Unlike today’s pro athletes, they lived full lives outside of sports. They worked, built businesses, and fought against the South in the Civil War. In this myth-busting history, Thomas W. Gilbert reveals the true beginnings of baseball. Through newspaper accounts, diaries, and other accounts, he explains how it evolved through the mid-nineteenth century into a modern sport of championships, media coverage, and famous stars—all before the first professional league was formed in 1871. Winner of the Casey Award: Best Baseball Book of the Year
The Sporting News Official Baseball Register
Author: Official Baseball Register
Author: Sporting NewsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780892044894
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Are We Winning?
Author: Will LeitchPublisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 1401395899
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A hilarious tribute to baseball and to the fathers and sons who share the love of the game. Are We Winning? is built around a trip to Wrigley Field to watch the St. Louis Cardinals play the Chicago Cubs--the "lovable losers" to most fans but the hated enemy to the Leitch men. Along for the ride are both Will's father, the gregarious but not-exactly demonstrative Midwestern titan who, despite being a die-hard Cards fan and living his whole life just 200 miles south of Chicago, had never been to Wrigley Field before this game, and Will's college friend, a lifelong Cubs fan. The Cardinals have recently fallen out of the pennant race, and the Cubs, as it turns out, are attempting to clinch the division on this Saturday afternoon in September. The pitchers are Ted Lilly for the Cubs and Joel Pineiro for the Cardinals. It's just a regular game. Play ball. The book unfolds in half-inning increments where Will gives one-of-a-kind insight on the past, present, and future of the game--from Pujols' unrivaled greatness to the myth that steroids have ruined baseball. Along the way, he shares memories of his father and growing up in the small town of Mattoon, including the year his dad coached his Little League team and nicknamed a scrawny kid "Bulldog," and an unlikely postgame episode involving a biker bar and Mr. Holland's Opus. And there is beer. Lots and lots of beer. Are We Winning? is a book about the indelible bond that links fathers and sons. For the Leitch men it's baseball that holds them together--not that either of them would ever be so weak as to admit it. No matter how far apart they are or what's going on in their lives, they'll always be able to talk about baseball. It's the story of being a fan, a story about fathers, sons, and legacies. And one perfect game.
The Sporting News Baseball Register
Author: David WaltonPublisher: Sporting News Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780892046720
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
This easy-to-use alphabetical reference includes major- and minor- league statistics, especially useful for fantasy-league players, plus biographical information and statistical notes.
Sporting News Official Baseball Rules
Author: Sporting NewsPublisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
ISBN: 9780892046478
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is the rules book used by the men and women in blue, the actual rules book carried on the field by major-league umpires. Complete with any rules changes for the 2001 season, and the official book of Major League Baseball. Pocketsize for easy reference on the field.
The Sporting News Official Baseball Register, 1986
Author: Sporting NewsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780892042081
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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