Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baseball
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The Baseball Almanac
Author: The Louisville Baseball Almanac
Author: Philip Von BorriesPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614232733
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Though long associated with fine bourbons, riverboats and champion Thoroughbreds, Louisville, Kentucky, is home to another icon--the Louisville slugger. The Louisville Baseball Almanac presents the first-ever comprehensive look at the rich history of professional teams, ballplayers and managers, a history that runs deep within the city. Originally a major-league city that won a pennant in 1890, the early Louisville teams gave rise to a host of legends and eccentrics, in equal measure. And ever since, Louisville has maintained a strong position in baseball history as a top-flight minor league city. Red Sox, Yankee, Dodger, Reds and Cardinals fans--baseball fans --have Louisville to thank for launching the careers of some of the game's most memorable players. Louisville baseball historian Philip Von Borries recounts the breadth of Louisville's ballplaying heritage, his text complemented by numerous vintage photographs.
July 18, 1949
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 1Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aliens
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The Mutual Baseball Almanac
Author: Roger KahnThe Texas League Baseball Almanac
Author: David KingPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625845219
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Since forming in 1888, the Texas League has produced some of the most beloved American baseball players and seen more than its fair share of colorful events. In 1931, Houston pitcher Dizzy Dean pitched and won both ends of a double-header in Fort Worth, throwing a three-hit shutout in the second game. In 1906, center fielder Tris Speaker pitched for Cleburne to beat Temple 10-3. In 1998, Arkansas' Tyrone Horne hit for the "homer cycle" in San Antonio, finishing to a standing ovation. "The Texas League Baseball Almanac" delivers day by day the record-breaking events, personal triumphs and memorable games that helped to shape baseball in the region. Join authors David King and Tom Kayser on a nine-inning trip down one of minor-league baseball's most historic institutions, both in season and off. .
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1206
Book Description
Includes Part 1A: Books and Part 1B: Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals
A Sand County Almanac
Author: Aldo LeopoldPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0197500269
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as "full of beauty and vigor and bite," A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with a call for changing our understanding of land management.
Who's who in Baseball History
Author: Lloyd JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781566194693
Category : Baseball
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
This is an excellent question and answer book about baseball and its history.
A House of Cards
Author: John BloomPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9781452900254
Category : Baseball cards
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Imperfect
Author: Jim AbbottPublisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345523261
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
“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.