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Baseball America 2008 Almanac: A Comprehensive Review of the 2007 Season (Baseball America Almanac) Best Price: $12.44 It's 496 pages of baseball stats - the real kind, not the contrived Bill James geekazoid kind -,... | The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2006 (Sports Encyclopedia Baseball) Best Price: $1.92 I published a review for the 2000 edition of this book not 2001 or 2002. Many of the reviews... | The Gashouse Gang: How Dizzy Dean, Leo Durocher, Branch Rickey, Pepper Martin, and Their Colorful, Come-from-Behind Ball Club Won the World Series--and America's Heart--During the Great Depression Best Price: $1.40 When I was a boy, I used to watch Dizzy Dean and Buddy Blatner (later, Peewee Reese) on the... | The Entitled: A Tale of Modern Baseball Best Price: $5.95 I love baseball, and I enjoy listening to Frank DeFord on NPR, so this book looked promising. ... | Baseball (2d ed.): A History of America's Game (Illinois History of Sports) Best Price: $10.75 Great book, I actually read this book during the All-Star Break and it conjured up reminants of... |
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Big Papi: My Story of Big Dreams and Big Hits Best Price: $4.95 This book is a combination of a narrative by David Ortiz and some background information by Tony... | For The Love Of The Red Sox: An A-to-z Primer For Red Sox Fans Of All Ages Best Price: $7.50 We bought this for my father who has been the biggest Red Sox fan for over 65 years. He enjoyed... | Stengel: His Life and Times Best Price: $18.00 Enjoyed reading this book almost as much as Harry Potter.
It's funny how nowadays you can't get... | A Great Teammate: The Legend of Mickey Mantle Best Price: $8.49 This book was a birthday gift for my brother, a "rabid" Mickey Mantle fan!!! He's... | Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball Best Price: $19.67 Wally Yonamine was both the first Japanese American to play for an NFL franchise and the first... |
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Mickey Mantle: Stories and Memorabilia from a Lifetime with The Mick Best Price: $14.00 Book was nicely put together and contains some great pictures as well as reproductions of his... | Baseball as America : Seeing Ourselves Through Our National Game Best Price: $8.95 "Baseball as America: Seeing Ourselves Through Our National Game" was the companion... | The Final Season: Fathers, Sons, and One Last Season in a Classic American Ballpark (Honoring a Detroit Legend) Best Price: $5.50 As a huge baseball fan, I have read many, many baseball books. Even though all of them were... | A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball Volume 1: The Game on the Field Best Price: $11.25 This is a must for any base ball fan interested in the evolution of the game. Mr. Morris covers... | Sox and the City: A Fan's Love Affair with the White Sox from the Heartbreak of '67 to the Wizards of Oz Best Price: $7.58 SOX AND THE CITY IS WRITTEN BY RICHARD ROEPER WHO IS ALSO A MOVIE CRITIC ALONG WITH ROGER EBERT... |
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Center Field Shot: A History of Baseball on Television Best Price: $15.57 In Baseball Weekly ’s list of things that most affected baseball in the twentieth... | The 50 Greatest Yankee Games Best Price: $1.88 I received the book quickly and well packaged. The book was in excellent condition. Thank you | The Bronx is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City Best Price: $3.50 Jonathan Mahler has written an exceptionally well-crafted book about a single year (1977) in the... | Game of My Life: Philadelphia Phillies: Memorable Stories of Phillies Baseball (Game of My Life) Best Price: $16.47 I didn't personally read this book but I got it for my dad for Father's Day and he really loved... | Do You Know the New York Yankees?: Test your expertise with these fastball questions (and a few curves) about your favorite team's hurlers, sluggers, stats and most memorable moments (Do You Know?) Best Price: $2.25 Test your expertise with these fastball questions (and a few curves) about your favorite team's... |
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Ballparks: A Panoramic History Best Price: $16.90 If you love ballparks then this book has got to be in your book collection. It's a huge book,... | Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame Best Price: $2.90 The Baseball Hall of Fame is full of paradoxes and Bill James turns into a literary paradoxical... | Hustle: The Myth, Life, and Lies of Pete Rose Best Price: $3.00 This book nicely represents the seedy side of Pete Rose - a man with no real friends and very... | Black and Blue: The Golden Arm, the Robinson Boys, and the 1966 World Series That Stunned America Best Price: $2.71 This book takes a wonderful story about major league baseball and a city and turns it into a... | Little League Confidential: One Coach's Completely Unauthorized Tale of Survival Best Price: $7.72 I do a ton of reading and just went back and re-read this book. This is probably my favorite... |
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The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary Best Price: $8.40 Rec'd book on time; cheaper than area bookstores. This is not the first time I purchased items... | Red Sox Nation: An Unexpurgated History Of The Red Sox Best Price: $14.75 This book is a fascinating read to see how everything started. It explains what baseball was... | Red Sox Nation: An Unexpurgated History Of The Red Sox Best Price: $14.75 This book is a fascinating read to see how everything started. It explains what baseball was... | The Last Good Season: Brooklyn, the Dodgers, and Their Final Pennant Race Together Best Price: $13.95 Michael Shapiro does a superb job not only of capturing the excitement of the Brooklyn Dodgers'... | Ed Barrow: The Bulldog Who Built the Yankees' First Dynasty Best Price: $18.70 I remember reading Ed Barrow's autobiography entitled "My Fifty Years in Baseball"... |
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Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Lineups : A Complete Guide to the Best, Worst, and Most Memorable Players to Ever Grace the Major Leagues Best Price: $4.75 I enjoyed this book very much. Neyer, Bill James' protege, isn't as good a writer as James, but... | Past Time: Baseball As History Best Price: $12.26 Jules Tygiel, one of America's finest historians and citizens, died the day before yesterday,... | The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers: An Historical Compendium of Pitching, Pitchers, and Pitches Best Price: $3.79 In reading this book, you can see the differences between the two writers - in fact, gimme a... | Great Baseball Drills: A Baffled Parent's Guide Best Price: $8.39 I am only about 1/2 way through the book right now and it is going to make coaching tee ball... | The Knucklebook Best Price: $11.99 Within 2 weeks of my 16 year old son reading this book and practicing the techniques, he was... |
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Joe Torre's Ground Rules for Winners: 12 Keys to Managing Team Players, Tough Bosses, Setbacks, and Success Best Price: $1.99 I've only heard audio portions of this book so far and I've enjoyed it immensely. I'm a huge... | 2009 Standard Catalog Of Baseball Cards (Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards) Best Price: $29.69 Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards guide pays homage to the world of baseball card collecting... | Win Shares Best Price: $335.48 A reader said earlier, if someone other than James wrote this book, no one would care. This is... | Playing America's Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line (American Crossroads) Best Price: $14.12 Although largely ignored by historians of both baseball in general and the Negro leagues in... | My Bat Boy Days: Lessons I Learned from the Boys of Summer Best Price: $3.83 This is a delight.
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Mental Toughness: A Champion's State of Mind Best Price: $15.99 You don't have to be a baseball fan to enjoy MENTAL TOUGHNESS. The premises, examples and... | Walkoffs, Last Licks, and Final Outs: Baseball's Grand (and Not-So-Grand) Finales Best Price: $8.25 Walkoffs, Last Licks, and Final Outs: Baseball's Grand (and not-so-grand) Finales is an amazing,... | Glove Affairs: The Romance, History, and Tradition of the Baseball Glove Best Price: $6.98 This is a fun book for anybody who loves baseball, and especially for those who love the feel of... | Just Play Ball Best Price: $5.98 I have saved this book to read just before the start of the new baseball season, not that I need... | A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti Best Price: $8.86 Bartlett Giamatti's essays provide you with a delightful dimension of the national pastime which... |
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Complete Conditioning for Baseball Best Price: $15.58 Today's players are bigger, stronger, and faster than ever before. A focused conditioning... | My Life in Baseball: The True Record Best Price: $7.88 Being an inveterate baseball fan since the days of Mickey Mantle, and having already spent... | Catcher In The Wry Best Price: $106.42 Hilarious, wild and wooly tales from the great Bob Uecker. This book was really funny and reads... | Cardinals Journal: Year by Year and Day by Day with the St. Louis Cardinals Since 1882 Best Price: $19.77 Transaction was painless and saved me almost 50% off retail. The book, although indicated used,... | Change Up: An Oral History of 8 Key Events That Shaped Baseball Best Price: $12.40 I have to say I enjoyed this book as it put names and voices to one of the most interesting and... |
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Understanding Sabermetrics: An Introduction to the Science of Baseball Statistics Best Price: $29.95 Out of all the Sabermetrics books I've read, this exceeds my expectations. I've learned more... | 7: The Mickey Mantle Novel Best Price: $4.64 I enjoyed this book immensely. It was a roller coaster of emotions and the the fact Mick was a... | Brewers Essential: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Real Fan Best Price: $11.97 The Milwaukee Brewers emerged in 1970 from the wreckage of the short-lived Seattle Pilots, and... | Ultimate Baseball Puzzles: Crosswords * Puzzles * Games Best Price: $3.19 Baseball, Basketball, Hockey, Football and Golf are five sports just about everyone has either... | Baseball: 365 Days of Color Photographs from the Archives of Major League Baseball (365 Series) Best Price: $13.15 Joseph Wallace has put together a book of over 700 pages of memories for the baseball fan. If... |
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If They Only Knew Best Price: $14.94 this book is an easy read. darren daulton no doubt has become a very spiritual person. he talks... | | | | |