History Books


Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective Best Price: $27.00 The book is a very excellent book; it is very worthwhile for N.Y. Yankee fans. I am glad that I...	Living on the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember Best Price: $12.79 Living on the Black is an interesting and insightful look at Tom Glavine and Mike Mussina, two...	Yankee Stadium: A Tribute: 85 Years of Memories: 1923-2008 Best Price: $16.99 My stepson and my husband's childhood friend--both in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginny--love...	The 33-Year-Old Rookie: How I Finally Made it to the Big Leagues After Eleven Years in the Minors Best Price: $15.40 I bought this for my husband for father's day. He's a huge Phillies fan, but he's said that...	We Would Have Played for Nothing: Baseball Stars of the 1950s and 1960s Talk About the Game They Loved (Baseball Oral History Poject) Best Price: $14.25 I found this an interesting book overall by former Commissioner Vincent but it is a mile wide...



Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History Best Price: $8.43 This is a marvelous effort. If the author focused only on the pennant races of a century ago...	San Francisco Giants: 50 Years: 50 Years Best Price: $31.49 My siblings and I bought this for our dad for father's day and he was really happy with it. ...	The Greatest Game: The Yankees, the Red Sox, and the Playoff of '78 Best Price: $15.60 This book was well researched. It brought to life the players of the time, then and now in their...	Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series Best Price: $8.46 Eliot Asinof played minor league baseball briefly, but his claim to fame is this riveting...	The Mental ABC's of Pitching: A Handbook for Performance Enhancement Best Price: $12.04 Although my 18 year old grandson is a champion golfer, not a seall player, he found much value...



Cubs Forever: Memories from the Men Who Lived Them Best Price: $18.71 My husband and I saw the special on WGN so I got him the book for Fathers' Day. He loved it and...	101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out Best Price: $15.37 I just received a copy of this book a few days ago and I've really enjoyed looking at all of the...	The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition (Espn Baseball Encyclopedia) Best Price: $15.81 We rely heavily on our ESPN's Baseball Encyclopedia when we have a question about baseball. We...	Sports Illustrated: The Basketball Book (Sports Illustrated) Best Price: $15.50 This is a great coffee table book. I purchased this for my husband's birthday and he really...	Now I Can Die in Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank and the 2004 Best Price: $5.98 Disclaimer: I am a religous reader of Simmons on ESPN page 2 and absolutely LOVE his work. ...

Memories of Yankee Stadium Best Price: $10.01 Joe Torre wrote the forward and speaks about being at Yankee Stadium when Don Larsen pitched a...	Sports Illustrated: The Baseball Book Best Price: $16.15 I have Sports Illustrated's 50th Anniversary Book and The Football Book, so I decided to get...	The Cubs: The Complete Story of Chicago Cubs Baseball Best Price: $25.56 I ordered this book as a gift for my boss, who is a HUGE Cubs fan. He said it was an awesome...	The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty New Edition: The Game, the Team, and the Cost of Greatness Best Price: $6.20 A must read, ESPECIALLY if you are a Yankees fan (although you would think the opposite!). It...	Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager Best Price: $2.98 If you've ever wondered what it takes to be a leader -- the commitment, the focus, the almost...

The Last Real Season: A Hilarious Look Back at 1975 - When Major Leaguers Made Peanuts, the Umpires Wore Red, and Billy Martin Terrorized Everyone Best Price: $13.03 very fun and quick read. almost as good as season's in hell. can't wait for his next book!	The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth Best Price: $8.67 Leigh Montville's The Big Bam is an exhaustively researched book on the life and times of Babe...	Shea Stadium (NY) (Images of Baseball) Best Price: $12.31 I thumbed through this book in a bookstore, riveted by the pictures. As a long-time Met fan, I...	The Glory of Their Times : The Story of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It Best Price: $7.96 Lawrence Ritter in his original Preface describes his book as about the early days of baseball. ...	Summer of '49 (P.S.) Best Price: $4.77 I have read better accounts of dramatic innings, games, and seasons than are found here....

Game of My Life: St. Louis Cardinals: Memorable Stories of Cardinals Baseball (Game of My Life) Best Price: $14.01 Dating back to the Gas House Gang of the 1930s, through the great Schoendienst-Musial teams of...	Bad Guys Won Best Price: $1.92 I was only 2 years old when the Mets won it all in 1986, but reading this book made me feel like...	The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship Best Price: $4.48 Admittedly, I'm a huge Yankee fan. But beyond that, I'm a baseball fan, and Halberstam does a...	The Boys of Summer Best Price: $7.96 How often do you read a book that you don't want to end? "The Boys of Summer" is one...	Baseball's Greatest Hit: The Story of Take Me Out to the Ball Game Best Price: $15.00 The book was sent in a very timely fashion and was in very good condition. I am sure my husband...

The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract Best Price: $15.90 Bill Jame's 100 greatest players the NEW list starts around page 358 and reaches peak idiocy on...	But Didn't We Have Fun?: An Informal History of Baseball's Pioneer Era, 1843-1870 Best Price: $15.89 BUT DIDN'T WE HAVE FUN? AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF BASEBALL'S PIONEER ERA, 1843-1870 tells of a...	New York Giants: 2008 Super Bowl Champions Best Price: $8.84 BOUGHT SEVERAL AS GIFTS, FAIR PRICE, EXCELLENT BOOK. GREAT FOR THE SPORTS FANS , WHO ARE LOOKING...	Haunted Baseball: Ghosts, Curses, Legends, and Eerie Events Best Price: $5.90 I bought a whole batch of these and gave them away for stocking stuffers and kept a batch for...	The Yankee Stadium Scrapbook: A Lifetime of Memories Best Price: $13.25 I became a Yankee fan before I was old enough to understand the game. I loved the Scooter...

Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, World War II, and the Long Journey Home Best Price: $3.33 This book is a wonderful read. You won't want to put it down until you have finished it. All...	Yankees Century: 100 Years of New York Yankees Baseball Best Price: $19.00 Witty yet useful, the book reads like a novel which is probably a good thing, especially when...	The Last Best League: One Summer, One Season, One Dream Best Price: $1.50 Simply a fantastic book. Well-researched, intriguing, personal, etc. Shows why baseball is...	Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig Best Price: $7.60 I read this book while in middle school and it inspired me. Yes even a Red Sox fan enjoyed this...	Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero Best Price: $8.99 Leigh Montville paints a brilliant portrait in words of the man who wanted to be remembered as...

The Stark Truth: The Most Overrated and Underrated Players in Baseball History Best Price: $5.00 The book is part of an ongoing series from ESPN personalities which seemingly has a purpose of...	The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Detroit Tigers: Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping, and Gut-Wrenching Moments from Detroit Tigers History (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly) (The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly) Best Price: $12.84 The Tigers have won four world championships, have had two managers die in one season, have...	The Best Game Ever: Pirates 10, Yankees 9: October 13, 1960 Best Price: $3.98 Forget the complaints in prior reviews concerning a few minor errors in this book. They don't...	Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy Best Price: $5.74 I'm not a baseball, or even a sports fan, but a good biography is worth reading no matter how...	Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City Best Price: $5.49 "The Bronx is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics and the Battle for the Soul of a...

Take Me Out to the Ballpark: An Illustrated Tour of Baseball Parks Past and Present Best Price: $11.50 If I have a fellow baseball fan coming to my house for a visit, I make sure two books are...	The Joy of Keeping Score: How Scoring the Game Has Influenced and Enhanced the History of Baseball Best Price: $8.57 We've become avid baseball fans in the last few years, and felt the need to know at least the...	Birth of a Dynasty: Behind the Pinstripes with the 1996 Yankees Best Price: $2.00 The author should write a follow up how mismanagement, awful decisions, and a terrible farm...	101 Reasons To Love The Mets Best Price: $7.45 "101 Reasons To Love the Mets" makes a nice gift when you have to give a small token...	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...

Center Field Shot: A History of Baseball on Television Best Price: $10.50 In Baseball Weekly ’s list of things that most affected baseball in the twentieth...	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...	Babe: The Legend Comes to Life Best Price: $3.79 This is a complete and thorough examination of the life and playing career of a baseball icon....	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...	Smithsonian Baseball: Inside the World's Finest Private Collections Best Price: $14.52 I purchased this as a gift and the recipient was thrilled with it. I did sneak a peak before...

The Cheater's Guide to Baseball Best Price: $1.75 Not quite history, not quite essay on mores of cheating, not quite anecdotal stories of...	Beckett Almanac of Baseball Cards and Collectibles, 2008 Edition (Beckett Almanac of Baseball Cards and Collectibles) Best Price: $25.91	The Echoing Green: The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca and the Shot Heard Round the World (Vintage) Best Price: $8.99 Joshua Prager has done it. He has forced a diehard Dodgers fan (then, not now) to stop...

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