Baseball

Each generation of Pirate fans has been blessed with a pantheon of heroes: Honus Wagner, Pie Traynor, Bill Mazeroski, Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell.

Spanning from the time he talked Babe Ruth into signing his tennis shoe at the age of 12 to his last Tiger broadcast more than 60 years later, this book is a personal scrapbook of Hall-of-Famer Ernie Harwell's life-long love of baseball.

Born out of expansion in 1962, the New York Mets have more than filled the void left by the departure of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants.

The third in the Diamond Communications series, this little paperback offers insight, wisdom and humor tailored especially for fans of the St.

Home of the Game celebrates the unique position Camden Yards holds as a symbol of the modern game and a prototype for new ballparks across the country.

Since the Orioles' flight into Baltimore, stars from Brooks Robinson to Miguel Tejada have shot across baseball's stratosphere.

Orlando Cepeda enjoyed a stellar baseball career in the late fifties and throughout the sixties, but after it ended in the mid-seventies, his life fell apart.

Hall of Fame broadcaster Chuck Thompson, with the assistance of veteran Associated Press sportswriter Gordon Beard, shares a personal play-by-play account of his celebrated career and life in this newly updated paperback edition of Ain't the Beer Cold!

Following the tradition of the previous four books in the series, The Yankees Fan's Little Book of Wisdom is geared to enlighten, educate, and amuse fans of baseball's most celebrated franchise.

The first in Diamond Communications' Little Book series, The Cubs Fan's Little Book of Wisdom combines history, quotes, facts, and humor and gives fans of the team 101 reasons to laugh, reminisce, and celebrate the game and the team they love.

Early in the history of America's favorite pastime, trading baseball players was almost as easy as trading baseball cards.

Intergalactic travelers had their Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

Legends of the Tribe relives the exciting Jacobs Field era of the 1990s along with the complete 100-year legacy of this storied franchise.

Share the fascinating stories about those who have brought to Detroit the unvarnished excitement unique to Tiger baseball.

The Boston Red Sox are one of the most iconic teams in all of professional sports, representing not just a city or a state, but an entire region--theyre New Englands sole entry into MLB.

McKernan takes the rich tradition of the Dodgers and presents the legend and lore "e;in brief"e; through quotes, humor, facts, figures, and memories.

Each played baseball as kids.

When the Boston Red Sox faced the New York Yankees in the historic 2003 American League Championship Series, the meeting seemed to serve as the climax to perhaps the greatest rivalry in professional sports.

Base Ball is a peer-reviewed book series published annually.

A journey throughout the world to track down former Cubs to update fans on their present-day lives and look back on their playing or managing careers.

The Arizona Territory is known for saloons, gunfights, outlaws and strong women.

Honus Wagner's spectacular baseball career spanned 21 seasons from 1897 through 1917.

The Infield Fly Rule is the most misunderstood rule in baseball and perhaps in all of sports.

This book brings to life one of baseball's greatest sluggers, Willie Stargell.

Canadian-born George "e;Mooney"e; Gibson (1880-1967) grew up playing baseball on the sandlots around London, Ontario, before going on to star with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League.

In the early 1930s, the Motor City was sputtering from the Great Depression.

In the years following the decline of the New York Yankees dynasty that ended in 1964, three American League teams endeavored to stake their claim to the Junior Circuit's crown.

The Philadelphia Phillies, a franchise well over a century old, have only one world championship to their name, but what a championship season it was.

One of the greatest pitchers of the 19th century, Tim Keefe (1857-1933) was an ardent believer in the artisan work ethic that was becoming outmoded in burgeoning industrial America.

A strong-armed devastating spitball pitcher from rural Tennessee who once won 16 games with the Boston Braves, Hub Perdue is better remembered today as one of the clown princes of the Deadball Era.

After many years of being an also-ran in the National league, the Pittsburgh Pirates' fortunes changed dramatically following the 1899 season after a monumental deal with the Louisville Colonels.

Roberto "e;Bobby"e; Maduro (1916-1986) was a visionary baseball team owner and executive.

In the words of former American League umpire Nestor Chylak, umpires are expected to "e;be perfect on the first day of the season and then get better every day.

The book follows the colorful career of Frank Lane, who as baseball's busiest general manager during the 1950s made the deals that turned the Chicago White Sox, St.

Chronicling the 1902-1960 rivalry between the Minneapolis Millers and St.

The position of catcher in baseball requires a broad set of physical and mental skills.

The book analyzes the process by which the collective image of professional baseball was formed.

At six-feet-six, the hulking Martin Leo Boutilier (1872-1944) was hard to miss.

In his day, perhaps no one in baseball was better known than Irish-born Timothy Paul "e;Ted"e; Sullivan.

In June of 1938, southpaw Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds became the only pitcher in Major League history to hurl two consecutive no-hitters--an achievement that has stood unsurpassed for more than 80 years.

Harold "e;Pee Wee"e; Reese may have been the most beloved Brooklyn Dodgers player of all time.

This comprehensive visitor's guide to the teams of baseball's South Atlantic League lays out the methods needed to plan efficient, cost-effective and rewarding road trips to see home games at ballparks throughout the league.

The Ebbets Field volume is the second in McFarland's series on historic ballparks.

When the members of the first baseball players' union formed their own league in open revolt against the reserve clause and other restrictive practices of the National League, baseball journalism became less of a "e;curiosity shop"e; phenomenon and moved into the mainstream.

Generally acknowledged as the preeminent gathering of baseball scholars, the annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture has made significant contributions to baseball research and pedagogy.

A young German immigrant, Barney Dreyfuss was an American success story in business and in baseball.

In 1869, the Cincinnati Red Stockings became the first all-professional baseball club.

Burleigh Grimes--forever to be remembered as the ill-tempered spitballer with the perpetual five o'clock shadow.

The names on the cast-bronze plaques hanging in the National Baseball Hall of Fame embody the history and drama of the sport--they are the royalty of baseball.

Major League Baseball was in crisis in 1968.