InThe Science of Baseball, sportswriter and injury expert Will Carrollshows how understanding the science behind the Great American Pastime helpsfans appreciate its nuances and that it enhances, not detracts from the greatest game everinvented.
Get your sports-loving kid excited about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math By integrating the thrill of learning into the context of baseball, Learning STEM from Baseball presents a whole new ball game.
Bob Weintraubs marvelous collection of baseball stories goes directly to the core of what the game does for us when we watch it being played on the field, and shows how its heroes and villains can reach into our lives and remain a part of us for the rest of our days.
This book is for every young youth that want go on the top in everything in baseball and in life like students in order that gets you goal in everything that you do.
The dream catcher is believed to have the power to catch all of a person's dreams, trapping the bad ones and letting only the good dreams pass through and down to the individual.
From the author of Tokyo Junkie, "e;the definitive book on Japanese baseball and one of the best-written sports books ever"e; (San Francisco Chronicle).
Four New York Times bestsellers by the "e;remarkable"e; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist capture and celebrate America's passion for sports (The Seattle Times).
It has been said that the Red Sox are part of the patrimony of the New England; generation after generation has inherited a fidelity to the cause of the men of Fenway, known throughout New England as The Sox.
';A great and insightful' (Keith Hernandez, New York Mets legend and broadcaster) New York Times bestselling account of an iconic team in baseball history: the 1969 New York Metsa last-place team that turned it all around in just one seasontold by '69 Mets outfielder Art Shamsky, Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver, and other teammates who reminisce about that legendary season and their enduring bonds decades later.
La inspiradora y verdadera historia del pobre obrero de factoría puertorriqueño Benjamín Molina Santana, quien contra viento y marea crió a la mayor dinastía de béisbol de todos los tiempos.
If you ever wanted to win against the fiercest competition, if you ever wanted to have the best friends there could be, if you ever wanted to be the best coach or teacher, then you should read this book.
Roberto Clemente, one of history's greatest and most memorable Hispanic baseball stars, led a remarkable professional and personal life, until he met an untimely death in 1972 in a plane crash while on a mission of mercy to the site of a disastrous earthquake in Nicaragua.
The most famous baseball player in history, and the most enduring legend, Babe Ruth is remembered for his dramatic heroism not only on the baseball diamond but also in his life.
Volunteers are unpaid, not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless ANONYMOUS Volunteers dont necessarily have the time, they just have the heart.
This book covers the entirety of franchise history, from their birth and struggles as the Highlanders to the bludgeoning bats of Murderer's Row and the first Yankees dynasty to the juggernauts of the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s, to the anomalous mediocrity that followed, to the championships and circus of the Steinbrenner, Jackson and Billy Martin era to, the run of crowns two decades later, to the years of frustration and missed opportunity through the second decade of the twenty-first century.
Let's say you're the manager of one of the oldest and most beloved franchises in Major League baseball, with every past and current player available in the dugout.
More than three decades ago, the film Field of Dreams made grown men cry with its tale of a sons quest to know his father through the magic of baseball.
From their ignominious 40-120 debut in 1962, to the "e;Miracle Mets"e; of the shocking 1969 season, to the teams of Darryl Strawberry, David Wright, and Jacob deGrom, the New York Mets have in nearly sixty years become the city's other beloved baseball franchise, with its fan base stretching well beyond the New York suburbs.
The Ultimate Boston Red Sox Time Machine presents a timeline format that not only includes the Red Sox's greatest momentsincluding its nine World Series wins and individual achievementsbut focuses also on some very unusual seasons and events, such as the refusal of the New York Yankees to go up against them in the 1904 World Series, the derivation of its name, and of course the famous Curse of the Bambino.
The Ultimate Chicago Cubs Time Machine presents a timeline format that not only includes the Cubs' greatest momentsincluding their World Series appearance in 2016 and individual achievementsbut also focuses on some very unusual seasons and events, such as the 1872 season when the Great Chicago Fire destroyed their stadium and uniforms.
In the April of 1945, exactly two years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, liberal Boston City Councilman Izzy Muchnick persuaded the Red Sox to try out three black players in return for a favorable vote to allow the team to play on Sundays.
Named a Best Baseball Book of 2020 bySports Collectors DigestIn the early 1970s, the Oakland Athletics became only the second team in major-league baseball history to win three consecutive World Series championships.
As the anchor titles in a new Time Machine Lyons Press baseball series, The Ultimate Cleveland Indians Time Machine presents a timeline format that not only includes the Indians greatest momentsincluding World Series appearances and individual achievementsbut would focus also on some very unusual seasons and events, such as the teams 20-134 season of 1899 (the absolute worst in baseball history), the "e;Crybabies"e; of 1940 (who received this nickname after complaining about their manager to such as extent that fans even turned on them), or the infamous Ten Cent Beer Night of 1974 (when thousands of drunken fans stormed the field and forced the team to forfeit).
Before multimillion-dollar salaries, luxury boxes, and player strikes became synonymous with professional sports, there existed the belief in playing simply for the love of the game.
The Immaculate Inning shines a light on the miracle of baseball's endless possibilitythe way that on any given day, someone (maybe a star, or maybe a scrub) could perform the rarest of single-game feats or cap off a seemingly unobtainable chase for a record.
The first book in the new Lyons Press GAME CHANGERS sports series answers the questions: What were the 50 most revolutionary personalities, rules, pieces of equipment, controversies, organizational changes, radio and television advancements, and more in the history National Pastime?
In celebration of the 100th issue of Whos Who in Baseballone of the games most venerable publicationscomes a century's worth of the annual's iconic covers, insightful breakdowns of the players featured on those covers, and informative accounts of the baseball history tied to each years issue.
A brand new edition of the finalist for the 2008 Casey Award, presented annually to the best baseball book, 101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out profiles America's greatest baseball museums, shrines, sports bars, pop culture landmarks and ballpark sites.
