Ball sports / ball games

The 1908 American League pennant race was described as a "e;a fierce and fluctuating fight.

For decades prior to the rise of Babe Ruth, the most recognized name in baseball was John McGraw.

Nineteen essays by Briley focus on major league baseball as it reflected the changing American culture from about 1945 to about 1980.

For 52 years, Boston was a two-team Major League city, home to both the Red Sox and the Braves.

During the 19th century, baseball was a game with few rules, many rowdy players and just one umpire.

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

Covering the post-Civil War period through the 1950s, this richly illustrated--300 photographs!

They are known as "e;cupcake games"e;--lower division teams get paid to travel to college football Meccas where the hosts make a nice profit from an extra game.

Baseball analysts often criticize pitcher win-loss records as a poor measure of pitcher performance, as wins are the product of team performance.

More than a century ago, the Philadelphia Athletics enjoyed a glorious five-season run under legendary manager Connie Mack, winning three World Series and four pennants from 1910 through 1914.

Baseball and law have intersected since the primordial days.

During the African American cultural resurgence of the 1920s and 1930s, professional athletes shared the spotlight with artists and intellectuals.

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

Tom Gamboa played baseball professionally, coached, scouted, managed in the minors and in Puerto Rico and coached in the majors with the Cubs and Royals.

Recent advances in baseball statistical analysis have made it possible to assess the totality of contribution each player makes to team success or failure.

Over the past 60 seasons, the Los Angeles Dodgers have risen to the pinnacle of Major League Baseball, winning 21 National League pennants and 6 World Series titles.

From the vaudeville gyrations of New York Giants star pitchers Rube Marquard and Christy Mathewson, to Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra as hoofing infielders in Take Me Out to the Ball Game, to the stage and screen versions of Damn Yankees, the connection between baseball and dance is an intimate, perhaps surprising one.

The 1970 merger between the American Football League and the National Football League laid the foundation for a stronger brand of gridiron competition, providing a new level of excitement for fans.

From Nick Altrock to Casey Stengel, Dizzy Dean to Satchel Paige, Bill Veeck to Bob Uecker, baseball has always admired the clever.

Bill Terry had some big shoes to fill in midseason 1932, when he took over managing the second division New York Giants for the iconic John McGraw.

Set against the background of the Great Depression, this book presents the life of Ralph Guldahl, who for a brief period in the 1930s was widely recognized as the best golfer in the world.

The Cubs were at the end of the best five-season run of any team in history.

The history of baseball is filled with players whose careers were defined by one bad play.

The 1966 Green Bay Packers were one of the greatest teams in professional football history.

For nearly 40 years, Ed Bolden dominated black baseball in Philadelphia.

This book tells the story of the Scottish golf professionals who came to America in 1888 and struggled to earn a living and the respect of the wealthy amateur golf establishment and the United States Golf Association who controlled the sport.

"e;He never felt like a Hall of Famer.

The hit 1992 film A League of Their Own ?

"e;Orioles Magic"e; is a phrase fans still associate with the 1979-1983 seasons, Baltimore's last championship era, when they played excellent, exciting ball with a penchant for late-inning heroics.

Hal Trosky played first base (and was team captain) for the Cleveland Indians during the Great Depression.

Ford Frick is best known as the baseball commissioner who put the "e;asterisk"e; next to Roger Maris's record.

From his first year in the majors, George Herman "e;Babe"e; Ruth knew he could profit from celebrity.

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From its colorful beginnings more than a century ago, baseball's annual Most Valuable Player Award has become the most prestigious (and contentious) individual honor in the sport.

Telling the story of Saints football in New Orleans is a way to understand larger social, political and economic conditions during pivotal moments of the city's history.

The Tobacco State League played an important role in eastern North Carolina for five summers (1946-1950), giving small-town communities a chance to be a part of professional baseball and offering a return to normalcy after World War II.

Evolving in an urban landscape, professional baseball attracted a dedicated fan base among the inhabitants of major cities, including ethnic and racial minorities, for whom the game was a vehicle for assimilation.

At six feet, four inches and more than 220 pounds, Roger Clemens (1962- ) was a major figure in baseball for nearly a quarter century.

Perhaps familiar today as an answer to sports trivia questions, Ken Williams (1890-1959) was once a celebrity who helped bring about a new kind of power baseball in the 1920s.

For nearly two decades Alan Trammell displayed an all-around game as a fielder, hitter, and base runner that was rare for shortstops of his era.

From the time conference play began in 1905, the Big Ten was the Western force in collegiate basketball.

It was a novel experiment as baseball's leading men formed the National Association, bringing order to the hodgepodge of professional and amateur clubs that made up the sport from the end of the Civil War through 1870.

Despite his outstanding pitching record, James Francis "e;Pud"e; Galvin (1856-1902) was largely forgotten after his premature death.

In an era of rowdy teams, the Cleveland Spiders (1887-1899) were baseball's rowdiest.

One of the most ambitious (and short-lived) endeavors in professional sports history, the United States Football League was founded in 1982.

The Detroit Tigers were founding members of the American League and have been the Motor City's team for more than a century.

Major League Baseball was in crisis in 1968.

Sports fans are a devoted bunch, win or lose.

The New York Yankees were the strongest team in the majors from 1948 through 1960, capturing the American League Pennant 10 times and winning seven World Championships.