Ball sports / ball games

As a young girl, Sylvia Hatchell longed to play little league baseball and, later, high-school basketball, but both were closed to her because she was a girl.

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.

The Super Bowl redefined American sports.

Major League Baseball was in crisis in 1968.

This book chronicles the history of the Philadelphia Athletics, the first real dynasty in Major League Baseball.

In 1954, one year after Baltimore bought the St.

In the early 20th century, immigration, labor unrest, social reforms and government regulations threatened the power of the country's largest employers.

An early celebrity pitcher, Denton "e;Cy"e; Young (1867-1955) established supreme standards on the mound.

When we think of baseball, we think of sunny days and leisurely outings at the ballpark--rarely do thoughts of death come to mind.

After seven games and 13 days, the outcome of the 1962 World Series hung on the final pitch, thrown by a pitcher for the New York Yankees to a hitter for the San Francisco Giants.

The Troy Haymakers were a pioneer baseball team legendary for exploits on and off the field.

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

Much has been written about the legendary players and managers of baseball's Deadball Era (1901-1919).

Born in Austin, Texas, in 1899, Bibb August Falk was the classic stereotype of a Texan, standing six feet.

This book is an examination of cultural resistance to segregation in the world of black baseball through an analysis of editorial art, folktales, nicknames, "e;manhood"e; and the art of clowning.

"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.

The Boston Red Sox are one of the most iconic baseball teams, representing not just a city or a state, but an entire regionit's the only professional baseball team in New England.

Under the guidance of Leslie Heaphy and an editorial board of leading historians, this peer-reviewed, annual book series offers new, authoritative research on all subjects related to black baseball, including the Negro major and minor leagues, teams, and players; pre-Negro League organization and play; barnstorming; segregation and integration; class, gender, and ethnicity; the business of black baseball; and the arts.

Offering the best in original research and analysis, Base Ball is an annually published book series that promotes the study of baseball's early history, from its protoball roots to 1920, and its rise to prominence within American popular culture.

In an era of unique baseball stadiums, the Polo Grounds in New York stood out from the rest.

College football teams today play for tens of thousands of fans in palatial stadiums that rival those of pro teams.

Eddie Plank won 326 games and has the most complete games and shutouts by a left-handed pitcher in Major League history.

Forgotten today, Sam Thompson (1860-1922) was one of the most dominant five skills players of his era.

The story about baseball's being invented in Cooperstown, New York, in 1839 by Abner Doubleday served to prove that the U.

If unpredictability is so much of what makes sports compelling, the baseball draft might be the best place to look.

In the mid-1960s, when pro football eclipsed baseball as America's leading spectator sport, the NFL had the most exciting season in its history.

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

With the aim of providing anyone interested in baseball scorekeeping everything he or she needs to perform the task, this book contains a thorough and comprehensive manual on keeping a scorecard, together with a detailed analysis of each of the numerous, and often complex, official rules governing scorekeeping in baseball (many of which were revised or modified in 2007), as well as scorekeeping issues outside of MLB's rulebook.

One of the biggest draws on the sports calendar, the NCAA men's basketball tournament routinely thrills fans with "e;bracket buster"e; upsets.

Baseball has had many outstanding Latin American pitchers since the early 20th century.

The Ladies Professional Golfers Association (LPGA) was formed in 1950, 34 years after the men's association.

The book chronicles almost 300 in-season changes of managers in the major leagues since 1900.

The New York Yankees are baseball's most storied team.

This is a straightforward history of the Athletics franchise, from its Connie Mack years in Philadelphia with teams featuring Eddie Collins, Chief Bender, Jimmy Foxx, Mickey Cochrane and Lefty Grove, through its 13 years in Kansas City, under Arnold Johnson and Charles O.

According to the National Football League, the 1972 Miami Dolphins are the only undefeated, untied Super Bowl champions.

Highlighting each of the 27 Green Bay Packers enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame--including such luminaries as Earl "e;Curly"e; Lambeau, Bart Starr, Vince Lombardi, Brett Favre and Charles Woodson--this book takes a comprehensive look at each player.

Baseball and law have intersected since the primordial days.

Charles "e;Gus"e; Dorais (1891-1954) was the quarterback of Notre Dame's "e;Dorais to Rockne"e; tandem that revolutionized football's forward pass.

Since 1971, 35 Negro League baseball players and executives have been admitted to the Hall of Fame.

Drawing on the author's 30-year study of football statistics, this book presents new methods for analyzing the game in different ways.

Nebraska is not usually thought of as a focal point in the history of black baseball, yet the state has seen its share of contributions to the African American baseball experience.

Although Andrew "e;Rube"e; Foster (1879-1930) stands among the best African American pitchers of the 1900s, this baseball pioneer made his name as the founder and president of the Negro National League, the first all-black league to survive a full season.

Described as "e;the Greatest Batsman in the Country"e; by sportswriters of his era, Dennis "e;Big Dan"e; Brouthers compiled a .

Over their first four decades in the American League, the Cleveland Indians were known more for great players than consistently great play.

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

Billy Southworth was the most successful major league baseball manager of the 1940s including the three straight years in which his St.

This volume presents carefully selected, and annotated, articles about major-leaguers serving at home and overseas in the U.

While the starting lineup of an NBA team consists of five players, there are at least 12 on each roster.