Sports and Active outdoor recreation

When Babe Ruth was sold by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees at the beginning of the Roaring Twenties, the stage was set for one of baseball's greatest dynasties.

This the story of the seven baseball-playing Boyer brothers from western Missouri who signed professional contracts in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

This narrative history of minor league football teams in Connecticut in the 1960s and 1970s is based on extensive newspaper and periodical research and interviews with nearly 70 former players, broadcasters and journalists.

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

The struggle to integrate the Baltimore Orioles mirrored the fight for civil rights in Baltimore.

Gene Kiniski (1928-2010) was internationally known to a generation of wrestling fans and to Canadians everywhere as "e;Canada's Greatest Athlete.

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Ingemar Johansson's right hand--dubbed "e;The Hammer of Thor"e;--was the most fearsome in boxing, and Johansson's three fights with Floyd Patterson rank among the sport's classic rivalries.

Measuring over five miles wide and almost 21 miles long, Oneida Lake is the largest body of water nestled totally within the Empire State, and state's single most productive warmwater fishery.

Identifies prime fishing locations for all seasons and species in the Garden State, plus what lures, baits and techniques to use.

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

Boxing was phenomenally popular in 18th and 19th century Britain.

The Page Fence Giants, an all-star black baseball club sponsored by a woven-wire fence company in Adrian, Michigan, graced the diamond in the 1890s.

The All-American Football Conference was the only challenger to the NFL (except for the American Football League of the 1960s) to survive more than two seasons in competition with the established league.

The decades between the late 1960s counterculture and the advent of steroid use in the late 1980s bought tumult to Major League Baseball.

The Knicks of the 1990s competed like champions but fell short of their goal.

Part sports journalism, part history, part memoir, this many-sided narrative follows one season with the Blue Devils of Moscow, Idaho--a rural American Legion baseball team.

Written for coaches, this book--in its expanded third edition--presents more than 200 baseball and softball games and activities for preschoolers through college age, focusing on teaching, improvement of skills and enjoyment.

Founded in 1869, the Chicago Cubs are a charter member of the National League and the last remaining of the eight original league clubs still playing in the city in which the franchise started.

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This work encompasses scientific data about our largest game bird including; food requirements and habitat, habits and enemies, forest management and winter feeding and the application of such knowledge to successful hunting.

Chronicling Yale football from its 1872 inception to the present, this volume offers a comprehensive coverage of the most important games, including all Yale-Harvard contests, most Yale-Princeton games, record-making performances, great plays and more.

Philadelphia has been a hockey town since 1897.

Greatly expanded 3rd edition!

The lakes and tributaries of New York State's famed Finger Lakes are home to some of the finest freshwater fishing in the Northeast, with salmon, trout, bass, muskellunge, walleye and many other species targeted by anglers from shore, in stream, and in boats using conventional and fly tackle.

Everything the surfcaster needs to know about plugs, metal, live bait and other rigs, with clear advice about when to use them and how they are fished.

Home to Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island boasts some of the best hiking trails in all of the Northeast.

Here is a complete, fully illustrated guide to catching striped bass (rockfish), written by a seasoned pro.

Learn how to tie and use all the most useful and practical knots for everyday use at work, home, sport or play.

Six years after Michael Jordan won his last NBA championship, American basketball hit rock bottom.

Stories of the original trailblazers and the first thruhikers.

In the twelve years since his landmark book Pop Fleyes, Bob Popovics has continued to develop new fly patterns and improve old favorites.

The American Deer Hunter is the result of a great amount of experience in hunting with an extraordinary degree of success.

Big Sur is an awesome stretch of spectacular coastline in Central California.

Midges may be small, but in many streams and lakes around the world they are the most important year-round food source for trout.

For centuries, the internal martial traditions of Asia have produced individuals renowned for their skills in fighting, healing and meditation.

In order to master Taijiquan you must begin with the most fundamental steps, and systematically work up to the advanced levels, slowly building up your knowledge and technique as you go.

Chen style Taijiquan is the oldest of the five main Taijiquan styles.

It's Never Too Late to Tackle Your Dreams!

The purpose of this book is to critically enhance the appreciation of Diplomacy and Sport in global affairs for both practitioners and scholars.

How do you invent an Olympic sport?

Drawing on newspaper accounts, college yearbooks and the recollections of veterans, this book examines the impact of World War I on sports in the U.

Steelhead legend Lani Waller covers the essential elements of fishing for trophy steelhead with prose as beautiful and surprising as the fish themselves.

Keep your boat's electrical systems running and reliable Boatowner s Illustrated Electrical Handbook is perfect for learning how your boat s electrical system and much of its equipment works, and it will be an invaluable guide when adding equipment as well.

Dozens of DIY projects to keep your boat looking good and running wellThis wide-ranging projects book covers maintenance, repairs, and upgrades to improve comfort, utility, appearance, value, safety, and enjoyment of powerboats up to 35 feet long.

Power walking, also known as fitness or speed walking, is gaining popularity as an aging population looks for workout options that are good for their bodies and good for their wallets.

The path of Grand Prix racing in America wound through raceways at Sebring, Riverside, Watkins Glen, Long Beach, and finally Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Three well-known fly fishers (and friends) come together to share the solid technical know-how they've learned from years of fishing the ever-elusive trout.

The complete guide to fly fishing one of North America's most legendary insect hatches--the Salmonfly.