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Cool Papas and Double Duties
The All-Time Greats of the Negro Leagues
E-bok, 2003
286 kr
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Many of the great ballplayers of the Negro League have been forgotten simply because baseball''s Hall of Fame would not recognize black players until Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige made their way into the Hall of Fame. For this book, more than 50 former Negro League players and baseball …
All-Stars for All Time
A Sabermetric Ranking of the Major League Best, 1876-2007
E-bok, 2009
394 kr
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This work uses practical measures to scientifically rank major league players, position by position, according to their offensive and defensive skills. The author has adjusted individual statistics for the era in which the player was active and for the "home park factor" in order to put all …
Single-Season Home Run Kings
Ruth, Maris, McGwire, Sosa, and Bonds, 2d ed.
E-bok, 2015
303 kr
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After Babe Ruth erased Buck Freeman''s record in 1919, the new mark stood for 34 years before Maris bettered it, defying as he did an incredulous sporting public. And just as fans'' anger grew old and Maris was grudgingly credited--or discredited--with an unrepeatable hot streak, along came Mark …
Gabby Hartnett
The Life and Times of the Cubs'' Greatest Catcher
E-bok, 2015
303 kr
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Gabby Harnett is believed by many to be the greatest catcher of all time. This work chronicles Hartnett''s life from his early years in Millville, Massachusetts, through his twenty-year career with the Chicago Cubs as player and manager, his time in various capacities in the minor leagues and with …
Visitors to Ancient America
The Evidence for European and Asian Presence in America Prior to Columbus
E-bok, 2015
294 kr
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Researchers in American anthropology and archaeology from the late seventeenth century to the present--including Cotton Mather, John Wesley Powell, Thor Heyerdahl, and Betty Meggers, among others--all had discoveries that lead to the following conclusion: America was visited by Europeans well …
Red Sox Roll Call
200 Memorable Players, 1901-2011
E-bok, 2017
370 kr
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Since the Boston Red Sox came into existence in 1901, some of the greatest players ever to step onto a baseball diamond have filled its rosters. Starting with Cy Young, the parade of legendary players included Tris Speaker, Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, Carlton Fisk, Roger …
Black Baseball Out of Season
Pay for Play Outside of the Negro Leagues
E-bok, 2015
371 kr
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Negro League ballplayers, earning paychecks comparable to those of blue-collar workers, needed an off-season source of income to make ends meet. Many of them found the answer in baseball, by joining racially integrated barnstorming teams that toured the country after the regular season ended, or by …
Rise of Mike Tyson, Heavyweight
E-bok, 2014
364 kr
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Covering Mike Tyson''s rise through the amateur and professional boxing ranks, this book follows the Brooklyn native from his early years as a young criminal in Brownsville to his 1988 heavyweight unification match with Michael Spinks. The book focuses on the Catskill Boxing Club--where boxing guru …
