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Baltimore Orioles
The History of a Colorful Team in Baltimore and St. Louis
Häftad, 2005
274 kr
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With a legacy that spans two fiercely loyal baseball towns a half-nation apart, the Baltimore Orioles - originally the St. Louis Browns - rank among baseball's most storied teams. One of the fifteen celebrated team histories commissioned by G. P. Putnam's Sons in the 1940s and 1950s, The Baltimore …
My Baseball Diary
Häftad, 1998
229 kr
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This diary chronicles James T. Farrell's enduring passion for baseball, from his earliest baseball memory at the age of six through his reminiscences of his first World Series game in 1917 to his later recollections of Ray Schalk, Eddie Collins, Red Faber, Ty Cobb and Gabby Hartnett.
Man on Spikes
Av Eliot Asinof
Häftad, 1998
281 kr
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Originally published in 1955, this is a novel about a baseball player who struggles through 16 years of personal crises and professional ordeals before finally appearing in a major-league game. In the preface to this edition, Asinof reveals the identity of the friend upon which the novel is based.
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Inside Cuban Baseball
Inbunden, 2000
318 kr
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In this picture of baseball in Cuba, Milton H. Jamail explores the sport's relationship to US baseball. He examines the roots and traditions of baseball on the island, explains why Cubans play such excellent baseball, and analyzes the development of Cuban baseball after the 1959 takeover.
Chicago Cubs
Av Warren Brown
Häftad, 2001
208 kr
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First published in 1946, Warren Brown's history of the Cubs, like Frederick G. Lieb's history of the St. Louis Cardinals, was commissioned by G. P. Putnam's Sons. Brown begins with the founding of the National League - with the Cubs as a charter member - in 1876 and continues through the 1945 World …
Brooklyn Dodgers
An Informal History
Av Frank Graham
Häftad, 2002
208 kr
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First published in 1945 as part of the acclaimed Putnam series of team histories, Frank Graham's colorful chronicle presents the Brooklyn Dodgers in "all their glory and all their daffiness" from the team's beginnings as the Atlantics in 1883 through 1943, with a short summary of the 1944 season. …
New York Yankees
An Informal History
Av Frank Graham
Häftad, 2002
208 kr
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In January of 1903, American League president Ban Johnson, "his pince-nez riding precariously on the bridge of his nose," raised a glass to toast his young baseball league, which had just received permission to purchase the Baltimore organization and establish a team in New York City. That marked …
New York Giants
An Informal History of a Great Baseball Club
Av Frank Graham
Häftad, 2002
208 kr
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The final chapter of Frank Graham's dynamic history of the New York Giants is entitled "With One Swipe of His Bat." For sheer drama and a colossal slice of baseball legend, the core of that chapter cannot be topped - Bobby Thomson's "shot heard 'round the world,' " the three-run homer in the 1951 …
Line Drives
100 Contemporary Baseball Poems
Häftad, 2002
265 kr
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Poetry and baseball are occasions for well-put passion and expressive pondering, and just as passionate attention transforms the prose of everyday life into poetry, it also transforms this game we write about, play, or watch. Editors Brooke Horvath and Tim Wiles unite their own passion for baseball …
American Game
Baseball and Ethnicity
Av Lawrence Baldassaro, Richard A. Johnson
Inbunden, 2002
582 kr
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Nine essays selected by the editors presenting in a single volume an ethnic and racial profile of American baseball. They show how the gradual involvement of ethnic and racial groups reflects the changing face of the sport - and of American society as a whole - over the course of the 20th century.
American Game
Baseball and Ethnicity
Av Lawrence Baldassaro, Richard A. Johnson
Häftad, 2002
280 kr
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These nine essays selected by Lawrence Baldassaro and Richard A. Johnson present for the first time in a single volume an ethnic and racial profile of American baseball. These essayists show how the gradual involvement by various ethnic and racial groups reflects the changing nature of baseball - …
Baseball's Natural
The Story of Eddie Waitkus
Inbunden, 2002
333 kr
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Baseball's Natural: The Story of Eddie Waitkus is John Theodore's true account of the slick-fielding first baseman who played for the Cubs and Phillies in the 1940s and became an immortalized figure in baseball lore as the inspiration for Roy Hobbs in Bernard Malamud's The Natural. The son of …
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Inside Cuban Baseball
Häftad, 2002
229 kr
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A history of Cuban baseball from Milton H. Jamail. Part travelogue, part investigative report, the account examines the sport, its history, and the people who play it.
Pittsburgh Pirates
Häftad, 2003
208 kr
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An admirer of Pirate president Barney Dreyfuss, prolific baseball writer Frederick G. Lieb consorted with the club's biggest stars, christened the legendary Dreyfuss "the first-division man," and produced The Pittsburgh Pirates, one of the fifteen celebrated histories of major league teams …
Boston Red Sox
Häftad, 2003
208 kr
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Through their triumphs and downfalls, no major league club has had a more colourful history that the Boston Red Sox. Originally published in 1947, this book chronicles the club's early years from its founding as the Pilgrims in 1901 through the 1946 season.
Bottom of the Ninth
Great Contemporary Baseball Short Stories
Häftad, 2003
281 kr
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This volume collects 19 contemporary baseball short stories characterized by the same elements that draw people to the sport itself: the mythologizing of the players; the obsessions and romance of the game; and the bonds between players and fans, parents and children.
Dead Balls and Double Curves
An Anthology of Early Baseball Fiction
Inbunden, 2004
718 kr
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Dead Balls and Double Curves: An Anthology of Early Baseball Fiction collects twenty-two classic stories from baseball's youth, presented in chronological order to capture the development of this most American of sports. Many of these tales have never before been reprinted, adding historical value …
Dead Balls and Double Curves
An Anthology of Early Baseball Fiction
Häftad, 2004
229 kr
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Dead Balls and Double Curves: An Anthology of Early Baseball Fiction collects twenty-two classic stories from baseball's youth, presented in chronological order to capture the development of this most American of sports. Many of these tales have never before been reprinted, adding historical value …
Willie's Time
Baseball's Golden Age
Häftad, 2004
259 kr
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This twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Willie's Time: Baseball's Golden Age restores to print Charles Einstein's vivid biography of one of baseball's foremost legends. With a new preface from the author, this volume replays the most dramatic moments of the Say Hey Kid's career - from the 1951 …
Breaking Into Baseball
Women and the National Pastime
Häftad, 2005
272 kr
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While baseball is traditionally perceived as a game to be played, enjoyed, and reported from a masculine perspective, it has long been beloved among women—more so than any other spectator sport. Breaking into Baseball: Women and the National Pastime upends baseball’s accepted history to at last …
Remembering Japanese Baseball
An Oral History of the Game
Inbunden, 2005
600 kr
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Remembering Japanese Baseball: An Oral History of the Game transports us onto diamonds and into dugouts on the other side of the globe, where the vigorous sportsmanship of the game and the impassioned devotion of its fans transcend cultural and geographic borders and prove that baseball is fast …
Remembering Japanese Baseball
An Oral History of the Game
Häftad, 2005
251 kr
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Remembering Japanese Baseball: An Oral History of the Game transports us onto diamonds and into dugouts on the other side of the globe, where the vigorous sportsmanship of the game and the impassioned devotion of its fans transcend cultural and geographic borders and prove that baseball is fast …
