Baseball

by Dale Tangeman (Illustrator), DD DD (Translator), Kevin Christofora (Author)

by Larry Colton (Author)

"Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. Its ugly record of brutality is widely known. Negroes have experienced grossly unjust treatment in the courts. There have been more unsolved bombings in Negro homes and churches in Birmingham than in any other city in the nation."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
1963

Anybody who is familiar with the Civil Rights movement knows that 1964 was a pivotal year. And in Birmingham, Alabama - perhaps the epicenter of racial conflict - the Barons amazingly started their season with an integrated team.

Johnny "Blue Moon" Odom, a talented pitcher and Tommie Reynolds, an outfielder - both young black ballplayers with dreams of playing someday in the big leagues, along with Bert Campaneris, a dark-skinned shortstop from Cuba, all found themselves in this simmering cauldron of a minor league town, all playing for Heywood Sullivan, a white former major leaguer who grew up just down the road in Dothan, Alabama.

Colton traces the entire season, writing about the extraordinary relationships among these players with Sullivan, and Colton tells their story by capturing the essence of Birmingham and its citizens during this tumultuous year. (The infamous Bull Connor, for example, when not ordering blacks to be blasted by powerful water hoses, is a fervent follower of the Barons and served as a long-time broadcaster of their games.)

By all accounts, the racial jeers and taunts that rained down upon these Birmingham players were much worse than anything that Jackie Robinson ever endured.

More than a story about baseball, this is a true accounting of life in a different time and clearly a different place. Seventeen years after Jackie Robinson had broken the color line in the major leagues, Birmingham was exploding in race riots....and now, they were going to have their very first integrated sports team. This is a story that has never been told.

Author Biography

Larry Colton is the author of several notable works, including Counting Coup, Goat Brothers, and No Ordinary Joes. He has written for Esquire, Sports Illustrated, and the New York Times Magazine. A former pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, Colton himself played in the Southern League in 1966 for a farm team in Macon, GA.

by Mark Lamster (Author)

In October of 1888, Albert Goodwill Spalding--baseball star, sporting-goods magnate, promotional genius, serial fabulist--departed Chicago on a trip that would take him and two baseball teams on a journey clear around the globe. Their mission, closely followed in the American and international press, had two (secret) goals: to fix the game in the American consciousness as the purest expression of the national spirit, and to seed markets for Spalding's products near and far. In the process, these first cultural ambassadors played before kings and queens, visited the Coliseumand the Eiffel Tower, and took pot shots with their baseballs at the great Sphinx in Egypt. This expedition to lands both exotic and familiar is chronicled with dash and wit in Mark Lamster's Spalding's World Tour, a book filled with larger-than-life characters often competing harder for love and money off the baseball diamond than for runs on it. Getting themselves into scrapes and narrowly escaping international incident all around the globe, these innocents abroad gave the world an early peek at the American century just around the corner. For anyone interested in the history of the game--or the history of brand marketing--Spalding's World Tour hits the sweet spot.

Author Biography

Mark Lamster is senior acquisitions editor at Princeton Architectural Press in New York. His writing on baseball, history, design, and architecture has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, the New York Times Book Review, Metropolis, I.D., and Architecture. Lamster lives in New York City and is an active member of the Society of American Baseball Research.

by Turner Publishing (Compiled by)

Where does that endless supply of facts, figures, statistics and trivia that braodcasters spout actually come from? SABR takes the inside story of the development of baseball research, its resources, techniques and fascinating anecdotes by the folks who dig it up.

by Dabini G (Author)

Amazing sports coloring book for boys and girls including 50 full-page illustrations!

This book features:

• 50 full-page illustrations that will entertain kids for hours
• A great variety of sports themes: Baseball, football, hockey, soccer & tennis
• Large 8.5 x 11 size
• High quality: Durable cover and one-sided printing, so that pushing through is prevented

This book makes the ideal gift and the perfect pastime - whether long car trips or on vacation - with this entertaining book it will never be boring.

by Brian Flaspohler (Author), Jerry Reuss (Foreword by), L. a. Dodgers (Author)

St. Louis has a well-deserved reputation for the best fans in baseball and a rich baseball history that stretches back to before 1860. Visit the Musial Statue and learn the history of an iconic city landmark. Tour the final resting places of baseball Hall of Famers such as George Sisler and Cool Papa Bell. Stop by the building Curt Flood used to create his paintings when he was off the field. Travel to a funeral home owned by a player nicknamed Bow Wow. Author Brian Flaspohler takes you on a tour of the best baseball sites in the Gateway to the West.

by Fran Zimniuch (Author)

Shortened Seasons recounts the stories of some of the baseball players who never made it back for the next game, who died with the suddenness of a walk-off homerun. For them, there was no next year. From Hall of Fame caliber players such as Roberto Clemente, Thurman Munson, and Ed Delahanty to players who were still finding their niche in the game like Ken Hubbs, Lyman Bostoc, and Darryl Kile, this book explores the lives and deaths of ball players of all categories and abilities who were struck down at the height of their careers.

Author Biography

Fran Zimniuch is an award-winning journalist and columnist who has written for various newspapers and national magazines for more than two decades about subjects ranging from breaking news events, business trends, and jewelry to sports. His previous books include Phillies: Where Have You Gone?, Eagles: Where Have You Gone?, and Richie Ashburn Remembered. He lives in Sicklerville, New Jersey.

by Dale Tangeman (Illustrator), Alba Andrades Galvez (Translator), Kevin Christofora (Author)

by Henry Chadwick (Author)

"Spalding's Baseball Guide" again greets the baseball public with the official records of America's national game, baseball. First issued in 1877, it has grown in popularity, has been enlarged and improved from year to year, and is now the recognized authority upon baseball matters. The statistics contained in the baseball guide can be relied upon, nearly all of them having been compiled from official records.

by Inspired Colors (Author)

Coloring therapy is an essential medium for relieving stress and restoring calm in a busy, chaotic, stressful world like ours.Coloring therapy is done by using our kids energy and thoughts to concentrate and bringing back their attention and focus on Coloring within the lines and concentrating on the process.

30 Single-Sided Designs,

• Dimensions: 8.5 x 11" .
• High quality paper and white background.
• Perfect for gifts: Surprise your loved ones with a different present.

by Gerald C. Wood (Author)

WINNER OF THE 2014 SEYMOUR MEDAL sponsored by the Society for American Baseball Research and finalist for 2014 SABR Larry Ritter Award

Though his pitching career lasted only a few seasons, Howard Ellsworth "Smoky Joe" Wood was one of the most dominating figures in baseball history--a man many consider the best baseball player who is not in the Hall of Fame. About his fastball, Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson once said: "Listen, mister, no man alive can throw harder than Smoky Joe Wood."

Smoky Joe Wood chronicles the singular life befitting such a baseball legend. Wood got his start impersonating a female on the National Bloomer Girls team. A natural athlete, he pitched for the Boston Red Sox at eighteen, won twenty-one games and threw a no-hitter at twenty-one, and had a 34-5 record plus three wins in the 1912 World Series, for a 1.91 ERA, when he was just twenty-two. Then in 1913 Wood suffered devastating injuries to his right hand and shoulder that forced him to pitch in pain for two more years. After sitting out the 1916 season, he came back as a converted outfielder and played another five years for the Cleveland Indians before retiring to coach the Yale University baseball team.

With details culled from interviews and family archives, this biography, the first of this rugged player of the Deadball Era, brings to life one of the genuine characters of baseball history.

Author Biography

Gerald C. Wood is Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at Carson-Newman University and coeditor of Northsiders: Essays on the History and Culture of the Chicago Cubs.

by Inspired Colors (Author)

Coloring therapy is an essential medium for relieving stress and restoring calm in a busy, chaotic, stressful world like ours.Coloring therapy is done by using our kids energy and thoughts to concentrate and bringing back their attention and focus on Coloring within the lines and concentrating on the process.

30 Single-Sided Designs,

• Dimensions: 8.5 x 11" .
• High quality paper and white background.
• Perfect for gifts: Surprise your loved ones with a different present.

by Jojo Durham (Author)

You never know what Shortstop Sam is going to bring to the game! He's a real team player and is always encouraging his teammates! Let's cheer them on!

by Linda Padilla-Diaz (Author)

Under the attentive guidance of a volunteer manager passionate about baseball, a group of boys assembled as the "B" team to play travel baseball for their town team. In Shortstop ... or Bust!, author Linda Padilla-Diaz shares a compilation of stories covering the journey through the five years her two sons played competitive traveling youth baseball-from her perspective as both a mother and the manager's wife.

Shortstop ... or Bust! describes Padilla-Diaz's love of the game and delves into parents' fixation for their children's extracurricular activities, seeking the glorified shortstop position. The humorous, touching chronicle of lefty Derek and manager Harry provides firsthand insight into the growing revolution and competitiveness of youth travel baseball. The story begins with the modest commencement of the team with overzealous coaches and dads and describes their winning transformation through several seasons. Padilla-Diaz offers an entertaining play-by-play account of events and provides an up-close view of the games the team played.

Offering a personal account into the harried nature of youth baseball, Shortstop ... or Bust! presents an informative, amusing, and bittersweet story about the five-year journey of a group of boys who worked hard and played hard to win.

by Peter Alderman (Author)

Corey's mom tried to shield her son from the ugly truth of his father's past. But this was next to impossible, given his father's high-profile success as a professional baseball pitcher. As Corey got older, the kids in school harassed him about the shame of his father's past. In high school, things got even darker. The high school star athlete and school bully Donald haunted him daily. When Corey became an unlikely star baseball pitcher who threw an unstoppable slider, Donald didn't like being nudged out of the limelight. Drugs, murder, and darkness lingered wherever Corey traveled from North Adams to the Cape Cod League to Worcester when he joined the WoSox and finally to Boston at Fenway Park. The bright spot in his life was when he met a sweet girl named Courtney while working at Paradise Pizza at the Cape, but even that was rocky. This baseball story not only weaves a riveting, shocking tale of retribution but also provides historical tidbits and enchanting geographical details about North Adams, Cape Cod, Fenway Park, and Boston, enriching the reader's knowledge. Colorful characters, beautiful settings, and surprising twists make Slider a compelling and engaging read: a book that you won't want to put down.

by Mitsuru Adachi (Author)

From the pen of Mitsuru Adachi comes a collection of...what else but high school baseball themed short stories. Compiled from magazines such as Superior, Spirits and Shonen Sunday, this release also features a special short from the limited edition Shonen Sunday Graphics TOUCH which Shogakukan produced in honor of the thirtieth anniversary of Adachi's legendary series TOUCH. Whether looking for romance, drama, mystery or comedy, this is the definitive modern collection of Adachi's sports manga.

Author Biography

Mitsuru Adachi (1951-) is known as one of the pillars of modern shonen and sports manga. In every way imaginable Adachi is a true veteran of Japan's comic scene. He debuted in 1972 drawing adaptations of TV series and would eventually progress to drawing short series focusing on high school baseball. He would eventually break through with his work NINE. His follow up MIYUKI is known in Japan as the original shonen rom-com but while there is quite a bit of humor, this particular title incorporates many somber themes that have made it one of the most memorable manga of all time. Through his career, Adachi has penned over fifteen series and his works have sold more than 200,000,000 units in Japan.

by Emily Jacobs (Author)

Over 65 Different Baseball Themed Puzzles Think You Know Baseball? This is the perfect book for the sports fan in your life who also loves word puzzles. This collection of word searches, word scrambles, and matching games provides hours of entertainment. But, that's not all. Quiz friends about the first names of current players, famous baseball hall of famers, or see how well you know the locations for well-known baseball stadiums. The answers are included in the book. Each puzzle is unique. Many of the puzzles are in fun shapes such as baseballs (circles), clovers, trains, cars, and of course, diamonds. Inside you will find puzzles about: -Baseball Words -Hall of Fame Players -MLB Teams -World Series Teams -Current Star Players -Stadiums -And Much More Once you start working on these addictive puzzles you won't be able to stop. Compete with your friends to see who really has the highest baseball I.Q. This book also makes the perfect gift for that hard to please sports fan on your list. What are you waiting for? Stretch your muscles and get your game on because it's time for some baseball. Get Your Copy of Sports Word Searches and Scrambles Right Now.

by Letras Efímeras (Author)

An incredible journey into a magical world awaits you with this epic baseball word searches book.

Have fun with your friends, parents, children, family and more. Decide who is the best fan ever in your favorite sports and prove your knowledge!

Our Sports Puzzles World Series collection combines different activities to bring you the best puzzles based on your favorite sports.

Are you willing to introduce your kid into the wonderful world of BASEBALL ?

Let 's play ball !

In this book you can find fully WORD SEARCHES pieces with all 30 MLB Teams 2020 Roster.

Young sports fans will love finding hidden team-players names in 30 themed puzzle grids; work together in family to discover who is the catcher of Boston Red Sox, the starting pitcher of New York Yankees, the infielder of Los Angeles Dodgers, or the outfielder of the Atlanta Braves.

This book is for Rookie Level, ideal for those kids who are introducing themselves to baseball for the first time, let's improve their levels and look forward to becoming Juniors!

Why You Will Love this Book

• Relaxing Word Search Puzzles. Every MLB team your kid will find the active roster in one unique page, and get the challenge to find the player's names hidden in the grid, in another unique page. Roster in left size, and Grid in the right size.
• Book Collection. We've included the final record and positions on regular seasons for each team, in order to conserve the book as part of the 2020 MLB season collection.
• Great for All Skill Levels. You can start the challenge from rookie levels, and keep improving your kids knowledge, pushing him to get to the following level. At the end of the book, you kid will find a kind of "level-up" congratulations message.
• Makes a Wonderful Gift. Know someone who loves baseball? Make them smile by getting them a copy too. You could even find the players together!

About Sports Puzzles World Series

• Explore and Learn from a variety of activities. Crosswords, word searches, cryptograms, mazes and more! Each book will include one specific type of activity according to the answer's level.
• Explore different sports. Baseball, Football, Soccer, Tennis, Basketball and more! Are you willing to spend time doing funny activities related to your favorite sport ? Then find the combination you want and have fun!
• Improve your Level. Our books are organized not only by topics (sports) and activities, but also levels! For Rookies, Juniors, Seniors or Pro, test your friends, or even yourself, and find who has the best level.
• For the Whole Family. Our books are dedicated for each family member, from Kids to Adults, in order to introduce each one in the wonderful world of sports. You want to introduce baseball to your kid ? or you prefer to beat your coworker? Just select the corresponding book from our collection and let's play ball!

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by Keith Law (Author)

Predictably Irrational meets Moneyball in ESPN veteran writer and statistical analyst Keith Law's iconoclastic look at the numbers game of baseball, proving why some of the most trusted stats are surprisingly wrong, explaining what numbers actually work, and exploring what the rise of Big Data means for the future of the sport.

For decades, statistics such as batting average, saves recorded, and pitching won-lost records have been used to measure individual players' and teams' potential and success. But in the past fifteen years, a revolutionary new standard of measurement--sabermetrics--has been embraced by front offices in Major League Baseball and among fantasy baseball enthusiasts. But while sabermetrics is recognized as being smarter and more accurate, traditionalists, including journalists, fans, and managers, stubbornly believe that the "old" way--a combination of outdated numbers and "gut" instinct--is still the best way. Baseball, they argue, should be run by people, not by numbers.?

In this informative and provocative book, teh renowned ESPN analyst and senior baseball writer demolishes a century's worth of accepted wisdom, making the definitive case against the long-established view. Armed with concrete examples from different eras of baseball history, logic, a little math, and lively commentary, he shows how the allegiance to these numbers--dating back to the beginning of the professional game--is firmly rooted not in accuracy or success, but in baseball's irrational adherence to tradition.

While Law gores sacred cows, from clutch performers to RBIs to the infamous save rule, he also demystifies sabermetrics, explaining what these "new" numbers really are and why they're vital. He also considers the game's future, examining how teams are using Data--from PhDs to sophisticated statistical databases--to build future rosters; changes that will transform baseball and all of professional sports.

Front Jacket

For the past fifteen years, many baseball fans, writers, and commentators have remained mired in the muck of old statistics--baseball card numbers such as batting average, saves recorded, and a pitcher's won-lost record--while newer, smarter, and at times counterintuitive baseball stats known as sabermetrics have become commonplace throughout Major League Baseball. Yet, despite their popularity, confusion persists about these new stats, with much of the baseball world still following the "old" way--a combination of those outdated numbers and gut instinct--to evaluate players' contributions and careers. Baseball, they argue, should be run by people, not by numbers.

ESPN senior baseball writer Keith Law disagrees. In this provocative book, the outspoken Law takes on the established view of baseball stats, undermining over a century's worth of baseball dogma. With many of these numbers dating back to the beginning of the game, he examines how allegiance to these old stats is firmly rooted not in the modern game as it's played, but in baseball's irrational adherence to tradition. Law also offers a clear-eyed discussion of the new stats that are helping teams win, changing how players are valued, and altering how we talk about the game. Simplifying the math that has gotten in the way for many curious fans, he provides understandable explanations of what these numbers measure and why they work better. The end result is the essential baseball book for the modern baseball era, revealing what the rise of Big Data really means for the sport.

Back Jacket

For the past fifteen years, many baseball fans, writers, and commentators have remained mired in the muck of old statistics--baseball card numbers such as batting average, saves recorded, and a pitcher's won-lost record--while newer, smarter, and at times counterintuitive baseball stats known as sabermetrics have become commonplace throughout Major League Baseball. Yet, despite their popularity, confusion persists about these new stats, with much of the baseball world still following the "old" way--a combination of those outdated numbers and gut instinct--to evaluate players' contributions and careers. Baseball, they argue, should be run by people, not by numbers.

ESPN senior baseball writer Keith Law disagrees. In this provocative book, the outspoken Law takes on the established view of baseball stats, undermining over a century's worth of baseball dogma. With many of these numbers dating back to the beginning of the game, he examines how allegiance to these old stats is firmly rooted not in the modern game as it's played, but in baseball's irrational adherence to tradition. Law also offers a clear-eyed discussion of the new stats that are helping teams win, changing how players are valued, and altering how we talk about the game. Simplifying the math that has gotten in the way for many curious fans, he provides understandable explanations of what these numbers measure and why they work better. The end result is the essential baseball book for the modern baseball era, revealing what the rise of Big Data really means for the sport.

by The National Baseball Hall of Fame and M (Author)

Baseball Facts and MLB Trivia for the Ultimate Baseball Fan

In this third title published by National Baseball Hall of Fame Books, test your knowledge of baseball trivia against the experts-the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

The history of baseball is etched in its trivia. No American sport is chronicled through its trivia and statistics more than baseball. Now, the National Baseball Hall of Fame presents the ultimate baseball trivia book, So You Think You Know Baseball.

Hit it out of the park at your MLB trivia night or in an after-dinner baseball quiz with your family. Selected by the historians and curators at the Baseball Hall of Fame, over 100 years of rich baseball history is packed into this virtual reference guide of facts, figures, and fascinating tidbits about our national pastime.

In So You Think You Know Baseball, find 450 challenging baseball trivia questions organized into nine themed chapters covering a wide range of baseball history:

• Baseball Firsts - famous firsts for almost every aspect of baseball history
• First Year Phenoms - rookie sensations and first year wonders
• Legendary Sluggers - Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Babe Ruth & more
• Historic Hurlers - celebrated pitchers and their remarkable accomplishments on the mound
• Record Breakers - notable players and teams who left their mark in the record books
• Hall of Famers - baseball's all-time greats enshrined in Cooperstown
• Baseball in Pop Culture - discover the many ways baseball has influenced American culture
• The Postseason - highlighting the celebrated moments in World Series history
• Baseball Potpourri - unique facts about America's Pastime

Also don't miss other titles published by National Baseball Hall of Fame Books, Picturing America's Pastime, Memories from the Microphone, and Baseball Memories and Dreams.

by Inventive Walrus Publishing (Author)

Sports Word Search For Kids!

This book is great for kids of all ages. It features a wide range of sports related word search puzzles. There are tons of words to find!

• Over 1000 words to find
• Variety of sports themes
• Answers included
• Hours of fun!

If your child is interested in sports, this book will keep them entertained. They may even discover some new sports that they want to try!

by Doug Schmidt (Author)

"Six Outs To Go, A Baseball Anthology" is not so much a sports history as it is an informative, entertaining, fact-based narrative that brings to life characters and events which have defined Milwaukee's baseball heritage since the late 19th Century. By way of research and first-hand accounts, author Doug Schmidt takes the reader on an anecdotal journey through 130 years of professional baseball in Milwaukee, starting with a litany of players and executives who put Brew City on the map during baseball's formative decades. The story continues with the arrival of the Braves from Boston in 1953 and the hold they had on this writer as well as thousands of other fans, followed by a dissection of the Braves bolt from Milwaukee to Atlanta after just 13 years. Finally, Schmidt takes the reader behind the scenes through a series of unvarnished, and sometimes uncensored, clubhouse interviews accumulated during his 18 years of serving as a baseball correspondent at Milwaukee County Stadium for United Press International and the Associated Press from 1976 through 1994. The journey is augmented by photos and illustrations taken from Schmidt's personal collection.

"Hang on to your batting helmet, Grandma. Doug Schmidt is going to take us on a whirlwind excursion through Brew City's baseball history, from Bill Veeck's three-toed outfielder to a one-legged manager who kicked Milwaukee baseball back into high gear. Along the way, we are guaranteed to smile, laugh, and maybe even shed a tear or two." -Bob Buege, author of The Milwaukee Braves: A Baseball Eulogy and Borchert Field

by Howard Bryant (Author)

With a new introduction by celebrated baseball writer Roger Kahn and a new afterword by the author, updating John Henry's first year of ownership after nearly six decades of the Yawkey dynasty, the legacy of the late Will McDonough, and the author's return to his native Boston after a seventeen-year absence, Shut Out has reopened the discussion of baseball, race, and Boston with a new candor.

Author Biography

Howard Bryant is a senior writer for ESPN the Magazine and the author of Juicing the Game: Drugs, Power and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball, and The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron. He is the editor of The Best American Sports Writing 2017. He appears regularly on ESPN's The Sports Reporters, ESPN First Take, Outside the Lines, and serves as sports correspondent for NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday.

by Bob Meyer (Author)

From the early 1900's, town team baseball in eastern Iowa has been a fixture in the area, often referred to as "The Hotbed of Baseball". Following World War II, the Dubuqueland area fielded semi-pro teams in most small rural towns. It was especially popular from the late 40's through 70's and 80's, as measured by fan interest. Although the number of fans attending games has declined since that time, many towns continue to field teams performing at highly competitive levels. It is that tradition which is captured in an entertaining style, emphasizing memories and stories of individuals who viewed the simplicity and innocence of the game as a way of life.

by Brain Fun Publishing (Author)

AWESOME SPORTS COLORING BOOK FOR BOYS & GIRLS!

Your child/children will be entertained for hours with these fun relaxing coloring pages,
designed for creative little hands. It's full of fun sports activities from baseball, football,
ice hockey, tennis, soccer and even ice skating!

• Large 8.5x11-inch paperback
• 50 professionally illustrated coloring pages
• Single sided printing to prevent bleed through

This coloring book makes a great gift idea for Christmas / Stocking stuffers, Easter, birthdays & more!

by Sol White (Author), Jerry Malloy (Introduction by)

America and baseball are rediscovering the game played by African Americans before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947. We now know a great deal about the Negro Leagues of 1920 on, and their great stars--Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and their contemporaries.

But what of the pre-1920 black game? From the onset in the 1880s of the "gentleman's agreement" that barred blacks from playing in white leagues, that game is nearly invisible. Financially shaky, with sporadic media coverage even in black newspapers and completely overlooked by the mainstream, Negro teams of this era played on for love of the game and in hopes that their skills would receive their due.

In 1907, Sol White, a remarkable African-American ballplayer, successful manager, and baseball loyalist, wrote a small volume on the history of the black game. Part fund-raising effort, advertising brochure, team hype, celebration of black baseball, and throughout an implicit and explicit challenge to racism, Sol White's History of Colored Base Ball is the source of much of what we know of the events in the organized black game of that time.

The original was poorly printed, and copies are exceedingly rare (known and rumored copies number only four). This edition republishes the full 1907 edition (with the even rarer supplement), completely reset for legibility, and reproduces all the original's illustrations, including the advertisements that speak volumes on the social world of the day. Fifteen additional documents from 1886 to 1936 augment the picture of the black game and our record of Sol White himself.

Author Biography

The work is introduced by Jerry Malloy, a recognized expert on the history of Negro leagues who has spent years in painstaking research into this vanished world.

by Sue Nichols (Author), Gary Blake (Illustrator)

A children's book that celebrates baseball and growing up

Facing and overcoming your fears, Supporting your friends, andThe importance of teamwork.

Combining whimsical rhymes and rich illustrations, Smidgen, the Baseball-Loving Pigeon invites children on an exciting adventure of sport and self-discovery. Growing up has never been this fun!

by Sean J. McLaughlin (Author)

The story of Jackie Robinson's prodigious talent, his courageous journey, and his influence on both the game of baseball and American society writ large has been told well and often. What hasn't been told is the full story of his first season in the minor leagues in Montreal. In 1946, before moving up to the Brooklyn Dodgers, Robinson spent a season thrilling home crowds in a Canadian city with Major League aspirations. He played for the AAA Montreal Royals of the International League, leading the team to victory in the Junior World Series.

As it turned out, postwar Montreal was the ideal location for Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey's "great experiment" to finally integrate America's pastime. Although both Rickey and Robinson have rightly been at the center stage of this story, it was the masses of cheering Montrealers who first showed the world that professional baseball was ready to bury race-based segregation. As Robinson told a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reporter years later, "Had it not been for the fact that we broke in in Montreal, I doubt seriously if we would have made the grade so rapidly. The fans were just fantastic, and my wife and I had nothing but the greatest of memories."

In Royal Treatment Sean J. McLaughlin explores Robinson's experience in Canada as a Minor Leaguer and the warm embrace he received from Montrealers well before he became one of baseball's household names. Bringing the early fan experience of Robinson directly to the foreground, Royal Treatment is an intimate look at a pivotal juncture in Robinson's career, and the overwhelmingly positive relationship he had with the community that supported his rise to fame. This baseball story centers Robinson within the context of the Black American expatriate experience in Montreal in the postwar era.

Author Biography

Sean J. McLaughlin is a historian, serving as the director of Special Collections and Exhibits at Murray State University in Kentucky. He is the author of JFK and de Gaulle: How America and France Failed in Vietnam, 1961-1963 and coauthor of The Finest Place We Know: A Centennial History of Murray State, 1922-2022.

by Joseph L. Price (Author)

After identifying early conflicts between churches and baseball in the late-nineteenth century, Price examines the appropriation of baseball by the House of David, an early twentieth-century millennial Protestant community in southern Michigan. Turning then from historical intersections between base-ball and religion, two chapters focus on the ways that baseball reflects religious myths. First, the omphalos myth about the origin and ordering of the world is reflected in the rituals and rules of the game. Then the myth of curses is explored in the culture of superstition that underlies the game. At the heart of the book is a sustained argument about how baseball functions as an American civil religion, affirming and sanctifying American identity, especially during periods of national crises such as wars and terrorist attacks. Building on this analysis of baseball as an American civil religion, two chapters draw upon novels by W. P. Kinsella and David James Duncan to explore the sacramental potential of baseball and to align baseball with apocalyptic possibilities. The final chapter serves as a full confession, interpreting baseball affiliation stories as conversion narratives. In various ways Rounding the Bases charts new territory in the literature about baseball and religion. Unlike previous works (such as The Faith of Fifty Million) that merely assert that baseball, as the national pastime, is an American civil religion, or others (such as And God Said, "Play Ball") that draw parallels between the Bible and baseball, this book develops a sustained sociological argument for the conclusion that baseball is "a distinct denomination of American civil religion."

by Tom Larwin (Author), Carlos Bauer (Author), Et Al Dan Boyle (Author)

The year was 1936. The Depression was at its height. San Diego--then considered nothing more than a sleepy border town--had always desired to become a "big city." Securing a major professional baseball franchise would be the first step in fulfilling this dream.

Finally, San Diego took that first step by securing a team in the fabled Pacific Coast League. After a community-wide contest, the team was christened the San Diego Padres. That team turned out to be not only an interesting ballclub, but also a very good one. In retrospect, the club was even more remarkable. Two of its players--Bobby Doerr and Ted Williams, aka "The Kid"--became members of the Natinal Baseball Hall of Fame. They had one of the DiMaggio brothers roaming the outfield. Another outfielder played alongside Babe Ruth on the 1927 Yankees. To quote Bobby Doerr: "It was quite a team."

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by Peter Kreutzer (Author)

Picking up where The Fantasy Baseball Guide: Professional Edition left off, Rotoman's Guide includes nearly 1,000 player profiles, projections, and fantasy baseball bid prices for 2024.

by Kennard Lee Hairston (Author)

Mickeybear talks about his older sister playing baseball for Coach Hairstonbear in Hairbearland where everyone is part of the Hairstonbear family. Inwhich, He also gives a picnic everyspring that is full of fun, excitement, games, and food by the town cooks. The people in Hairbearland support their baseball teams, one particular team call the HairstonBears. Nevertheless, the one team they can never beat is the Big-B's which is known for their size and strength. This year we have my sister on the team, can't wait to play the Big-B's; Hey now! That's going to be the day we block- out their size and strength and beat them.

by Jeff Newburg (Author)

For years, John has served as a pastor to a socially progressive church of artists in Los Angeles. Cloistered in this bubble, he was floored by the outcome of the 2016 election, a shock that continues to compound. Waking to how entwined American Christianity has become with anti-Christ ideologies, seeing that even his own "inclusive" community propagates shame while preaching love, John resigns from the church. He flees--LA, his wife, his entire web of relationships, all of which were glued to the church. As he sets out on this wandering road trip, John seeks to fathom the depths of his own complicity in systems of abuse, his own shame, by writing to his father, the conservative evangelical. In journaling, John hopes to discover what relationship could exist between this unbendingly legalistic man and the first authentic self he's ever shown. On this walkabout, John logs new and old friendships, adventures, and traumas that push him to sublime joy and his faith to the brink. In his writing, John begins to make sense of his swirling present and complicated past to see if he might reconcile to all those relationships he fled. He sketches what of his faith might remain after the deconstruction--a Heavenly Father untangled from his earthly one, what of God is left after shame is gone.

Author Biography

Jeff Newburg is an artist and an associate therapist, often to artists and church people, in Los Angeles, California.

by John Bell (Author)

In the summer of 1923, Shoeless Joe Jackson, who was banned from organized baseball in 1921 for his alleged participation in the 1919 Chicago Black Sox World Series scandal, was signed on to play baseball for the Americus, Georgia semi-pro team of the independent South Georgia league. With the Americus club struggling, Joe Jackson came on board and turned things around not only for the team but the entire league. There was controversy with his playing at first, but it soon settled and made way for an astounding run of our national pastime. Shoeless Joe's time in Americus was capped off by leading the team to the league championship at the end of the season.Shoeless Summer, written by Americus native John Bell, tells the fascinating story of Shoeless Joe Jackson's days playing baseball in Americus in 1923. This book features a day-to-day chronology of the season with emphasis on the uproar that followed Americus signing the famed baseball outlaw to play for the team. Statistics and biographies of each of the Americus players, daily lineups and box scores, and the only photograph of Shoeless Joe with the Americus team in uniform known to exist make this a well-rounded piece of baseball history. The cities of Albany, Americus, Arlington, Bainbridge, Blakely, and Dawson each had teams in the South Georgia league. Shoeless Summer includes a complete list of players from each team as well as those who played in the major leagues. Baseball fans young and old will enjoy this factual account of one magical summer in a rural, baseball-crazed region on the country."...He came to Americus, Georgia in 1923 and helped a struggling, hometown baseball team get back on its feet and win the league title from its chief sports rival. None of the fans really cared what he was accused of or what he did or didn't do. All they knew was that he was the greatest ball player they had ever seen, and for a short time, they could call him their own. When Shoeless Joe Jackson left Americus, he left memories of a hero to a small baseball town -- memories of a Shoeless Summer."

Author Biography

John Bell was born in Americus, Georgia in 1969 and lived there until 1995. He graduated from Americus High School in 1987 and earned a B.S. in Political Science with a minor in History from Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus in 1993.

by Ted W. Corby (Author)

Shagging a Dream is the epic journey that one man takes to fulfill his boyhood dream of playing baseball. The journey takes him from his homeland of Canada to some of the best ballparks in the USA, but he encounters obstacles at every conjunction along the way. He also learns a thing or two about playing baseball at an MLB fantasy camp, and he imparts his advise to others interested in playing adult baseball at a Major League camp.

by Harvey Frommer (Author)

Another peek at baseball's good old days--or, in this case, bad old days--by veteran sports-historian Harvey Frommer. Frommer paints Shoeless Joe as a baseball natural ("Joe Jackson hit the ball harder than any man ever to play baseball"--Ty Cobb), an illiterate hick (his table utensils consisted of knife and fingers), and an innocent man snared by the greatest scandal in baseball history.

Author Biography

Harvey Frommer is the celebrated author of more than forty-two sports books, including Remembering Yankee Stadium, Remembering Fenway Park, and A Yankee Century. Frommer is a professor in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program at Dartmouth College. He lives in Lyme, New Hampshire.

by Timothy M. Gay (Author)

"A new classic baseball book" (Library Journal): the story of how Satchel Paige, Dizzy Dean, and Bob Feller introduced integrated baseball to America.

Author Biography

Timothy M. Gay is the author of Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend. It was a finalist for two of the baseball history community's most prestigious awards. His essays and articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, USA Today, and many other publications. Tim is a graduate of Georgetown University and lives in northern Virginia with his wife and three children.

by John R. Husman (Author)

Roger Bresnahan began his major league baseball career in 1897 as an 18-year-old pitcher and ended it in 1915 as a catcher, after famously introducing shin guards for the position. He was so widely admired that the Baseball Hall of Fame awarded him a plaque only six years after it opened. He played every position, coached, and managed. He survived a near-fatal accident on the field and, as a first responder, helped save lives during the aftermath of a horrific railroad crash. He was later principal owner and president of the Toledo American Association franchise for eight years.

This first-ever biography, based on many years of research, covers Bresnahan's entire life and playing career as it intersected with American history.

Author Biography

John R. Husman is the Toledo Mud Hens Team Historian and has been a member of the Society for American Baseball Research since 1982. He lives in Sylvania, Ohio.

by David L. Fleitz (Author)

One of the most popular players in Cincinnati Reds history, Ernie "Schnozz" Lombardi played 1931-1947 as an eight-time All-Star catcher. A big man with huge hands, a cannon for an arm and a namesake nose, he held two National League batting titles and a career average of .306. Yet he was so famously slow a runner that the infielders took to the outfield, where they could still throw him out. Fastballs not thrown hard enough were caught barehanded and fired back to the mound.

One unfortunate play in the 1939 World Series dogged Lombardi for the rest of his life and kept him from the Hall of Fame until long after his death. This first full-length biography gives a complete account of this outstanding player.

Author Biography

David L. Fleitz is a web developer and baseball writer from Troy, Michigan. A longtime SABR member, he has written twelve books on baseball history, including biographies of Napoleon Lajoie, Louis Sockalexis, and Cap Anson.

by Tom Clavin (Author), Danny Peary (Author)

Tom Clavin and Danny Peary chronicle the life and career of baseball's "natural home run king" in the first definitive biography of Roger Maris--including a brand-new chapter to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of his record breaking season.

Author Biography

Tom Clavin is the author or coauthor of sixteen books. For fifteen years he wrote for The New York Times and has contributed to such magazines as Golf, Men's Journal, Parade, Reader's Digest, and Smithsonian. He is currently the investigative features correspondent for Manhattan Magazine. He lives in Sag Harbor, New York.

by William D. McPoil (Author)

Sacramento has enjoyed baseball since the Gold Rush. As early as 1869, the first professional baseball team in America, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, came to Sacramento and played against a locally organized team. A few years later, the Sacramento team joined the California League to compete against those from San Francisco and Oakland, becoming a charter member of the newly formed Pacific Coast League in 1903. All the while, children and adults alike were picking up the sport in the many parks, sandlots, and schoolyards throughout the city. In the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, amateur and sponsored teams competed against each other for trophies and bragging rights. Then, in the 1950s, Little League, Babe Ruth League, and American Legion Baseball flourished.

by Alyssa Milano (Author)

In Safe at Home, Alyssa Milano--actress, blogger, and the mind behind the bestselling Touch sports-clothing line--tells the story about her lifelong obsession with baseball, revealing what the game has meant to her and why everyone should take a chance on nine innings. Her baseball story begins in Brooklyn, New York, where her father scorned the Dodgers for abandoning his beloved city. When he and his young daughter later moved out west for a fledgling TV show called Who's the Boss?, Alyssa learned one of the fundamental truths of the game: No matter where you are, no matter how old you are, baseball connects you to your past.

From arguing about the importance of baseball history to criticizing Major League Baseball's response to the steroid scandal, Alyssa brings an intelligent, wry, and entertaining female voice to the world of baseball writing. The end result is a unique and unexpected book that is equal parts memoir, manifesto, and love letter to America's game.

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In Safe at Home, Alyssa Milano--actress, blogger, and the mind behind the bestselling Touch sports-clothing line--tells the story about her lifelong obsession with baseball, revealing what the game has meant to her and why everyone should take a chance on nine innings. Her baseball story begins in Brooklyn, New York, where her father scorned the Dodgers for abandoning his beloved city. When he and his young daughter later moved out west for a fledgling TV show called Who's the Boss?, Alyssa learned one of the fundamental truths of the game: No matter where you are, no matter how old you are, baseball connects you to your past.

From arguing about the importance of baseball history to criticizing Major League Baseball's response to the steroid scandal, Alyssa brings an intelligent, wry, and entertaining female voice to the world of baseball writing. The end result is a unique and unexpected book that is equal parts memoir, manifesto, and love letter to America's game.

by Harry Swanson (Author)

This story is about endless problems and assaults against the Yankee franchise between 1919 and 1923. It involves bookmakers, racetrack owners, bootleggers, gamblers, shakedown artist, promoters, murderers, those with political clout and simply an over supply of corrupt underhanded individuals. They would and could muscle anyone that was a threat or hadn't earned the right to succeed. Some of the same individuals that frustrated the Yankee club were also actively involved in planning and or covering up the 1919 World Series Black Sox Scandal. A brief introduction is offered that details the assault that occur against the Baltimore Orioles that all but destroyed the club and lead to American League President Ban Johnson, moving the franchise to Manhattan. Unknowingly, Johnson would find those mat worked against him in Baltimore were waiting for his every move in New York. Ultimately he would be duped into selling the club to the worst two characters that New York had to offer. Colonels Jacob Ruppert and Til L. Huston would buy the franchise in 1915 before the previous owners had all but destroyed. As a result of a single player trade in 1919, the Yankee club owners would find themselves thrown into four years of continuous fighting to assure their franchise survival. Attacks against the baseball franchise would lead to, battles in the courts, a split with the American League owners creating two camps, many delays and unnecessary financial hardships. During this same time, the club had to deal with building a stadium under adverse conditions, contending with labors strikes, 1919 fan outrage, political under-handedness and baseball governance, back room dealings. The reader will also be exposed to the most detailed account of the building of Yankee Stadium ever written from heated memos and cost over runs, to the make and models of the trucks used to carry materials. All problems/issues are presented, discussed and responsibility assigned. Four years of constant turmoil. It would take one "bigger than life player" to counter all these negative forces and save the franchise. That player was Babe Ruth. If you didn't appreciate the Babe and what he did for baseball and the New York Yankees before, you will after reading this book. All was made possible by the Babe.

by Howard W. Jr. Henry (Author)

BUFFALO WAS LOSING BASEBALL!
It was 1955 and the Detroit Tigers, the major league owners of the Triple A Buffalo Bisons, were pulling out of the city. Would the Bisons go, too? Not if a group of determined local baseball men, a ball club of veteran ballplayers and a city of committed fans had anything to say about it.

by Al Figone (Author)

The primary theme of the book presents the necessary thought processes specific to the execution of all baseball skills from the lowest levels to the major leagues. A secondary objective is to provide "sameness" involved in selected internal and external thoughts by incorporating a simple but necessary system allowing players to be ready to play the game pitch by pitch. A player learns to clear his mind of distractiive tension-producing thoughts following each pitch that only adversely affect execution and to direct attention to the next pitch and not to a unknown future outcome (worry) or a past outcome (distraction).

Author Biography

Al Figone has been involved in baseball for over 60 years as a player, coach, and "student of the game." It's the latter facet of Al's career that makes this book valuable as a resource in aiding players, coaches, and parents in reaching their pre-determined goals. Al's book focus is on the mental processes and applications of the psycholgical aspects of the game that can be mastered in small steps and by understanding how attention to the mental aspects of baseball deeply influences how one performs on the field. Small behavioral changes lead to huge performance gains.

by Mike Shropshire (Author)

"Disastrously hilarious."--USA Today

"Even before the start of spring training, Herzog had said, 'If Rich Billings is the starting catcher again, we're in deep trouble.' When that evaluation was passed along to Billings, he simply nodded and said, 'Whitey, obviously, has seen me play.'" In early 1973, gonzo sportswriter Mike Shropshire agreed to cover the Texas Rangers for the Fort-Worth Star-Telegram, not realizing that the Rangers were arguably the worst team in baseball history.

Seasons in Hell is a riotous, candid, irreverent behind-the-scenes account in the tradition of The Bronx Zoo and Ball Four, following the Texas Rangers from Whitey Herzog's reign in 1973 through Billy Martin's tumultuous tenure. Offering wonderful perspectives on dozens of unique (and likely never-to-be-seen-again) baseball personalities, Seasons in Hell recounts some of the most extreme characters ever to play the game and brings to life the no-holds-barred culture of major league baseball in the mid-seventies.

Author Biography

Mike Shropshire is a longtime journalist who has written for numerous newspapers and magazines such as Sports Illustrated and is the author of several books, including When the Tuna Went down to Texas: How Bill Parcells Led the Cowboys Back to the Promised Land. He lives in Dallas, Texas.

by Ronald R. Harrington (Author)

When the kitchen ceiling caved in, and the contents of his mother's attic splayed across the floor, Ron, better known as "Punky," knew he had to help clean up. With the assistance of his son and nephew, he would try to preserve as many of the dirty, mold-covered memories as he could, including a mysterious, old metal box, possibly belonging to his Grandpa Hash. What's inside it takes him back thirty-two years earlier as he recalls the magical weekend in 1984 spent with his grandfather attending two baseball games. The first, at Tiger Stadium in Detroit to see their first-place heroes in action. Then to the local diamond to see their beloved Toledo Mud Hens the next day. The Beatles and Elvis on the radio, "crunchy" hot dogs, and plenty of baseball talk was on the agenda for this fun-filled road trip with many surprises along the way. The weekend takes an unexpected turn when the whereabouts of a long-lost family heirloom, a baseball signed by Abraham Lincoln, comes to light, setting off an impromptu detour, a bizarre return to a game at old Swayne Field-demolished twenty-nine years earlier, and uncovering the real holy grail of baseball collectibles.

by Jeff Newburg (Author)

For years, John has served as a pastor to a socially progressive church of artists in Los Angeles. Cloistered in this bubble, he was floored by the outcome of the 2016 election, a shock that continues to compound. Waking to how entwined American Christianity has become with anti-Christ ideologies, seeing that even his own "inclusive" community propagates shame while preaching love, John resigns from the church. He flees--LA, his wife, his entire web of relationships, all of which were glued to the church. As he sets out on this wandering road trip, John seeks to fathom the depths of his own complicity in systems of abuse, his own shame, by writing to his father, the conservative evangelical. In journaling, John hopes to discover what relationship could exist between this unbendingly legalistic man and the first authentic self he's ever shown. On this walkabout, John logs new and old friendships, adventures, and traumas that push him to sublime joy and his faith to the brink. In his writing, John begins to make sense of his swirling present and complicated past to see if he might reconcile to all those relationships he fled. He sketches what of his faith might remain after the deconstruction--a Heavenly Father untangled from his earthly one, what of God is left after shame is gone.

Author Biography

Jeff Newburg is an artist and an associate therapist, often to artists and church people, in Los Angeles, California.

by Carroll Conklin (Author)

These were the heroes who owned the summers of the 1960s. Pete Richert and Frank Howard. Chuck Hinton and Dick Bosman. Don Lock and Dick Donovan. Eddie Brinkman and Claude Osteen.During the summers of the 1960s, the heroes of Washington D.C. wore Senators uniforms. On their best days (which were, admittedly, rare), they were entertaining and inspiring. They smote hated rivals and sent their best to the All-Star game, in the decade when that mid-summer classic moved under the lights ... and into prime time.On their worst days, these Senators heroes broke our hearts, squandering late-inning leads and pre-season hopes ... but they never lost our devotion.They were the heroes of our youth. Now their stories are collected in Senators Heroes: Remembering the Washington Senators Who Helped Make the 1960s Baseball's Real Golden Age.The book profiles the best (and a few of the worst) of the Washington Senators of the 1960s. In all, there are 62 profiles of the infielders, outfielders, catchers and pitchers who played for the Washington Senators in the 1960s.Do you remember ...The hard-throwing right-hander who struck out 21 batters in a single game? (page 73)The Gold Glove shortstop who lasted 15 years in the majors ... but never had a batting average higher than .266? (page 13)The left-handed pitcher who struck out the first six major league batters he faced)? (page 96)The slugging outfielder who blasted 10 home runs in six consecutive games in 1966? (page 45)The All-Star outfielder who was the franchise's first .300 hitter ... and whose .310 average was fourth-best in the American League in 1962? (page 44)The right-handed pitcher who once came within one error of pitching a perfect ... and made that error himself? (page 70)The slugging center fielder who was the franchise's home run leader ... until Frank Howard arrived? (page 52)The right-handed starter who led the American League in earned run average in 1961? (page 78)The catcher who batted .237 in his first season with the Senators ... good enough to make the All-Star team? (page 102)The veteran pitcher who led the team with a 12-11 record its first season, and never had another winning season for the Senators? (page 77)Their stories are here. Enjoy the memories.

by Roy Kerr (Author)

Known today as "the Babe Ruth of the 1880s," Hall of Famer Roger Connor was the greatest of the nineteenth-century home run hitters, his career total (138) having stood as the major league record for nearly 24 years--until it was broken by Ruth himself. When he retired in 1897, he was also tops in triples (233), second in walks and total bases, third in hits, and fourth in doubles. But Connor did more than swing from his heels. He was an expert bunter who averaged more than twenty stolen bases a year (some credit him with inventing the "pop-up" slide) and led the league four times in fielding. Called "The Gentleman of the Diamond," the slugger was never ejected from a game in seventeen major league seasons.

This biography sheds new light on the life and five-decade baseball career of one of the games most admired and beloved players.

Author Biography

Roy Kerr, a retired professor of Spanish and a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), lives in Lakeland, Florida.