The Shot Heard 'Round the World: The Novel by Whitmore Publishing $9.00
The 1951 New York Giants didn’t stand a chance. Their losing streak was making even the most devoted fan think twice, and there seemed no hope for them to turn it around. While the adversary Brooklyn Dodgers may have been “da bums,” the Giants were feeling less sure of their own worth every day.But then something happened. Was it the introduction of young Willie Mays? Did the improvement of...
The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First by Dreamscape Media $29.99
What happens when three financial industry whiz kids and certified baseball nuts take over an ailing major league franchise and implement the same strategies that fueled their success on Wall Street? In the case of the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays, an American League championship happens - the culmination of one of the greatest turnarounds in baseball history. In The Extra 2%, financial journalist...
Shoeless Joe by Gardner $70.00
One day while out in his corn field, Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella hears the voice of a baseball announcer saying, If you build it, he will come. He refers to Ray's hero, Shoeless Joe Jackson. It is a baseball stadium, which Ray carves out of his corn field.
The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2012 by Dave Studenmund $22.95
Here is the book the passionate baseball fan on your list will actuallywant to read; whether that fan is someone you know or even YOU. The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2012 is the Hot Stove League s leadoff hitter with insightful, provocative, accessible writing that is well-rounded and complete.Baseball is a game of runs and outs, and the analysis of how those runs and outs happen is at the...
The Mental ABC's of Pitching: A Handbook for Performance Enhancement by Taylor Trade Publishing $19.95
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The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $26.00
Every spring, Little Leaguers across the country mimic his stance and squabble over the right to wear his number, 2, the next number to be retired by the world’s most famous ball team. Derek Jeter is their hero. He walks in the footsteps of Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, and Mantle, and someday his shadow will loom just as large. Yet he has never been the best player in baseball. In fact, he hasn’t...
The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract by Free Press $30.00
When Bill James published his original Historical Baseball Abstract in 1985, he produced an immediate classic, hailed by the Chicago Tribune as the "holy book of baseball." Now, baseball's beloved "Sultan of Stats" (The Boston Globe) is back with a fully revised and updated edition for the new millennium. Like the original, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract is really several books...
Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager by Mariner Books $14.95
Three Nights in August captures the strategic and emotional complexities of baseball's quintessential form, the three-game series. As the St. Louis Cardinals battle their archrival Chicago Cubs, we watch from the dugout through the eyes of legendary manager Tony La Russa, considered by many to be the shrewdest mind in the game today. In his twenty-seven years of managing, La Russa has been named...
Stan Musial: An American Life by ESPN $26.00
When baseball fans voted on the top twenty-five players of the twentieth century in 1999, Stan Musial didn’t make the cut. This glaring omission—later rectified by a panel of experts—raised an important question: How could a first-ballot Hall of Famer, widely considered one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, still rank as the most underrated athlete of all time?In Stan Musial,...
Baseball America 2012 Almanac: A Comprehensive Review of the 2011 Season (Baseball America Almanac) by The Edi Baseball America $23.95
Baseball America's 2012 Almanac offers a complete recap of the 2011 baseball season from the World Series to the major, minor, college, high school, independent, and amateur leagues. The Almanac has organization, team, player statistics, and season reviews covering all of the professional, amateur, and youth baseball. It is also the only volume to feature in-depth coverage of the annual draft in...