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The inspiring and dramatic story of Big Papi, from growing up poor to becoming one of the most popular and successful players in Major League Baseball. Raised in the Dominican Republic, signed by th……続きを見る

Despite being picked to finish dead last in the National League’s Eastern Division, the 1985 St. Louis Cardinals astounded the sports world by winning 101 regular-season games, capturing the pennant……続きを見る

Exposing trafficking, theft, fraud, and gambling in the major leagues, a founding member of the MLB's Department of Investigations reveals a news-breaking true story of power and corruption. In the ……続きを見る

O Brasil sediou os XV Jogos Pan-Americanos em 2007, no Rio de Janeiro. O evento foi um marco para o esporte nacional, promovendo a infraestrutura esportiva e destacando o país no cenário internacion……続きを見る

Travis Mackey is a sixteen-year-old sophomore at University High School, having recently moved to Midland, a college town, after the tragic death of his father. He's a gifted young baseball player w……続きを見る

The Big 50: Cincinnati Reds is an amazing, full-color look at the 50 men and moments that made the Reds the Reds. Experienced sportswriters Chad Dotson and Chris Garber recount the living history of……続きを見る

The Red Sox Icon Dwight Evans chronicles the remarkable career of one of Boston's most beloved baseball players. Known for his powerful arm, clutch hitting, and graceful fielding, Evans spent two de……続きを見る

The essays in Fathers Playing Catch with Sons are a wonderful mixture of reminiscence and observation, of baseball and of fathers and sons, of how a game binds people together and bridges generation……続きを見る

In Baseball: The Golden Age, Harold Seymour and Dorothy Seymour Mills explore the glorious era when the game truly captured the American imagination, with such legendary figures as Babe Ruth and Ty ……続きを見る

Don Zimmer is baseball. His first book, Zim-A Baseball Life, was a New York Times bestseller and one of the best baseball memoirs ever published. Now, in The Zen of Zim, one of baseball's most belov……続きを見る

This is a collection of short stories that, when brought together, form the picture of a singular life: that of Terry Donegan and his black Irish luck. These are his memoirsーdone his way. Told in a……続きを見る

"At last, the great American baseball novel..." The lost story of a ballplayer passing in the deadball era. Moody Riley knocks around the major leagues as a solid but mediocre player for more than t……続きを見る

This book analyzes how sportswriters have discussed issues of race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual identity, age and class within professional baseball from 1998 to the present. Each chapter looks a……続きを見る

A captivating look into the remarkable career and controversial life of a baseball Hall of Famer. Roberto Alomar was not just a five-tool Hall of Famer; he was a magician on the diamond, a generatio……続きを見る

The Red Sox Hall of Famer and World Series MVP tells the story of his life and career in a sports memoir that “lives up to its ‘no-holds-barred’ billing” (Washington Post). David “Big Papi” Ortiz is……続きを見る

Das Buch bietet eine verständliche Darstellung der Grundlagen und Regeln des Sports sowie erste Einblicke in Techniken und Taktiken. Die bewegte Historie des Spiels und deren herausragende Akteure w……続きを見る

The best resource for projecting future performance of minor league athletesー essential for fantasy league baseball players The first book of its kind to fully integrate sabermetrics and scouting, ……続きを見る

Orlando Cepeda enjoyed a stellar baseball career in the late fifties and throughout the sixties, but after it ended in the mid-seventies, his life fell apart. In Baby Bull, Cepeda shares his story f……続きを見る

In Broadcast Rites and Sites: I Heard It on the Radio with the Boston Red Sox, Joe Castiglione gives his educated opinions on his favorite sightseeing, shopping, and restaurants from coast-to-coast.……続きを見る

Without a doubt the classic guide to mental performance enhancement for baseball. Here in the third edition, authors H.A. Dorfman and Karl Kuehl present their practical and proven strategy for devel……続きを見る

The writers from shutdowninning.com have collaborated to provide a complete recap of the 2012 Texas Rangers season. From Spring Training to the Wild Card Playoff game, the early season highs to the ……続きを見る

Baseball's all-time Iron Man, Cal Ripken, Jr., retired from baseball in 2001 after breaking countless records, including Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played. Now, in Get in the Game, he……続きを見る

The Spanish-language edition of the inspiring and dramatic story of Big Papi, from growing up poor to becoming one of the most popular and successful players in Major League Baseball. David Ortiz se……続きを見る

On a quiet street on Long Island early on a December morning in 2005, more than fifty federal agents stood outside a lovely new home waiting for the front door to be opened. When it did, there stood……続きを見る

"If you were much of a boy growing up in the Maspeth section of Queens in the late 1930s and 1940s, you had the baseball fever. It seemed contagious, but it struck mostly from within. . . . Often, i……続きを見る

Why are Americans obsessed with the home run in sports, business, and even life? What made the steroid era inevitable? Revisiting the great home run seasons of Babe Ruth through those of Barry Bonds……続きを見る

* 2023 Readers' Favorite International Book Award Finalist - Sports Fiction * 2023 Independent Author Network Book Award Finalist - New Book (40K - 80K Words) * Featured in the Autumn 2023 Edition o……続きを見る

L’atleta come merce da comprare o vendere per realizzare una “plusvalenza” e l’atleta come macchina, dalla quale ci si aspetta il massimo rendimento. È in queste due metafore che affonda le radici i……続きを見る

In her incisive study Baseball as Mediated Latinidad: Race, Masculinity, Nationalism, and Performances of Identity, Jennifer Domino Rudolph analyzes major league baseball’s Latin/o American players……続きを見る

"He never felt like a Hall of Famer." "You can't argue with championships." "If he was so good, why were his teams so bad?" On talk shows and in sports bars, statements like these are often made abo……続きを見る