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Very early in my coaching career I was fortunate to meet a 10 year old who questioned everything! Initially I felt his questions were a test of my patience, but when he asked, “How long do I wait Co……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, in……続きを見る

Are you looking for a journey that will take you through Greatest Baseball Managers to Ever Coach: Top 100, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are lo……続きを見る

Hall of Fame broadcaster Chuck Thompson, with the assistance of veteran Associated Press sportswriter Gordon Beard, shares a personal play-by-play account of his celebrated career and life in this n……続きを見る

Early in the history of America's favorite pastime, trading baseball players was almost as easy as trading baseball cards. This was before the end of the reserve clause and the advent of arbitration……続きを見る

Sports Illustrated Baseball is a complete and sate-of-the-art teaching guide by one of the nation's foremost college coaches. Former Major Leaguer Jerry Kindall shows you: The keys to improving y……続きを見る

This book chronicles his turbulent life and focuses on the reverential mystique that envelopes the Los Angeles Dodger even this day. 続きを見る

A fascinating and charming encyclopedic collection of baseball firsts, describing how the innovations in the gameーin rules, equipment, styles of play, strategies, etc.ーoccurred and developed from ……続きを見る

Home of the Game celebrates the unique position Camden Yards holds as a symbol of the modern game and a prototype for new ballparks across the country. It reveals how this revolutionary ballpark has……続きを見る

The Phillies Fan's Little Book of Wisdom is chock full of quotes, humor, facts, figures, and memories about those fabulous Philadelphia Phillies. 続きを見る

The Red Sox Fan's Little Book of Wisdom uses fact, quote, lesson, and humor to celebrate one of baseball's more storied franchises. Updated edition! 続きを見る

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.……続きを見る

Born out of expansion in 1962, the New York Mets have more than filled the void left by the departure of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants. They have provided baseball fans in New York and ar……続きを見る

In the years before the Curse of the Bambino descended on New England, the Boston Red Sox rode major league baseball like a colossus, capturing four World Series titles in seven seasons. Blessed wit……続きを見る

The Philadelphia Phillies, a franchise well over a century old, have only one world championship to their name, but what a championship season it was. You Can't Lose' Em All remembers that near-mira……続きを見る

Anecdotes from the Mets' roller-coaster history, from their basement-dwelling teams on the early '60s, to the Amazin' Mets of 1969, through their World Series run in 1986, to the present. 続きを見る

When legendary Chicago Cubs' broadcaster Harry Caray passed away in February of 1998, thousands of baseball fans mourned the loss. In Where's Harry?, Steve Stone pays tribute to one of baseball's bi……続きを見る

Spanning from the time he talked Babe Ruth into signing his tennis shoe at the age of 12 to his last Tiger broadcast more than 60 years later, this book is a personal scrapbook of Hall-of-Famer Erni……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

McKernan takes the rich tradition of the Dodgers and presents the legend and lore "in brief" through quotes, humor, facts, figures, and memories. 続きを見る

In Peter Schilling's wonderful novel, the extraordinary baseball season of 1944 comes vividly to life. Bill Veeck, the maverick promoter, returned from Guadalcanal with a leg missing and $500 to his……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

From the author of "Pitching Strategies Explained", "Pitching Mechanics Explained" is the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource for coaches, parents, and players seeking to improve all aspects ……続きを見る

The ultimate instruction for young pitchers. In addition to covering all the basic pitches, it also includes sections on proper motion, strength development, and pitching control. 続きを見る

Today the baseball catcher is a familiar but uninspiring figure. Decked out in the so-called tools of ignorance, he stolidly goes about his duty without attracting much attention. But it wasn't alwa……続きを見る

Imagine receiving an invitation to your boss's party to watch a baseball game. Horror strikes because you don't know the first thing about the sport-or maybe you'd like to know more. Or, you love yo……続きを見る

Among Stephen Jay Gould's many gifts was his ability to write eloquently about baseball, his great passion. Through the years, the renowned palaeontologist published numerous essays on the sport whi……続きを見る

If baseball is America's national religion, then the Hall of Fame is its High Church. Being named among its 286 inductees makes you the closest thing our country has to an undisputed hero - even a s……続きを見る

When a batter races toward first base and fielders scramble to make a tough play, anything can happen. Tales from First Base is a humorous and insightful look at the players, coaches, and umpires wh……続きを見る

Robert Green "Bob" Harmon was a right-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals during what is known as the dead ball era of modern major league baseball. In the two seasons in which he won a total……続きを見る