Essays & Writings 12

This New York Times bestseller “takes you into the heart of baseball as it was in the 1960s, conveyed with humor and insight” (Tim McCarver, The Wall Street Journal). Acclaimed New Yorker writer Rog……続きを見る

The author of The Boys of Summer writes about an array of legendary figures in this collection of essays and interviews from the late 1950s to the 1970s. “… In the end, the range, like the style, re……続きを見る

“A true insider’s perspective on the 2004 Red Sox” and their World Series win, from the bestselling author of Curse of the Bambino (USA Today). On October 27, 2004, the Red Sox won their first World……続きを見る

“He matches in his personal life the excellence that he demonstrates on the diamond. You will love this book and will love Pujols if you don’t already.” ーMike Huckabee, forty-fourth Governor of Ark……続きを見る

Using America's favorite pastime as an analogy, this collection of essays teaches children how to apply the lessons learned in baseball to everyday situations. This guide, filled with invaluable adv……続きを見る

Through visiting the game’s players and veterans of all ages and skill levels, a writer chronicles the state of baseball in the summer of 1976. For one full baseball season in 1976, Roger Kahn retur……続きを見る

A fascinating and revealing look inside the lives of umpires, from the godfather of creative nonfiction In 1974, Lee Gutkind walked into Shea Stadium, then home of the New York Mets, with an unusual……続きを見る

“Baseball’s most eloquent analyst” demonstrates why he has “long since attained the status of national treasure,” in this classic essay collection (The New York Times Book Review). Roger Angell's fa……続きを見る

The acclaimed New Yorker sportswriter examines the inner working of professional baseball, in these essays from the spring of 1977 to the summer of 1981. Late Innings takes fans far beyond the stadi……続きを見る

From the author of Tokyo Junkie, “the definitive book on Japanese baseball and one of the best-written sports books ever” (San Francisco Chronicle). One might expect the sport of baseball in Japan t……続きを見る

From “the clear-eyed poet laureate of baseball”ーa definitive collection of three nonfiction classics chronicling MLB into the modern age (New York Post). In these three classic volumes, legendary N……続きを見る

Angell’s absorbing collection traces the highs and lows of major-league baseball in the 1980s Roger Angell once again journeys through five seasons of America’s national pastimeーchronicling the lar……続きを見る

A journey through the national pastime’s roots in America’s small towns and wide-open spaces: “An absorbing read.” ーThe Tampa Tribune In the film Field of Dreams, the lead character gives his strug……続きを見る

“One of the best and truest books about baseball, and about coming to maturity in America.” ーTime In the late 1950s, acclaimed sportswriter Pat Jordan was a young pitching phenom, blowing away oppo……続きを見る

A chronicle of our national pastime’s most unforgettable era from the bestselling author of The Summer Gameー“No one writes better about baseball” (The Boston Globe). Classic New Yorker sportswriter……続きを見る

A middle-aged man tries to return to baseballーand become a better husband and fatherーin this funny, heartfelt memoir by the author of A False Spring. One of baseball’s original “bonus babies,” Pat……続きを見る

This essay collection covers more than forty years of history, fandom, and insider analysis from “the best baseball writer of our timeーmaybe ever” (Newsweek) The celebrated baseball chronicler has ……続きを見る

Remember when the most exciting moment of your childhood was opening a fresh pack of baseball cards? How you gazed lovingly at the pictures of your heroes, pored over their statistics, thrilled to t……続きを見る

Baseball lore and history is filled with many valuable players, and not all of them are the Hall of Famers you know. Through insightful essays Lincoln A. Mitchell highlights the one hundred players ……続きを見る

A Manolo Cortina, el beisbol le llegó por la cuna. Su padre y varios tíos jugaron en las Minas de Matahambre y conquistaron la Liga Popular de Cuba en 1955. Comenzó sobre la lomita con gran talento.……続きを見る

RODOLFO, el Puente Cuba del Béisbol engrosa el catálogo de Ediciones Loynaz en una línea que ha cultivado casi desde los tiempos de su fundación, la temática deportiva. Oscar se codea con colegas qu……続きを見る

Tras el libro Cortinazos, esta segunda entrega editorial nos dibuja que había tanta fuerza e ideas para decir que el autor se movió con soltura y recta al medio desde la primera línea. No podemos de……続きを見る

As a Thirteen-year-old competing in basketball, I witnessed the corrosive power of trash talk. The older players would fling insults and mockery at me like arrows, each piercing my confidence and sh……続きを見る

In the vast tapestry of life, dreams are the vibrant threads that weave stories of ambition and determination. Jack Thompson's journey is emblematic of every child who gazes at the stars and believe……続きを見る

For the past 75 years, Little League teams from around the world have had their dreams set on making it to the pinnacle of youth baseball, the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvani……続きを見る

A personal reminiscence from childhood about a humorous incident during a visit to the Oakland Coliseum during an Oakland A's game against the Boston Red Sox in June of 1980 続きを見る

The history of Chicago’s first major league team, packed with photos, stories, and profiles from the archives of their hometown newspaper. The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Cubs is a decade-by……続きを見る

By the time “The Brawl Heard ‘Round the World” blew up baseball on a hot Sunday in 1953, young Dell Franklin had been a regular in Pacific Coast League clubhouses for three years. His father, former……続きを見る

From major league baseball’s only openly gay former playerーand now its first-ever Ambassador for Inclusionーthe intimate chronicle of a man who, in the prime of his career, had to make a terrible c……続きを見る

Set in 1950 in the rural Midwest, and inspired by real events, this gripping novel explores what happens when an African American railroad repair crew is dropped into a tiny, tight-knit farm communi……続きを見る