Essays & Writings 4

Go deep inside the game with Seamheads.com founder and SABR stalwart Mike Lynch. Amazing stories about the players, managers, and owners that will educate and fascinate even the most ardent students……続きを見る

When Tobey Shiverick turned 78, he gave himself the gift of fulfilling a lifelong dream: To see a ballgame at every major league stadium in one season. Five months, 34,000 miles, a cycle and a steal……続きを見る

Autobiography of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, beginning with his athletic career and dealing particularly with baseball and the first step toward equal participation by African Americans in this……続きを見る

The Seventh Inning Stretch, by noted baseball expert Josh Pahigian addresses all of the most interesting baseball arguments, however frivolous, that fans have been engaging in for decades, and even ……続きを見る

From acclaimed sports writer and bestselling author Jeff Pearlman,a searing and insightful look into the life and career of Barry Bonds, one of the most celebrated, contradictory and controversial s……続きを見る

"Delightful and insightful." ーJohn Thorn, author of Total Baseball Baseball is the only sport where the defense has the ball, and there is no lonelier in the world of sports than the pitcher’s moun……続きを見る

Winners of twenty-seven World Series titles, the New York Yankees are the quintessential sports dynasty. Love them or hate them, they cannot be ignored by anyone who professes to be a fan of the gre……続きを見る

Arch and unrepentant, Will Leitch, founding editor of Deadspin.com, is the mouthpiece for all the frustrated fans who just want their games back from big money, bloated egos, and blathering sportsca……続きを見る

“Easily the best baseball book ever produced by anyone.” ーCleveland Plain Dealer “This was the best baseball book published in 1966, it is the best baseball book of its kind now, and, if it is reis……続きを見る

From the voice of Fenway Park comes a collection of sixty-four humorous and nostalgic poems celebrating the Boston Red Sox. A commonwealth institution and popular local television personality who is……続きを見る

If anyone had told overachieving Lucy Perkins that at 23 she'd be sharing the guest room in her parents' house with her almost-dead cat, she wouldn't have believed them. But that's exactly where she……続きを見る

Jim Campanis Jr. is a third generation professional baseball player whose career stopped just short of the major leagues. Born Into Baseball is a collection of Jim’s stories about his life in and ar……続きを見る

What sports fans read, watch, and listen to at home often isn’t the real story coming out of the locker room or the front office. George Castle should know: he’s covered baseball in Chicago for deca……続きを見る

Atlanta Braves third baseman and National Hall of Famer Chipper Jonesーone of the greatest switch-hitters in baseball historyーshares his remarkable story, while capturing the magic nostalgia that s……続きを見る

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 su……続きを見る

About a young boy growing up in a small town in New York, Bobby has always had a tremendous passion for the game of baseball. In love with playing ball, he never really knew anything about college s……続きを見る

When Jose Bautista homered and flipped his bat in the 2015 playoffs, Blue Jays frenzy reached a fever pitch not seen since Joe Carter’s 1993 World Series home run. Those two home runs still bring te……続きを見る

In short episodic chapters, Kayser and King create a history of this storied minor league, providing a broad picture of the shifting character of baseball operations over the past century or so. Por……続きを見る

If you love the game of baseball, this book is a must read. If you're trying to understand the game, no more eloquent writer will take you by the hand. James Thomas Farrell’s "Studs Lonigan" books a……続きを見る

Baseball and Philosophy brings together two high-powered pastimes: the sport of baseball and the academic discipline of philosophy. Eric Bronson asked eighteen young professors to provide their prof……続きを見る

The Impossible Dream 1967 Red Sox is the story of the incredible team that captured the heart of New England and give birth to Red Sox Nation. Herb Crehan’s intimate and detailed account of that won……続きを見る

Debate still rages on about who invented baseball. But one thing is certain...it was alive and fractious in southwestern Ontario in the summer of 1949. Charlie Hodge, just finishing his last year of……続きを見る

NPR's Scott Simon's personal, heartfelt reflections on his beloved Chicago Cubs, replete with club lore, memorable anecdotes, frenetic fandom and wise and adoring intimacy that have made the world c……続きを見る

"Baseball got in me when I was little.  It runs in my family, and it rubbed off on me.  It's a disease." ーDennis "Oil Can" Boyd, Red Sox pitcher (1982-1989) Baseball is woven into the fa……続きを見る

Baseball Beyond Our Borders celebrates the globalization of the game while highlighting the different histories and cultures of the nations in which the sport is played. This collection of essays te……続きを見る

A lifelong baseball enthusiast and student examines each of the current Hall of Famers according to a ranking system he created and discusses how to fix the Hall of Fame. 続きを見る

Culled from 50 years' worth of columns from one of the country's most popular sportswriters, It Happens Every Spring stands as a remarkable and evocative anthology that is guaranteed to delight base……続きを見る

Bull City Summer: A Season At The Ballpark unites a group of documentarians around the 2013 season of minor league baseball in Durham, North Carolina, evoking an atmosphere described by The New York……続きを見る

Professional sports in America: it’s all about fair play and the goal of winning championships. At least that’s the spin. But could it be a massive showbiz operation filled with greedy owners, crook……続きを見る

This will be the first Latin American and Caribbean anthology about baseball in English. Translates from the Spanish, the volume includes the best short stories written about baseball and its import……続きを見る