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Journalist and editor Devin Gordon takes a humorous, clear-headed look at the New York Mets to see how one team…
above all others has perfected the art of losing, yet remains beloved by millions. He tells the story of the franchise's history through the prism of the Mets' singular gift. Featuring exclusive interviews with beloved Mets, including Mike Piazza, Ron Darling, and Mackey Sasser, longtime Mets broadcaster Gary Cohen, and long-suffering Mets fans like Jimmy Kimmel, Gordon offers fresh insight into winning, losing, and what it means to be a sports fanPitch by pitch: my view of one unforgettable game
Par Bob Gibson, Lonnie Wheeler. 2015
A St. Louis Cardinals pitcher describes his experiences during game one of the 1968 World Series, when he struck out…
seventeen hitters from the Detroit Tigers. Inning by inning, Gibson analyzes his own performance and shares his recollections of the game. 2015The victory season: the end of World War II and the birth of baseball's golden age
Par Robert Weintraub. 2014
The Second World War had a big impact on Major League Baseball, with most of its famous players serving in…
the armed forces. A sportswriter looks at the 1946 season and baseball's resurgence after the war. 2013Short biography of Pedro Martínez, the baseball pitcher who helped get the Boston Red Sox to a World Series championship.…
Named to the All-Star team eight times, Pedro grew up in Manoguayabo in the Dominican Republic and played with his talented older brother, Ramón. For grades 2-4. 2015The grind: inside baseball's endless season
Par Barry Svrluga. 2015
Assembled and expanded from a series of articles written for the Washington Post about the Nationals baseball team. Examines the…
challenges players face due to the lengthy baseball season, which, at 162 regular games, is longer than any other American professional sport. 2015A sportswriter looks at the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, focusing on the 2013 season. The author covers the purchase…
of the franchise in 2012 by an investment group and how things turned around for the Dodgers once money was being spent on the team. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2015El cerrador: Mi vida
Par Wayne Coffey, Mariano Rivera. 2014
La memoria del jugador de béisbol panameño Mariano Rivera (nacido en 1969), quien comenzó a jugar para los Yankees de…
Nueva York en 1995 y se desempeñó como uno de los lanzadores cerradores de más éxito del equipo hasta su retirada en 2013. Habla sobre sus años con el equipo, la rivalidad con los Red Sox de Boston, y su fe cristiana. BFPinstripe pride: the inside story of the New York Yankees
Par Marty Appel, Martin Appel. 2015
Jeter unfiltered
Par Derek Jeter, Christopher Anderson. 2014
Collection of reminiscences from former New York Yankee. Discusses teammates, professional relationships, memorable games, turning forty while still an active…
player, what it meant to him to be repeatedly selected as an all-star, and hopes for the future. Bestseller. 2014You can't make this up: miracles, memories, and the perfect marriage of sports and television
Par L. Jon Wertheim, Al Michaels. 2014
Memoirs of legendary sports broadcaster Michaels (born 1944). Discusses growing up in Brooklyn and moving to Los Angeles as a…
teen, working to become a sports broadcaster in the 1960s, and calling historic games such as the 1980 "Miracle on Ice." Recalls significant personal and professional relationships. Bestseller. 2014Blood sport: Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis, and the quest to end baseball's steroid era
Par Dirk Cussler, Gus Garcia-Roberts, Tim Elfrink. 2014
Journalists Elfrink and Garcia-Roberts detail the investigation into Biogenesis, a Miami-based clinic linked to supplying performance-enhancing drugs to a number…
of players on major league baseball teams, including Alex Rodriguez, the highest-paid player in his league. Describes the impact of the revelations on the league. 2014Describes how German-born beer garden owner Chris Von der Ahe, who knew nothing about baseball, bought the St. Louis Browns…
baseball team in an effort to sell more beer--and unwittingly formed the American League and revitalized the sport in the 1880s. 2013Chronicles the career of Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn of the Providence Grays who, in 1884, had the best single season…
of any major-league baseball pitcher--winning fifty-nine games. Also tells the story of baseball in the 1880s--a brutal, bloody sport played barehanded--and of Radbourn's love for a married boarding-house proprietress. 2010The devil's snake curve: a fan's notes from left field
Par Josh Ostergaard. 2014
Anthropologist shares anecdotes and stories of baseball's history, from its founding in the mid-1800s to the early twenty-first century, framing…
them in the context of social and political history. Presents similarities between the sport and war and nationalism. Strong language. 2014Explores a notorious, televised, fourteen-minute brawl between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers in Candlestick Park on…
August 22, 1965, which mirrored racial and ethnic tensions in the United States. Violence. 2014Where nobody knows your name: life in the minor leagues of baseball
Par John Feinstein. 2014
Author of Change-Up (DB 70540) and Living on the Black (DB 67213) chronicles the lives of nine men in the…
baseball minor leagues during the 2012 season. Examines the culture of the minor leagues versus the major leagues. 2014Becoming Mr. October
Par Kevin Baker, Reggie Jackson. 2013
Baseball all-star and World Series champion Reggie Jackson chronicles his ups and downs in the New York Yankees organization, focusing…
on two formative years, 1977 and 1978. Details his often-troubled relationships with fellow players, owner George Steinbrenner, and manager Billy Martin, and the unrelenting pressure of the media spotlight. 2013American Jews & America's game: voices of a growing legacy in baseball
Par Larry Ruttman. 2013
Traces the Jewish influence on America's pastime, from legendary stars like Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax to owners, coaches, and…
lesser-known players. Explores Jewish identity and appreciation for the game with fans such as former congressman Barney Frank and lawyer Alan Dershowitz. Foreword by baseball commissioner Allan "Bud" Selig. 2013Pete Rose: an American dilemma
Par Kostya Kennedy. 2014
Examines the career of baseball player and manager Rose (born 1941), who was banned from the game in 1989 because…
of gambling. Details Rose's rise to become one of the premier players of the 1960s and 1970s and his fight for induction into the Hall of Fame. 2014Mis años con los Yankees
Par Joe Torre, Tom Verducci. 2010
Joe Torre, el ex mánager de los Yankees de Nueva York, ofrece su perspectiva única del equipo exitoso que ganó…
seis banderines de la Liga Americana y cuatro Series Mundiales entre 1996 y 2007. Torre describe partidos cruciales, el abuso de esteroides, sus relaciones con Derek Jeter y Alex Rodríguez, y desacuerdos con el dueño George Steinbrenner. Lenguaje injurioso