Baseball Trivia for the Thinking Fan:...
Yankee fan? Red Sox fan? Dodger fan? Do you think you know everything about baseball from the Black Sox to the White Sox? Then test yourself . Every era of is represented from Cap Anson to Mike Trout, Cy Young to Clayton Kershaw, Ty C...
So You Think You Know Baseball: The B...
The Ultimate Baseball Trivia Book #1 New Release in Statistics and Baseball History In this third title published by National Baseball Hall of Fame Books, test your knowledge of baseball trivia against the experts–the Natio...
The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How B...
Edward AchornChris von der Ahe knew next to nothing about base¬ball when he risked his life's savings to found the franchise that would become the St. Louis Cardinals. Yet the German-born beer garden proprietor would become one of the most import...
Curveball: The Remarkable Story of To...
Martha AckmannFrom the time she was a girl growing up in the shadow of Lexington Park in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Toni Stone knew she wanted to play professional baseball. There was only one problem--every card was stacked against her. Curveball tell...
100 Things Phillies Fans Should Know ...
Bill BaerCompiling 130 years of the Phillies, this handbook offers dedicated information to fans of Philadelphia's favorite baseball team. Topics covered include personalities, events, and facts that every fan should know without hesitation, s...
One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an...
Chris BallardIn 1971, a small-town high school baseball team from rural Illinoisplaying with hand-me-down uniforms and peace signs on their hatsdefied convention and the odds. Led by an English teacher with nocoaching experience, the Macon Ironmen...
Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption,...
Dan Barry"Bottom of the 33rd is chaw-chewing, sunflower-spitting, pine tar proof that too much baseball is never enough." —Jane Leavy, author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax "What a book—an exquisite exercise in story-tell...
Summers at Shea: Tom Seaver Loses His...
Ira BerkowCulled from 50 years' worth of columns from one of the country's most popular sportswriters, this work stands as a remarkable collection of opinions that is guaranteed to delight Mets fans of all ages. Former New York Times columnist ...
The Pine Tar Game: The Kansas City Ro...
Filip BondyThe New York Times bestseller—“a rollicking account” (The Kansas City Star) of the infamous baseball game between the Yankees and Royals in which a game-winning home run was overturned and set off one of sports history’s most ...
That Lively Railroad Town: Waverly, N...
William H. BrewsterThat Lively Railroad Town tells the intertwined stories of minor and major league baseball at the turn of the twentieth century. In central New York, a small town used its championship semi-pro team to ease the stigma of a salacious l...
Twenty Two Games of Fame: A Chronicle...
Nicholas BrigemanOn August 24, 2017, the Cleveland Indians win, 13-6, over the Boston Red Sox to split a four-game series after dropping the previous night's game by a score of 6-1. The Tribe is now back in the win column, and no player or fan could g...
The Last At-Bat of Shoeless Joe
Granville Wyche Burgess1951. Greenville, South Carolina. Jimmy Roberts is the best hitter in this little mill town, and maybe in the whole Textile Baseball League. He's got major league potential, and then some. But to get there, he'll need a miracle. Or ma...
100 Things Giants Fans Should Know & ...
Bill Chastain100 Things Giants Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (100 Things...Fans Should Know) by Bill Chastain
The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse
Rich CohenThe New York Times bestselling author of Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football"knocks it out of the park" (Vanity Fair) in this captivating blend of sports reportage and memoir, exploring the histor...
The dramatic story of a legendary 1979 slugfest between the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies, full of runs, hits, and subplots, on the cusp of a new era in baseball historyIt was a Thursday at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, ...
Swing Kings: The Inside Story of Base...
Jared Diamond"The best baseball book I’ve read in years." — Sam Walker • "An exhilarating story of innovation." — Ben Reiter • "Swing Kings feels like ...
Playing for Time: The True Story of t...
Chris EnssIt was the golden age of baseball, and all over the country teams gathered on town fields in front of throngs of fans to compete for local glory. In Rawlins, Wyoming, residents lined up for tickets to see slugger Joseph Seng and the...
Stars and Strikes: Baseball and Ameri...
Dan EpsteinDan Epstein scored a cult hit with Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s. Now he returns with a riotous look at the most pivotal season of the decade.America, 1976: colorful, comple...
Fairly at Bat: My 50 years in basebal...
Ron FairlyRon Fairly had an unbelievable 1958, in which he started the year playing baseball at the University of Southern California and ended it as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers. And then it got better.Fairly at Bat is a dramatic, funny...
Red Sox Legends: Pivotal Moments, Pla...
Lew FreedmanRed Sox Legends is designed with the fan in mind, giving them an inside look into their favorite sports team franchise. The book focuses on the team and history, breaking down the barrier between the field and the stands to let fans i...
Five O'Clock Lightning: Babe Ruth, Lo...
Harvey FrommerAn entertaining read about the greatest baseball team, the 1927 New York Yankees, who beat up on American League rivals during the regular season and then swept the World Series. With verve, facts, and stories, Harvey Frommer evokes t...
"Then Bowa Said to Schmidt. . . ": Th...
Robert GordonThe ultimate reference book for any "Phillie phanatic," this book provides a behind-the-scenes peek into the private world of the players, managers, broadcasters, and executives, taking readers into the clubhouse and onto th...
The Baseball: Stunts, Scandals, and S...
Zack HampleThe holy grail, the fountain of youth, the golden fleece, and the baseball: rarely do objects inspire such madness. The Baseball is a salute to the ball, filled with insider trivia, anecdotes, and generations of ball-induced insanity....
War on the Basepaths: The Definitive ...
Tim HornbakerDuring his twenty-four-year Hall of Fame career, Ty Cobb was an MVP, Triple Crown winner, and twelve-time batting champion. Even though he retired over eighty-five years ago, he is still the leader for career batting average; second i...
Baseball Gods in Scandal: Ty Cobb, Tr...
Ian KahanowitzIs it an ironic coincidence or natural development that perhaps the second greatest gambling scandal in baseball history occurred a mere six days before the start of the 1919 World Series?On September 25, 1919, a seemingly meaningless...
Slouching Toward Fargo: A Two-Year Sa...
Neal KarlenIn his classic account of two years with the most audacious bush league ballclub ever to plumb the bottom of the pro sports barrel, Neal Karlen presents a dizzying collection of characters: co-owners comedian Bill Murray and sports im...
The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Stor...
Anne R. KeeneIn 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in that year's World Series, one of the nation's strongest baseball teams practiced on a skinned-out college field in the heart of North Car...
K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitch...
Tyler KepnerFrom TheNew York Times baseball columnist, an enchanting, enthralling history of the national pastime as told through the craft of pitching, based on years of archival research and interviews with more than three hundred people from H...
A Century Long Journey To The Day Of ...
Kent KloeppingA day-by-day, game-by-game recounting, with humorous and insightful commentary, of the 2016 season that took the Chicago Cubs to the World Championship for the first time in 108 years.
The Best Team Money Can Buy: The Los ...
Molly KnightWith a new Afterword covering the 2015 season.The bestselling, inside-the-clubhouse story of two tumultuous years when the Los Angeles Dodgers were re-made from top to bottom, becoming the most talked-about and most colorful team in b...