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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. 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. 2013
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. 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. 2014
Explores 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. 2014
Baseball has long been viewed as the Great American Pastime, so it is no surprise that the sport has inspired…
many Hollywood films and television series. But how do these works depict the game, its players, fans, and place in American society? This study offers an extensive look at nearly one hundred years of baseball-themed movies, documentaries, and TV shows. Film and sports scholar Aaron Baker examines works like A League of their Own (1992) and Sugar (2008), which dramatize the underrepresented contributions of female and immigrant players, alongside classic baseball movies like The Natural that are full of nostalgia for a time when native-born white men could use the game to achieve the American dream. He further explores how biopics have both mythologized and demystified such legendary figures as Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jackie Robinson and Fernando Valenzuela. The Baseball Film charts the variety of ways that Hollywood presents the game as integral to American life, whether showing little league as a site of parent-child bonding or depicting fans’ lifelong love affairs with their home teams. Covering everything from Bull Durham (1988) to The Bad News Bears (1976), this book offers an essential look at one of the most cinematic of all sports.
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. 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. 2014
Describes 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. 2013
Chronicles 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. 2010
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. 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. 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. BF
A 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. 2015
Short 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. 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. 2015
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. 2013
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. 2015
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 fan