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Wrigley Field Year by Year
A Century at the Friendly Confines
Sports Publishing
More than just a lavishly illustrated and highly readable book, Wrigley Field Year by Year, originally published in 2014 and updated through the 2018 season, is the result of a quarter century of meticulous research. Written by a baseball ...
This Day in Philadelphia Sports
Sports Publishing
This Day in Philadelphia Sports, first published in 2014 and now newly updated in paperback to cover Super Bowl LII, Villanova basketball's latest championships, and more, offers a concise 366-day approach to looking back at the history of ...
When the Braves Ruled the Diamond
Fourteen Flags over Atlanta
Sports Publishing
From 1991 through 2005, the Atlanta Braves did something no pro sports team can match, finishing in first place for fourteen consecutive seasons.During that stretch, the Braves paired powerful pitching with potent hitting that produced under ...
Red Sox vs. Yankees
Hometown Experts Analyze, Debate, and Illuminate Baseball's Ultimate Rivalry
Sports Publishing
Teddy Ballgame or the Great Bambino? Nomar or Jeter? Clemens or Clemens? For more than 115 years, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees have been battling it out on the diamond, playing each other over 2,000 times. This heated rivalry has ...
Incredible Baseball Stats
The Coolest, Strangest Stats and Facts in Baseball History
Sports Publishing
As America's pastime since the mid-1800s, baseball offers the sights, sounds, and even smells that are deeply entrenched in our culture. But for some, the experience can be less sensory. Some, such as Ryan Spaeder and Kevin Reavy, live for ...
A Season to Forget
The Story of the 1988 Baltimore Orioles
Sports Publishing
Between 1966 and 1983, the Baltimore Orioles were considered the best team in baseball. During that span, the team won three World Series, advanced to three others, and competed for a playoff spot just about every season. The Orioles were a ...
A Season to Forget
The Story of the 1988 Baltimore Orioles
Sports Publishing
Between 1966 and 1983, the Baltimore Orioles were considered the best team in baseball. During that span, the team won three World Series, advanced to three others, and competed for a playoff spot just about every season. The Orioles were a ...
Tales from the Seattle Mariners Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Mariners Stories Ever Told
Sports Publishing
Larry Andersen, Richie Zisk, and Joe Simpson made sure that everywhere bewildered manager Rene Lachemann went during the 1982 season, some Jell-O was sure to followfrom his hotel bathroom sink, tub, and toilet (filled to the brim) to a postgame ...
Tales from the Minnesota Twins Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Twins Stories Ever Told
Sports Publishing
Imagine a story in which a young man grows up so close to a major-league ballpark that he can see the stadium lights from his front yard. He pretends to be the team’s star during neighborhood ball games and fantasizes about one day playing for ...
Grassroots Baseball
Where Legends Begin
Sports Publishing
In Grassroots Baseball: Where Legends Begin, photographer Jean Fruth features more than 250 of the best images from all levels of the amateur game in various US cities, as well as several hotbeds of baseball around the world. Each chapter opens ...
So You Think You're a Detroit Red Wings Fan?
Stars, Stats, Records, and Memories for True Diehards
Sports Publishing
So You Think You’re a Detroit Red Wings Fan? tests and expands your knowledge of Red Wings hockey. Rather than merely posing questions and providing answers, it will give you the details behind each--stories that bring to life players and ...
The Rise of the Pittsburgh Penguins 2009-2018
Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and the Greatest Dynasty in Hockey
Sports Publishing
The story of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the ten-year period from 2009 to 2018 reads like a classic Greek tragedy, filled with gut-wrenching plot twists and turns. After rising from the ashes of the early 2000s on the wings of young stars Sidney ...
Incredible Baseball Trivia
More Than 200 Hardball Questions for the Thinking Fan
Sports Publishing
Match wits with the father of baseball trivia, David Nemec, a ten-time national champion as he presents more than 200 baseball stumpers that are artfully designed to test the depth of the reader’s knowledge about the game since 1871 including: • ...
Earl the Pearl
My Story
Sports Publishing
The complete autobiography of Earl "The Pearl" Monroe--now in paperback!Earl "The Pearl" Monroe is a basketball legend whose impact on the game transcends statistics, a player known as much for his unorthodox, "playground" style of play as his ...
Facing Mariano Rivera
Players Recall the Greatest Relief Pitcher Who Ever Lived
Sports Publishing
The all-time career leader in saves, with 652, Mariano Rivera is one of the greatest professional athletes in history. Since taking over the closer’s role for the New York Yankees in 1997, until his retirement in 2013, Rivera saved 30 or more ...
A Tribe Reborn
How the Cleveland Indians of the '90s Went from Cellar Dwellers to Playoff Contenders
Sports Publishing
For almost fifty years, the Cleveland Indians were a joke. They had won the 1948 World Series with one of the greatest teams of all time, but had not been to the playoffs since 1954 (losing to the New York Giants in the World Series). Even the ...
Turning the Black Sox White
The Misunderstood Legacy of Charles A. Comiskey
Sports Publishing
Charles Albert “The Old Roman” Comiskey was a larger-than-life figure; a man who had precision in his speech and who could work a room with handshakes and smiles. While he has been vilified in film as a rotund cheapskate and the driving force, ...
The Baseball Maniac's Almanac
The Absolutely, Positively, and Without Question Greatest Book of Facts, Figures, and Astonishing Lists Ever Compiled
Sports Publishing
An addictive read that is sure to spark conversation wherever baseball is spoken, this updated edition of The Baseball Maniac’s Almanac is part reference, part trivia, part brain teaser, and absolutely the most unusual and thorough compendium of ...
The Baseball Maniac's Almanac
The Absolutely, Positively, and Without Question Greatest Book of Facts, Figures, and Astonishing Lists Ever Compiled
Sports Publishing
An addictive read that is sure to spark conversation wherever baseball is spoken, this updated edition of The Baseball Maniac’s Almanac is part reference, part trivia, part brain teaser, and absolutely the most unusual and thorough compendium of ...
The Miracle of 1969
How the New York Mets Went from Lovable Losers to World Series Champions
Sports Publishing
In 1957, the Dodgers and Giants left New York for the West Coast, leaving a huge void in a city of National League baseball fans. Five years later, headed by the seventy-one-year-old Casey Stengel, NL baseball was back in the Big Apple in the ...