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Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend
DescriptionAuthorized by Willie Mays, the definitive biography of one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Authorized by Willie Mays and written by a New York Times bestselling author, this is the definitive biography of one of baseball's immortals.

Considered to be "as monumental--and enigmatic--a legend as American sport has ever seen" ...

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Kiss It Good-Bye: The Mystery, The Mormon, and the Moral of the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates
DescriptionIn 1960, an upstart Pittsburgh Pirates team beat the highly favored New York Yankees in the World Series. Given the power of a Yankee roster this integrated Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, and Yogi Berra, this improbable victory did extra than provide long-suffering Pirates fans something to cheer concerning; it put Pittsburgh on the map.

Though John Moody was ...

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Baseball: An Illustrated History
DescriptionExtra than five hundred photographs, many in full color, capture the milestones, mythmakers, and historical development of baseball over fifteen decades. Reprint. 100,000 first printing. NYT.
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ManufacturerKnopf
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Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
DescriptionHe is this rare American icon who has never been captured in a biography worthy of him. Now, at last, here is the superbly researched, spellbindingly told story of athlete, showman, philosopher, and boundary breaker Leroy “Satchel” Paige.

Few dependable records or news reports survive concerning players in the Negro Leagues. Throughout dogged ...
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ManufacturerRandom House
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Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America's Pastime
DescriptionBoston, Tuesday, October 21, 1975. The Red Sox and the Cincinnati Reds have endured an excruciating three-day rain delay. Tonight, at last, they will have fun Strategy Six of the World Series. Leading three games to two, Cincinnati hopes to win it all; Boston is desperate to stay alive. But for all the anticipation, nobody could have predicted what a ...
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ManufacturerHyperion
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The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-stopping World Series: The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds
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There are memorable teams in baseball—and then there are utterly unforgettable teams like the 1975 Cincinnati Reds. From 1972 to 1976, the franchise known as the Big Red Machine dominated the National League, winning four division crowns, three league pennants, and two World Series titles. But their 1975 season has become the stuff of sports ...

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ManufacturerWilliam Morrow
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Shoeless Joe
DescriptionOne day while out in his corn field, Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella hears the voice of a baseball announcer saying, If you build it, he will come. He refers to Ray's hero, Shoeless Joe Jackson. It is a baseball stadium, which Ray carves out of his corn field. W. P. Kinsella plays together with together myth and fantasy in his lyrical novel, which was adapted into ...
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ManufacturerBlackstone Audiobooks, Inc.
Categories Nonfiction   Sports & Outdoors   General   History   Books on CD   Unabridged  
Sports Illustrated: The Basketball Book
DescriptionContinuing Sports Illustrated's tradition of producing excellent-selling coffee-table books for the holiday season, SI presents The Basketball Book, a lavish celebration of the athleticism and pageantry of together the college and professional strategy. Together with the same kind of unforgettable photographs and prize-winning writing this propelled The Baseball Book, ...
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Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & a Hall of Fame Hitter Talk about How the Game is Played
DescriptionReggie Jackson and Bob Gibson propose a one time-in-a-lifetime opportunity to comprehend America's pastime from their distinctive insider perspective.

Legendary. Insightful. Uncompromising. Candid. Uncensored.

Mr. October and Hoot Gibson unfortunately never faced every other on the field. But now, in Sixty Feet, Six Inches, these ...
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ManufacturerDoubleday
Categories Textbooks Trade-In   Sports   Essays & Writings   History   General   Hardcover   Printed Books  
Willie's Boys: The 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, The Last Negro League World Series, and the Making of a Baseball Legend
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The story of Willie Mays's rookie year together with the Negro American League's Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro World Series, and the making of a baseball legend

Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays is one of baseball's endearing greats, a tremendously talented and charismatic center fielder who hit 660 career homeruns, collected 3,283 ...

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Categories Alabama   African-American Studies   History   General   Hardcover   Printed Books  
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