Books for the Baseball Fan in Your Life

For true lovers of America’s favorite pastime, baseball season never ends. So give your fan a diamond they are sure to love – tales of iconic ballparks past and present (like Shea and Fenway), or stories of their favorite major-league team (like the Reds, or the Dodgers – in either LA or Brooklyn). Our 200+ books on baseball in America touch every corner of the sport, including minor leagues like the Blue Ridge League in the East or the Cactus League in the West—where fans saw Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams and Willy Mays play before their big-league careers. These books will be a long deep fly to the center of any baseball fan’s heart.
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Book cover collage of Cleveland sports history featuring historic athletes and a crowd at League Park under Hidden History of Cleveland Sports
Hidden History of Cleveland Sports
Paperback
$23.99
Cover image for Jacobs Field, isbn: 9781626195097
Jacobs Field
Paperback
$21.99
Cover image for Marietta College Baseball, isbn: 9781609494643
Marietta College Baseball
Paperback
$24.99
Cover of Baseball in the Mahoning Valley with a collage of vintage players and bold title text
Baseball in the Mahoning Valley
Paperback
$23.99

Hidden History of Cleveland Sports

9781467146128

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Explore the hidden gems of Cleveland sports

Cleveland sports history goes well beyond The Shot, The Fumble, The Drive and so many other ignoble moments. Many of the city's most illustrious sports tales are long-forgotten chapters of tribulations and tragedy, of fleeting fame and enduring milestones. There are forgotten firsts, such as football's first pass and the invention of baseball's slider having ties to Cleveland. There are overshadowed tragedies like a fatal crash involving an Indians pitcher occurring the same year two of the team's hurlers were killed in a high-profile boating accident. And then there are the near misses--like George Steinbrenner coming within seconds of owning the Indians and a famous musician who almost became a Cleveland Brown.

From basketball to boxing, hockey to Heisman, journalist Marc Bona chronicles more than a century of unremembered tales.

Book cover collage of Cleveland sports history featuring historic athletes and a crowd at League Park under Hidden History of Cleveland Sports

Jacobs Field

9781626195097

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The sports landscape changed in the spring of 1994 when the Cleveland Indiansmoved into their new stadium at the corner of Carnegieand Ontario.

No longer the joke of the league, The Jakemade the Cleveland Indiansthe jewel of baseball and helped revitalize a city and a fan base. For the first time ever, these interviews and stories from the players, managers and front office personnel give the inside scoop on what happened on the field, in the dugout and behind the scenes of this exciting time in Cleveland sports history.

Vince McKee is the author of Heroand Cleveland's Finest. Cleveland sports icon Joe Tait called Cleveland's Finest one of the best Cleveland sports books ever written. Get the best seat in the house for the most recent addition to the Tribe'scelebrated legacy.

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Marietta College Baseball

9781609494643

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Nestled at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers in the first permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory resides one of the most dominant college baseball dynasties in the nation. The Marietta College Pioneers--known as the 'Etta Express for the way they've barreled over opponents for half a century--own a record five NCAA Division III National Championships, including 2011. Finally, the best-kept secret in college sports springs to life as author Gary Caruso digs into the personalities behind this incredible success story to reveal the compelling human drama that's made Marietta College baseball a treasure all readers are sure to enjoy.
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Baseball in the Mahoning Valley

9781467151986

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Around the horn in the Mahoning Valley The history of baseball in Ohio's Mahoning Valley has been, to say the least, eventful. Murder, the Civil War, the hot dog, a presidential assassination and one of the deadliest known volcanic eruptions all shaped America's pastime in the Valley. African American baseball pioneer and Hall of Fame inductee Bud Fowler began his professional baseball career in the area, and the first ceremonial celebrity first pitch came from the arm of a prominent local. The area also contributed to Cleveland professional ballclubs like the enigmatic 1883 Blues and the 2016 Believeland Indians, which included numerous players from the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, a minor-league team with its own rich heritage. Digging up little-known facts about Fowler and sundry other colorful stories, local author and creator of Eastwood Field's Days Gone By exhibit PM Kovach celebrates the proud history of baseball in northeast Ohio.
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