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Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
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Red Sox in 5s and 10s
Red Sox in 5s and 10s
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The Chicago Cub Shot For Love
The Chicago Cub Shot For Love
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100 Years of Baseball on St. Petersburg's Waterfront
100 Years of Baseball on St. Petersburg's Waterfront
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Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers:
Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers:
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The Forgotten 1970 Chicago Cubs
The Forgotten 1970 Chicago Cubs
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Detroit Tigers Gone Wild
Detroit Tigers Gone Wild
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Chuck Tanner and the Pittsburgh Pirates
Chuck Tanner and the Pittsburgh Pirates
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Historic Ballparks of the Twin Cities
Historic Ballparks of the Twin Cities
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Hidden History of Cleveland Sports
Hidden History of Cleveland Sports
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Spring Training in Sarasota 1924-1960:
Spring Training in Sarasota 1924-1960:
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A History of the Boston Braves: A Time Gone By
A History of the Boston Braves: A Time Gone By
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Gotham Baseball
Gotham Baseball
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Baltimore Baseball & Barbecue with Boog Powell
Baltimore Baseball & Barbecue with Boog Powell
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The Galveston Buccaneers: Shearn Moody and the 1934 Texas League Championship
The Galveston Buccaneers: Shearn Moody and the 1934 Texas League Championship
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St. Louis Baseball History
St. Louis Baseball History
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Historic Ballparks of the Twin Cities
Historic Ballparks of the Twin Cities
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Baseball in Alabama
Baseball in Alabama
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Baseball in Pensacola
Baseball in Pensacola
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Brown University Baseball
Brown University Baseball
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Marietta College Baseball
Marietta College Baseball
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Gamecock Glory
Gamecock Glory
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Ross Youngs
Ross Youngs
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Baseball in the Mahoning Valley
Baseball in the Mahoning Valley
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Chuck Tanner and the Pittsburgh Pirates
Chuck Tanner and the Pittsburgh Pirates
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Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
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The Texas League Baseball Almanac
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Wichita State Baseball Comes Back
Wichita State Baseball Comes Back
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Baseball in Hawai'i
Baseball in Hawai'i
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Jacobs Field
Jacobs Field
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Minnesota Twins Baseball
Minnesota Twins Baseball
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Racine's Horlick Athletic Field
Racine's Horlick Athletic Field
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Newport Baseball History
Newport Baseball History
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100 Years of Baseball on St. Petersburg's Waterfront
100 Years of Baseball on St. Petersburg's Waterfront
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Where Pittsburgh Played
Where Pittsburgh Played
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Three Rivers Stadium

9781467145367

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Erected on the city's Northside in 1970, Three Rivers Stadium was Pittsburgh's home of champions for three decades. It hosted the first-ever World Series game played at night as the Pirates would win their last two titles there. The Pitt-Penn State rivalry in college football was never more heated than under the bright lights of Three Rivers. The Steel Curtain era of the Steelers brought Super Bowl wins and elevated the stadium to become one of the most feared venues in all of professional sports. Locally referred to as the "House that Clemente Built," the stadium was the site of the beloved right fielder's 3,000th hit. Join local sportswriters as they recall the roaring crowds, rocking stands and greatest moments of Three Rivers Stadium.
Three Rivers Stadium

Red Sox in 5s and 10s

9781467145084

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The Boston Red Sox have blown hot and cold over the decades. These lists of Top 5s and 10s cover both the highs and lows of a team that has endured a long history of both joy and sorrow. They won the first World Series ever played and then five more pennants in the next fifteen years. Famously, from 1918 until the magical year of 2004, the Sox endured eighty-six seasons without a championship, although they lost pennants and world championships on the last possible day more times than fans care to remember. Finally, in 2004, they won it all. Loyal fans will always remember the joy of Mo Vaughn's grand slam on opening day in 1998 and will likely never forget the agony of Game 6 in 1986. Through it all, unforgettable names like Buckner, Yaz, Tony C. and Big Papi still resonate in the shadows of Fenway Park. From the greatest pitchers to the worst opening days, author Bill Nowlin recounts the highs and lows of Boston's most celebrated sports franchise.
Red Sox in 5s and 10s

The Chicago Cub Shot For Love

9781467148481

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In the summer of 1932, with the Cubs in the thick of the pennant race, Billy Jurges broke off his relationship with Violet Popovich to focus on baseball. The famously beautiful showgirl took it poorly, marching into his hotel room with a revolver in her purse. Both were wounded in the ensuing struggle, but Jurges refused to press charges. Even without their star shortstop, Chicago made it to the World Series, only to be on the wrong end of Babe Ruth's legendary Called Shot. Using hundreds of original sources, Jack Bales profiles the lives of the ill-fated couple and traces the ripple effects of the shooting on the Cubs' tumultuous season.
The Chicago Cub Shot For Love

100 Years of Baseball on St. Petersburg's Waterfront

9781467152860

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Step onto the field and bear witness to baseball's outsized impact on Florida's Sunshine City.

100 Years of Baseball on St. Petersburg's Waterfront

Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers:

9781609497125

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The Los Angeles Dodgers have always fielded one of the best pitching staffs in the Major Leagues. With Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, Fernando Valenzuela and Orel Hershiser and closers Mike Marshall and Eric Gagne, it's hard to imagine a more sterling roster. After their 1958 arrival from Brooklyn, the Dodgers won five World Series, competed in nine and made the playoffs in eleven other seasons--by leaning on their pitchers. The Dodgers have nine Cy Young Awards, more than any other franchise. In their fifty-three years in LA, the Dodgers have led the National League in team earned run average a staggering twenty times. Join author Don Lechman, a Los Angeles newspaperman for forty years, as he recounts the history of the team's aces.
Los Angeles Dodgers Pitchers:

The Forgotten 1970 Chicago Cubs

9781467149082

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Chicago Cubs fans always will remember the beloved 1969 team. Yet the 1970 Cubs are, in many ways, more interesting. The Cubs added fascinating characters like Joe Pepitone and Milt Pappas to the legendary nucleus of Billy Williams, Ron Santo and Ernie Banks. The team came closer than in any year between 1945 and 1984--finishing only five games out of first place in one of baseball's hottest pennant races. Offering a fast-paced look at the season month by month, William S. Bike moves beyond wins, losses and statistics to relive Ernie Banks's 500th home run, the addition of "the basket" to the outfield walls and other iconic moments from a landmark year at Wrigley Field.

The Forgotten 1970 Chicago Cubs

Detroit Tigers Gone Wild

9781467143295

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The Detroit Tigers came out of the womb scratching and snarling. Early owner James D. Burns orchestrated the only known arrest of a journalist while covering a game. It's the only Major League franchise to sign a star player out of prison, which happened twice. Ex-Tigers have done time for crimes ranging from armed robbery to racketeering-and worse. One tried to burn and dismember a group of men after they kidnapped his mother. Another threatened to blow up a cruise ship unless he was paid a sizeable ransom. And Detroit legend Ty Cobb ran afoul of the law several times during his brilliant, tumultuous and often mischaracterized career. Join Detroit News writer George Hunter on a foray into the darkest, unruliest and sometimes funniest moments in Tigers history.

Detroit Tigers Gone Wild

Chuck Tanner and the Pittsburgh Pirates

9781467154864

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Baseball's Mr. Sunshine

A beloved son of Western Pennsylvania, Chuck Tanner spent a career in baseball both as a player and manager. He lead the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1977 to 1985 and helped capture the 1979 World Series. Tanner was key in developing the relief pitcher through his work with Goose Gossage and he played a role in the careers of numerous players such as Willie Stargell, Dave Parker and more.

Through extensive research and interviews, author Dale Perelman presents the life and career of Chuck Tanner.

Chuck Tanner and the Pittsburgh Pirates

Historic Ballparks of the Twin Cities

9781467146340

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From the rickety to the palatial, ballparks have grown up with and defined baseball in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Some old-timers have vivid memories of cheering for Willie Mays and Roy Campanella at Nicollet and Lexington. Others marveled at a majestic Killebrew home run at the Met. Many a lucky resident celebrated two world championships in the Metrodome and witnessed one of the greatest pitching performances in World Series history. More recently, fans have enjoyed the return of sunshine and even raindrops at Target Field. Described by City Pages as "the most respected local baseball historian," Stew Thornley leads a tour of where we--as well as our grandparents and now our children--discovered baseball.
Historic Ballparks of the Twin Cities

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.

Hidden History of Cleveland Sports

Spring Training in Sarasota 1924-1960:

9781596290723

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The warm weather and easy-going lifestyle found in Sarasota, Florida has attracted visitors since the early twentieth century. It is not surprising that several professional baseball teams have also been lured to this beautiful destination to participate in their seasonal spring training. Spring Training in Sarasota, 1924 ? 1960, by longtime resident and author Jeff LaHurd, chronicles the coming of professional baseball to Sarasota beginning with the arrival of the New York Giants and eventually, after the Giants's departure, the coming of the Boston Red Sox. LaHurd revisits the joys and challenges the city faced while playing host to these teams and the larger-than-life personalities that filled the teams? rosters. Enjoyable and informative, this book returns the reader to a golden period in not only Sarasota's history, but baseball's as well. Features tales about greats like Giants fiery manager John J. McGraw and Boston's legendary slugger Ted Williams.
Spring Training in Sarasota 1924-1960:

A History of the Boston Braves: A Time Gone By

9781609498573

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Boston has been a proud baseball town for over a century. For those lucky enough to have passed through the turnstiles of Braves Field, the Boston Braves will forever live in the corridors of their collective memory. Baseball legend Babe Ruth finished his career on the historic diamond at Braves Field, while Hall of Famer Eddie Mathews was just getting started. When the franchise moved the team to Milwaukee in 1953, the Boston Braves helped usher in the modern age of Major League Baseball. Travel back to the Wig-Wam with author William J. Craig, to a time when players arrived at the ballpark by trolley car and a seat in the bleachers only cost sixty cents. From the astounding 1948 pennant season to the final inning, Craig pays tribute to a team that Boston fans will never forget.
A History of the Boston Braves: A Time Gone By

Gotham Baseball

9781467141635

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Baseball may be the great American pastime, but in New York, it is a religion. Names like Ruth, Mays, Gehrig, Wright and Robinson live in the hearts and minds of New York fans like apostles. From the street corner to the subway car, debates about which Yankee, Giant, Dodger or Met is better than another have raged on for more than one hundred years. Now, the best of the best are chosen for each position as New York's all-time greatest team is imagined. Shoo-ins like the Babe and Jackie have their stories told with a fresh perspective. The compelling case for Mike Piazza, not Yogi Berra, as catcher is sure to spark arguments. Sportswriter Mark Healey crafts the Gotham baseball team through captivating tales of the legends of the New York game.
Gotham Baseball