How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! The True Story Revealed
By: Thomas W. Gilbert
3.66
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating, true, story of baseball’s amateur origins. “Explores the conditions and factors th…
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1. The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
By: Joe Posnanski
4.38
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Baseball 100 “A fascinating account of a man who outlasted the ignorance of a na… read more
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"Baseball in the Negro Leagues was a little bit rougher, a little bit sweeter, a little bit faster, a little bit cooler, and a little bit more fun than anything... in Major League baseball."-Joe Posnanski, The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
2. The Good Rat
By: Jimmy Breslin
3.55
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Of course Pulitzer Prize winner Jimmy Breslin recognized Burton Kaplan right away as the Mafia witn… read more
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3. The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt
By: William L. Shirer
4.29
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The Bismarck was the greatest warship ever built. But the Allies had to sink it - or risk losing th… read more
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4. Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty
By: Charles Leerhsen
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Finally - a fascinating andauthoritative biography of perhaps the most controversial player in base… read more
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5. The Natural
By: Bernard Malamud , Kevin Baker
4.12
Format: None pages,
The classical novel (and basis for the acclaimed film) now in a new edition Introduction by Kevin B… read more
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6. Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s
By: Dan Epstein
4.33
Format: None pages,
The Bronx Is Burning meets Chuck Klosterman in this wild pop-culture history of baseball's most col… read more
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7. Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and "The Worst Baseball Team in History" - The 1973-1975 Texas Rangers
By: Mike Shropshire
3.89
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
"Even before the start of spring training, Herzog had said, 'If Rich Billings is the starting catch… read more
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8. A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred
By: George F. Will
4.53
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
"George Will on baseball. Perfect."--Los Angeles Times In A Nice Little Place on the North Side, le… read more
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9. The DiMaggios: Three Brothers, Their Passion for Baseball, Their Pursuit of the American Dream
By: Tom Clavin
4.43
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
In The DiMaggios, acclaimed sportswriter Tom Clavin reveals the untold Great American Story of thre… read more
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10. Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
By: Stephen Jay Gould , None
3.56
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
The headlines proclaimed the 1919 fix of the World Series and attempted cover-up as "the most gigan… read more
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11. Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had
By: Edward Achorn
3.68
Format: None pages,
In 1884, Providence Grays pitcher Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn won an astounding fifty-nine games--m… read more
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12. The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It
By: Lawrence S. Ritter
5.00
Format: 299 pages,
From the Preface: This new enlarged edition of The Glory of Their Times contains the complete text … read more
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13. Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrong
By: Jonah Keri
4.26
Format: None pages, Paperback
In the numbers-obsessed sport of baseball, statistics don't merely record what players, managers, a… read more
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14. Baseball in the Garden of Eden
By: John Thorn
3.15
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
Think you know how the game of baseball began? Think again. Forget Abner Doubleday and Cooperstown.… read more
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15. Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe
By: David Maraniss
4.02
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
A riveting new biography of America’s greatest all-around athlete by the bestselling author of the … read more
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16. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
By: Joe Posnanski
4.56
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more
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17. The Baseball 100
By: Joe Posnanski
4.74
Format: 869 pages, Hardcover
A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singu… read more
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18. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
By: Keith O'Brien
4.43
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more
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19. Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America
By: Russell D. Moore
4.31
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Former Southern Baptist pastor and Christianity Today editor-in-chief Russell Moore calls for repen… read more
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20. Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball
By: Luke Epplin
4.48
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of four men—Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige—whose improbab… read more
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21. The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell: Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues
By: Lonnie Wheeler
4.28
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The first full biography of the star Negro Leaguer and Hall of Famer James “Cool Papa” Bell (190… read more
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22. The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson
By: Jeff Pearlman
4.20
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definiti… read more
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23. The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series
By: Tyler Kepner
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches, a highly ent… read more
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24. The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife
By: Brad Balukjian
4.00
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
Is there life after baseball? Starting from this simple question, The Wax Pack ends up with somethi… read more
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25. They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Had Ever Seen: The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers
By: Jason Turbow
4.21
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The wildly entertaining narrative of the outrageous 1981 Dodgers from the award-winning author of D… read more
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26. How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! The True Story Revealed
By: Thomas W. Gilbert
3.66
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating, true, story of baseball’s amateur origins. “Explores the conditions and factors th… read more
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27. Tales from the Deadball Era: Ty Cobb, Home Run Baker, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and the Wildest Times in Baseball History
By: Mark S. Halfon
3.85
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
2014 SLA Baseball Caucus Readers’ Choice Award winner from the Special Libraries Association The D… read more
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28. The Year of the Pitcher: Bob Gibson, Denny McLain, and the End of Baseball’s Golden Age
By: Sridhar Pappu
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The Year of the Pitcher is the story of the remarkable 1968 baseball season, which culminated in o… read more
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29. The Baseball Book of Why
By: John McCollister
3.48
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Why do we sometimes refer to a left-handed pitcher as a “southpaw?” Why are major league pitchers n… read more
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30. How to Beat a Broken Game: The Rise of the Dodgers in a League on the Brink
By: Pedro Moura
3.98
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The inside story of how the Dodgers won their first championship in more than thirty years—but help… read more
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31. 1901: The War of the Baseball Magnates: How the battle for baseball supremacy shaped the future of America's pastime.
By: Timothy Zarley
4.06
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Play Ball! Step right up, sports enthusiasts and history buffs! Immerse yourself in a riveting h… read more
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