Smart, Wrong, and Lucky: The Origin Stories of Baseball's Unexpected Stars
By: Jonathan Mayo
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating look at how Major League Baseball searches for diamonds in the rough In the plainest …
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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. Wiseguy
By: Nicholas Pileggi
0.00
Format: 798 pages, Mass Market Paperback
"Wiseguy" is Nicholas Pileggi's remarkable bestseller, the most intimate account ever printed of li… read more
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3. The Blood of Emmett Till
By: Timothy B. Tyson
4.07
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction This extraordinary New York Timesbestseller r… read more
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5. Gunslinger: The Remarkable, Improbable, Iconic Life of Brett Favre
By: Jeff Pearlman
3.19
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
From a New York Timesbest-selling author, the full, definitive biography of Brett Favre A towering … read more
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6. A Face in the Crowd
By: Stephen King , Stewart O'Nan
4.08
Format: 432 pages, ebook
The writing team that delivered the bestselling Faithful, about the 2004 Red Sox championship seaso… read more
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7. Romney: A Reckoning
By: McKay Coppins
4.36
Format: 416 pages, ebook
A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more
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8. 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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9. The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams
By: Adam Lazarus
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of the unique fifty-year friendship between two American John Glenn, the unassail… read more
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10. Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess
By: Evan Drellich
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The reporter who broke the Houston Astros' cheating scandal reveals how a baseball team could so dr… read more
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11. 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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12. 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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13. The MVP Machine: How Baseball's New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players
By: Ben Lindbergh
4.28
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Move over, Moneyball -- a cutting-edge look at major league baseball's next revolution: the high-te… read more
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14. Rare Gems: How Four Generations of Women Paved the Way For the WNBA
By: Howard Megdal
3.87
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An expansive and compelling chronicle tracing the rise of modern women's basketball Elvera “Peps… read more
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15. Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time
By: Ryan McGee
4.36
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
A gloriously funny, nostalgic memoir of a popular ESPN reporter who, in the summer of 1994, was a f… read more
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16. The New Ballgame: The Not-So-Hidden Forces Shaping Modern Baseball
By: Russell A. Carleton
4.00
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Watching a game of baseball today means witnessing phenomena that would have been novel, if not com… read more
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17. 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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18. 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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19. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
By: Sebastian Junger
3.92
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more
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"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
20. 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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21. Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas
By: Jesse Cole
3.92
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The Savannah Bananas have peeled back the game of baseball and made it fun again. This is their sto… read more
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22. Astroball: The New Way to Win It All
By: Ben Reiter
4.20
Format: 235 pages, Hardcover
When Sports Illustrated declared on the cover of a June 2014 issue that the Houston Astros would wi… read more
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23. Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty
By: Jeff Pearlman
4.28
Format: 426 pages, Hardcover
The story of the Lakers dynasty from 1996 through 2004, when Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal combi… read more
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24. Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk
By: Billy Walters
3.84
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “An insightful read…Walters is a larger-than-life character.” — Sports … read more
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25. Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original
By: Howard Bryant
4.23
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
“Seldom does a sports biography—especially a page-turner—so comprehensively explain the forces that… read more
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26. The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness
By: Andy McCullough
4.49
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography of Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, based on exclusive interviews with Kershaw… read more
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27. Age of Cage
By: Keith Phipps
3.78
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
Icon. Celebrity. Artist. Madman. Genius. Nicolas Cage is many things, but love him, or laugh at … read more
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28. The Tao of the Backup Catcher: Playing Baseball for the Love of the Game
By: Tim Brown
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
"This isn’t just a story about baseball. It’s about life and the beauty of knowing and accepting wh… read more
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29. Smart, Wrong, and Lucky: The Origin Stories of Baseball's Unexpected Stars
By: Jonathan Mayo
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating look at how Major League Baseball searches for diamonds in the rough In the plainest … read more
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30. Daybreak at Chavez Ravine: Fernandomania and the Remaking of the Los Angeles Dodgers
By: Erik Sherman
4.05
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
Fernando Valenzuela was only twenty years old when Tom Lasorda chose him as the Dodgers’ opening-da… read more
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31. Baseball: The Movie
By: Noah Gittell
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Featuring Field of Dreams, The Bad News Bears, A League of Their Own, and more: a probing and enter… read more
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