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The American League in Transition, 1965-1975: How Competition Thrived When the Yankees Didn't
ISBN: 9780786446261 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the years following the decline of the New York Yankees dynasty that ended in 1964, three American League teams endeavored to stake their claim to the Junior Circuit's crown. From 1965 to 1975, the Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, and Oakland Athletics emerged as the most significant AL clubs, but this trio achieved varying degrees of success. Through the prism of these three teams, this book will examine facets of the dynastic aspirations of each during this time: the way in which key personnel were assembled into a cohesive roster, the glory that was won by the clubs, and the factors...
In the years following the decline of the New York Yankees dynasty that ended in 1964, three American League teams endeavored to stake their claim to ...
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167,87 |
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My Baseball Journey: A Broadcaster's Memoir
ISBN: 9781475099010 / Angielski / Miękka / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Veteran baseball broadcaster Bill Brown recounts his journey through decades of baseball, with trials and tribulations and stories of players and inspirational people.
Veteran baseball broadcaster Bill Brown recounts his journey through decades of baseball, with trials and tribulations and stories of players and insp...
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Tales from First Base: The Best, Funniest, and Slickest First Basemen Ever
ISBN: 9781597978453 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When a batter races toward first base and players scramble to make a tough play, anything can happen. Tales From First Base is a humorous and insightful look at the players, coaches, and umpires who have spent time along those first ninety feet of the base path. Wayne Stewart and Brad Engel check out some of the funniest players and most amusing incidents from this corner of the field, such as the time Larry Walker held a running conversation with opposing cornerman Mark Grace in the dirt around the bag. The authors also examine the slickest gloves at first base and how they defended...
When a batter races toward first base and players scramble to make a tough play, anything can happen. Tales From First Base is a humorous and i...
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88,44 |
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Best of Baseball Prospectus: 1996-2011
ISBN: 9781466472792 / Angielski / Miękka / 454 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For fifteen years, baseballprospectus.com has brought you the very best independent baseball analysis has to offer. Since 2003, Baseball Prospectus has published dozens of exclusive articles every month to subscribers to its groundbreaking Baseball Prospectus Premium service. Now, we're taking the next step by bringing the BP archives to your bookshelf. With extensive input from the founders and long-time staffers who knows a thing or two about BP's past, we've selected 152 of the best articles BP has to offer, representing a comprehensive cross-section of the ground-breaking insight, astute...
For fifteen years, baseballprospectus.com has brought you the very best independent baseball analysis has to offer. Since 2003, Baseball Prospectus ha...
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68,59 |
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Best of Baseball Prospectus: 1996-2011
ISBN: 9781468038354 / Angielski / Miękka / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For fifteen years, baseballprospectus.com has brought you the very best independent baseball analysis has to offer. Since 2003, Baseball Prospectus has published dozens of exclusive articles every month to subscribers to its groundbreaking Baseball Prospectus Premium service. Now, we're taking the next step by bringing the BP archives to your bookshelf. With extensive input from the founders and long-time staffers who knows a thing or two about BP's past, we've selected 152 of the best articles BP has to offer, representing a comprehensive cross-section of the ground-breaking insight, astute...
For fifteen years, baseballprospectus.com has brought you the very best independent baseball analysis has to offer. Since 2003, Baseball Prospectus ha...
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68,59 |
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Baseball and the Bottom Line in World War II: Gunning for Profits on the Home Front
ISBN: 9780786470433 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What were the business aspects of professional baseball during World War II? The sport, like many nonessential industries, struggled to find its place in society during a time of war. The men who ran the game faced government interference and manpower shortages that threatened to shut down their businesses for the duration, and they had to balance the need to show a patriotic front to the public while at the same time protecting their investments. Archival and primary sources provide insight into the perceptions of the major league owners and an understanding of how most of them were able to...
What were the business aspects of professional baseball during World War II? The sport, like many nonessential industries, struggled to find its place...
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167,87 |
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Baseball GPA: A New Statistical Approach to Performance and Strategy
ISBN: 9780786472567 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book describes a new baseball statistic called GPA (Gross Productivity Average). The GPA measures how many runs a batter creates for his team or how many runs a pitcher prevents the opposing team from scoring by comparing each player's production to that of the average major league player from 1997 to 2009. The GPA is reported on a scale similar to that used for batting average which makes it is easy to understand. Each player's GPA can be accurately adjusted to take into account his contributions on the base paths and the ballparks in which he played.
This book describes a new baseball statistic called GPA (Gross Productivity Average). The GPA measures how many runs a batter creates for his team or ...
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221,82 |
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Spring Training Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to the Grapefruit and Cactus League Ballparks
ISBN: 9780786471959 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Spring training is a time of renewal for baseball, when teams and fans descend on Florida and Arizona to begin the ever hopeful new season. The pace is a little slower, the fans are closer to the action, and the players are more accessible: the sport returns to its idyllic roots. When the first edition of this book was released, 18 of the MLB teams trained in Florida and 12 in Arizona. As 2013 arrives each league consists of 15 teams; together they utilize 14 parks in Florida and 10 in Arizona.
Spring training is a time of renewal for baseball, when teams and fans descend on Florida and Arizona to begin the ever hopeful new season. The pace i...
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167,87 |
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100 Things Tigers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
ISBN: 9781600787874 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the most storied and fascinating histories in all of Major League Baseball, the Detroit Tigers--one of the American League's charter franchises in 1901--have survived some of the most intense highs and lows of any team in professional sports, and this lively and detailed book explores it all. This guide to all things Tigers covers the 1984 World Series championship and the riots it sparked; controversial "Georgia Peach" Ty Cobb; and crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, singular achievements, and signature calls. This fully updated edition,...
One of the most storied and fascinating histories in all of Major League Baseball, the Detroit Tigers--one of the American League's charter franchises...
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65,32 |
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We Were the All-American Girls: Interviews with Players of the Aagpbl, 1943-1954
ISBN: 9780786469833 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here are 42 interviews with women who competed in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Each interview is a separate chapter featuring data about the player, a short bio of her athletic career, and the player's recollections. A brief history covers the many changes as the League evolved from underhand pitching with a 12-inch ball in 1943 to overhand pitching, adopted in 1948, through the circuit's league's final year, 1954, when a regulation baseball was introduced. The interviews range from 1995 to 2012 and reveal details of particular games, highlights of individual careers,...
Here are 42 interviews with women who competed in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Each interview is a separate chapter featuring ...
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501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read Before They Die
ISBN: 9780803240735 / Angielski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Propounding his small ball theory of sports literature, George Plimpton proposed that the smaller the ball, the more formidable the literature. Of course he had the relatively small baseball in mind, because its literature is formidable vast and varied, instructive, often wildly entertaining, and occasionally brilliant. From this bewildering array of baseball books, Ron Kaplan has chosen 501 of the best, making it easier for fans to find just the books to suit them (or to know what they re missing). From biography, history, fiction, and instruction to books about ballparks,... Propounding his small ball theory of sports literature, George Plimpton proposed that the smaller the ball, the more formidable the literature. Of ... |
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The Ghosts of 161st Street: The 2009 Yankees Season
ISBN: 9781469177205 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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80,88 |
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The Art of Catching: The Secrets and Techniques of Baseball's Most Demanding Position
ISBN: 9780981538655 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An aspiring baseball catcher could do himself no greater favor than acquiring this manual. Whereas the techniques of hitting, pitching, and other baseball positions are well covered by valuable instruction books, the techniques of catching arguably the most difficult and most crucial position of all have not been covered well at all. Brent Mayne s The Art of Catching: The Secrets and Techniques of Baseball s Most Demanding Position changes all that in a single stroke. The book s lucid, concise but comprehensive, and highly readable approach puts at your fingertips the wisdom and skills of a...
An aspiring baseball catcher could do himself no greater favor than acquiring this manual. Whereas the techniques of hitting, pitching, and other base...
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96,34 |
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The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture
ISBN: 9780786472956 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 2011-2012 volume in the Cooperstown Symposium series is a collection of new scholarly essays that use baseball to examine topics whose import extends beyond the ballpark. The essays represent 16 of the leading presentations from the two most recent proceedings of the annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, held on June 1-4, 2011, and May 30-June 1, 2012.
The 2011-2012 volume in the Cooperstown Symposium series is a collection of new scholarly essays that use baseball to examine topics whose import exte...
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Situation Baseball: Basics of knowing what to do with the ball
ISBN: 9781477285091 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Have you ever watched young ball players field A baseball and then hesitate? One of the coaches yells "2nd," a team mate yells "go home" and where ever the player throws, there is no positive result for his team. Those developing baseball players from the ages of six to twelve need to have more "smarts" about the game. "If the ball is hit to me - what do I do with it" is the most fundamental area of the game following physical skills. Developing this skill can make the difference between a mediocre and a good baseball player. It can give them the edge, it can mean being a starter or a sub,...
Have you ever watched young ball players field A baseball and then hesitate? One of the coaches yells "2nd," a team mate yells "go home" and where eve...
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73,15 |
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Bunt!
ISBN: 9780982992029 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bill Baynes has written the most original baseball story since Field of Dreams. Bunt is a taut tale of what happens when one new player tweaks one of the sport's oldest skills. A sharp-eyed rookie develops such precise bat control that he can bunt a baseball just about anywhere he wants it. He can hop it. Stop it. Even spin reverse-English on it. What happens? Insane infielders, angry pitchers, hysterical chanting fans and a surprising breakout into a late-season California League pennant race. ESPN sportscaster Mike Patrick says, "Anyone who loves baseball will love this book." Written...
Bill Baynes has written the most original baseball story since Field of Dreams. Bunt is a taut tale of what happens when one new player tweaks one of...
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Baseball's Starry Night: Reliving Major League Baseball's 2011 Wild Card Night of Shock and Awe
ISBN: 9780615737836 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Experience a unique fan's-eye view of a night that many have called the most exciting night in the history of Major League Baseball. Going beyond a standard retelling of the balls and strikes and homers and webgems, the book hears from 20 fans in their own words. Loyal fans of the St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, and Tampa Bay Rays provide exciting and deeply personal eyewitness accounts -- either from the stadiums or their living rooms. This critically acclaimed book is for casual and serious fans alike. "This is a magical book about a magical night. This beautifully told...
Experience a unique fan's-eye view of a night that many have called the most exciting night in the history of Major League Baseball. Going beyond a st...
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80,07 |
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Toiletrivia - Baseball: The Only Trivia Book That Caters To Your Everyday Bathroom Needs
ISBN: 9781463706968 / Angielski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. TOILETRIVIA (Baseball Version) is the only Baseball trivia book that caters to your everyday bathroom needs. Questions in Baseball are asked on three difficulty levels ranging from easy "One Roll of Toilet Paper" trivia, to questions so hard, you'll need "Three Rolls of Toilet Paper" to get you through the chapter. Pitchers, Ballparks, Hitters, Great Moments ... if you love it, it's in this book Toiletrivia is also an interactive game, as a scorecard in every chapter allows you to compete with future bathroom patrons. The questions selected in Toiletrivia are so interesting, that your dinner...
TOILETRIVIA (Baseball Version) is the only Baseball trivia book that caters to your everyday bathroom needs. Questions in Baseball are asked on three ...
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32,33 |
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Professional Baseball Pitcher's Handbook: A Pitcher's Guide to Peak Performance
ISBN: 9781481124799 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A handbook guide for the serious pitcher competing in competitive baseball. This book is based on information gathered from professional baseball pitchers, coaches, and scouts.
A handbook guide for the serious pitcher competing in competitive baseball. This book is based on information gathered from professional baseball pitc...
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48,35 |
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Cleveland Indians Legends
ISBN: 9781606351789 / Angielski / Twarda / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Forty Champions of the Tribe
Native Clevelander Russ Schneider has reveled in the successes and lamented the failures of the Cleveland Indians from his earliest childhood. After graduating from high school in 1946 and serving two tours of duty with the U.S. Marines, Schneider acquired a degree in English from Baldwin Wallace University. Following a brief (but uneventful) season as a minor league player, Schneider became a sportswriter and columnist at the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He covered the Indians daily from 1964 through 1977 and became nationally... Forty Champions of the Tribe
Native Clevelander Russ Schneider has reveled in the successes and lamented the failures of t... |
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