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Beyond the Fields: A Cherokee Strip Farm, a Baseball Life, and the Love of Wisdom
ISBN: 9781942956945 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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70,50 |
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The 33-Year-Old Rookie: My 13-Year Journey from the Minor Leagues to the World Series
ISBN: 9780345507037 / Angielski / Miękka / 225 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chris Coste dreamed of playing major-league baseball from the age of seven. But after eleven grueling years in the minors, a spot on a major-league roster still seemed just out of his reach-until that fateful call came from the Philadelphia Phillies in May 2006. At age thirty-three ("going on eighty"), Coste was finally heading to the big time. The 33-Year-Old Rookie is a real-life Rocky, an unforgettable and inspirational story of one man's unwavering pursuit of a lifelong goal. Beginning in a single-parent home in Fargo, North Dakota, and ending behind home plate on the flawless...
Chris Coste dreamed of playing major-league baseball from the age of seven. But after eleven grueling years in the minors, a spot on a major-league ro...
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74,41 |
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Love Me, Hate Me: Barry Bonds and the Making of an Antihero
ISBN: 9780060797539 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. No player in the history of baseball has left such an indelible mark on the game as San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds. In his twenty-year career, Bonds has amassed an unprecedented seven MVP awards, eight Gold Gloves, and more than seven hundred home runs, an impressive assortment of feats that has earned him consideration as one of the greatest players the game has ever seen. Equally deserved, however, is his reputation as an insufferable braggart, whose mythical home runs are rivaled only by his legendary ego. From his staggering ability and fabled pedigree (father Bobby played... No player in the history of baseball has left such an indelible mark on the game as San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds. In his twenty-year... |
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78,29 |
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Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball's Greatest Gift
ISBN: 9780544002272 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Funny, revealing, and surprising . . . anything that brings new Yogi Berra stories is a good book." --MLB.com
Driving Mr. Yogi is the story of how a unique friendship between a pitcher and catcher is renewed every year. It began in 1999, when Yogi Berra was reunited with the Yankees after a long self-exile, the result of being unceremoniously fired by George Steinbrenner fourteen years before. A reconciliation between Berra and the Boss meant that Berra would attend spring training again. Guidry befriended "Mr. Yogi" instantly. After all, Berra had been a mentor in the clubhouse... "Funny, revealing, and surprising . . . anything that brings new Yogi Berra stories is a good book." --MLB.com
Driving Mr. Yogi is the stor... |
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78,29 |
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El Cerrador: Mi Vida
ISBN: 9780316277617 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. El lanzador de relevo mas exitoso de todos los tiempos comparte su extraordinaria historia de supervivencia, amor y beisbol. Mariano Rivera, el hombre que intimido a miles de bateadores con tan solo abrir la puerta del "bullpen," comenzo su increible viaje como el hijo de un pobre pescador panameno. Cuando primeramente los Yankees lo reclutaron, ni siquiera poseia su propio guante. El penso que podria ser un buen mecanico. Cuando lo descubrieron, nunca antes habia volado en un avion, nunca habia oido hablar de Babe Ruth, no hablaba ingles, ni tampoco se imaginaba como era Tampa, la ciudad...
El lanzador de relevo mas exitoso de todos los tiempos comparte su extraordinaria historia de supervivencia, amor y beisbol. Mariano Rivera, el hombre...
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78,29 |
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The Closer
ISBN: 9780316400749 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The bestselling memoir from the greatest relief pitcher of all time.
He is listed along with Ruth, Mantle, Gehrig, and DiMaggio as a top-five Yankee of all time. He is the man who has intimidated thousands of batters by merely opening a bullpen door. Rivera is also a man of God and family whose contributions to charity and community ensure a meaningful life long after his time as The Closer is over. Now he tells his full story in this widely acclaimed instant bestseller: the championships, the bosses (including The Boss), the rivalries, the struggles of being a... The bestselling memoir from the greatest relief pitcher of all time.
He is listed along with Ruth, Mantle, Gehrig, and DiMaggio ... |
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78,29 |
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A Fan's Guide to Baseball Analytics: Why War, Whip, Woba, and Other Advanced Sabermetrics Are Essential to Understanding Modern Baseball
ISBN: 9781683583448 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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78,29 |
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Through the Seams: Baseball Inspired Poetry
ISBN: 9781432764791 / Angielski / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. THROUGH THE SEAMS
How does celebrating friendship, raising children, dealing with loneliness, experiencing loss, conquering fear, and being in love all relate to baseball? In Through The Seams, a steadfast fan discovers life's greatest moments, challenges, risks and rewards have much in common with our homegrown American sport. Drawing inspiration from the field, baseball moments, images, and rivalries are poetically personified as the spirit of the game is infused into expressions of animated verse. Being a baseball fan is not essential (though it helps!) to enjoy this unique... THROUGH THE SEAMS
How does celebrating friendship, raising children, dealing with loneliness, experiencing loss, conquering fear, and being in lov... |
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78,74 |
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Line Drives
ISBN: 9780809324408 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "We wait for baseball all winter long," Bill Littlefield wrote in Boston Magazine a decade ago, "or rather, we remember it and anticipate it at the same time. We re-create what we have known and we imagine what we are going to do next. Maybe that's what poets do, too." Poetry and baseball are occasions for well-put passion and expressive pondering, and just as passionate attention transforms the prose of everyday life into poetry, it also transforms this game we write about, play, or watch. Editors Brooke Horvath and Tim Wiles unite their own passion for baseball and poetry in...
"We wait for baseball all winter long," Bill Littlefield wrote in Boston Magazine a decade ago, "or rather, we remember it and anticipate it at...
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79,43 |
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Scabs Heal All Wounds: True Story of a Replacement Player
ISBN: 9781945812187 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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82,25 |
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108 Stitches: Loose Threads, Ripping Yarns, and the Darndest Characters from My Time in the Game
ISBN: 9781250252913 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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86,12 |
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Thurm: Memoirs of a Forever Yankee
ISBN: 9781635769715 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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86,16 |
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Centerstage: My Most Fascinating Interviews--From A-Rod to Jay-Z
ISBN: 9781982152048 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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90,04 |
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Scabs Heal All Wounds: True Story of a Replacement Player
ISBN: 9781945812262 / Angielski / Twarda / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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96,51 |
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The Best American Sports Writing
ISBN: 9780618751181 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Well established as the premier sports anthology, The Best American Sports Writing brings together the finest writing on sports to appear in the past year. Chosen from more than 350 national, regional, and specialty publications, the twenty pieces here embrace the world of sports in all its drama, humanity, and excitement. Contributors include Scott Price, Rick Bragg, Gary Smith, J.R. Moehringer, and others.
Well established as the premier sports anthology, The Best American Sports Writing brings together the finest writing on sports to appear in the past ...
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97,87 |
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May the Best Team Win: Baseball Economics and Public Policy
ISBN: 9780815797296 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The business of baseball stands in sharp contrast to the game s wholesome image as America s favorite pastime. Major league baseball is a deeply troubled industry, facing chronic problems that threaten its future: persistent labor tensions, competitive dominance by high-revenue teams, migration of game telecasts to cable, and escalating ticket prices. Amid the threat of contraction, existing franchises are demanding public subsidies for new stadiums, while viable host cities are begging for teams. The game s core base of fans is aging, and MLB is doing precious little to attract a younger...
The business of baseball stands in sharp contrast to the game s wholesome image as America s favorite pastime. Major league baseball is a deeply troub...
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99,30 |
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Frank Chance's Diamond: The Baseball Journalism of Ring Lardner
ISBN: 9781493080991 / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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99,30 |
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The Best American Sports Writing of the Century
ISBN: 9780395945148 / Angielski / Miękka / 816 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Best American Sports Writing of the Century showcases the best sports journalists of the twentieth century, from Jimmy Cannon, Red Smith, William Mack, Gary Smith, and Frank Deford to A. J. Liebling, Tom Wolfe, and Hunter S. Thompson, and includes such classics as "What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?" by Richard Ben Cramer, "Louis Knocks Out Schmeling" by Bob Considine, and "The Rocky Road of Pistol Pete" by W. C. Heinz. This outstanding collection captures not only the century's greatest moments in baseball, boxing, horseracing, golf, and tennis, but some of the finest writing of our...
The Best American Sports Writing of the Century showcases the best sports journalists of the twentieth century, from Jimmy Cannon, Red Smith, William ...
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101,79 |
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Jackie Robinson: My Own Story
ISBN: 9781635618617 / Angielski / Twarda / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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109,44 |
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Baseball : An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
ISBN: 9780803290051 / Angielski / Miękka / 371 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Baseball: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture" looks at American society through the prism of its favorite pastime, discussing not only the game itself but a variety of topics with significance beyond the diamond. Its 269 entries, which vary in length from two hundred to twenty-five hundred words, explore the game s intersection with race, gender, art, drug abuse, entertainment, business, gambling, movies, and the shift from rural to urban society.Filled with larger-than-life characters, baseball legends, sports facts and firsts, important milestones, and observations about daily life and...
"Baseball: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture" looks at American society through the prism of its favorite pastime, discussing not only the game itsel...
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114,21 |
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