» książki » Sports & Recreation - Baseball - History
topmenu
 |
The National Game: Baseball and American Culture
ISBN: 9781566634168 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a part of popular culture, sport has made a deep impression in American life. And nowhere is this clearer than in baseball, the game that seems to transcend generations and has made its way into our language and literature. In The National Game, John Rossi offers not only an expert overview of baseball over the past 175 years; he shows how the game has reflected and contributed to changes in American society over that time. The country grew up playing baseball, Mr. Rossi notes, but the professional game took hold in the cities of the Northeast just as the nation was transforming itself...
As a part of popular culture, sport has made a deep impression in American life. And nowhere is this clearer than in baseball, the game that seems to ...
|
cena:
72,82 |
 |
Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?: The Improbable Saga of the New York Met's First Year
ISBN: 9781566634885 / Angielski / Miękka / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here, back in print, is Jimmy Breslin's marvelous account of the improbable saga of the New York Mets' first year, as Bill Veeck notes in his Introduction, "preserving for all time a remarkable tale of ineptitude, mediocrity, and abject failure." Indeed the 1962 Mets were the worst major league baseball team ever to take the field. (The title of the book is a quote from Casey Stengel, their manager at the time.) Breslin casts the Mets, who lost 120 games out of a possible 162 that year, as a lovable bunch of losers. And, he argues, they were good for baseball, coming as a welcome antidote to...
Here, back in print, is Jimmy Breslin's marvelous account of the improbable saga of the New York Mets' first year, as Bill Veeck notes in his Introduc...
|
cena:
48,53 |
 |
A Whole Different Ball Game: The Inside Story of the Baseball Revolution
ISBN: 9781566635998 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Marvin Miller, the first executive director to the Major League Baseball Players Association, recounts his experience in dealing with club owners and his success in winning a new role for the players. He helped virtually end the system that bound an athlete to one team forever, and thereby raised salaries enormously.
Marvin Miller, the first executive director to the Major League Baseball Players Association, recounts his experience in dealing with club owners and ...
|
cena:
72,82 |
 |
Baseball's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of the National Pastime's Outrageous Offenders, Lucky Bounces, and Other Oddities
ISBN: 9781574882292 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Edd Roush was once ejected from a game for falling asleep in the outfield. Dan Friend played left field while dressed in a bathrobe. Outfielder Len Koenecke was killed attempting history's first skyjacking. Pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich swapped not only their wives but also their children, station wagons, and pets.Baseball history is brimming with the weird, the bizarre, and the hard to believe. Baseball's Most Wanted(TM)chronicles 700 of the most outlandish players, managers, and owners throughout baseball history. Its seventy lists describe in humorous detail baseball's...
Edd Roush was once ejected from a game for falling asleep in the outfield. Dan Friend played left field while dressed in a bathrobe. Outfielder Len Ko...
|
cena:
63,11 |
 |
The World Series' Most Wanted(tm): The Top 10 Book of Championship Teams, Broken Dreams, and October Oddities
ISBN: 9781574887280 / Angielski / Miękka / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first World Series with The World Series Most Wanted(TM)M/i>. You'll find fascinating facts, oddball tales, and record-breaking achievements from that initial World Series between the Boston Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates all the way up to the 2003 World Series.The next in a long line of vaunted Most Wanted(TM) books from Potomac. THE The World Series Most Wanted(TM) tells the tale of October glory and heartbreak, of heroes and goats, and of the thin line between success and failure on baseball's grandest stage. With a hopping sixty...
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first World Series with The World Series Most Wanted(TM)M/i>. You'll find fascinating facts, oddball tales, ...
|
cena:
48,53 |
 |
Getting in the Game: Inside Baseball's Winter Meetings
ISBN: 9781574887914 / Angielski / Twarda / 279 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Baseball's winter meetings have never before been captured from the inside--set against the backdrop of big league owners, executives, and players surrounded by money and beat writers--with everyone pushing to get a little attention, wealth, or talent. Rumors fly, journalists jabber, cameras flash as everyone tries to figure out what's going on inside the halls of the Opryland Hotel. Written by an insider who started on the outside, "Getting in the Game" takes the reader inside the scramble to get a job in the baseball industry by following the stories of three job seekers hoping to break...
Baseball's winter meetings have never before been captured from the inside--set against the backdrop of big league owners, executives, and players sur...
|
cena:
101,97 |
 |
Paths to Glory: How Great Baseball Teams Got That Way
ISBN: 9781574888058 / Angielski / Miękka / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An essential experience of being a baseball fan is the hopeful anticipation of seeing the hometown nine make a run at winning the World Series. In Paths to Glory, Mark L. Armour and Daniel R. Levitt review how teams build themselves up into winners. What makes a winning team like the 1900 Brooklyn Superbas or the 1917 White Sox or the 1997 Florida Marlins? And how are these teams different? What makes each championship team a unique product of its time? Armour and Levitt provide the historical context to show how the sport's business side has changed dramatically but its competitive...
An essential experience of being a baseball fan is the hopeful anticipation of seeing the hometown nine make a run at winning the World Series. In ...
|
cena:
113,84 |
 |
Baseball's Most Wanted Boxed Set: Baseball's Most Wanted, Baseball's Most Wanted II, and the World Series' Most Wanted
ISBN: 9781574889147 / Angielski / Pudełko z zestawem (boxed set) / 1002 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Baseball history is brimming with the weird, the bizarre, and the hard to believe. "Baseball's Most Wanted" chronicles 700 of the most outlandish players, managers, and owners throughout baseball history. Its seventy lists describe in humorous detail baseball's top-ten inept players, strange plays, bad practical jokes, bizarre nicknames, murderers, politicians, Don Juans, unusual contracts, notable nicknames, curses, worst trades, freak injuries, unsolved mysteries, least-known records, and more. Many of these anecdotes have been published here for the first time. Baseball has so many... Baseball history is brimming with the weird, the bizarre, and the hard to believe. "Baseball's Most Wanted" chronicles 700 of the most outlandish p... |
cena:
97,10 |
 |
Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame Highlights: Memorable Moments in Team History as Heard on the Reds Radio Network
ISBN: 9781578603008 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As part of every Reds game broadcast on the Reds Radio Network, Greg Rhodes, noted baseball historian and director of the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum, presents a brief, colorful account of a memorable moment in the history of America's longest-running baseball team. These pieces have become a favorite feature for Reds fans, who love to celebrate the Big Red Machine's long and storied history and traditions. This collection brings together every single one of Rhodes' pieces in a single book for both Reds fans and baseball aficionados. Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame Highlights chronicles...
As part of every Reds game broadcast on the Reds Radio Network, Greg Rhodes, noted baseball historian and director of the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum...
|
cena:
87,23 |
 |
Slide, Kelly, Slide: The Wild Life and Times of Mike King Kelly
ISBN: 9781578860036 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mike "King" Kelly was the hard-living, hard-drinking son of a Civil War veteran whose skills at baseball and infectious charm turned him into the game's first hero, and a symbol of what it meant to be a celebrity in America in the 1880s and 1890s. Slide, Kelly, Slide reacquaints baseball fans and scholars with this little-known pioneer of the game. Marty Appel, the author of several baseball books, conducted a thorough search of local archives to bring the story of King Kelly to light and place him in his proper historical context. An innovator on the field, who was not above taking advantage...
Mike "King" Kelly was the hard-living, hard-drinking son of a Civil War veteran whose skills at baseball and infectious charm turned him into the game...
|
cena:
145,74 |
 |
The Kid: Ted Williams in San Diego
ISBN: 9781579400941 / Angielski / Miękka / 359 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nowlin portrays the life of Hall of Fame baseball player Ted Williams before he made it to the majors. The book digs into Ted's high school baseball and the semi-professional games he played on the sandlots.
Nowlin portrays the life of Hall of Fame baseball player Ted Williams before he made it to the majors. The book digs into Ted's high school baseball a...
|
cena:
51,81 |
 |
Yankees Century: Voices and Memories of the Pinstripe Past
ISBN: 9781581821987 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Love'em or hate'em, there's no denying that the New York Yankees have won twenty-six world championships. No other team comes close to matching that record. Some clubs are fortunate enough to assemble a team that can be called a dynasty, most never come close -- the Yankees have had five.Long before the 2000 World Series trophy was awarded, Alan Ross, a lifelong Yankees fan, began compiling a unique, concise treasury of quotations about the Yankees by the players, coaches, and sportswriters who called Yankee Stadium home. The result is an eloquent collection of pinstripe pride that should...
Love'em or hate'em, there's no denying that the New York Yankees have won twenty-six world championships. No other team comes close to matching that r...
|
cena:
53,03 |
 |
The Red Sox Century: Voices and Memories from Fenway Park
ISBN: 9781581823844 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Curse, the Wall, the Rocket, the homer Teddy Ballgame, Yaz, Fenway, Nomar, and Pedro. Included in THE RED SOX CENTURY is one hundred and one years of Red Sox baseball from 1903-2003. While the Olde Towne Team may have registered more than its fair share of heartaches on the diamond, the Red and Blue have etched themselves deeply into the rich fiber of the American game as a perennial contender in the American League. THE RED SOX CENTURY is the story of Boston's beloved baseball team, a you are there"" account of all the greats of the Hub's Hose and the best seat in the house for the epic...
The Curse, the Wall, the Rocket, the homer Teddy Ballgame, Yaz, Fenway, Nomar, and Pedro. Included in THE RED SOX CENTURY is one hundred and one years...
|
cena:
49,37 |
 |
Twins Pride: For the Love of Kirby, Kent, and Killebrew
ISBN: 9781581825251 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Twins Pride"" recounts the players, teams, magical moments, riveting rivalries, and memorable venues, plus a special tribute to ""Mr. Twin""?Harmon Killebrew. Other features include the all-time Minnesota Twins team, the rosters of all three world championship teams, Twins humor, and more, as told by players, manager, coaches, opponents, fan, and the media.""
Twins Pride"" recounts the players, teams, magical moments, riveting rivalries, and memorable venues, plus a special tribute to ""Mr. Twin""?Harmon Ki...
|
cena:
53,03 |
 |
The New Yankees Century: For the Love of Jeter, Joltin' Joe, and Mariano
ISBN: 9781581825268 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ross reveals the story of New York Yankees baseball, as told by Yankee players, coaches, opponents, fans, and the media. It salutes the great pinstripers and the unrivaled championship teams, major moments, and the tradition. Includes a tribute to the immortal No. 7, Mickey Mantle.
Ross reveals the story of New York Yankees baseball, as told by Yankee players, coaches, opponents, fans, and the media. It salutes the great pinstrip...
|
cena:
53,17 |
 |
White Sox Glory: For the Love of Nellie, Shoeless Joe, and Konerko
ISBN: 9781581825350 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. White Sox Glory"" is a ""you are there"" account of all the greats of the Second City's ""second"" diamond nine. The best seat in the house for reminiscing about the White Sox's epic milestones, the book is filled with the voices of players, coaches, fans, opponents, and sportswriters.""
White Sox Glory"" is a ""you are there"" account of all the greats of the Second City's ""second"" diamond nine. The best seat in the house for remini...
|
cena:
53,17 |
 |
The Game: One Man, Nine Innings, a Love Affair with Baseball
ISBN: 9781585423415 / Angielski / Miękka / 183 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the spirit of Field of Dreams, a remarkable book about baseball and the meaning of life. A game between the Iowa Cubs and the Nashville Sounds at an AAA park in Nashville provides the lens through which Robert Benson explores the game of baseball and the meaning of life in The Game. It is an ordinary week night game in the early part of the season between two teams that will finish far out of first place in the Pacific League. But Benson shows us how in this average game of baseball, just as in our everyday lives, the routine plays-the seemingly minor yet vital moves, empty of...
In the spirit of Field of Dreams, a remarkable book about baseball and the meaning of life. A game between the Iowa Cubs and the Nashville Sounds at a...
|
cena:
91,22 |
 |
San Antonio at Bat: Professional Baseball in the Alamo City
ISBN: 9781585443451 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the first "Play ball " of each spring through the hot days of summer, minor-league teams across the nation give local fans a chance to relax and enjoy the national pastime, to preview tomorrow's stars, and to "root, root, root for the home team."
In this story of professional baseball in the Alamo City from 1888 to the present, "San Antonio Express-News" sportswriter David King hits the highlights--athletic and human--that have filled the city's diamonds for 115 years. He tells about the team that left Austin on a road trip and never returned--deciding to make San Antonio its home... From the first "Play ball " of each spring through the hot days of summer, minor-league teams across the nation give local fans a chance to relax and ...
|
cena:
165,17 |
 |
San Antonio at Bat: Professional Baseball in the Alamo City
ISBN: 9781585443765 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the first Play ball of each spring through the hot days of summer, minor-league teams across the nation give local fans a chance to relax and enjoy the national pastime, to preview tomorrow's stars, and to root, root, root for the home team. In this story of professional baseball in the Alamo City from 1888 to the present, San Antonio Express-News sportswriter David King hits the highlights - athletic and human - that have filled the city's diamonds for 115 years. deciding to make San Antonio its home base instead; about San Antonio's first two black Texas League players, whose story...
From the first Play ball of each spring through the hot days of summer, minor-league teams across the nation give local fans a chance to relax and en...
|
cena:
72,82 |
 |
Spalding's World Tour: The Epic Adventure That Took Baseball Around the Globe - And Made It America's Game
ISBN: 9781586484330 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This true Gilded Age adventure is the tale of how showman and entrepreneur Albert Spalding took his Chicago White Stockings and All-Stars on a tour of exotic locales to introduce the globe to America's pastime. Illustrations.
This true Gilded Age adventure is the tale of how showman and entrepreneur Albert Spalding took his Chicago White Stockings and All-Stars on a tour of...
|
cena:
83,58 |
Czytaj nas na:
Zobacz: Księgarnia Czeska | Wydawnictwo Książkowe Klimaty | Mapa strony | Lista autorów
KrainaKsiazek.PL - Księgarnia Internetowa
KrainaKsiazek.PL - Księgarnia Internetowa
