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The Rise of the Latin American Baseball Leagues, 1947-1961: Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico and Venezuela
ISBN: 9780786463848 / Angielski / Miękka / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Major League Baseball today would be unrecognizable without the large number of Latin American players and managers filling its ranks. Their strong influence on the sport can trace its beginnings to professional leagues established south of the border over six decades ago. This narrative history of Latin American baseball leagues during the 1940s and 1950s provides an in-depth, year-by-year chronicle of seasonal leagues in the seven primary baseball-playing areas in the region: Mexico, the Caribbean, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Panama. The success of these leagues,...
Major League Baseball today would be unrecognizable without the large number of Latin American players and managers filling its ranks. Their strong in...
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275,77 |
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Black Baseball's Last Team Standing: The Birmingham Black Barons, 1919-1962
ISBN: 9781476677880 / Angielski / Miękka / 345 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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275,77 |
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Dodgers!: An Informal History from Flatbush to Chavez Ravine
ISBN: 9781476688060 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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275,77 |
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Baseball's Union Association: The Short, Strange Life of a 19th-Century Major League
ISBN: 9781476680606 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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275,77 |
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The Integration of Minor League Baseball: A History and Player Register, 1946-1959
ISBN: 9781476692388 / Miękka / 277 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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275,77 |
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The Caribbean Series: Latin America's Annual Baseball Tournament, 1949-2024
ISBN: 9781476693910 / Miękka / 277 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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275,77 |
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Rough Diamonds: A History of South African Baseball
ISBN: 9781476691138 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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275,77 |
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The Music of Baseball: A History and Catalog of Selected Works
ISBN: 9781476694368 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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275,77 |
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Negro Leagues Baseball
ISBN: 9780313386480 / Angielski / Twarda / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Part of Greenwood's Landmarks of the American Mosaic series, this work is a one-stop introduction to the subject of Negro League baseball that spotlights the achievements and experiences of black ball players during the time of segregation--ones that must not be allowed to fade into obscurity. Telling far more than a story about sports that includes engaging tales of star athletes like "Satchel" Paige and "Cool Papa" Bell, "Negro Leagues Baseball" documents an essential chapter of American history rooted in the fight for civil rights and human dignity and the battle against racism and... Part of Greenwood's Landmarks of the American Mosaic series, this work is a one-stop introduction to the subject of Negro League baseball that spot... |
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278,40 |
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America'a National Pastime: A Study of Race and Merit in Professional Baseball
ISBN: 9780275951931 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This examiniation of America's national pastime explores the dichotomous relationship between race and merit in professional baseball. It critically evaluates the role that race and performance play in determining the extent to which the sport is representative of a culture that continues to harbor racist attitudes. The authors look specifically at several interrelated variables as they pertain to baseball and players salaries: (1) merit-performance statistics, (2) experience/qualifications-number of years of experience in the major leagues, (3) environment-metropolitan size/economic... This examiniation of America's national pastime explores the dichotomous relationship between race and merit in professional baseball. It criticall... |
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283,55 |
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Baseball's All-Time Best Sluggers: Adjusted Batting Performance from Strikeouts to Home Runs
ISBN: 9780691115573 / Angielski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over baseball history, which park has been the best for run scoring?1 Which player would lose the most home runs after adjustments for ballpark effect?2 Which player claims four of the top five places for best individual seasons ever played, based on all-around offensive performance.3 (See answers, below). These are only three of the intriguing questions Michael Schell addresses in Baseball's All-Time Best Sluggers, a lively examination of the game of baseball using the most sophisticated statistical tools available. The book provides an... Over baseball history, which park has been the best for run scoring?1 Which player would lose the most home runs after adjustments for b... |
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284,07 |
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Ballplayers on Stage: Baseball, Melodrama, and Theatrical Celebrity in the Deadball Era
ISBN: 9781621908821 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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284,07 |
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The 50 Greatest Players in St. Louis Cardinals History
ISBN: 9780810892156 / Angielski / Twarda / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The St. Louis Cardinals are perhaps the most popular and successful franchise in National League history, having won more world championships than any other club in the league. Baseball greats such as Stan Musial, Rogers Hornsby, and Albert Pujols have all worn the Cardinals uniform. But which Cardinals are the finest in franchise history? Examining every player who has donned the Redbird uniform since 1892, Robert W. Cohen ranks the best of the best in The 50 Greatest Players in St. Louis Cardinals History. This book carefully studies the careers of the players who made the greatest impact...
The St. Louis Cardinals are perhaps the most popular and successful franchise in National League history, having won more world championships than any...
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288,97 |
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Baseball's Most Notorious Personalities: A Gallery of Rogues
ISBN: 9780810890725 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Of the 17,000-plus players who have donned major league uniforms over the years, not all were particularly nice or ethical. In fact, the actions of a handful were so heinous, they left an indelible mark on the sport. In Baseball's Most Notorious Personalities: A Gallery of Rogues, Jonathan Weeks thoroughly examines this dark side of our National Pastime. Liars, cheats, hotheads, even axe murderers--you'll find them all here in the Gallery. From scapegoats to maniacs, meddling managers to fanatical fans, this book profiles them all. Included are players such as Brooklyn outfielder Len...
Of the 17,000-plus players who have donned major league uniforms over the years, not all were particularly nice or ethical. In fact, the actions of a ...
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288,97 |
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We Would Have Played Forever: A History of the Coastal Plain Baseball League, Revised Edition
ISBN: 9781476696584 / Angielski / 22-02-2026 Książka dostępna od: 22-02-2026 |
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Brooklyn's Dodgers: The Bums, the Borough, and the Best of Baseball, 1947-1957
ISBN: 9780195099270 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the 1952 World Series, a Yankee fan trying to watch the game in a Brooklyn bar was told, "Why don't you go back where you belong, Yankee lover?" "I got a right to cheer my team," the intruder responded, "this is a free country." "This ain't no free country, chum," countered the Dodger fan, "this is Brooklyn." Brooklynites loved their "Bums"--Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, and all the murderous parade of regulars who, after years of struggle, finally won the World Series in 1955. One could not live in Brooklyn and not catch its spirit of devotion to its...
During the 1952 World Series, a Yankee fan trying to watch the game in a Brooklyn bar was told, "Why don't you go back where you belong, Yankee lover?...
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293,98 |
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Baseball and American Culture: A History
ISBN: 9781538102886 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a general history of baseball that connects developments in the sport with key themes in American history. Following each chapter are important readings that illustrate and document these connections and discussion questions that can be used in the classroom.
This book provides a general history of baseball that connects developments in the sport with key themes in American history. Following each chapter a...
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303,66 |
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The Great Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Major League Baseball
ISBN: 9780817314996 / Angielski / Twarda / 1056 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The authoritative compendium of facts, statistics, photographs, and analysis that defines baseball in its formative first decades.This comprehensive reference work covers the early years of major league baseball from the first game May 4, 1871, a 2-0 victory for the Fort Wayne Kekiongas over the visiting Cleveland Forest City team through the 1900 season. Baseball historian David Nemec presents complete team rosters and detailed player, manager, and umpire information, with a wealth of statistics to warm a fan s heart.Sidebars cover a variety of topics, from oddities the team that had the...
The authoritative compendium of facts, statistics, photographs, and analysis that defines baseball in its formative first decades.This comprehensive r...
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328,15 |
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The South Atlantic League, 1904-1963: A Year-By-Year Statistical History
ISBN: 9780786436262 / Angielski / Miękka / 427 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents season-by-season information for the original South Atlantic Baseball League, which operated for 60 years in the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida. (In 1963, with the collapse of the Southern Association, the league was promoted to Double-A status and renamed the Southern League.) Its each chapter opens with a season summary and is followed by league standings, team records and rosters, and statistics for each player.
This book presents season-by-season information for the original South Atlantic Baseball League, which operated for 60 years in the Carolinas, Georgia...
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329,72 |
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Cuban Baseball: A Statistical History, 1878-1961
ISBN: 9780786464258 / Angielski / Miękka / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In March 1999, the Baltimore Orioles played a team of Cuban all-stars, the first time a major league baseball team from the United States had played a Cuban team since Cuba's communist revolution in 1959. The Orioles won 3-2 in 11 innings.
In March 1999, the Baltimore Orioles played a team of Cuban all-stars, the first time a major league baseball team from the United States had played a...
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329,72 |
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