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Clearing the Bases: The Greatest Baseball Debates of the Last Century
ISBN: 9780312302535 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Who was better, Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays? At their peak, who was more valuable, Joe DiMaggio or Ted Williams? If Lefty Grove, Sandy Koufax, and Roger Clemens had pitched at the same time against the same hitters, who would have won the most games? Clearing the Bases is the first book to tackle these and many other of baseball's most intriguing questions and offer hard, sensible answers---answers based on exhaustive research and... Who was better, Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays? At their peak, who was more valuable, Joe DiMaggio or Ted Williams? If Lefty Grove, Sandy Koufax, and... |
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88,35 zł |
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The Boston Red Sox Fan Book: Revised to Include the 2004 Championship Season!
ISBN: 9780312348496 / Angielski / Miękka / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Little-known facts, statistics, stories, quotes, nicknames, all-time leaders, rosters, puzzles, and more from over one hundred years of Red Sox history The Boston Red Sox were originally named the Pilgrims--but for over one hundred years they have always been Beantown's favorite team, with a history that has been celebrated and mourned by generations of fans. If you love the Red Sox, you'll find hours of challenging trivia in this book. Packed with text and information, it includes: *A history of the Red Sox from their origins to the present * Trvia questions designed to test... Little-known facts, statistics, stories, quotes, nicknames, all-time leaders, rosters, puzzles, and more from over one hundred years of Red Sox his... |
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84,55 zł |
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A Mathematician at the Ballpark: Odds and Probabilities for Baseball Fans
ISBN: 9780452287822 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In "A Mathematician at the Ballpark," professor Ken Ross reveals the math behind the stats. This lively and accessible book shows baseball fans how to harness the power of made predictions and better understand the game. Using real-world examples from historical and modern-day teams, Ross shows:
Why on-base and slugging percentages are more important than batting averages How professional odds makers predict the length of a seven-game series How to use mathematics to make smarter bets "A Mathematician at the Ballpark" is the perfect guide to the science of probability for... In "A Mathematician at the Ballpark," professor Ken Ross reveals the math behind the stats. This lively and accessible book shows baseball fans how to...
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92,23 zł |
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Major League Baseball's Greatest 150 Individual Pitching Seasons: 100 Years of the Best 1900-1999
ISBN: 9780595188093 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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76,67 zł |
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Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game
ISBN: 9780618056699 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. You'll never watch baseball the same way again.
A timeless baseball classic and a must read for any fan worthy of the name, Nine Innings dissects a single baseball game played in June 1982 -- inning by inning, play by play. Daniel Okrent, a seasoned writer and lifelong fan, chose as his subject a Milwaukee Brewers<endash>Baltimore Orioles matchup, though it could have been any game, because, as Okrent reveals, the essence of baseball, no matter where or when it's played, has been and will always be the same. In this particular moment of baseball history you will... You'll never watch baseball the same way again.
A timeless baseball classic and a must read for any fan worthy of the name, Nine Innings dissects ... |
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72,98 zł |
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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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282,91 zł |
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The National Association of Base Ball Players, 1857-1870
ISBN: 9780786407798 / Angielski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Before the onset of professional baseball, there existed a myriad of teams and players going back to the 1840s. This book provides complete team statistics, game scores and batting and pitching statistics for these teams and players.
Before the onset of professional baseball, there existed a myriad of teams and players going back to the 1840s. This book provides complete team stati...
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275,04 zł |
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The 25 Greatest Baseball Teams of the 20th Century Ranked
ISBN: 9780786409259 / Angielski / Twarda / 261 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What was the greatest baseball team of the 20th century? Was it the 1906 Cubs? Or the 1998 Yankees? There were many great teams, and the authors have a compiled a choice of their own personal selection.
What was the greatest baseball team of the 20th century? Was it the 1906 Cubs? Or the 1998 Yankees? There were many great teams, and the authors have ...
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167,43 zł |
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The Iron Men of Baseball: Major League Leaders in Consecutive Games Played, 1876-2005
ISBN: 9780786424313 / Angielski / Miękka / 291 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Cal Ripken, Jr., voluntarily ended his streak of consecutive games played in September 1998, it marked his first day off in more than 16 years. Millions of Americans took note. Having surpassed Lou Gehrig's record 2,130 games played some three years before, Ripken was now popularly known as baseball's "Iron Man," a nickname that recalled Gehrig ("The Iron Horse") and celebrated Ripken as an icon of the great American work ethic. Since the advent of the National League, 124 men have held the distinction of being the active, major league leader in consecutive games played. This...
When Cal Ripken, Jr., voluntarily ended his streak of consecutive games played in September 1998, it marked his first day off in more than 16 years. M...
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221,24 zł |
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Minor League All-Star Teams, 1922-1962: Rosters, Statistics and Commentary
ISBN: 9780786426522 / Angielski / Miękka / 584 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Long before strip malls, television and huge retail chains homogenized American culture, minor league baseball clubs represented individual, local ideals. Fans turned out in droves to see their hometown heroes, and teams were sources of civic pride and popular recreation. Gradually, these teams and leagues were either driven under or swallowed up by baseball's vertical integration, and by 1963 a significant piece of the American landscape had all but disappeared. This heavily researched reference work covers every official minor league All-Star team from 1922 (when the first such team was...
Long before strip malls, television and huge retail chains homogenized American culture, minor league baseball clubs represented individual, local ide...
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409,82 zł |
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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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326,81 zł |
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Baseball with an Opinion
ISBN: 9781598245035 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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72,95 zł |
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Chasing Baseball: Our Obsession with Its History, Numbers, People and Places
ISBN: 9780786442898 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite worries about baseball's decline, interest in memorabilia, fantasy baseball, exhibits, and the games themselves indicate the sport is surviving steroid scandals, negative publicity, and the perception that the game is more nostalgia than a part of current popular culture. This book shows no sport elicits the passion that baseball does.
Despite worries about baseball's decline, interest in memorabilia, fantasy baseball, exhibits, and the games themselves indicate the sport is survivin...
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167,43 zł |
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Perfect: Don Larsen's Miraculous World Series Game and the Men Who Made It Happen
ISBN: 9780451231239 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -Perfect captures our hearts as it carries us back to the golden age of baseball and the more innocent world of the 1950s.---Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning Author of The Bully Pulpit
On October 8, 1956, New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen took the mound for game five of the World Series against the rival Brooklyn Dodgers. In an improbable performance that the New York Times called -the greatest moment in the history of the Fall Classic, - Larsen, an otherwise mediocre journeyman pitcher, retired twenty-seven straight Dodger batters to... -Perfect captures our hearts as it carries us back to the golden age of baseball and the more innocent world of the 1950s.---Doris Kearns Go...
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92,23 zł |
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Game-Day Youth: Learning Basketball's Lingo (Game-Day Youth Sports Series)
ISBN: 9781450760553 / Angielski / Miękka / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Millions watch basketball games at gyms, arenas, or on TV. Others listen to games on the radio. Youths play the game in gyms and schoolyards, getting great exercise, working on their skills, and attending practices to learn more about a fantastic and fun team sport. Whether you recently signed up for the basketball team, watch a brother or sister play, or want to learn more about this game, this book is for you. Simple text, clear illustrations of the court and its markings, drawings of where the players play on the court, and pictures of the official's signals will help you know more about...
Millions watch basketball games at gyms, arenas, or on TV. Others listen to games on the radio. Youths play the game in gyms and schoolyards, getting ...
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47,30 zł |
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The Jackson Generals: Minor League Baseball in Jackson, Tennessee
ISBN: 9780967125176 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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92,00 zł |
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Errors and Fouls: Inside Baseball's Ninety-Nine Most Popular Myths
ISBN: 9781612345604 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Baseball is the most storied of American sports, but not all the stories are true. Likewise, most baseball traditions are wonderful. But not all of them. The game s most basic elements have often been misrepresented, misunderstood, and misremembered through the years. All along, fiction has coexisted with fact, hyperbole has mixed with history, and exaggeration has been mistaken for explanation. Meanwhile, baseball s yen for tradition has left many fans and even baseball commentators unduly attached to stale ways of thinking. In Errors and Fouls, Peter Handrinos breaks from the past...
Baseball is the most storied of American sports, but not all the stories are true. Likewise, most baseball traditions are wonderful. But not all of th...
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95,89 zł |
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Baseball for the Utterly Confused
ISBN: 9780071634748 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Play Ball
Everything baseball--from the popular Utterly Confused Series What's a foul ball? Peppered with big league interviews and examples, Baseball for the Utterly Confused cuts through the jargon and history to deliver a complete guide to everything baseball. From little league to the majors, this informative guide brings the most casual fan up to... Play Ball
Everything baseball--from the popular Utterly Confused Series What's a foul ball? |
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96,08 zł |
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Touching All the Bases: Baseball in 101 Fascinating Stories
ISBN: 9780810885523 / Angielski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Around 1863, William "Candy" Cummings discovered he could make clamshells curve when thrown--a skill he transferred to baseball as a pitcher for the New York Excelsiors. In 1869, the Cincinnati Red Stockings became the first team in baseball to place all of their players on salary. And in 1945, the St. Louis Browns recruited a one-armed outfielder to the majors. These stories and much more are brought to life in Touching All the Bases: Baseball in 101 Fascinating Stories, an all-encompassing look at the game of baseball. Past to present, this book covers the sport in its entirety, from its...
Around 1863, William "Candy" Cummings discovered he could make clamshells curve when thrown--a skill he transferred to baseball as a pitcher for the N...
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445,48 zł |
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Big Data Baseball: Math, Miracles, and the End of a 20-Year Losing Streak
ISBN: 9781250094254 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "New York Times "Bestseller After twenty consecutive losing seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates, team morale was low, the club s payroll ranked near the bottom of the sport, game attendance was down, and the city was becoming increasingly disenchanted with its team. "Big Data Baseball "is the story of how the 2013 Pirates, mired in the longest losing streak in North American pro sports history, adopted drastic big-data strategies to end the drought, make the playoffs, and turn around the franchise s fortunes. "Big Data Baseball "is" Moneyball "for a new generation. Award-winning... "New York Times "Bestseller After twenty consecutive losing seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates, team morale was low, the club s payroll ranked ne... |
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76,82 zł |
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