books about: baseball     books:       Loose Balls37 reviews Terry Pluto Simon & Schuster, 1991 Amazon, Pair This Book Up With "Going Long" If Amazon was really on the ball, they would pair this book together with "Going Long," the book about the old AFL - both are entertaining, hilarious at times, and just great reads - you start to see a connection between the leagues in a way, the startup antics, the dubious franchises, and the hilarious happenings. If you are a sports fan or not, you have to get this book - it is hilarious and ...             Joe Dimaggio : The Promise41 reviews Joe Carrieri Carlyn Publications, 2000 A COMPSSIONATE DIMAGGIO I HAVE BEEN READING SOME NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT DIMAGGIO AND THAT MAKES ME MAD. THESE INSIDE WRITINGS SHOULD BE BETTER LEFT UNSAID. WHAT RIGHT DOES A WRITER HAVE TO REVEAL THE INNER MOST SECRETS OF A PERSON BE HE BEGGAR KING. IT IS NOBODIES BUSINESS TO READ THAT DIMAGGIO WAS GREEDY OR CHEAP.THAT IS WHY I LIKED THE PROMISE. IT DESCRIBED A GREAT BASEBALL PLAYER WHO SYMBOLIZED GRACE AND ...             Jackie & Me49 reviews HarperCollins e-books, 2008 Things I Loved About and Learned From This Book The book Jackie & Me puts historical fiction with fantasy to make a fantastic story. The story begins and ends in Louisville, KY in modern times. However, most of it takes place in Brooklyn, NY in 1947, when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. Obviously, the historical fiction part of the book is in Brooklyn on the baseball field. The fantasy part of the book is where Joe, a 13 year old ...             The Time Keeper100 reviews Kevin E. Cropp Copper Press, 2005 Great Read Growing up in Fayetteville and playing baseball with Kevin this was a story that really moved me. I got the book Christmas morning, and finished it Christmas night. I am not an avid reader, and my wife couldnt believe how much I enjoyed the story. I am looking forward to the sequel, and all other books that Kevin writes.             The Forsaken: From the Great Depression to the Gulags, Hope and Betrayal in Stalin's Russia54 reviews Tim Tzouliadis Little Brown and Company, 2008 A very important book. This is the most important book I have read in some time. I say this with no exaggeration or hyperbole. It has been some time since I read a book that has opened my eyes to a world of which I was completely unaware. I won't reiterate the book's contents, there are plenty of reviews here that will do that. I'll just tell you my opinion. When I was a teenager, I got a copy of "Deathbird ...             Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back65 reviews FaithWords, 2008 A Message of Hope Fame and fortune can be an insidious beast. We see it all the time; from Hollywood to New York City and all points in between. Becoming rich and famous has its perks; it also has its perils. For those suddenly thrust into the spotlight, with too much money for their own good, it's easy to get just about anything under the sun - including practically any illegal drug imaginable. Josh ...             Glory of Their Times84 reviews Lawrence S. Ritter Collier Macmillan Ltd, 1971 The Glory of Their Times - Simply Wonderful Mickey Mantle said he never understood why grown men idolized him and why they would cry at times when they met him. I'm sure he knew why. Because baseball, the game of our youth, and the men who played it, take us back to that wonderful, simple time like nothing else. As our lives fly by baseball can always instantly transport us back to those carefree days. The Glory of Their Times does that ...             The Soul of Baseball46 reviews HarperCollins e-books, 2008 Review for "The Soul of Baseball" I first became aware of Buck O'Neil through the Ken Burns series on baseball. Buck stole the show. He was such a wonderful, charming, delightful person. This book does an outstanding job of showing that side of Buck. Posnanski trailed Buck for a full year as Buck traveled around America and promoted baseball in general and the memory of the old Negro Leagues in particular. It's full of ...             If I Never Get Back57 reviews Darryl Brock Crown, 1989 The Boys Of Summer...Summer Of 1869 That Is.... "If I Never Get Back" by Darryl Brock has something enjoyable for everybody. It's a historical novel with adventure,danger,action,humor,fantasy and romance, but will be especially loved by those who love time travel and baseball(and train enthusiasts as well). You'll go back in time and escape to a time with no electricity,phones, credit cards, TV, radio or cars, but in the just post civil war ...             The Science of Hitting70 reviews Ted Williams, John Underwood, 2008 THE BIBLE OF BASEBALL HITTING SECRETS THIS BOOK IS A CLASSIC, WRITTEN BY THE MASTER HIMSELF, TED WILLIAMS. MY HUSBAND WAS IN THE PROS IN THE EARLY 70'S. THIS BOOK WAS THE MAJOR INFLUENCE IN HIS HITTING CAREER, AND THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES BY WHICH HE FOLLOWED TO GIVE HIMSELF AN OVERALL HITTING AVERAGE OF .360 FOR HIS JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS AT USC UNDER COACH ROD DEDEAUX (WITH WOOD BATS!) MY HUSBAND IS NOW A BASEBALL COACH, ...             Yankee for Life29 reviews HarperCollins e-books, 2008 Reading About Bobby Murcer:My Youth Revisited! This was a very hard book to read, as I knew from page one what Bobby Murcer's fate would be from his inoperable brain tumor. I had this same feeling of "gloom and doom" when I read Tug McGraw's memoir, published posthumously. Ya Gotta Believe!: My Roller-Coaster Life as a Screwball Pitcher and Part-Time Father, and My Hope-Filled Fight Against Brain Cancer Similar to Tug's book, there is a ...             Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season33 reviews Jonathan Eig Tantor Media, 2007 one of the great books on baseball or civil rights Over 30+ years, I've read *many* books on baseball. This is one of the very best. It is rare anymore that I learn many new things from baseball books. This book, however, contained a number of interesting and new-to-me details about Jackie Robinson and the story of his integration of baseball. Besides those bonuses, the book is well-written and honest. This story is very important not only to ...             A Yankee Century: A Celebration Of The First Hundred Years Of Baseball's37 reviews Harvey Frommer Berkley Trade, 2003 How about that, folks? In the northeast, the winter of 2003-2004 will be remembered as one of the snowiest, iciest, coldest and dreariest in recent memory. A YANKEE CENTURY was the perfect cure for those miserable days. Filled with the baseball history that took place on the sun-drenched field of Yankee Stadium, Harvey Frommer has provided us Yankee [and most baseball] fans with a warm nostalgia and a good feeling for ...             Shoeless Joe & Me33 reviews HarperCollins e-books, 2008 Great Time-Travel Book Shoeless Joe and Me is one of my favorite books! The book is about a kid who can Time-Travel by using Baseball Cards. He tries to go back in time to stop the Black Sox Scandal. The Black Sox Scandal was when 8 players on the White Sox were tricked by gamblers into losing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds on purpose. Even if you don't like Baseball, I'm sure you will love this ...             The 33-Year-Old Rookie [With Earbuds] (Playaway Adult Nonfiction)28 reviews Chris Coste Playaway, 2008 Good on you mate! Chris Coste played baseball as a perennial underdog. Yet his desire to be the best he could be took him all the way to the Major Leagues, and a World Series victory. It is the Australian way to always cheer for the underdog, and I clapped for Chris the whole way through the book. We can all apply the principle of his outstanding dedication to our own lives, and who knows a promotion in the ...             New York Yankees: An Interactive Guide to the World of Sports (Sports by the Numbers)29 reviews Daniel J. Brush, David Horne, ... Savas Beatie, 2008 Outstanding! A great gift for any baseball fan. I loved this book. I could not put it down at night. This book is the perfect bedside or coffee table reading material. New York Yankees: An Interactive Guide to the World of Sports has a huge collection of interesting data about the entire New york Yankees history. But not only does it include numbers (as in Sports by the Numbers -the authors trade marked series of books) but it also has ...             Now Pitching for the Yankees: Spinning the News for Mickey, Billy and George31 reviews Marty Appel SportClassic Books, 2003 From Big Bad Baseball Website Posted 5:49 p.m., December 12, 2001 - Bruce M. If I may add another book to the list. The best baseball book that I've read this calendar year is Marty Appel's Now Pitching for the Yankees. Marty worked in the Yankees' public relations department from 1968 to 1977, and shares loads of funny and insightful stories about the CBS Yankees and the Yankees of the Steinbrenner Era. The book is ...             Fred Claire: My 30 Years in Dodger Blue33 reviews Fred Claire Sports Publishing LLC, 2004 Dodger Train wreck If you want to get the truth behind the Fox take over and resulting train wreck the legendary team found themseleves in read this book. Like Jack Webb said "The facts ma'am just the facts".             Baseline Selling - How to Become a Sales Superstar by Using What You Already Know about the Game of Baseball34 reviews AuthorHouse, 2005 Simple and Practical This is a book that any sales person can get their arms around. Dave has clearly figured how to help us figure out why people are not getting the results they want. We have embraced Dave's principals into our training programs [...].             Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain33 reviews Marty Appel Doubleday, 2009 Thurman Munson I didn't know that Munson's father was such a horror. Explains alot about Thurman. A well done biography to be enjoyed by baseball fans and, of course, particularly fans of the Yankees. Recommended              search for books 33-year-old, already, baseball, baseline, betrayal, captain, celebration, century, depression, dimaggio, earbuds, finding, forsaken, hitting, hundred, interactive, nonfiction, numbers, opening, pitching, playaway, promise, robinson, science, selling, shoeless, spinning, strength, superstar, yankees books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen VHS: Wheels of Terror [VHS] home  impressum - about us