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Yao: a life in two worlds
Par Ming Yao, Yao Ming, Ric Bucher. 2004
Autobiography of the Houston Rockets' seven feet six inches tall basketball player from Shanghai, China. Yao Ming describes his early…
career at home, his 2002 adaptation to the NBA's style of play, and cultural differences between East and West. Introduction by coauthor Ric Bucher. 2004Luckiest man: the life and death of Lou Gehrig
Par Jonathan Eig. 2005
Reporter uses archives, interviews, and letters to depict the man he considers the New York Yankee's "greatest" first baseman, Lou…
Gehrig (1903-1941). Covers Gehrig's upbringing as the only child of German immigrants, his fallout with teammate Babe Ruth, and his optimism while facing death from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 2005NPR commentator and Sports Illustrated writer portrays two legendary personalities from baseball's infancy and details their role in making the…
sport America's favorite pastime. Chronicles pitcher Mathewson's and manager McGraw's success in taking the New York Giants from last place to 1905 World Series victors in just three years. 2005Clemente: la pasión y el carisma del último héroe del béisbol (Atria Espanol)
Par David Maraniss. 2006
Biografía del famoso jugador de béisbol, Roberto Clemente (1934-1972). Clemente fue uno de los primeros latinos que jugaba en las…
grandes ligas, y durante muchas temporadas jugó como jardinero de los Piratas de Pittsburgh. La biografía describe su vida en Puerto Rico, su espectácular carrera, y los prejuicios que superaba. También habla de sus obras de caridad y, últimamente, de su muerte en caída de avión mientras llevaba alimientos a los víctimas de un devastador terremoto. Lenguaje injuriosoA strong right arm: the story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson
Par Michelle Y. Green, Kadir Nelson. 2002
Mamie Johnson recalls her playing days, stating she was one of three women to play professional baseball in the Negro…
Leagues. Depicts Johnson's overcoming racism and sexism in 1948 to pitch at age twelve for an all-white boys' team and at eighteen for the Indianapolis Clowns. For grades 4-7. 2002Juiced: wild times, rampant 'roids, smash hits, and how baseball got big
Par Jose Canseco. 2005
Cuban-born former baseball player reveals his and his teammates' steroid use during his time with the Oakland Athletics and other…
clubs. Claims he "single-handedly changed the game of baseball" by introducing steroids in 1985. Details his career, the 1994 strike, racism, and his personal life. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2005Three nights in August: strategy, heartbreak, and joy, inside the mind of a manager
Par Buzz Bissinger, H. G. Bissinger. 2005
The author of Friday Night Lights (DB 32152) shadows St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa during the 2003 baseball…
season. Observations culminate in an insider's view of a three-game series with archrival Chicago Cubs. Describes the changes in the game over previous decades. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2005The ticket out: Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of Crenshaw
Par Michael Sokolove. 2004
Author of Hustle (DB 32946) provides an in-depth look at the 1979 south-central L.A. high school baseball team that produced…
professional players Darryl Strawberry, Chris Brown, and others. Details the fate of Strawberry and his teammates and the false hope sports offers poor, urban, black teens. Some strong language. 2004From the award-winning screenwriter and director of cult classic Bull Durham , the extremely entertaining behind-the-scenes story of the making…
of the film, and an insightful primer on the art and business of moviemaking. &“This book tells you how to make a movie—the whole nine innings of it—out of nothing but sheer will.&” —Tony Gilroy, writer/director of Michael Clayton and The Bourne Legacy &“ The only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the church of baseball .&” —Annie in Bull Durham Bull Durham , the breakthrough 1988 film about a minor league baseball team, is widely revered as the best sports movie of all time. But back in 1987, Ron Shelton was a first-time director and no one was willing to finance a movie about baseball—especially a story set in the minors. The jury was still out on Kevin Costner&’s leading-man potential, while Susan Sarandon was already a has-been. There were doubts. But something miraculous happened, and The Church of Baseball attempts to capture why. From organizing a baseball camp for the actors and rewriting key scenes while on set, to dealing with a short production schedule and overcoming the challenge of filming the sport, Shelton brings to life the making of this beloved American movie. Shelton explains the rarely revealed ins and outs of moviemaking, from a film&’s inception and financing, screenwriting, casting, the nuts and bolts of directing, the postproduction process, and even through its release. But this is also a book about baseball and its singular romance in the world of sports. Shelton spent six years in the minor leagues before making this film, and his experiences resonate throughout this book. Full of wry humor and insight, The Church of Baseball tells the remarkable story behind an iconic film.  Autumn glory: baseball's first World Series
Par Louis P. Masur, Louis P Masur. 2003
Recreates the 1903 postseason play-off between teams in the rival American and National leagues--the Boston Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates--that…
marked the birth of baseball as a modern sport and pastime. Details each game of the World Series, described by one participant fifty years later as "the wildest...ever played." 2003Home run: The Best Writing About Baseball's Most Exciting Moment
Par Robert Burleigh, George Plimpton, Mike Wimmer. 2001
An anthology of writings about baseball's peak moment. Includes an excerpt from Bernard Malamud's The Natural (DB 58059) and from…
works by Paul Gallico, John Updike, Red Smith, Roger Angell, and others. The editor, who also contributes, introduces each of eighteen selections. 2001Faithful: two diehard Boston Red Sox fans chronicle the historic 2004 season
Par Stephen King, Stewart O'Nan. 2004
Two bestselling novelists follow their beloved underdog Red Sox through the 2004 season culminating in the team's pennant win over…
the hated rival N.Y. Yankees and subsequent World Series victory. The writers conversed by e-mail, O'Nan offering play-by-play analysis and King commenting on personalities and performances. Strong language. Bestseller. 2004I never had it made: an autobiography of Jackie Robinson
Par Jackie Robinson, Alfred Duckett. 1995
Baseball legend's account of his triumphs and tragedies on the road to becoming the first African American to play major…
league baseball. Descended from slaves and sharecroppers, Robinson recalls struggling to overcome racial barriers before and after his 1947 debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Introduction by Hank Aaron. 1995Game time: a baseball companion
Par Roger Angell, Steve Kettmann. 2003
Sportswriter Steve Kettmann compiles his favorite Roger Angell baseball essays, spanning 1962-2002. The pieces profile players such as Willie Mays,…
Bob Gibson, Pete Rose, and David Cone, as well as the various teams and spring training camps that he's studied. Introduction by Richard Ford. 2003Barry Bonds: baseball's superman
Par Steven Travers. 2002
Sports columnist and former professional baseball player examines the life and character of San Francisco Giant Barry Bonds, a four-time…
winner of the Most Valuable Player award who broke the single-season home run record in 2001. Travers chronicles Bonds's life and sometimes controversial but illustrious career. Foreword by actor Charlie Sheen. 2002Who is baseball's greatest pitcher?
Par Jeff Kisseloff. 2003
Kisseloff compares statistics for thirty-three of baseball's greatest starting pitchers and invites the reader to decide who is the best.…
Companion to Who Is Baseball's Greatest Hitter? (DB 50693). For grades 5-8. 2003Béisbol!: Latino baseball pioneers and legends
Par Jonah Winter. 2001
Brief sketches of fourteen Latin American baseball players who were active in the sport from 1900 to 1960 and who…
pioneered the game in their own countries and in the United States. Includes profiles of José Méndez, Luis Tiant, Bobby Avila, Minnie Miñoso, Roberto Clemente, Juan Marichal, and Felipe Alou. For grades 3-6. 2001Me and my dad: a baseball memoir
Par Paul O'Neill, Burton Rocks. 2003
Autobiography by former New York Yankee Paul O'Neill saluting his late father, Charles "Chick" O'Neill, as childhood idol, lifelong teacher,…
coach, and best friend. The Ohio native recalls his family, career, and bond with his father, who viewed baseball as "a way of life, a set of rules and philosophies, challenges and opportunities." 2003Going the other way: lessons from a life in and out of major-league baseball
Par Chris Bull, Billy Bean. 2003
Memoir of openly gay former major-league baseball player Billy Bean. He chronicles his road to the majors and personal struggles…
along the way, which ultimately forced him to choose between playing in secrecy and isolation the game he loved, or following his heart. 2003My prison without bars
Par Pete Rose, Rick Hill. 2004
Autobiography by former Cincinnati Reds baseball star banned from the sport in 1989 after gambling allegations. Rose describes his rise…
to fame as a record-breaking hitter and team manager, five-month prison stay for tax evasion, and bid in 2002 for reinstatement to baseball by admitting bets on his team. Strong language. Bestseller. 2004