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The best American sports writing 2008 (Best American series)
Par Glenn Stout. 2008
Twenty-nine diverse selections from print and online journals. Includes John Brant's "Following Terry Fox," an account of a young athlete…
who, despite having lost one leg to cancer, attempted to run across Canada, and Paul Solotaroff's "Casualties of the NFL," an exploration of the plight of injured ex-football players. 2008100 questions & answers about macular degeneration
Par Jeffrey S Heier, Jeffrey Heier. 2010
A retina specialist answers questions about the causes, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of age-related wet and dry macular degeneration.…
Includes patient commentary and discusses the future possibilities of research trials. 2010Touching bases with our memories: the players who made the Minnesota Twins, 1961 to 2001
Par Dean Urdahl. 2001
Stories of the players who played for the Twins over the last forty years. Including pictures and stats. Includes Tony…
Oliva, Harmon Killebrew, Kent Hrbek, Kirby Puckett, Gary Gaetti, and many others. With many stories never before told. For junior and senior high. UnratedThe meaning of Nolan Ryan
Par Nick Trujillo. 1994
Baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan retired after the 1993 season. His legacy is unmatched: 300 wins, 5,000 strikeouts, and a 27-year…
career throwing 90-miles-per-hour fastballs. No other pitcher in major-league history can boast a comparable record. Trujillo, a communications professor and former college pitcher, examines Ryan's impact on baseball and society as a hero and role model. For many years, Ryan pitched in relative obscurity, registering consistent but unspectacular numbers and playing for mediocre teams. Only in his last 10 years did the country take note of his career. Ryan is self-effacing, humble, hardworking, conservative, happily married, and an off-season rancher. Trujillo examines Madison Avenue's use of those traits and how Ryan became just another image rather than the hero he should have been. He also analyzes Ryan's portrayal in the media and discusses the ease with which a person can move from celebrity to hero to image to parody. A thought-provoking look at our national hunger for disposable heroes. 1994Willie Wells: "El Diablo" of the Negro Leagues
Par Bob Luke. 2007
Willie Wells was arguably the best shortstop of his generation, yet few people have heard of the feisty baseball player…
nicknamed "El Diablo." Wells was black, and he played long before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier in a career that lasted thirty years. Luke details how the lingering effects of segregation hindered black players long after the policy officially ended. Fortunately, Wells had the talent and tenacity to take on anything--from segregation to fast balls. 2007Sam Rice: a biography of the Washington Senators hall of famer
Par Jeff Carroll. 2007
In the history of sports, few comeback stories compare to that of Edgar Charles Rice better known as "Sam." Away…
from home, trying out for a low-level minor league team, Sam Rice received a telegram on an April morning that would turn his world upside down: his wife, mother, both of his children and two younger siblings had been killed by a tornado. A few days later, his father died from injuries suffered in the tornado, as well. In this moving biography, Jeff Carroll explores the great achievement and tragedy of a Hall of Fame outfielder and Washington Senators favoriteBaseball is
Par Louise Borden, Raúl Colón. 2014
The ultimate celebration of an all-American sport, this picture book captures the joy and the history of baseball--and knocks it…
out of the park! Don't wait for Opening Day to start your baseball season! Crack open Baseball Is_ and revel in the fun of this all-American game! Perfect for the stats-counting superfan and the brand-new little leaguer, Baseball Is_ captures the spirit of this cherished pastime, honoring its legendary past, and eagerly anticipating the future of the sport that is "stitched into our history." 2014. For grades 2-4A collection of memories from California native Dusty Baker begins with a description of how his mom financed his trip…
to the first Monterey Music Festival and goes on from there to reminisce about his life in professional baseball and how it was intertwined with and influenced by his music interests. 2015Ichiro on Ichiro: conversations with Narumi Komatsu
Par Philip Gabriel, Ichiro Suzuki, Ichirō Suzuki, Narumi Komatsu. 2004
In a rare and remarkable conversation, Japanese baseball star Ichiro Suzuki talks about his life, his love of baseball, and…
living in America and becoming a star of the Seattle Mariners team. 2004Holy cow!
Par Bob Verdi, Harry Caray. 1989
Andrew McCutchen (Baseball's Greatest Stars)
Par Matt Scheff. 2016
Lou: fifty years of kicking dirt, playing hard, and winning big in the sweet spot of baseball
Par Bill Madden, Lou Piniella. 2018
Lou Piniella is a baseball legend. He distinguished himself as player with the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees.…
As a manager he won the World Series with the Cincinnati Reds. He also managed the Yankees, the Seattle Mariners, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and Chicago Cubs. Some strong languageCrack of the bat: the Louisville Slugger story (Sports Masters Bk.)
Par Bob Hill. 2000
A comprehensive and entertaining look at the most famous icon in the history of baseball-- the "Louisville Slugger". The Hillerich…
family began making bats in a small woodshop in the 1880s and continues to do so five generations later as the Hillerich & Bradsby Company. Includes the evolution of bats from pioneer wagon tongues to the sleek aluminum models of today, how they are made, the physics of hitting, and the strong attachment of players for their bats. 2000Getting open: the unknown story of Bill Garrett and the integration of college basketball
Par Tom Graham, Rachel Graham Cody. 2006
Bill Garrett was the Jackie Robinson of college basketball, even if today he's mostly remembered only by dedicated Hoosier hoops…
fans. Because Indiana was as racially intolerant as the South during the early 20th century, it wasn't surprising that although Garrett had led his small town's underdog team to the 1947 state high school championship, he couldn't play for Indiana University, which followed the Big Ten schools' " 'gentleman's agreement' not to recruit or play blacks." But during the postwar civil rights movement, IU's administration was pressured to accept Garrett on the team. Invariably calm and courteous, no matter how many players taunted him or hotels refused to give him a room on the road, Garrett played at IU from 1948 to 1951 and on the night of his last game was given a roaring ovationMickey Mantle: the Commerce Comet
Par Jonah Winter, C. F. Payne. 2017
Joe E. Brown: film comedian and baseball buffoon
Par Wes D. Gehring. 2006
As a young boy in the depths of the 1890s depression, Joe E. Brown had a job: making faces at…
the firemen on passing coal-burning trains so they would throw coal at him. As a child he also worked as a circus acrobat and newsboy. His inventiveness and spunk helped his family get through hard times but also fueled his fascination with entertainment, and he built up a repertoire of rubber-faced expressions and funny antics that would make his stage and screen work memorable. Baseball was a favorite pursuit in his life and thus a recurring theme in his films and skits. In this biography--the first on one of the top film comedians of the 1930--the reader learns of Joe's challenging childhood and how it prepared him for later screen roles, and how his love of baseball translated into screen successes. His early career in vaudeville is discussed, his work as a Broadway comedian in the Roaring Twenties, his road to movie stardom, and how he parlayed his love of sports into big hits like 1930s Elmer the Great. The year 1935 gets its own chapter; its films are considered the pinnacle of Brown's career, including Alibi Ike, Bright Lights and A Midsummer Nights Dream. The final chapters reveal what happened after he left Warner Bros., including the bittersweet 1940s, when he entertained troops around the globe while mourning a son lost to the war. The book concludes with a comprehensive filmography of his features from 1928 to 1963Ain't the beer cold!
Par Chuck Thompson. 2002
From 33rd Street to Camden Yards: an oral history of the Baltimore Orioles
Par John Eisenberg. 2001
The winningest baseball franchise from 1960-1997, the Orioles are a beloved team that encompasses each of the game's major issues…
of the last half century: integration, free agency, drugs, labor strikes and runaway salaries. Baltimore Sun columnist John Eisenberg brings to life the epic saga of this amazing team through the recollections of those who were there: the players, managers, coaches and owners. UnratedSummer of '68: the season that changed baseball-- and America-- forever
Par Tim Wendel. 2012
In Summer of '68, Tim Wendel takes us on a wild ride through a season that saw pitching legends set…
new standards for excellence, baseball set against the backdrop of one of the most divisive and turbulent years in American history. In Detroit--which had burned just the summer before during one of the worst riots in American history--'68 found the city rallying together behind a colorful Tigers team led by Denny McLain, Mickey Lolich, Willie Horton, and Al Kaline. A 2013 Michigan Notable bookTrue crime in Depression-era Detroit involving athletes, criminals, industrialists, a priest, two future presidents, and a Klan-like group called the…
Black Legion. Violence and strong language. A 2017 Michigan Notable book. 2016. Strong language and violence