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All Roads Lead to October

Boss Steinbrenner's 25-Year Reign over the New York Yankees

Maury Allen St. Martin's Paperbacks

For three decades brash Yankee owner, George Steinbrenner and his team have grabbed headlines, signed superstars, gotten into fights, changed managers, won and...

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Eight Men Out

The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series

Eliot Asinof; Introduction by Stephen Jay Gould Holt Paperbacks

The headlines proclaimed the 1919 fix of the World Series and attempted cover-up as "the most gigantic sporting swindle in the history of America!" First...

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Clearing the Bases

The Greatest Baseball Debates of the Last Century

Allen Barra; Foreword by Bob Costas St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books

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...

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Trade Paperback : $13.95 Buy	Brushbacks and Knockdowns The Greatest Baseball Debates of Two Centuries Allen Barra St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books Allen Barra is back with Brushbacks and Knockdowns, his newest retrospective of baseball history and folklore. Risking barroom riots, his essays question, “Who...

Trade Paperback : $17.99 Buy	Smart Baseball Inside the Mind of Baseball's Top Players Buddy Bell and Neal Vahle with David, Mike, and Rick Bell St. Martin's Griffin What goes on in a baseball player's mind is critical to the outcome of the game. Since most major leaguers are in peak physical condition, the difference...

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Clubhouse Confidential

A Yankee Bat Boy's Insider Tale of Wild Nights, Gambling, and Good Times with Modern Baseball's Greatest Team

Luis "Squeegee" Castillo with William Cane St. Martin's Press

The explosive, inside story of Yankees players and managers by a bat boy who saw it all You are invited to come behind the closed doors of the Yankees’...

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Big Hair and Plastic Grass

A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s

Dan Epstein St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books

This cult hit crosses The Bronx Is Burning with Chuck Klosterman to deliver a wild pop-culture history of baseball's most colorful and controversial...

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The Book on The Book

An Inquiry into Which Strategies in the Modern Game Actually Work

Bill Felber St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books

“Picking up where Michael Lewis left off in Moneyball, he addresses the central questions of risk, reward, and value---on the field and off---and reveals what...

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Mass Market Paperbound : $5.99 Buy	Derek Jeter Pride Of The Yankees Patrick Giles St. Martin's Paperbacks Derek Jeter-the Yankees shortstop who isn't short on talent, looks, or heart. Though he's only 24, many of his teammates describe Derek Jeter as a baseball...

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The Game from Where I Stand

From Batting Practice to the Clubhouse to the Best Breakfast on the Road, an Inside View of a Ballplayer's Life

Doug Glanville St. Martin's Griffin

"Filled with sharp insights, keen observations, and great stories, his book is championship caliber." —The Philadelphia Inquirer Doug Glanville, a former...

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Wrigleyville

A Magical History Tour of the Chicago Cubs

Peter Golenbock St. Martin's Griffin

For celebrated sportwriter Peter Golenbock, Wrigleyville is a symbol of America's fidelity to its greatest sport. As he did with classics of sports...

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Trade Paperback : $23.99 Buy	Amazin' The Miraculous History of New York's Most Beloved Baseball Team Peter Golenbock St. Martin's Griffin From Tom Seaver to Gary Carter, Ron Swoboda to Al Leiter, from the team's inception to the current day, the New York Mets' road to success has been a rutted...

Trade Paperback : $13.95 Buy	Tony Gwynn's Total Baseball Player Tony Gwynn St. Martin's Griffin

Trade Paperback : $13.00 Buy	Fathers Playing Catch with Sons Essays on Sport (Mostly Baseball) Donald Hall North Point Press In the pantheon of great sports literature, not a few poets have tried their hand at paying tribute to their love affair with the game -- Walt Whitman,...

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Planet of the Umps

A Baseball Life from Behind the Plate

Ken Kaiser and David Fisher St. Martin's Paperbacks

In this hysterical autobiography, Major League Baseball umpire Ken Kaiser brings to life his twenty-five years on the baseball diamond.

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Who Is Baseball's Greatest Hitter?

Jeff Kisseloff Henry Holt and Co.

Filled with biographical anecdotes, batting stats and historical comparisons, here is the one book young fans can use to become instant experts in baseball's...

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Bushville Wins!

The Wild Saga of the 1957 Milwaukee Braves and the Screwballs, Sluggers, and Beer Swiggers Who Canned the New York Yankees and Changed Baseball

John Klima Thomas Dunne Books

“Bushville hits the sweet spot of my childhood, the year my family moved to Wisconsin and the Braves won the World Series against the Yankees, a team my...

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Is This a Great Game, or What?

From A-Rod's Heart to Zim's Head---My 25 Years in Baseball

By ESPN's Tim Kurkjian St. Martin's Griffin

ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian has spent more than twenty-five years covering almost three thousand major league baseball games and interviewing about that many players,...

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Trade Paperback : $15.99 Buy	Ya Gotta Believe! The 40th Anniversary New York Mets Fan Book Michael Lichtenstein St. Martin's Griffin Are you a true Mets fan? Were you there when they won the 1986 World Series in the seventh game? Did you stand and cheer as the Mets demolished the St. Louis...

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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning

1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City

Jonathan Mahler Picador

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Scheduled for release in July 2007 as an ESPN original miniseries, starring John Turturro as Billy Martin, Oliver...

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Trade Paperback : $15.00 Buy	The Bronx is Burning 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City Jonathan Mahler Picador A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Scheduled for release in July 2007 as an ESPN original miniseries, starring John Turturro as Billy Martin, Oliver...

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Dynasty

The Inside Story of How the Red Sox Became a Baseball Powerhouse

Tony Massarotti; Foreword by Jason Varitek St. Martin's Griffin

A unique look at the inner workings of a major league baseball team and how the Red Sox went from perennial losers to baseball's next dynasty. When the Boston...

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Trade Paperback : $20.00 Buy	Autumn Glory Baseball's First World Series Louis P. Masur Hill and Wang A suspenseful account of the glorious days a century ago when our national madness began A post-season series of games to establish supremacy in the major...

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The Road to Omaha

Hits, Hopes, and History at the College World Series

Ryan McGee St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books

A Baseball America Top Ten Baseball Book for 2009 “The Road to Omaha doesn’t just tell you the story. It puts you in the batter’s box, a 95-mph fastball...

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