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Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xxii, 377 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Posnanski writes of major moments that created legends, and of forgotten moments almost lost to time. It's Willie Mays's catch, Babe Ruth's called shot, and Kirk Gibson's limping home run; the slickest steals; the biggest bombs; and the most triumphant no-hitters. But these are also moments raw with the humanity of the game, the unheralded heroes, the mesmerizing mistakes drenched in pine tar, and every story, from the immortal to the obscure, is...
Author
Language
English
Description
Babe Ruth was baseball's original superstar. Now Montville brings readers an intimate, revelatory portrait of the most legendary player in baseball history that includes newly discovered documents and interviews and information from Ruth's own personal scrapbooks. It traces Ruth's childhood in an orphanage, his entrance into professional baseball, from Boston to New York, and into the record books.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The true story of Effa Manley, the first and only woman in the Baseball Hall of Fame, and her ownership role in the Negro Leagues leading up to the integration of Major League Baseball"--
Before Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947, Black athletes played in the Negro Leagues, on teams coached by Black managers, cheered on by Black fans. Those leagues owed their existence and success to savvy businesspeople like Effa...
9) Fastball
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hank Aaron and Derek Jeter, with Kevin Costner narrating, lead a cast of baseball legends and scientists who explore the magic within the 396 milliseconds it takes a fastball to reach home plate, and decipher who threw the fastest pitch ever. --Container.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 310 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From Babe Ruth's famous called shot, to Jackie Robinson stealing home, to Carlton Fisk hitting the foul pole, Kirk Gibson limping around the bases, to Blake Snell being pulled in the 2020 Series, the sport's most iconic moments have happened in October. There's no one better to bring this rich history to life than New York Times national baseball columnist Tyler Kepner, whose bestselling history of pitching, K, was lauded as "like Michelangelo explaining...
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