Most baseball players will never reach the major leagues. While many that do stay there for a long time, there are a select few that played in just one major league game. The Cup of Coffee Club tells the stories of eleven of these players and their struggles to reach the major leagues, as well as their struggles to get back.
The Ultimate Boston Red Sox Time Machine presents a timeline format that not only includes the Red Sox's greatest moments-including its nine World Series wins and individual achievements-but focuses also on some very unusual seasons and events, such as the refusal of the New York Yankees to go up against them in the 1904 World Series, the ......
Unassisted Triple Plays, 40/40 Seasons, and the Stories Behind Basebal
The Immaculate Inning shines a light on the miracle of baseball's endless possibility-the way that on any given day, someone (maybe a star, or maybe a scrub) could perform the rarest of single-game feats or cap off a seemingly unobtainable chase for a record. Covering a selection of the most unusual, significant, and rare feats in baseball ......
This book profiles minor league legends from baseball's golden era, as well as many unknown players and gifted storytellers. Newspaper and magazine stories are interwoven with comments gleaned from some 200 player interviews, many of them dating back to the 1970s, creating a colorful tapestry of baseball and the times.
Strike Four traces the development of all aspects of baseball and explains why these changes occurred and their consequences. It is the first book to provide a comprehensive narrative of how baseball evolved from an informal folk game to the game we see today played in ballparks across the U.S. and around the world.
The pastime from its origins to analytics, now in an updated new edition
Long celebrated as a classic, Baseball returns in a new fourth edition that follows the game from its murky origins to the current era of unprecedented prosperity.
Benjamin G. Rader updates the text with a portrait of ......
The pastime from its origins to analytics, now in an updated new edition
Long celebrated as a classic, Baseball returns in a new fourth edition that follows the game from its murky origins to the current era of unprecedented prosperity.
Benjamin G. Rader updates the text with a portrait of ......
Sports historian Robert W. Cohen has chosen and profiles the on-field exploits of the 50 best players to ever wear the Boston Red Sox uniform. Chances are you'll find your favorite player here.
This book provides richly detailed profiles of the greatest Latino baseball players in Major League Baseball history, both past and present. Full of colorful anecdotes and inspiring stories, it offers an in-depth look at the influence of Latino players on baseball in the United States.