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.
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.
Lights, Camera, Fastball is a fascinating look at the Hollywood Stars, a glamour-shrouded baseball team with a star-studded fan base during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Throughout their glorious twenty-year run in the Pacific Coast League, the Stars were an inventive team whose innovations are still seen in professional baseball today.
More than seventy years after his death, Babe Ruth continues to fascinate generations of fans. His exciting adventures on and off the field have become essential reading for students of baseball and pop culture. While most Ruth biographies are filled with mundane facts, Lore of the Bambino is the equivalent of a greatest hits compilation. Ruth’s ......
Baseball Battles over Workers' Rights and American Empire
This book tells the fascinating stories of the baseball rebels who were influenced by, and in turn influenced, America's political and social protest movements throughout history-including battles over labor, anti-trust, corporate power, immigration, and America's wars and military interventions worldwide.
This book brings to life the story of Mickey Mantle, presenting a fully-rounded portrait of a complex, misunderstood national hero. It includes never-before-published details from Mantle's widow and offers illuminating insight into his career using modern analytics, arguing that he should be considered the greatest ballplayer of all time.
Provides a critical analysis of the U.S. baseball industry, focusing on the abuses and inefficiencies that have plagued the game since the 1990s, when franchise owners appointed their colleague Bud Selig as MLB's "independent" commissioner.
Provides a critical analysis of the U.S. baseball industry, focusing on the abuses and inefficiencies that have plagued the game since the 1990s, when franchise owners appointed their colleague Bud Selig as MLB's "independent" commissioner.
Author H.A. Dorfman brings his years of expertise as instructor/counselor with the A's, Marlins, and Devil Rays to provide an easy-to-use, A-to-Z handbook which will give insight and instruction on how to pitch to peak performance at every level of the game. Perfect for pitchers who need that extra edge or hitters who want to better understand the ......
