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The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth
Leigh Montville - Doubleday; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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He was the Sultan of Swat. The Caliph of Clout. The Wizard of Whack. The Bambino. And simply, to his teammates, the Big Bam. From the award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller Ted Williams comes the thoroughly original, definitively ambitious, and exhilaratingly colorful biography... |
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Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius
Bill Pennington - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of one of baseball's most celebrated, mercurial, and misunderstood figures Billy Martin is a story of contrasts. He was the clutch second baseman for the dominant New York Yankees of the 1950s. He then spent sixteen seasons managing in the big leagues, and is considered... |
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Jeter Unfiltered
Derek Jeter - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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The only authorized full-color book commemorating Derek Jeter's iconic baseball career with the New York Yankees, featuring archival images and original photos of his final 2014 season from renowned photographer Christopher Anderson.Derek Jeter's twentieth and final season in Major... |
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The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood
Jane Leavy - Harper
Format: Book
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Drawing on interviews with friends and family, as well as teammates and opponents, "New York Times"-bestselling author Leavy delivers the definitive account of one of the biggest talents and most tragic figures ever to play baseball--Mickey Mantle.
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The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron
Howard Bryant - Pantheon
Format: Book
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In "The Last Hero", Bryant chronicles Aaron's childhood in segregated Alabama, his brief stardom in the Negro Leagues, his complicated relationship with celebrity, and his historic rivalry with Willie Mays--all culminating in the defining event of his life: his shattering... |
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Long Shot
Mike Piazza - Simon & Schuster; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Mike Piazzas autobiographythe candid story of the greatest hitting catcher in the history of baseball, from his inauspicious draft selection to his Hall of Fame-worthy achievements and the unusual controversies that marked his career. Mike Piazza was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers... |
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Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
Jonathan Eig - Simon & Schuster; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive account of the life and tragic death of baseball legend Lou Gehrig. Lou Gehrig was a baseball legendthe Iron Horse, the stoic New York Yankee who was the greatest first baseman in history, a man whose consecutive-games streak was ended by a horrible disease that now bears... |
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The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch That Changed My Life
Rick Ankiel - Hachette Audio
Format: Audiobook
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Rick Ankiel had the talent to be one of the best pitchers ever. Then, one day, he lost it.The Phenomenon is the story of how St. Louis Cardinals prodigy Rick Ankiel lost his once-in-a-generation ability to pitch - not due to an injury or a bolt of lightning, but a mysterious anxiety condition... |
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SATCHEL: The Life and Times of an American Legend
Larry Tye - Random House; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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He is that rare American icon who has never been captured in a biography worthy of him. Now, at last, here is the superbly researched, spellbindingly told story of athlete, showman, philosopher, and boundary breaker Leroy "Satchel" Paige.Few reliable records or news reports survive... |
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Stan Musial: An American Life
George Vecsey - ESPN; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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When baseball fans voted on the top twenty-five players of the twentieth century in Stan Musial didnrsquot make the cut This glaring omissionmdashlater rectified by a panel of expertsmdashraised an important question How could a first-ballot Hall of Famer widely considered one of the greatest... |
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