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Author
Publisher
Mariner Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Few names in the history of baseball evoke the excellence and dynamism that Rickey Henderson's does. He holds the record for the most stolen bases in a single game, and he's scored more runs than any player ever. "If you cut Rickey Henderson in half, you'd have two Hall of Famers," the baseball historian Bill James once said. But perhaps even more than his prowess on the field, Rickey Henderson's is a story of Oakland, California, the town that gave...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Publication Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Willie Mays is widely regarded as the greatest all-around player in baseball history because of his unparalleled hitting, defense and base running. Here he offers his lifetime of experience meeting challenges with positivity, integrity and triumph. Presented in 24 chapters to correspond with his universally recognized uniform number, this is the story of a man who values family and community, engages in charitable causes especially involving children...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The Gold Glove first baseman chronicles his life and career in baseball, from his minor league years through his World Series wins with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets, and offers an honest assessment of the past, present, and future of baseball.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Publication Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Brooks Robinson is one of baseball's most transcendent and revered players. He won a record sixteen straight Gold Gloves at third base, led one of the best teams of the era, and is often cited as the greatest fielder in baseball history. Credited with almost single-handedly winning the 1970 World Series, this MVP was immortalized in a Normal Rockwell painting. A wholesome player and role model, Brooks honored the game of baseball not only with his...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Publication Date
1994
Language
English
Description
Al Stump redefined America's perception of one of its most famous sports heroes with this gripping look at a man who walked the line between greatness and psychosis. Based on Stump's interviews with Ty Cobb while ghostwriting the Hall-of-Famer's 1961 autobiography, this award-winning new account of Cobb's life and times reveals both the darkness and the brilliance of the "Georgia Peach."
Author
Language
English
Description
"In a small town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth "Evvie" Drake rarely leaves her house. Everyone in town, including her best friend, Andy, thinks grief keeps her locked inside, and she doesn't correct them. In New York, Dean Tenney, former major-league pitcher and Andy's childhood friend, is struggling with a case of the "yips": he can't throw straight anymore, and he can't figure out why. An invitation from Andy to stay in Maine for a few months...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Publication Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Ernie Banks played in fourteen All-Star Games, won two MVPs, and twice led the Major Leagues in home runs and runs batted in... but he spent his entire career with the Chicago Cubs, who didn't win a pennant in his adult lifetime. His enthusiasm endeared him to the fans, but his public display of good cheer was a mask that hid a deeply conflicted, melancholy, and often quite lonely man. Rapoport tells of Banks's early life in segregated Dallas, his...
Author
Series
Big shots volume 5
Language
English
Description
Madden Donahue, a professional baseball catcher, has known Eve Mitchell since high school. Eve is the owner of a burlesque club and the primary caregiver for her sister's two children after her sister leaves them in her care. When Eve needs health insurance and additional support, Madden proposes a marriage of convenience. Although Eve has long had feelings for Madden, she is reluctant to pursue a relationship due to her loyalty to her best friend...
Author
Publisher
William. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Publication Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A religious biography of Jackie Robinson that describes how his faith sustained him during his struggle to integrate Major League Baseball and later throughout his civil rights activism"-- Provided by publisher.
"How faith sustained Jackie Robinson-both as an athlete and as an activist. The integration of Major League Baseball in 1947 was a triumph. But it was also a fight. As the first Black major leaguer since the 1880s, Jackie Robinson knew he...
17) Love of the game
Author
Series
Stardust, Texas novels volume 3
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A sexy sports superstar discovers his body isn't the only thing that needs healing in this newest Stardust, Texas novel from New York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde.
With major league good looks and talent, Dallas Gunslingers relief pitcher Axel Richmond was living the good life. Even if the roar of the crowd could never distract him from the loss of his young son. But now with an injured shoulder and his career on the line, Axel is stuck recuperating...
Author
Language
English
Description
Drawing on 720 original interviews, a New York Times best-selling sportswriter captures as never before the elusive truth about the greatest athlete of all time who took the world by storm from the mid-1980s into the early 1990s--and then, almost overnight, disappeared.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Publication Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Frank Ryder is unstoppable on the baseball field--his pitches arrive faster than a batter can swing, giving his opponents no chance. He's being heralded as a game-changing pitcher. But within the maelstrom of press, adulation, and wild speculation, Frank is a man alone. Haunted by a tragic incident from years past, he yearns to be the best but cannot reconcile the guilt he carries with the man everyone believes him to be. Frank's path to redemption...
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