Sports & Recreation : Baseball

The greatest moments of the greatest team The Yankees are by far the most successful baseball franchise in history–a team that has won 26 World Series titles in 101 years, 17 more than their closest rival. Each year, they draw more than 3 million fans to Yankee Stadium, and millions more see them on the road and on TV. more...

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Young readers will share Abner Doubleday's enthusiasm and love of baseball and recognize him as a heroic general who fought bravely in two wars in this installation of the Young Patriots series. more...

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Randy Voorhees is head baseball coach for Mercer County Community College in Trenton, New Jersey, a finalist in the 2000 National Junior College Athletic Association Baseball World Series, and a scout associate for the New York Mets. Mark Gola has worked as the hitting coach for the Rider University baseball team and is currently an instructor at the Dave Gallagher All-American Baseball Academy. more...

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Hailed by Sports Illustrated as the "Edward Gibbon of baseball history," Harold Seymour is the first professional historian to produce an authoritative, multivolume chronicle of America's national pastime. The first two volumes of this study--The Early Years and The Golden Age--won universal acclaim. The New York Times wrote that they "will grip every American who has invested part of his youth and dreams in the sport," while The Boston Globe called them "irresistible." Now, in The People's Game, Seymour offers the first book devoted entirely to the history of the game outside of the professional leagues, revealing how, from its early beginnings up to World War II, baseball truly became the great American pastime. He explores the bond between baseball and boys through the decades, the game's place in institutions from colleges to prisons to the armed forces, the rise of women's baseball that coincided with nineteenth century feminism, and the struggles of black players and clubs from the later years of slavery up to the Second World War. Whether discussing the birth of softball or the origins of the seventh inning stretch, Dr. Seymour enriches his extensive research with fascinating details and entertaining anecdotes as well as his own wealth of baseball experience. The People's Game brings to life the central role of baseball for generations of Americans. more...

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Written and compiled by baseball expert Dan. Schlossberg, this book is chock-full of the best trivia,. information, and fun facts about the game. Featuring. interviews with players, managers, and other. baseball professionals, as well as never-before-told. stories, Baseball Bits is sure to hit a home run with. just about anyone who’s interested in the game. But that’s not all, because beyond the stories and. trivia, the die-hard fan also wants the most recent. information that affects this season. Inside each. book is a password that lets readers log onto a. website for up-to-the-minute information only. available there. The site is guaranteed to be updated. at least once a month—more frequently during the. season—to provide readers with everything they. need to know about the current season, including:. • The latest trades, and how they’ll affect particular. teams. • The best players’ current stats. • Who is about to break major records more...

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