Download or read book The Way of Baseball written by Shawn Green and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major League All-Star Green shares how his baseball career has taught him to live life being fully present in every moment.

Download or read book Baseball in Kennesaw written by Shannon Caudill and Joe Bozeman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The town of Kennesaw was officially incorporated in 1887 and organized a baseball team shortly thereafter. In June 1908, the Atlanta Journal Constitution ran a headline, "Hail to the Amateurs--Here's a Good Georgia Bunch," featuring a photograph of the team with "Kennesaw" emblazoned across their jerseys. Kennesaw's former semiprofessional team, the Smokers; its little league parks; four high schools; and Kennesaw State University have contributed to a robust regional baseball culture. These respected and diverse baseball programs have produced many college-level, minor-league, and major-league players.

Download or read book The Baseball Codes written by Jason Turbow and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insider’s look at baseball’s unwritten rules, explained with examples from the game’s most fascinating characters and wildest historical moments. Everyone knows that baseball is a game of intricate regulations, but it turns out to be even more complicated than we realize. All aspects of baseball—hitting, pitching, and baserunning—are affected by the Code, a set of unwritten rules that governs the Major League game. Some of these rules are openly discussed (don’t steal a base with a big lead late in the game), while others are known only to a minority of players (don’t cross between the catcher and the pitcher on the way to the batter’s box). In The Baseball Codes, old-timers and all-time greats share their insights into the game’s most hallowed—and least known—traditions. For the learned and the casual baseball fan alike, the result is illuminating and thoroughly entertaining. At the heart of this book are incredible and often hilarious stories involving national heroes (like Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays) and notorious headhunters (like Bob Gibson and Don Drysdale) in a century-long series of confrontations over respect, honor, and the soul of the game. With The Baseball Codes, we see for the first time the game as it’s actually played, through the eyes of the players on the field. With rollicking stories from the past and new perspectives on baseball’s informal rulebook, The Baseball Codes is a must for every fan.

Download or read book Eating My Way Through Baseball written by Barry Weinberg and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2020-03-22 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What an amazing journey for Edith and Harold's only Son! I have spent 33 years in the Major Leagues, traveling around the world eating at the best restaurants, such as Tramonti in Delray Beach, Florida to La Scarola in Chicago IL to Hunan Homes in San Francisco, CA. I have shared meals with some of the world's greatest people such as Neil Armstrong, Charles Barkley, Bob Knight, Yogi Berra, Thurman Munson, Stan Musial, Red Schoendienst, Jack Buck and so many more. My spectacular journey includes stories from behind-the-scenes of my professional baseball career that, until now, were only told in clubhouses, dugouts, or when out to dinner with me. Life is a journey...enjoy the meal! Bon Appetit!

Download or read book The Everything Kids Baseball Book 12th Edition written by Joe Gergen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This update to The Everything Kids’ Baseball Book contains new information from the 2020 and 2021 seasons, refreshed bios for your favorite players, and an expanded look at women’s baseball and softball for any and all baseball fans! The Everything Kids’ Baseball Book, 12th Edition is a great way to introduce young fans to all the fun, action, and excitement of America’s favorite pastime. Featuring dozens of puzzle and games, this new edition has up-to-date stats for all your favorite players and teams. This book also introduces new baseball fans to the best stars playing today, teaches the rules and history of the game, and gives tips and tools to develop a new player’s skills. From their first t-ball game to the World Series, this book is sure to be a grand slam for kids and parents alike!

Download or read book How Baseball Happened written by Thomas W. Gilbert and published by Godine+ORM. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of baseball’s nineteenth-century origins: “a delightful look at a young nation creating a pastime that was love from the first crack of the bat” (Paul Dickson, The Wall Street Journal). You may have heard that Abner Doubleday or Alexander Cartwright invented baseball. Neither did. You may have been told that a club called the Knickerbockers played the first baseball game in 1846. They didn’t. Perhaps you’ve read that baseball’s color line was first crossed by Jackie Robinson in 1947. Nope. Baseball’s true founders don’t have plaques in Cooperstown. They were hundreds of uncredited, ordinary people who played without gloves, facemasks, or performance incentives. Unlike today’s pro athletes, they lived full lives outside of sports. They worked, built businesses, and fought against the South in the Civil War. In this myth-busting history, Thomas W. Gilbert reveals the true beginnings of baseball. Through newspaper accounts, diaries, and other accounts, he explains how it evolved through the mid-nineteenth century into a modern sport of championships, media coverage, and famous stars—all before the first professional league was formed in 1871. Winner of the Casey Award: Best Baseball Book of the Year

Download or read book Hall of Name written by Diane Firstman and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographical profiles and fun factoids of 100 of the most memorable names in baseball history. The names I'm profiling here are divided into four groups (admittedly a few of these players could qualify for more than one category):?Baseball Poets/Men of (Few Different) Letters: Players with rhyming names and/or alliterative names.?Dirty Names Done Dirt Cheap: Players with scatological or otherwise naughty names.?Sounds Good to Me: Players with mellifluous/melodious names.?No Focus Group Convened: Players whose names don't fall into one of the prior three categories, or ones that might involve us questioning the intentions of the player's parents.Each player profile within has the following:?general demographic information (name they played under, their full name at birth, date of birth/death, years active in the majors, positions played, etc.)?etymology/definition of each part of their given name?baseball biography (generally, how they made it to the majors, what they did while they were there)?best day (a recap of a great day in their major league career)?the wonder of his name (why his name is memorable to me/us)?not to be confused with (names that sound and/or look like the player's name)?fun anagrams (anagrams of their given names, just because I can)?ephemera (factoids, tidbits, trivia about the player, details regarding their parents, their family and their life after baseball)

Download or read book The Way I Heard It written by Mike Rowe and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emmy-award winning gadfly Rowe presents a ridiculously entertaining, seriously fascinating collection of his favorite episodes from America's #1 short-form podcast, The Way I Heard It, along with a host of memories, ruminations, illustrations, and insights.

Download or read book Save Baseball written by Larry Hausner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-01-29 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major League Baseball has been in crisis in recent years. Game attendance is down by millions and fan interest is in free fall. The future of the game is in jeopardy. While the League acknowledges the issues, many are stumped as to how to address them. This book explores in detail the critical challenges facing MLB, and their ramifications, along with some potential solutions. Interviews with baseball insiders, players to executives, give a perspective on baseball's struggle to reinvent itself for future generations.

Download or read book Circular written by and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Crossball written by Mark E. Evans and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bobby Temple is a pitching phenomenon with one problem. He's an alcoholic. When he is about to lose his family and drink himself to death, a mysterious man comes into his world and helps pull him out of the shackles of addiction and show him a creative 12-step path to recovery. Join Bobby as he takes you on a spiritual journey to the deep desert of Joshua Tree National Park. Experience a sacred visit from God that will forever change him. Be amazed by the beautiful gifts of the Holy Spirit which are bestowed upon him. Watch as the two best pitchers play in the greatest baseball game of all time. Follow Bobby on his special trip to heaven. This incredible story will have you rooting and cheering all along the way. From the spiritual experiences to the action-packed finale, you will be taken on a one-of-a-kind ride from which a timeless sports legend is born.

Download or read book The Little Red Book of Baseball Wisdom written by Roger Kahn and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novelist W. P. Kinsella wrote that baseball is "a game where little gems of wisdom or whimsy can be created in the dugout, the bullpen, or the press box during long, hot afternoons and evenings of baseball." The Little Red Book of Baseball Wisdom unearths a treasury of quotes reflecting more than a century's worth of history from our national pastime. Featuring contributions from Hank Aaron to Walt Whitman, Yogi Berra to John Updike.

Download or read book The Baseball Film written by Aaron Baker and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-14 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball has long been viewed as the Great American Pastime, so it is no surprise that the sport has inspired many Hollywood films and television series. But how do these works depict the game, its players, fans, and place in American society? This study offers an extensive look at nearly one hundred years of baseball-themed movies, documentaries, and TV shows. Film and sports scholar Aaron Baker examines works like A League of their Own (1992) and Sugar (2008), which dramatize the underrepresented contributions of female and immigrant players, alongside classic baseball movies like The Natural that are full of nostalgia for a time when native-born white men could use the game to achieve the American dream. He further explores how biopics have both mythologized and demystified such legendary figures as Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jackie Robinson and Fernando Valenzuela. The Baseball Film charts the variety of ways that Hollywood presents the game as integral to American life, whether showing little league as a site of parent-child bonding or depicting fans’ lifelong love affairs with their home teams. Covering everything from Bull Durham (1988) to The Bad News Bears (1976), this book offers an essential look at one of the most cinematic of all sports.

Download or read book The Baseball Counting Book written by Barbara Barbieri McGrath and published by Charlesbridge Publishing. This book was released on 1999-02-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step up to the plate with this counting book about America's favorite pastime. THE BASEBALL COUNTING BOOK is spring training for little sluggers. The count is zero to zero when the ump calls, "Play ball!" Nine innings later we've counted balls, strikes, players, fans, and more, all the way to twenty. No one strikes out with these fun rhymes. Little leaguers will find themselves counting their way through practice and pointing out all the new things they've learned about this great game when they watch the pro's on TV or at the parks. Early readers will hit a home run with this charming counting book.

Download or read book Coaching Youth Baseball the Ripken Way written by Cal Ripken, Jr. and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2006-12-15 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coaching young players, developing their skills, and cultivating a love for the sport may be the most rewarding experience baseball can offer. Cal and Bill Ripken understand this like few others. From their father, Cal Sr., a legend in the Baltimore Orioles organization for 37 years, they learned to play the game the right way. Those lessons, paired with their combined 33 years of big league experience, helped develop the Ripken Way, a method of teaching the game through simple instruction, solid explanations, encouragement, and a positive atmosphere. In Coaching Youth Baseball the Ripken Way, Cal and Bill share this approach to coaching and development. Whether you're teaching your children at home, managing the local travel team, or working with high school-level players, Coaching Youth Baseball the Ripken Way will help you make a difference both on and off the field, with these features: More than 50 drills covering defense, hitting, pitching, and baserunning Age-specific practice plans for players ranging from 4 to 15+ Strategies for setting goals and reasonable expectations for your players and team Advice on communicating with parents, players, and staff Methods for creating a positive and fun environment in which kids can learn the skills and strategies of the game Bill Ripken was once voted by his peers as one of the big league players most likely to become a manager. Cal Ripken, Jr., known as baseball's Iron Man, is a member of the game's All-Century Team and a future Hall of Famer. Together, they are proof positive that the Ripken Way is the right way to teach the game of baseball.

Download or read book 2020 Daily Planner Sports Theme Baseball All The Way 388 Pages written by Distinctive Journals and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2020 Daily Planner Sports Theme Baseball All The Way 388 Pages contains one whole page for every day of the year. See your schedule clearly in 2020! It's time to start planning now to make 2020 an amazing year with this efficient planner. Each page has marked spaces for the day broken down into hourly segments between 6 AM and 8 PM. There are blank lines at the bottom of each daily page for notes. This planner also includes a full page calendar for each month of 2020 as well as an overview calendar page so you can see the entire year 2020 at a glance. You will also find a list of of notable days in 2020. You or your gift recipient will enjoy the trendy design on the paperback cover every time this 2020 planner is used for getting organized, making appointments, and staying on top of everything life throws your way. People say that failing to plan is planning to fail. That won't happen to you when you use this awesome 2020 planner. You or your gift recipient will find many uses for this handy 2020 planner organizer. Great for fans, parents, coaches, referees, umpires and league officials to write down teammate and player stats, game information, professional team info, league information, and other sports statistics. Also perfect to track, assess, and document an athlete's training, progress, and performance. Excellent choice for intramural or extramural (varsity, intercollegiate, intermural) school sports teams. Professional (pros) and amateur athletes will all find value in planning training and game activity. Provides a permanent keepsake of athletic accomplishments and memories of teammates.

Download or read book Gotham Baseball New York s All Time Team written by Mark C. Healey illustrations by and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball may be the great American pastime, but in New York, it is a religion. Names like Ruth, Mays, Gehrig, Wright and Robinson live in the hearts and minds of New York fans like apostles. From the street corner to the subway car, debates about which Yankee, Giant, Dodger or Met is better than another have raged on for more than one hundred years. Now, the best of the best are chosen for each position as New York's all-time greatest team is imagined. Shoo-ins like the Babe and Jackie have their stories told with a fresh perspective. The compelling case for Mike Piazza, not Yogi Berra, as catcher is sure to spark arguments. Sportswriter Mark Healey crafts the Gotham baseball team through captivating tales of the legends of the New York game.