Download or read book The Mental Game Of Baseball written by H. A. Dorfman and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, authors H.A. Dorfman and Karl Kuehl present their practical and proven strategy for developing the mental skills needed to achieve peack performance at every level of the game.
Download or read book Baseball Players of the 1950s written by Rich Marazzi and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The playing and post-playing careers of all 1,560 players who appeared in a major league box score between 1950 and 1959--the "golden age," many say--are profiled in this exhaustive work. From Aaron to Zuverink: this treasure-trove of anecdotes, many gathered from personal interviews, is full of historical facts, controversy, and trivia. Readers will be reminded, that Milwaukee Braves pitcher Humberto Robinson was asked by a gambler to fix a game against the Phillies (he refused), Joe Adcock chased Giants pitcher Ruben Gomez around the field with a bat, Bob Turley reached the top of the corporate ladder after his playing days, Casey Wise became an orthodontist, Bobby Brown became a heart surgeon and president of the AL, and that Chuck Conners became an actor. All of this and much more can be found here.
Download or read book The Sporting News Selects Baseball s 100 Greatest Players written by Ron Smith and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles of 100 of the greatest baseball players of all time.
Download or read book The Baseball 100 written by Joe Posnanski and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year “An instant sports classic.” —New York Post * “Stellar.” —The Wall Street Journal * “A true masterwork…880 pages of sheer baseball bliss.” —BookPage (starred review) * “This is a remarkable achievement.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singular, and masterly book that took a lifetime to write. The entire story of baseball rings through a countdown of the 100 greatest players in history, with a foreword by George Will. Longer than Moby-Dick and nearly as ambitious,? The Baseball 100 is a one-of-a-kind work by award-winning sportswriter and lifelong student of the game Joe Posnanski. In the book’s introduction, Pulitzer Prize–winning commentator George F. Will marvels, “Posnanski must already have lived more than two hundred years. How else could he have acquired such a stock of illuminating facts and entertaining stories about the rich history of this endlessly fascinating sport?” Baseball’s legends come alive in these pages, which are not merely rankings but vibrant profiles of the game’s all-time greats. Posnanski dives into the biographies of iconic Hall of Famers, unfairly forgotten All-Stars, talents of today, and more. He doesn’t rely just on records and statistics—he lovingly retraces players’ origins, illuminates their characters, and places their accomplishments in the context of baseball’s past and present. Just how good a pitcher is Clayton Kershaw in the 21st-century game compared to Greg Maddux dueling with the juiced hitters of the nineties? How do the career and influence of Hank Aaron compare to Babe Ruth’s? Which player in the top ten most deserves to be resurrected from history? No compendium of baseball’s legendary geniuses could be complete without the players of the segregated Negro Leagues, men whose extraordinary careers were largely overlooked by sportswriters at the time and unjustly lost to history. Posnanski writes about the efforts of former Negro Leaguers to restore sidelined Black athletes to their due honor and draws upon the deep troves of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and extensive interviews with the likes of Buck O’Neil to illuminate the accomplishments of players such as pitchers Satchel Paige and Smokey Joe Williams; outfielders Oscar Charleston, Monte Irvin, and Cool Papa Bell; first baseman Buck Leonard; shortstop Pop Lloyd; catcher Josh Gibson; and many, many more. The Baseball 100 treats readers to the whole rich pageant of baseball history in a single volume. Engrossing, surprising, and heartfelt, it is a magisterial tribute to the game of baseball and the stars who have played it.
Download or read book Complete Baseball Player written by Winfield Enterprises and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 1990-04-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball from the ground up -- everything you need to know to play like a pro. New York Yankee Dave Winfield, one of the true greats of thegame, now shares his years of major league experience in a one-of-a-kind step-by-step guide that will help you play to win. From on-field technique to off-field conditioning, it's all here in this detailed baseball "bible" for young and old, for rookieand veteran alike. Learn the game-winning secrets of: Attitude and Psychology Fitness and Conditioning Pitching Hitting Fielding Baserunning Plus: coaching and managing...choosing your equipment...how to compile you stats...and much much more. With invaluable tips on how to fine-tune your game from someof the greatest names in baseball: Don Mattingly...Johnny Bench...Kirby Puckett...Tommy John...Harold Reynolds...Dave Righetti...Vince Coleman...Gary Gaetti...Ozzie Smith...and many others.
Download or read book The Cup of Coffee Club written by Jacob Kornhauser and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This is one of the very best baseball books in years.” Booklist, Starred Review Reaching the major leagues is a pipe dream for most young baseball players in America. Very few ever get to live it out. A select number of those players face the elation and frustration of getting to play in just one major league game. The Cup of Coffee Club: 11 Players and Their Brush with Baseball History tells the unique stories of eleven of these players. It details their struggles to reach the major leagues, their one moment in the limelight, and their struggles to get back. They include a former Major League Baseball manager, the son of a Baseball Hall of Famer, and two different brothers of Hall of Famers. Exclusive interviews with each of the players provide insight into what that single seminal moment meant and how they dealt with the blow of never making another major league appearance again. Spanning half a century of baseball, each player’s journey to Major League Baseball is distinct, as is each of their responses to having played in just a single game. The Cup of Coffee Club shares their unique perspectives, providing a better understanding of just how special each major league game can be.
Download or read book The Game of Eating Smart written by Julie Loria and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inside look at the food that fuels today’s top Major League Baseball stars In Major League Baseball, the transition to eating healthy food has become more than a movement; it’s a revolution. Jose Altuve, Chris Archer, Clayton Kershaw, Noah Syndergaard, Mike Trout, and the 16 other star ballplayers featured in The Game of Eating Smart are proof of the positive effect of proper nutrition on athletic performance and overall health. Eating smart isn’t about calorie-counting and fad diets. It simply means consuming more nourishing food—including leafy greens, lean protein, and fresh fruit—that eventually decreases the desire to make unhealthy choices. The Game of Eating Smart includes insights from today’s top players on their approach to healthy living and performance nutrition, plus more than 80 easy-to-prepare and nutrient-dense recipes inspired by their food philosophies and favorite meals. José Altuve José Bautista Chris Archer Nolan Arenado Jake Arrieta Kris Bryant Carlos Correa Freddie Freeman Paul Goldschmidt Didi Gregorius Bryce Harper Adam Jones Matt Kemp Clayton Kershaw Ian Kinsler Corey Kluber Hunter Pence David Price Giancarlo Stanton Noah Syndergaard Mike Trout
Download or read book Diamond Dishes written by Julie Loria and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty top Major League Baseball players share stories about life off the field and their favorite foods—with nearly 100 full-color photos and more than 60 easy-to-make recipes Baseball and food are two of life’s uncomplicated pleasures, stirring up sizzling passion across all generations. Now, for the first time, baseball fans and food lovers get a behind-the-scenes look into the kitchens of twenty of their favorite Major League All Stars. Author Julie Loria shares their stories, from memorable meals growing up, to their current fitness routines, food rituals, and guilty food pleasures. And within these pages you will even discover quite a few amusing anecdotes about life beyond the diamond, and so much more. And, oh what great food! America’s favorite game not only brings together people from around the world but also blends a wonderful variety of cuisines—including classic dishes native to all corners of the United States and spicy Latin American fare. Julie recreates and collects the down-home family recipes, favorite authentic meals, and top dishes from on-the-road eateries of today’s top players—from Derek Jeter’s buttermilk pancakes and Dustin Pedroia’s pasta primavera to Albert Pujols’ Home Run Chicken and Ryan Howard’s macaroni and cheese. An official Major League Baseball publication, Diamond Dishes is more than a cookbook. It’s a singular and scrumptious backstage look at ballplayers flexing their culinary muscles and discussing the roles of family, friends, and food in their lives. With exclusive, full-color photos of Major League stars at home and in their kitchens, and more than sixty easy-to-prepare recipes, this book is a treasure trove of sights, sounds, tastes, and aromas that penetrate the hearts and souls of the players and their fans alike. -- Players featured in the book include: Lance Berkman, St. Louis Cardinals Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers Andre Ethier, Los Angeles Dodgers Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox Roy Halladay, Philadelphia Phillies Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers Ryan Howard, Philadelphia Phillies Derek Jeter, New York Yankees Josh Johnson, Florida Marlins Paul Konerko, Chicago White Sox Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay Rays Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins Dustin Pedroia, Boston Red Sox Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals Hanley Ramirez, Florida Marlins Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees Johan Santana, New York Mets Grady Sizemore, Cleveland Indians Chase Utley, Philadelphia Phillies David Wright, New York Mets VIDEOS: Book trailer Behind the Scenes: Players During the Photo Shoots Martha Stewart Television MLB Network Local NBC Miami News
Download or read book Top of the Order written by Sean Manning and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have been many anthologies devoted to our national pastime’s greatest players, but here, at last, is one dedicated to those, for reasons far more personal than stats-based, we call our favorites. In Top of the Order twenty-five of today’s premier sports journalists, cultural critics, novelists, and humorists (as well as a couple of former major leaguers) deliver memorable, never-before-published odes to their favorite players, past or present. By turns uplifting, woeful, and hilarious, these essays define what it means to be beset by that strange, incurable condition known as baseball fandom. Featuring original essays by: Roger Kahn on Jackie Robinson, Buzz Bissinger on Albert Pujols, Jonathan Eig on Lou Gehrig, Neal Pollack on Greg Maddux, Laura Lippman on Brooks Robinson, Jeff Pearlman on Garry Templeton, Jim Bouton on Steve Dembowski, Pat Jordan on Tom Seaver, Michael Ian Black on Mookie Wilson, Matt Taibbi on Jim Rice, Steve Almond on Rickey Henderson, and many more.
Download or read book The 25 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time written by Len Berman and published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Berman of the "Today" show steps up to the plate and lays out who he thinks are the 25 greatest baseball players in history. Full color.
Download or read book Black Irish Luck written by Terry Donegan and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2023-12-06 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of short stories that, when brought together, form the picture of a singular life: that of Terry Donegan and his black Irish luck. These are his memoirs—done his way. Told in an off-the-wall stream-of-consciousness writing style, the stories ramble from one topic to another...but always find their way back in the end. Side-splitting anecdotes are interwoven with heart-wrenching stories about sports, life, and doings things your own way—even when that way is stupid. Reading this book is like talking to a buddy in a bar while drinking a beer. Donegan lived a wild, crazy, and fun life, and if he learned one thing, it was that nothing goes quite the way you expect it to. But if you have great friends and a great attitude, you can live a truly great life, be true to yourself, and never back down from anything. Donegan is donating $1 from every book sold to the Michael J Fox Foundation, which is doing such wonderful things to give Parkinson's patients like himself hope. He’s also donating $1 from every book sold to the Navajo Nation. After you read the book, you’ll understand why.
Download or read book Now Pitching Bob Feller written by Bob Feller and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2002-05 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Wax Pack written by Brad Balukjian and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there life after baseball? Starting from this simple question, The Wax Pack ends up with something much bigger and unexpected--a meditation on the loss of innocence and the gift of impermanence, for both Brad Balukjian and the former ballplayers he tracked down. To get a truly random sample of players, Balukjian followed this wildly absurd but fun-as-hell premise: he took a single pack of baseball cards from 1986 (the first year he collected cards), opened it, chewed the nearly thirty-year-old gum inside, gagged, and then embarked on a quest to find all the players in the pack. Absurd, maybe, but true. He took this trip solo in the summer of 2015, spanning 11,341 miles through thirty states in forty-eight days. Balukjian actively engaged with his subjects--taking a hitting lesson from Rance Mulliniks, watching kung fu movies with Garry Templeton, and going to the zoo with Don Carman. In the process of finding all the players but one, he discovered an astonishing range of experiences and untold stories in their post-baseball lives, and he realized that we all have more in common with ballplayers than we think. While crisscrossing the country, Balukjian retraced his own past, reconnecting with lost loves and coming to terms with his lifelong battle with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Alternately elegiac and uplifting, The Wax Pack is part baseball nostalgia, part road trip travelogue, and all heart, a reminder that greatness is not found in the stats on the backs of baseball cards but in the personal stories of the men on the front of them.
Download or read book The Most Popular Baseball Players Sports for Kids Children s Sports Outdoors Books written by Baby and published by Baby Professor. This book was released on 2024-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let's meet some of the most popular baseball players in this sports book for kids! Learn about their lifestyles where they came from and how they became really popular in this outdoor sport. By knowing these sports stars your child may be encouraged to take on a more active lifestyle by first leaving the consoles and computers behind. Get a copy of this book today!
Download or read book Obsession written by T.K. Leigh and published by Carpe Per Diem, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-06-06 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One week. No names. No expectations. That was our agreement. We were supposed to walk away after our time in Hawaii was over. No matter what. That was before… Before I learned who she is. Before I realized how interconnected our lives are. Before I fell in love. But our love isn’t the stuff fairy tales are made of. Demons lurk around every corner. Good doesn’t necessarily prevail over evil. And the knight in shining armor may not save the day. Not if her murderous ex-husband has anything to do with it. But Julia’s never been the type of woman who needs a knight in shining armor to save the day. She’s the type of woman who will pick up her own sword and fight for what she believes in. I just hope she’s finally learned to believe in herself. Obsession is the final book in the Temptation Series, a gripping older woman, younger man romantic suspense about the power of redemption and forgiveness. Temptation Series Reading Order: Each book in this series must be read in order, as it follows the same couple throughout. 1. Temptation 2. Persuasion 3. Provocation 4. Obsession Topics: age gap romance, older woman younger man, baseball, sports, stalker, serial killer, tragedy, contemporary romance, series, romantic suspense series, mystery, modern romance, urban romance, Hawaii, Atlanta, vacation fling, vacation romance, one night stand, wealthy, USA today, USA today bestseller, steamy romance, suspenseful romance, hot romance, T.K. Leigh, T.K. Leigh romance, second chance romance, pitcher, murder, mystery, page-turner, love, love books, kissing books, emotional journey, angst, alpha male, possessive, intrigue, dominant, contemporary, contemporary romance, romance series, long series, long romance series, chef, security romance, private security romance, billionaire, billionaire romance, wealthy hero, protect, damsel in distress, assault, drama, action and adventure, action romance, romantic, law enforcement, emotional, HEA, alpha, dom, strong female, sensual, angst, betrayal, fated love, psychological, tortured hero, corruption, crime, thriller, hot love story
Download or read book Gotham Baseball written by Mark C Healey and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-25 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Big Apple’s greatest squad . . . Selecting either a Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, New York Yankees or New York Mets player for each position.” —Long Island Herald 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. “One of the best Baseball Teams books of all time.” —BookAuthority “Many a sportswriter in a column and many a baseball fan in a New York City sports bar have tried to say that their guys were the best; but what if you could put the greatest in Gotham’s rich baseball history—the very, very best—on one team? . . . Mark C. Healey endeavors to do just that—and start a few more arguments along the way.” —Queens Chronicle
Download or read book Mx3 written by Art Wiederhold and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-19 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mx3 is a story within a story within a story. It is a fantasy, historical romance, and an autobiography with touches of the paranormal activities added for good measure. Mx3 takes the reader from early seventeenth century Japan to the Vietnam War and the present time. When a young samurai meets and marries a pretty young woman en route to seeking employment with one of the major daimyo, it sets in motion a series of events that span six centuries and interweaves the lives of several people in ways they never imagined. This is a tale of high adventure, loves lost and regained, comedy and tragedy, and bizarre coincidences and haunting. Most of all, it's about that never-ending soap opera we call life.
