Download or read book Sammy Sosa written by C. A. Piparo and published by Infinity Plus One. This book was released on 1999-05-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sammy Sosa written by George Castle and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Chicago Cubs right fielder Sammy Sosa and the story of his record-breaking career.
Download or read book Slammin Sammy Sosa written by Honor Books and published by . This book was released on 1998-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Slammin Sammy Sosa written by Books Honor and published by . This book was released on 1998-10 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This Special Collector's Edition features stories, quotes, statistics and photographs that highlight Sosa's race for baseball's most revered record. Slammin' Sammy Sosais sure to be a home run with fans of all ages--and a treasured piece of sports memorabilia for years to come.
Download or read book Sammy Sosa written by Jeff Savage and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Slammin" Sammy Sosa is one of baseball's most exciting sluggers. A two-time home run champion, the Chicago Cubs right fielder is the only player to hit more than 60 home runs in a season three times. Sammy's all-out hustle and joyful style of play have made him a fan favorite throughout his career. Follow Sammy's amazing story as he goes from a childhood of poverty in the Dominican Republic to becoming one of baseball's biggest stars. Book jacket.
Download or read book Sammy Sosa written by Jeff Savage and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the Chicago Cubs outfielder known for his home run hitting and for doing humanitarian work in his native country, the Dominican Republic.
Download or read book All the Babe s Men written by Eldon L. Ham and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How home runs transformed baseball--and America
Download or read book The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Cubs written by Chicago Tribune (Firm) and published by Agate Midway. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A decade-by-decade look at Chicago Cubs history collecting original photography, box scores, reproduced articles, new essays, timelines, and more from the Chicago Tribune's vast archives. Curated by Chicago Tribune sports editors, this book covers important moments from the team's beginnings in 1876 to the triumphant 2016 World Series Championship. --
Download or read book Sammy Sosa written by Sammy Sosa and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2008-12-21 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El libro es una autobiograffa de uno de los jugadores mßs exitosos de bTisbol de AmTrica. La historia apunta a todas las cosas mßs importantes de la vida de este personaje, que si bien no fue acomodada, gracias a su empe±o y perseverancia, ha logrado tener Txitos que le han permitido mejorar su calidad de vida y a la vez darse a conocer por la actividad que practica con tanta dedicaci=n. A pesar de enfrentar la muerte de su padre, Sammy Sosa, tuvo que trabajar duro para ayudar en el hogar, y ademßs de responder con los estudios. En esa Tpoca, le regalan su primer guante de bTisbol con el que comienza a incursionar en este deporte que lo llevarß a la gloria. Con un lenguaje muy simple pero lleno de sentimiento, la historia de este hombre nos ense±arß que el trabajo duro puede dar hermosos frutos.
Download or read book Sammy Sosa written by John Morrison and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These riveting personalities each achieved excellence, but even greater than their individual accomplishments is the positive Hispanic image they collectively represent to the world. Photographs, illustrations, and lively text tell the stories ot these fascinating historical figures. Sosa's accomplishments represent years of hard work from his humble beginnings in the barrios of the Dominican Republic. In 1998, as a member of the Chicago Cubs, he was awarded the Most Valuable Player award for the National League after hitting 66 home runs, including a record 20 in the month of June.
Download or read book Sammy Sosa written by Terri Dougherty and published by Abdo & Daughters. This book was released on 1999 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the life and baseball career of Sammy Sosa, who, along with Mark McGwire, in 1998 broke the long-standing record of most home runs hit in a season.
Download or read book Love Me Hate Me written by Jeff Pearlman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From acclaimed sports writer and bestselling author Jeff Pearlman, a searing and insightful look into the life and career of Barry Bonds, one of the most celebrated, contradictory and controversial sports figures of our time No player in the history of baseball has left such an indelible mark on the game as Barry Bonds. In his twenty-year career, Bonds has amassed an unprecedented 7 Most Valuable Player awards, 8 Gold Gloves, and more than 700 home runs (and counting), an impressive assortment of feats that has earned him the consideration as one of the greatest players the game has ever seen. Equally deserved, however, is his reputation as an insufferable braggart, whose mythical home runs are rivaled only by his legendary ego. From his staggering ability and fabled pedigree (father Bobby played outfield for the Giants; cousin Reggie and godfather Willie are both Hall of Famers), to his well-documented run-ins with teammates and his alleged steroid abuse, Bonds inspires a like amount of passion from both sides of the fence. For many, Bonds belongs beside Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron in baseball’s holy trinity; for others, he embodies all that is wrong with the modern athlete: aloof; arrogant; alienated. Drawing on extensive interviews with Bonds himself, members of his family, former and current managers, teammates, opponents, trainers, outspoken critics, and unapologetic supporters alike, Pearlman reveals, for the first time, a wonderfully nuanced portrait of a prodigiously talented—and immensely flawed—American icon, whose controversial run at baseball immortality forever changed the way we look at our sports heroes.
Download or read book Ahead of the Curve written by Brian Kenny and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A delight for baseball lovers” (Kirkus Reviews) and “one of the most significant baseball books of the year” (Bob Costas) Ahead of the Curve uses stories from baseball’s present and past to examine why we sometimes choose ignorance over information, and how tradition can trump logic. Forget batting average. Kill the “Win.” Say goodbye to starting pitchers. And please, please stop bunting. MLB Network anchor and commentator Brian Kenny provides “an excellent, entertaining read for the all-around baseball fan” (Library Journal) and shows how baseball has been revolutionized—not destroyed—by analytical thinking. Most people who resist logical thought in baseball preach “tradition” and “respecting the game.” But many of baseball’s traditions go back to the nineteenth century, when the pitcher’s job was to provide the batter with a ball he could hit and fielders played without gloves. Instead of fearing change, Brian Kenny wants fans to think critically, reject outmoded groupthink, and embrace the changes that have come with the sabermetric era. In his entertaining and enlightening book, Kenny discusses why the pitching win-loss record, the Triple Crown, fielding errors, and so-called battling titles should be ignored. He also points out how fossilized sportswriters have been electing the wrong MVP’s and ignoring legitimate candidates for the Hall of Fame; why managers are hired based on their looks; and how the most important position in baseball may just be “Director of Decision Sciences.” “Prepare to have your brain and your assumptions challenged. Guided by data and a deep love of the game, Brian Kenny takes a cutting-edge look at where baseball is and where it is going” (Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated). Illustrated with unique anecdotes from those who have reshaped the game, Ahead of the Curve is “a great story about the game in the age of information and technology” (Billy Beane).
Download or read book The Rocket That Fell to Earth written by Jeff Pearlman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-24 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Pearlman’s book develops a stark, unsparing picture of Clemens’s life that surpasses anything that’s come before.” —Boston Globe New York Times bestselling author Jeff Pearlman reconstructs pitcher Roger Clemens's life—from his Ohio childhood to the mounds of Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium—to reveal a flawed and troubled man whose rage for baseball immortality took him to superhuman heights before he crashed down to earth. A fearless, hard-nosed Texan with a 98-mph fastball and a propensity to throw at the heads of opposing hitters, Roger “the Rocket” Clemens won 354 games, an unprecedented seven Cy Young Awards, and two World Series trophies over the course of twenty-four seasons. But the statistics and hoopla obscured a far darker story—one of playoff chokes, womanizing (including a long-term affair with a teenage country singer), violent explosions, steroid and human growth hormone use. . . and an especially dark secret that Clemens spent a lifetime trying to hide: a family tragedy involving drugs and, ultimately, death.
Download or read book Sammy Sosa written by Laura Driscoll and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the life and baseball career of Sammy Sosa, who, along with Mark McGwire, in 1998 broke the long-standing record of most home runs hit in a season.
Download or read book At the Plate with Sammy Sosa written by Matt Christopher and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009-12-19 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the 1998 baseball season, two names made the headlines more than any others: Mark McGwire, the eventual home run king, and Sammy Sosa, the runner-up in a race that won the hearts of baseball fans worldwide. Yet at the end of the day, it was Sosa who walked away with the National League's MVP award, not McGwire. Why? Because Sosa had dug the dismal 1997 Chicago Cubs out of the cellar not just with his home runs, but also with his spectacular all-around play. Yet Sosa's contributions off the field, both in the States and in his native land, the Dominican Republic, are even more impressive. In this powerful biography of one of the most admired sluggers in baseball, Matt Christopher, the number one sports series for kids, traces Sosa's life from his poverty-stricken childhood-when shining shoes put food on the table-to his professional career. For more information on the Matt Christopher Sports Bio Bookshelf, please see the last pages of this book.
Download or read book Race for the Record written by Lee R. Schreiber and published by Harper Paperbacks. This book was released on 1998-10-19 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official publication of Major League Baseball, here, in words and photos, are the incredible moments in the extraordinary race to eclipse baseball's most cherished record. In their pursuit of the single-season homerun record set by Roger Maris in 1961, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa captured the hearts and imagination of baseball fans--and many non-fans--across the nation. Race for the Record brings it all back with a blow-by-blow account of the unbelievable 1998 season. Relive every historic homer with colorful descriptions of how and where they happened (and off of which pitcher)...and relive the emotional rollercoaster that these two lords of the long ball rode all season long as the pushed the record--and each other--to previously unimaginable heights. With more than 100 full-color photographs.
