From hard-working farm boy growing up in post-World War I Van Meter, Iowa, to the
youngest All-Star and longest-lived Hall of Famer, sharp-witted Bob Feller distills nine decades of hard-earned wisdom—gleaned from experiences both on and off the diamond—in his ...
Hopper's 1914 baseball classic tells the riches to rags to riches story of Tom Hussey,
a pitcher for the New York Giants. Hopper's lively narrative takes us back to the days when major league ball clubs played in grand ballparks ...
You're straddling the pitcher’s mound in Shea Stadium. The game rests in your hands. Your
heart is pounding. Big money is at stake. You feel thousands of eyes burning your jersey as they wait for a pitch. You gulp at ...
“An intimate portrait of a man whose life off the field was equally as captivating
as his unparalleled baseball career.”—Yankees Magazine Born into a small-town California ranching family, Vernon “Lefty” Gomez rode his powerful arm and jocular personality ...
To any baseball fan, Nolan Ryan’s name still conjures up images of blistering 100-mile-per-hour fastballs
and knee-buckling curveballs. During his 27-year career, “The Ryan Express” was named an eight-time All-Star and amassed seven no-hitters and more than 5,700 strikeouts—more than ...
From the author of The Long Season—considered by many to be the greatest baseball book
of all time—comes another classic sports memoir by legendary pitcher Jim Brosnan, which chronicles how his team, the Cincinnati Reds, went on to win the ...
A GREAT MAN On June 21, 1954, Brooks Lawrence, a minor league baseball player, got
word that he was to play in the major leagues. Though elated, he still recalled his lifelong quest to reach that goal and capture his ...
For the first time ever, the top right-handed pitcher on the fabled New York Yankees
teams of the early 1960s chronicles his life in both baseball and professional golf. The only man in major-league history to throw the final pitch ...