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Author : Howard Bryant
Release : 2015
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 032/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Legends by : Howard Bryant
Download or read book Legends written by Howard Bryant. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, Howard Bryant brings to life the best that baseball has to offer--the heroes, the bitter rivalries, the moments that every sports--loving kid should know.
Author : Mike Shannon
Release : 1989
Genre : Reference
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Diamond Classics by : Mike Shannon
Download or read book Diamond Classics written by Mike Shannon. This book was released on 1989. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each work, chosen with exquisite care by an expert, is analyzed and summarized. Its greatness as baseball literature, its place in the genre, its peculiarities, weaknesses, strengths, how the critics went for it--all are discussed in such a way, with quotations, that reading or browsing Shannon's book is equivalent to absorbing a rich history of the sport.
Author : Len Berman
Release : 2010
Genre : Baseball players
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 930/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis 25 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time by : Len Berman
Download or read book 25 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time written by Len Berman. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles twenty-five individuals chosen by the author and his panel of experts as the greatest baseball players of alltime, and includes statistics, significant moments, and photographs.
Author : Derek Gentile
Release : 2004
Genre : SPORTS & RECREATION
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 490/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Baseball's Best 1,000 by : Derek Gentile
Download or read book Baseball's Best 1,000 written by Derek Gentile. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revised and up-to-date edition of Baseball's Best 1,000, a must-have book for baseball fans obsessed with stats, quick facts, and the age-old debate of who is the best player in history and why. Using various (and completely subjective) criteria including lifetime statistics, personal and professional contributions to the game at large, sportsmanship, character, popularity with the fans, and more, sports writer Derek Gentile ranks the best players of all time. Along with a ranking, information on each player is presented, including the teams on which he has played throughout his career, positions played, lifetime statistics, and a brief biography-as well as a photograph. Baseball's Best 1,000 is sure to spark controversy and debate among fans.
Author : Joe Posnanski
Release : 2021-09-28
Genre : Sports & Recreation
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 609/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Baseball 100 by : Joe Posnanski
Download or read book The Baseball 100 written by Joe Posnanski. This book was released on 2021-09-28. 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.
