World Baseball

Baseball’s best kept secret… Jimmy Pants and his two best friends dreamt of being great, despite their losing record. Arlo Pants, a former major league junk-baller gifts his grandson a baseball bat from 1961, a bat once belonging to Mickey Mantle. Arlo’s wild tales help restore the boys confidence and teach them baseballs oldest and most coveted secret — “The Lucky Bat”. Just as everything is going right - it all collapses into a wild tale-spin. Friendships are tested, games are lost, and we find out what really makes a baseball bat lucky. Come along as three friends and a bat ...

When Derek Jeter was eight years old, he announced that he was going to play baseball for the New York Yankees. Jeter earned the attention of major league scouts in high school and was drafted to the New York Yankees in 1992. Named Rookie of the Year, he helped the Yankees win the World Series five times and became team captain in 2003. With his good looks, easygoing personality, and sense of humor, Derek has always been a fan favorite. Retiring from baseball in 2014, Derek Jeter leaves behind a legacy.

The Year of the Pitcher is the story of the remarkable 1968 baseball season, which culminated in one of the greatest World Series contests ever, with the Detroit Tigers coming back from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Cardinals in Game Seven of the World Series. In 1968, two remarkable pitchers would dominate the game as well as the broadsheets. One was black, the other white. Bob Gibson, together with the St. Louis Cardinals, embodied an entire generation's hope for integration at a heated moment in American history. Denny McLain, his adversary, was a crass self-promoter.

The first ever collection of short stories by Jaime Cortez, Gordo is set in a migrant workers camp near Watsonville, California, in the 1970s.

The remarkable story of the 2019 World Series champion Washington Nationals told by the Washington Post writer who followed the team most closely. By May 2019, the Washington Nationals - owners of baseball’s oldest roster - had one of the worst records in the majors and just a 1.5 percent chance of winning the World Series. Yet by blending an old-school brand of baseball with modern analytics, they managed to sneak into the playoffs and put together the most unlikely postseason run in baseball history

Mike and Kate are in for an extra special treat! Two hometown baseball teams in one city! A Subway Series is when the New York Mets play the New York Yankees, and Mike and Kate can't wait to watch all the action! But someone is playing pranks at both ballparks! And when Mike and Kate hear mysterious mumblings at the famous Whispering Gallery at Grand Central Terminal, they just might be able to catch the culprit before the series ends.

In the spring of 1977 Reggie Jackson should have been on top of the world. The best player of the Oakland A's dynasty, which won three straight World Series, he was the first big-money free agent, wooed and flattered by George Steinbrenner into coming to the New York Yankees, which hadn't won a World Series since 1962. But Reggie was about to learn, as he writes in this vivid and surprising memoir, that until his initial experience on the Yankees, "I didn't know what alone meant."

When Father Bredder gets involved with murder—Heaven only knows what will happen next... When a baseball player is shot in the middle of a big game, Father Bredder is hired by the team to solve the case. Before he is done, he has to clear the name of a murdered priest accused of dealing drugs and save the soul of a young girl—all before the opening pitch of the World Series. “You can get hooked on God,” Father Bredder says, “like you can on heroin. You can’t get away from Him.” Named “A Red Badge Novel of Suspense” alongside Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Hugh ...

The kids of Cooperstown made it to the World Series! Technically, Mike and Kate are just there to support their friend, Colin, and his teammates as they play for the championship. But the competition gets tricky when someone starts trying to sabotage Cooperstown's team - they punch holes in the tires of their bus, and the team's equipment goes missing! Can Mike and Kate find the trickster before it's too late? Or will these shenanigans cost Cooperstown the series?

The Gas and Flame Men explores how these famous baseball men, along with an eclectic mix of polo players, collegiate baseball and football stars, professors, architects, and prominent social figures all came together in the Chemical Warfare Service. Jim Leeke examines their service and its long-term effects on their physical and mental health-and on Major League Baseball and the world of sports.

A succinct history of baseball, newly revised and updated. In this third edition of his lively history of America's game, widely recognized as the best of its kind, Benjamin G. Rader expands his scope, covering record crowds and record income, construction of new ballparks, a change in the strike zone, a surge in recruiting Japanese players, and an emerging cadre of explosive long-ball hitters. The book is published by The University of Illinois Press.

In Beep, David Wanczyk illuminates the sport of blind baseball to show us a remarkable version of America’s pastime. With balls tricked out to squeal three times per second, and with bases that buzz, this game of baseball for the blind is both innovative and intense. And when the best beep baseball team in America, the Austin Blackhawks, takes on its international rival, Taiwan Homerun, no one’s thinking about disability. What we find are athletes playing their hearts out for a championship.

There’s no crying in baseball. But there is murder. And when the World Series is fought between two teams both from New York City, millions of dollars are bet. And lives are at risk. When a young man from the Yankees and a young woman from the Giants are found dead, the Press sniffed about a tragic accident. Thoughts and prayers were sent. When Dr. Tabitha Stancović examined the bodies in her pathology lab, she knew it was murder. So, she and her assistant, Sergeant Johan Klassen, are forced into action before more victims—possibly even the members of the teams—are killed. The story ...

In the aftermath of the global conflict of World War II, few events in the United States were as eagerly awaited as baseball's spring training. But the national pastime was as unsettled as the rest of the country. Had some of the stars seen their careers ended by their service? How would wartime players fare against returning veterans?

The San Antonio Alamos, Major League Baseball’s latest expansion team, are in an exciting chase for their first division title when tragedy strikes. Their plane goes down in a storm and everyone thinks it is the end for the Alamo’s. However, with some “Divine Intervention”, the team is allowed to return in the bodies of their minor league affiliate, the Columbus Gunboats, who will play the rest of their season. There is a catch (there always is in baseball). To get their old lives back, the Alamos must win all the way to the World Series and not lose it. Can they, playing through ...

Never in baseball history had a team ranked last rebounded to take the pennant the following season. Yet, in 1991, lightning struck twice as the Minnesota Twins and the Atlanta Braves, a pair of cellar dwellers the year before, faced each other in an unforgettable World Series. When the final out was recorded, the cover headline in Baseball Weekly read: Best World Series ever.”

Updated with the historic 2023 World Series victory, this deep dive on the Texas Rangers captures all the drama, humor, craziness and pathos. And tells how Jim Reeves, an award-winning, ex-sports columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, got his riveting stories. Reeves brings forth all the drama, heartbreak and sheer craziness that filled more than 50 years of Texas Rangers baseball. Starting when sportswriters embedded themselves with a team, Reeves experienced behind-the-scenes access most journalists likely will never see again. Not only from the press box but from the dugout and the ...

Young baseball fans will enjoy listening all about the daring pitches, hits, and plays of the World Series. Listeners can learn more about the history, stars, and moments of the ultimate baseball championship.

The Wizard of Oz, manager of the Marvels baseball team, wants desperately to play against the Serpents, led by Evillene, their manager, who is also known as the Wicked Witch of the West. But these two teams live on opposite sides of the Dimensional Gates, and have never met. Every day the Wizard pleads to the Great Wind, the tornado that controls the Gate, and begs the Wind to allow this to happen. Until finally the two teams, and the two most powerful entities on the planet, get to meet. Learn what happens when Dorothy from Kansas, along with the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion play the ...

⚡️Step into the exhilarating world of sports cards with this captivating eBook: "The Thrilling Journey of Sports Cards!" Immerse yourself in the fascinating history of sports cards, starting from their humble beginnings to their modern-day resurgence. Discover untold stories and uncover hidden gems as you navigate through the different chapters meticulously crafted for sports enthusiasts and collectors alike! In the eBook, you will delve into the early years of cards and their association with tobacco, the golden era of baseball cards, the expansion during the 1980s, and the exploration...