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Teammates
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Peter Golenbock
Set in 1947 this picture book explores how Jackie Robinson became the first African American ever to play on a major league baseball team. Robinson faced much racial hatred but then one day in Cincinnati, his teammate Pee Wee Reese, fed up with the cruel treatment being heaped upon Robinson, took a stand and made a simple gesture that declared ...
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The Bronx zoo
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Sparky Lyle, Peter Golenbock
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Thunder and Lightning: A No-B.S. Hockey Memoir
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Phil Esposito, Peter Golenbock
Hall of Famer Phil Esposito takes fans into his storied career that saw him skate in 10 All-Star games, play for three of the most storied franchises in professional hockey-- Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers-- and become the first general manager of the Tampa Bay Lighting.
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Wild, High and Tight: The Life and Death of Billy Martin
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Peter Golenbock
A blistering, often shocking, and engrossing story of a man in complete control on the baseball field, but terribly lost off it. Billy Martin was one of the great managers of the past 30 years--a legendary Yankee famous for his "Billyball" style of aggressive baseball. Photos.
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The Spirit of St. Louis: A History of the St. Louis Cardinals and Browns
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From the glory days of Rogers Hornsby and Grover Cleveland Alexander through the magnificent era of Musial to Mark McGwire's record-smashing fin de millennium, Golenbock's remarkable book details the long and storied history of St. Louis baseball. 80 photos.
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The Last Lap: The Life and Times of NASCAR's Legendary Heroes
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Peter Golenbock
In stock car racing, the possibility of death looms at every turn--but is rarely discussed by those who participate in the sport. In "The Last Lap", Peter Golenbock interviews racers past and present, crew members, and families of drivers who have died both on and off the track before their time, to provide an understanding of the unique ...
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American Zoom: Stock Car Racing--From the Dirt Tracks to Daytona
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With five bestsellers to his name, Peter Golenbock has earned a reputation as one of America's best and most successful sports authors. In American Zoom he presents an oral history of stock car racing, as told by great drivers, mechanics, promoters, and others. "A lively, literate, and loving look at the magic of stock car racing".--The Chicago ...
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Idiot: Beating "The Curse" and Enjoying the Game of Life
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Johnny Damon, Peter Golenbock
Johnny Damon gives his version of the miraculous 2004 season in which the Red Sox overcame their famous "Curse" and whipped the New York Yankees in the World Series. In addition to an account of that climactic event, Damon looks back at a childhood spent traveling the world as the son of career army father and a Thailand-born mother, the family's ...
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Wrigleyville: The Miraculous History of New York's Most Beloved Baseball Team
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The author of "Bums" and "Dynasty", oral histories of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees respectively, now turns to a team that has won and broken the hearts of generations of fans: the Chicago Cubs. Beginning with the 1871 founding of the Chicago franchise, "Wrigleyville" beautifully captures a history of triumph, futility, dreams, and ...
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Bums Oral Hist Bklyn
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Bats
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Davey Johnson
Bats is the autobiography of the man who built the New York Mets into the formidable force they now are. Focusing on the 1985 campaign, it is filled with the thrill of the pennant race including plenty of inside information about the players. In light of the 1986 Championship series, Bats is a "can't miss" bestseller.
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Dynasty: The New York Yankees, 1949-1964
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Peter Golenbock
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The Forever Boys: The Bittersweet World of Major League Baseball as Seen Through the Eyes of the Men Who Played One More Time
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Peter Golenbock
An athlete dies two deaths one at the end of his life, the other at the finish of his days on the playing field. But in November, 1989, 30 ex-major leaguers joined the St. Petersburg Pelicans and got a shot at a new life in the Senior Professional Baseball Association, a Florida league for players 35 years of age and older. Here is their story, ...
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Amazin'
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A popular history of New York City's wildly popular (if second in other ways to the Yankees) baseball team. Golenbock chronicles its less than auspicious beginnings in the early 1960s--when the fumbling team was last in the league--through the end of the decade when they won the World Series, and beyond. Through steady fan support, a winning team ...
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Personal Fouls: The Broken Promises and Shattered Dreams of Big Money College Basketball at North Carolina State
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Peter Golenbock
Head coach of North Carolina State's renowned basketball team, Jim Valvano isfamous, admired, and rich. But beneath this successful image lies the realityof a multi-million dollar business--a story as funny as it is scary.
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Cowboys Have Always Been My Heroes: The Definitive Oral History of America's Team
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Peter Golenbock
The first-ever truly comprehensive book on the Dallas Cowboys, "Cowboys Have Always Been My Heroes" reveals, via the stories of Roger Staubach, Tom Landry, Bob Lilly, Calvin Hill, Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson, Bob Hayes, and many other legendary coaches and players, the true story of "America's Team". of photos.
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Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers
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Peter Golenbock
Before the team headed to Los Angeles in 1957, the Brooklyn Dodgers had already become part of baseball history, thanks to players such as Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson, and Roy Campanella. Bums narrates the colorful history of this beloved team with recollections from the players, the writers who covered them, and fans.
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The Barry Halper Collection of Baseball Memorabilia
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Peter Golenbock, Ted Williams, Yogi Berra
This deluxe set of three volumes in a slipcase includes more than 1,500 photos of baseball memorabilia sold last year at Sotheby's--the Barry Halper Collection. The finest, rarest mementos from every era of baseball are individually described with a wealth of anecdotes and historical information.
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NASCAR Encyclopedia
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Peter Golenbock, Greg Fielden
Explore the colorful history of NASCAR, the most popular motor sport in the world today. This comprehensive reference contains every fact and figure on every race, driver, owner, and car in NASCAR history, all in one hefty volume. 100 photos.
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NASCAR Confidential: Stories of the Men and Women Behind a Racing Empire
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Peter Golenbock
The heart and soul of NASCAR is bared in this collection of stories from people intimately involved in stock car racing. Best-selling author Peter Golenbock interviewed a wide range of known and not-so-well-known players in the NASCAR game, ranging from the feisty female racer from the 1950s, Louise Smith, to the legendary champion Fred Lorenzen ...
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7: The Mickey Mantle Novel
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Peter Golenbock
In this imagined memoir, bestselling sportswriter Golenbock presents Mickey Mantle as never before. Recounting his exploits on and off the field, the fictional Mantle comes clean in this novel the way he never could in real life.
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Miracle: Bobby Allison and the Saga of the Alabama Gang
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Peter Golenbock
For the first time, the full story of NASCAR legend Bobby Allison and the Alabama gang is told in full--a story of heartbreak, drama, action, and, in the end, redemption.
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Bums
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Peter Golenbock
Before the team headed to Los Angeles in 1957, the Brooklyn Dodgers was one of the most colorful and beloved teams in baseball. In Bums, best-selling author Peter Golenbock presents a fascinating oral history of baseball heroes and an era gone by.
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Wrigleyville: A Magical History Tour of the Chicago Cubs
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Peter Golenbock
An oral history of Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs whose pursuit of a World Series championship has been an elusive goal for 87 years. The book includes personal interviews with players, coaches, fans, sportswriters, and clubhouse personnel. Newspaper archives and out-of-print memoirs by early players take the story of "Wrigleyville" back ...
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Fenway: Unexpurgated
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Peter Golenbock
From the author of the bestselling Bronx Zoo and Balls comes this exuberant, frank, "unexpurgated" oral history of one of the most colorful teams in baseball. A tale of triumph and heartbreak, heroes, goats, injuries, miracles, and devoted fans, Fenway is told from the point of view of the players, the fans, and the sportwriters of the day. ...
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