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1	Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game more books like this by Michael Lewis add to wishlist In major league baseball the biggest wallet is supposed to win: rich teams spend four times as much on talent as poor teams. However, over the past four years, the Oakland Athletics, a major league team with a minor league payroll, have had one of the best records. Last year, their superstar, Jason Giambi, went to the superrich Yankees. It hasn't ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Science of Hitting more books like this by Ted Williams add to wishlist Ted Williams is our greatest living expert on how to hit a baseball -- the last baseball player to hit .400 in the major leagues. Williams's career hitting statistics will stand forever as a monument to his complete mastery of the single most difficult thing to do in sport: .344 lifetime batting average, 521 home runs, 1839 RBI and 2654 hits. "The ... see all copies from $4.33! new only from $4.77! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Sizzling more books like this by Susan Mallery add to wishlist Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Reid Buchanan, a former pro baseball pitcher and current owner of his family's sports bar, has a history of making women swoon. But not all women--especially his grandmother's nurse, Lori Johnson, who is determined to remain professional. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.90! \| SVS
4	Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend more books like this by Larry Tye add to wishlist Tye presents the definitive biography of Satchel Paige, an African-American pitcher in a segregated America, and his story of struggle and triumph. see all copies from $14.01! new only from $14.01! \| SVS
5	Swindle more books like this by Gordon Korman add to wishlist After a mean collector named Swindle cons him out of his most valuable baseball card, Griffin Bing must put together a band of misfits to break into Swindle's compound and recapture the card. There are many things standing in their way -- a menacing guard dog, a high-tech security system, a very secret hiding place, and their general inability to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-Experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks more books like this by Zack Hample add to wishlist Hample has written a fan's guide to appreciating the most popular sport in America for everyone from beginner to expert. see all copies from $6.99! new only from $6.99! \| signed copies \| SVS
7	Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager more books like this by Buzz Bissinger add to wishlist Sports writer Buzz Bissinger (author of the bestselling FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS) focuses on a three-game National League series in August 2003, between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs. Given complete access to the dugout, the clubhouse, and the field, Bissinger provides a fascinatingly detailed look not only at the games themselves in a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Heart of the Game: Life, Death, and Mercy in Minor League America more books like this by S L Price add to wishlist From the author of "Pitching Around Fidel" comes a tragic--but ultimately uplifting--account of the accidental death of minor league first base coach Mike Coolbaugh, illustrating the many ways in which baseball still has a hold on America. b&w photo insert. see all copies from $4.84! new only from $14.91! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Summer of '49 more books like this by David Halberstam add to wishlist In the finest tradition of baseball journalism, David Halberstam captures the drama and joy of the 1949 pennant race, which pitted the New York Yankees against the Boston Red Sox. Personalities include Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Yogi Berra, and Jerry Coleman. Halberstam evokes a different time, when baseball was broadcast on the radio and games ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series more books like this by Eliot Asinof add to wishlist This book, dramatized for a movie in 1988, covers the fantastic scandal in which eight Chicago White Sox players arranged with the nation's leading gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series. "As thrilling as a cops and robbers tome."--"The Boston Globe." of photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.09! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Big Field more books like this by Mike Lupica add to wishlist The author of the #1 "New York Times" bestseller "Heat" returns to America's favorite pastime of baseball and delivers a feel-good story that shows how love of the game is a common language fathers and sons speak. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig more books like this by Jonathan Eig add to wishlist The shy and retiring Lou Gehrig became a baseball legend, playing in 2,130 consecutive games as a stalwart hitter and first-baseman for the Yankees in the 1920s and '30s. This exhaustive biography of Gehrig emphasizes his low-key, humble, endearingly eccentric personality, which was especially striking when contrasted with the flamboyant Babe Ruth ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.26! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life more books like this by Michael Lewis add to wishlist "There are teachers with a rare ability to enter a child's mind; it's as if their ability to get there at all gives them the right to stay forever." There was a turning point in Michael Lewis's life, in a baseball game when he was fourteen years old. The irascible and often terrifying Coach Fitz put the ball in his hand at a crucial point in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Natural more books like this by Professor Bernard Malamud add to wishlist One of America's great baseball novels, THE NATURAL is the story of venerable ballplayer Roy Hobbs, who was forced out of the game when he was young but returns to baseball to pull the New York Knights out of their slump. Malamud has said of this novel: "Baseball had interested me, especially its comic aspects, but I wasn't able to write about the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Shoeless Joe more books like this by W P Kinsella add to wishlist Ray Kinsella, an insurance agent turned farmer, begins hearing voices--rather, a Voice. "If you build it, he will come," the Voice tells Ray, who intuitively knows that "he" is Shoeless Joe Jackson, banned from baseball along with the other 1919 "Black Sox." Ray builds a baseball stadium in his cornfield, and waits. But the Voice isn't finished. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Baseball for Dummies more books like this by Joe Morgan, Richard Lally add to wishlist "There may not be anyone alive who knows more about baseball than Joe Morgan." Bob Costas, NBC Sports Broadcaster "This book has something for everybody, from longtime fans to Little Leaguers." New York Newsday It's known as America's National Pastime. It's nicknamed "The Greatest Game Ever Invented." No question about it: baseball is a way of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.68! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back more books like this by Josh Hamilton, Tim Keown add to wishlist Hamilton, first overall pick in the 1999 baseball draft, seemed destined for superstardom until a four-year nightmare of drugs and alcohol addiction derailed his career. While chronicling those tragic events, this book is ultimately a story of redemption and triumph. (Motivation) see all copies from $12.64! new only from $12.64! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Stengel: His Life and Times more books like this by Robert W Creamer add to wishlist One of the most endearing of American heroes, Casey Stengel guided the New York Yankees to ten pennants in twelve seasons. Here is the brilliant manager stripped naked-the person underneath all the clowning, mugging, and double-talking. Robert Creamer shows us Casey at twenty-two, famous from his very first day in the big leagues. We see Casey's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Ball Four more books like this by Jim Bouton add to wishlist This classic baseball memoir and behind-the-scenes tell-all upset the hero-worshiping press, public, and officials of Major League Baseball when it was first published in the early 1970s--but it has been a perennial seller ever since. Its anecdotes of fellow players on and off the field are filled with humor and the love of the game, and it makes ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.18! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Boy Who Saved Baseball more books like this by John H Ritter add to wishlist Tom Gallagher finds himself in a tight spot. The fate of Dillontown rests on the outcome of one baseball game, winner take all. Maybe Tom has one hope: Cruz de la Cruz, the mysterious boy who has just ridden into town on horseback claiming to know the secret of hitting. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| SVS
21 view cover	The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract more books like this by Bill James add to wishlist In nearly 1,000 separate articles, James ranks--and writes about--the top 100 players by position in baseball history . . . and, more than that, introduces a remarkable new statistic called "Win Shares, " a way of quantifying individual performance that equalizes the offensive and defensive contributions of catchers, pitchers, infielders, and ... see all copies from $6.19! new only from $13.75! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	The Dickson Baseball Dictionary more books like this by Paul Dickson add to wishlist A comprehensive and entertaining compendium of baseball knowledge. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Babe & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure more books like this by Dan Gutman add to wishlist Joe Stoshack's at it again, this time going back in time through baseball cards to see if Babe Ruth really predicted his legendary home run in the 1932 World Series. This third book in Dan Gutman's Baseball Card Adventure series will score high with fans of the other two--and new readers to the series will shout for more! see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	As They See 'em: A Fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires more books like this by Bruce Weber add to wishlist In the bestselling tradition of George Plimpton's "Paper Lion, As They See Em" gets down, dirty, and loud with professional baseball umpires--granting readers unprecedented access to the hidden game inside America's favorite pastime. see all copies from $10.29! new only from $10.49! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Heat more books like this by Mike Lupica add to wishlist The #1 "New York Times" bestseller is now in paperback. Baseball is young Michael Arroyo's only salvation, but his dream of playing in the Little League World Series is soon threatened. Includes a teaser for Lupica's upcoming novel, "Miracle on 49th Street." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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