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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 $7.14! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	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
3	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 $4.01! \| signed copies \| first editions \| 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 $15.98! new only from $15.98! \| first editions \| SVS
5	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 $13.00! new only from $13.00! \| SVS
6	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 $3.66! new only from $7.90! \| first editions \| SVS
7	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 $4.01! new only from $6.97! \| signed copies \| SVS
8	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 $5.96! \| SVS
9	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 $6.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Baseball 365 Days: Official Publication from the Archives of Major League Baseball more books like this by Joseph Wallace add to wishlist "Baseball: 365 Days" is a colourful, surprising, even moving panorama of modern baseball, covering the 1960s up to the present day. Vivid, revealing images from Major League Baseball's rich photo archives trace the arc of a ballplayer's career, touching on childhood triumphs, minor-league struggles and the triumphs and tribulations of life in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| SVS
11 view cover	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
12 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
13 view cover	The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It more books like this by Lawrence S Ritter add to wishlist Great news for baseball fans--here is Lawrence Ritter's remarkable and universally hailed classic, now available in trade paperback. This is the enlarged edition, with 120 fantastic and rare photographs, of the 1966 original. In the words of 26 players, it describes what it was like to play major league baseball at the turn of the century and in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	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 $3.19! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Odd Man Out: A Year on the Mound with a Minor League Misfit more books like this by Matt McCarthy add to wishlist McCarthy tells the captivating and hilarious story of his year with as a Minor League baseball pitcher. McCarthy takes readers through the ups and downs of a grueling season filled with players competing with cutthroat intensity for the ultimate prize--a call up to the majors. see all copies from $3.31! new only from $3.59! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	My Turn at Bat: The Story of My Life, more books like this by Ted Williams add to wishlist Back in print for the first time in years, Ted Williams's classic autobiography now contains brand-new, never-before-published material. Praised by critics everywhere as one of the greatest sports books ever written. Illustrated. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 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
18 view cover	October 1964 more books like this by David Halberstam add to wishlist Following his #1 baseball bestseller Summer of '49, David Halberstam gives us the Yankees-Cardinals World Series that concluded the '64 season--a transformational American moment, both inside and outside the ballpark. A book of deep insight and importance, October 1964 is also, like Halberstam's previous baseball work, a great read. Photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.73! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Yogi Book: I Really Didn't Say Everything I Said! more books like this by Yogi Berra add to wishlist Yogi Berra's gift for saying the smartest things in the funniest way has made him a popular off-the-cuff philosopher in America. In this volume, his quotes have been gathered together by the author himself. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball more books like this by George F Will add to wishlist Published to the accolades of critics and sportswriters and the raves of thousands of readers everywhere, this phenomenal coast-to-coast bestseller is an incisive, intelligent and always fascinating analysis of America's favorite pastime. Will gives a unique look at this intricate sport, including in-depth profiles of Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripkin, Jr., ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 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 $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 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 $12.51! new only from $13.01! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Now I Can Die in Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank, and the 2004 Red Sox more books like this by Bill Simmons add to wishlist ESPNUs beloved Sports Guy replays the years leading up to the Boston Red Sox historic championship season and says goodbye to a lifetime of suffering--at least for now. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero more books like this by Leigh Montville add to wishlist With the death of baseball legend Ted Williams on July 3, 2002, "Sports Illustrated" ran Montville's powerful obituary as its much-praised cover story. With passion and precision, Montville conjures equally the powerful grace of Williams's legendary swing and his cultural aura of invincibility. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.85! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	For Love of the Game more books like this by Michael Shaara add to wishlist The story of Billy Chapel, a great baseball hero who may be pitching his last game. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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