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"One of the best baseball—and management—books out....Deserves a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame."—Forbes Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. Following the low-budget Oakland Athletics, their larger-than-life general manger, Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts, Michael Lewis has written not only "the single most influential baseball book ever"... (more)

License to Deal: A Season on the Run with a Maverick Baseball Agent

License to Deal: A Season on the Run with a Maverick Baseball Agent

by Jerry Crasnick

The movie Jerry Maguire and HBO series Arli$$ barely skimmed the surface. Now the true inside story of the sports agent business is exposed as never before. During baseball's evolution from national pastime to a $3.6 billion business, the game's agents have played a pivotal role in driv-ing and (some might say) ruining the sport. In a world of unchecked egos and minimal regulation, client-stealing and financial... (more)

Collision at Home Plate: The Lives of Pete Rose and Bart Giamatti

Collision at Home Plate: The Lives of Pete Rose and Bart Giamatti

by James Reston

Collision at Home Plate is a dual biography of Pete Rose, an uncouth but great ballplayer who suffered disgrace and imprisonment, and Bart Giamatti, the baseball commissioner so deeply shaken and bruised by the Rose scandal that he died a week after it was made public. This is the definitive book on one of the most traumatic and tragic episodes in baseball history.

Juiced : Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big

Juiced : Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big

by Jose Canseco

When Jose Canseco burst into the Major Leagues in the 1980s, he changed the sport -- in more ways than one. No player before him possessed his mixture of speed and power, which allowed him to become the first man in history to belt more than forty home runs and swipe more than forty bases in the same season. He won Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player, and a World Series ring. Canseco shattered the mold... (more)

Hustle: The Myth, Life, and Lies of Pete Rose

Hustle: The Myth, Life, and Lies of Pete Rose

by Michael Y. Sokolove

Who is Pete Rose? Is he Charlie Hustle, the all-American kid who never grew up, who pushed and stretched himself to get the most out of his limited talent, who would do anything in his power to win and to be a part of the game he loved? Or is he the bloated ex-athlete who broke baseball's one absolute taboo, and who was willing to drag down the whole structure of the sport to save himself? In January 2004, Pete... (more)

Baseball Babylon: From the Black Sox to Pete Rose, the Real Stories Behind the Scandals That Rocked the GameDan Gutman

Baseball Babylon: From the Black Sox to Pete Rose, the Real Stories Behind the Scandals That Rocked the Game

by Dan Gutman

A look at the real stories behind baseball's most infamous scandals discusses the 1919 Chicago White Sox, Hall of Famer Frank Robinson's firearm incident, Babe Ruth's huge sexual appetite, Joe DiMaggio's jealousy, and others.

The Code: The Unwritten Rules Of Fighting And Retaliation In The Nhl

The Code: The Unwritten Rules Of Fighting And Retaliation In The Nhl

by Ross Bernstein

The Code is an indispensable guide to the inner workings of baseball's internal system of justice and sportsmanship, all described by the men who've enforced it. You'll never watch a game the same way again.

Dreyfus Affair: A Love Story

by Peter Lefcourt

Consider the possibilities: In the middle of a pennant race, a team's star shortstop falls in love with his second baseman. Which is exactly what happens to Randy Dreyfus, the best-hitting, best-fielding, best-looking, and most happily married young shortstop in the major leagues. The Dreyfus Affair combines romance, comedy, social satire, and some of the finest baseball writing in years. The result is a... (more)

Going the Other Way: Lessons from a Life in and Out of Major League Baseball

Going the Other Way: Lessons from a Life in and Out of Major League Baseball

by Billy Bean

From the only openly gay former major-league baseball player comes an unprecedented chronicle of America’s national pastime. Going the Other Way is an intimate memoir of a man who, in the prime of his career, faced a heartbreaking dilemma and, in time, learned to follow his own path. As a shirtless Little Leaguer racing around the sun-drenched diamonds of Southern California, Billy Bean imitated his childhood... (more)

For The Love Of The Yankees: An A-to-Z Primer For Yankees Fans Of All Ages (For the Love of)

For The Love Of The Yankees: An A-to-Z Primer For Yankees Fans Of All Ages (For the Love of)

by Frederick C. Klein

No other franchise in the history of sports can boast the tradition and worldwide appeal of the New York Yankees. The list of legends who have donned the blue-and-white pinstripes over the years is as long as one of Mantle s epic tape-measure home runs, and the names themselves have become synonymous with everything we love about baseball. From Ruth and Gehrig to DiMaggio and Berra to Jackson and Steinbrenner to... (more)

For The Love Of The Cubs: An A-To-Z Primer For Cubs Fans Of All Ages

For The Love Of The Cubs: An A-To-Z Primer For Cubs Fans Of All Ages

by Frederick C. Klein

From the legendary Ernie Banks to the amazing Sammy Sosa, this is the perfect way to introduce your favorite younger readers to one of baseball's oldest and most enduring franchises. With charming illustrations and tributes to everything that makes the Cubs the Cubs, this is a must-have for fans and fans-to-be!

So Good! The Incredible Championship Season of the 2007 Red Sox

So Good! The Incredible Championship Season of the 2007 Red Sox

by Triumph Books, Boston Globe

Nearly a century without a World Series championship and now two in four years?! This Red Sox squad is summed up by the title of the Boston Globe's official keepsake of the championship season: So Good!

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Cincinnati Reds: Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping, and Gut-Wrenching Moments from Cincinnati Reds History (The Good, the Bad, ... the Ugly) (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Cincinnati Reds: Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping, and Gut-Wrenching Moments from Cincinnati Reds History (The Good, the Bad, ... the Ugly) (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)

by Mike Shannon

Are you ready for the real story of the Cincinnati Reds? As one of baseball's oldest and most successful franchises, the Reds have a long history of legends and goats, great comebacks and colossal failures, World Series championships and heartbreaking losses. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Cincinnati Reds is a must for every fan who wants an unflinching look at the greatest--and worst--players, coaches, and... (more)

Asterisk: Home Runs, Steroids, and the Rush to Judgment

Asterisk: Home Runs, Steroids, and the Rush to Judgment

by David Ezra

Attorney Ezra' s first book takes up the case of defending newly crowned home-run leader Barry Bonds in the court of public opinion against accusations of steroid usage. Like a high-priced defense attorney explaining the evidence before a jury, Ezra exhausts every angle in excessive detail. <...> Throughout the book he makes the dubious claim that Bonds is the hardest working baseball player in the history... (more)

Still a Kid at Heart: My Life in Baseball and Beyond

Still a Kid at Heart: My Life in Baseball and Beyond

by Gary Carter

As a catcher, Gary "the Kid" Carter's quiet, focused nature kept him out of the glare of the media's spotlight. Now Carter, with sportswriter Phil Pepe, talks about the ups and downs of his Hall of Fame career. Carter opens up about life after the majors and how retirement has provided some of his biggest challenges. A grounded, sincere man, Carter has gone on to help kids through the Gary Carter Foundation and... (more)

An American Journey: My Life on the Field, in the Air, and on the Air

An American Journey: My Life on the Field, in the Air, and on the Air

by Jerry Coleman

The second baseman on some of the greatest teams in baseball history and a six-time World Series champion. A highly decorated Marine Corps dive-bomber and fighter pilot who served during both World War II and the Korean War. A major league manager. A Hall of Fame broadcaster with more than four decades of experience. Had Jerry Coleman been just one of these things, his life would still be remarkable. The fact... (more)

Billy Williams: My Sweet-Swinging Lifetime With the Cubs

Billy Williams: My Sweet-Swinging Lifetime With the Cubs

by Billy Williams

Reliable, quiet, and often overshadowed in the media by the showier players of the era, Billy Williams steadily created a Hall of Fame career with the Chicago Cubs and Oakland A's. Now Williams, with the Chicago Tribune's Fred Mitchell, reflects on his life and career in this self-titled autobiography. Williams revisits the social conditions and racial tensions that influenced his early years, and tells how... (more)

Yogi: The Life and Times of an American Original

Yogi: The Life and Times of an American Original

by Carlo DeVito

Few men in sports history have accomplished more than Yogi Berra: three MVP Awards, 21 World Series appearances as a player, coach, and manager, and a plaque in Cooperstown honoring him as arguably the greatest catcher to ever play the position. Off the field, the man often derided for his appearance has become one of the most beloved and enduring sports figures of all time, as well as a successful pitchman and... (more)

Magic Moments Yankees

by Phil Pepe

No team has quite the same legend as the New York Yankees. They're the celebrated overachievers--setting records that have redefined baseball; recruiting players whose names are synonymous worldwide with our national pastime--Ruth, DiMaggio, Mantle, Maris, Gehrig, Jeter. In nearly every decade, there have been moments and players to celebrate. Discover the magic and relieve the memories in this commemorative look... (more)

Cubs Forever: Memories from the Men Who Lived Them

Cubs Forever: Memories from the Men Who Lived Them

by Bob Vorwald

For 60 years, WGN-TV has been taking you to the ballpark. And not just any ballpark, but Wrigley Field, with its ivy-covered walls, its Chicago-style hot dogs, and the lovable, occasionally heartbreaking Chicago Cubs. Your couch became your personal bleacher seat as you cheered along with Jack Brickhouse, Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Len Kasper, and Bob Brenly. Now, go behind the scenes with WGN and the Cubs as they... (more)

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The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

by Michael Lewis

by Jerry Crasnick

by James Reston

by Jose Canseco

by Michael Y. Sokolove

by Dan Gutman

by Ross Bernstein

by Peter Lefcourt

by Billy Bean

by Frederick C. Klein

by Frederick C. Klein

by Triumph Books, Boston Globe

by Mike Shannon

by David Ezra

by Gary Carter

by Jerry Coleman

by Billy Williams

by Carlo DeVito

by Phil Pepe

by Bob Vorwald