Category: Baseball

378pp. 131 color plates and nearly 100 black and white illustrations. Small bump on bottom edge of front board, not apparent within Brodarted dust jacket. View more info

Playing the Game: My Early Years in Baseball

By: Ruth, Babe

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, Dover Publications: 2011

Seller ID: 01109199

ISBN: 0486476944

Condition: Fine

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The Minor League Research Journal, 2-Vol. Set

By: SABR

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Cleveland, Society for American Baseball Research: 1996

Edition: 1st Printing

Seller ID: 01090547

Condition: VG+

Numbers written on front cover of Vol. 2. View more info

Minor League Baseball Stars: Career Records of Players

By: SABR

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Cleveland, Society for American Baseball Research: 1992

Seller ID: 01090680

ISBN: 0910137498

Condition: VG+

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Baseball Gold: Mining Nuggets from Our National Pastime

By: Schlossberg, Dan

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Chicago, Triumph Books: 2007

Seller ID: 01109060

ISBN: 1572439580

Condition: Fine

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Before the Machine: The Story of the 1961 Pennant-Winning Reds

By: Schmetzer, Mark J.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Cincinnati, Clerisy Press: 2011

Seller ID: 01117002

ISBN: 157860463X

Condition: Fine

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Clearing the Bases: Juiced Players, Monster Salaries, Sham Records, and a Hall of Famers Search for the Soul of Baseball

By: Schmidt, Mike, with Glen Waggoner

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, HarperCollins: 2006

Edition: 1st Printing

Seller ID: 01112365

ISBN: 0060855002

Condition: Near Fine

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The Mascots of 1911: The Year God Met the Devil in the World Series

By: Schroeder, Bob

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, iUniverse: 2008

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 01090709

ISBN: 0595464246

Condition: Fine

In 1911, Connie Mack and John McGraw-arguably baseball s all-time greatest managers-shaped the game as each pitch was thrown and every base was stolen. And they did it with the help of their quirky mascots and superstitious players. Set in the stadiums, trains, hotels and clubhouses of baseball s formative years, The Mascots of 1911 is peopled with brilliantly colorful characters. Author's personalized inscription on title page. Signed copies of this book are seldom seen. View more info

Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers

By: Shapiro, Milton J.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Archway: 1967

Edition: 1st Printing

Seller ID: 01105554

Condition: Near Fine (small fault)

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Baseball Miscellany: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Baseball

By: Silverman, Matthew

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Skyhorse Publishing: 2011

Edition: 1st Printing

Seller ID: 01109154

ISBN: 1616081961

Condition: Near Fine

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Blooper Man: The Rip Sewell Story

By: Smith, Elson

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Bellevue, J. Pohl Associates: 1981

Edition: 2nd Printing

Seller ID: 01090907

ISBN: 0939332000

Condition: Very Good

Sewell was a practitioner of the Eephus pitch. According to legend, in the 1946 All- Star game, Sewell threw one to Ted Williams, who swung and missed and asked for another. Sewell threw another high lobbing ball and Williams hit it out of the park. View more info

The Pitch That Killed: Carl Mays, Ray Chapman and the Pennant Race of 1920

By: Sowell, Mike

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, Macmillan Publishing Co.: 1989

Edition: 1st Printing

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 01090910

ISBN: 0026124106

Condition: Near Fine

The story of Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians, a popular player struck in the head and killed in August 1920 by a pitch thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees. Mr. Sowell's book investigates the incident and probes deep into the backgrounds of the players involved and the events that led to baseball's only death at bat. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. "Splendidly researched and vivid as today . . . remarkable." - Roger Kahn. 330pp. Author's personalized inscription ffep. On many lists for being in the top ten of all baseball books, quite scarce signed. View more info