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When legendary Chicago Cubs' broadcaster Harry Caray passed away in
February of 1998, thousands of baseball fans mourned the loss. In
Where's Harry?, Steve Stone pays tribute to one of baseball's
biggest legends never to take the field, remembering the unique
baseball commentator who was also the game's biggest fan.
Peek into the mind of a champion swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time (28 medals, including 23 gold).
In this candid memoir, Phelps talks openly about his battle with attention deficit disorder, the trauma of his parents’ divorce, and the challenges that come with being thrust into the limelight.
Readers will relive all the heart-stopping glory as Phelps completes his journey from the youngest man to ever set a world swimming record in 2001, to an Olympic powerhouse in 2008, to surpassing the greatest athlete of ancient Greece, Leonidas of Rhodes, with 13 triumphs in 2016. Athletes and fans alike will be fascinated by insights into Phelps’s training, mental preparation, and behind-the-scenes perspective on international athletic competitions.
A chronicle of Phelps’s evolution from awkward teenager to record-breaking powerhouse, Beneath the Surface is a must-read for any sports fan.
One Nation Under Baseball highlights the intersection between
American society and America's pastime during the 1960s, when the
hallmarks of the sport-fairness, competition, and mythology-came
under scrutiny. John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro examine the events
of the era that reshaped the game: the Koufax and Drysdale
million-dollar holdout, the encroachment of television on newspaper
coverage, the changing perception of ballplayers from mythic
figures to overgrown boys, the arrival of the everyman Mets and
their free-spirited fans, and the lawsuit brought against team
owners by Curt Flood. One Nation Under Baseball brings to life the
seminal figures of the era-including Bob Gibson, Marvin Miller, Tom
Seaver, and Dick Young-richly portraying their roles during a
decade of flux and uncertainty.
One Nation Under Baseball highlights the intersection between
American society and America's pastime during the 1960s, when the
hallmarks of the sport-fairness, competition, and mythology-came
under scrutiny. John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro examine the events
of the era that reshaped the game: the Koufax and Drysdale
million-dollar holdout, the encroachment of television on newspaper
coverage, the changing perception of ballplayers from mythic
figures to overgrown boys, the arrival of the everyman Mets and
their free-spirited fans, and the lawsuit brought against team
owners by Curt Flood. One Nation Under Baseball brings to life the
seminal figures of the era-including Bob Gibson, Marvin Miller, Tom
Seaver, and Dick Young-richly portraying their roles during a
decade of flux and uncertainty.
Who was better, Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays? At their peak, who was more valuable, Joe DiMaggio or Ted Williams? If Lefty Grove, Sandy Koufax, and Roger Clemens had pitched at the same time against the same hitters, who would have won the most games? If Jackie Robinson had been white, would he be deserving of the Hall of Fame? Who was the greatest all around player of the last century? Clearing the Bases is the first book to tackle these and many other of baseball’s most intriguing questions and offer hard, sensible answers---answers based on exhaustive research and analysis. Sports journalist Allen Barra, whose weekly sports column “By the Numbers” has earned millions of readers in the Wall Street Journal and whose outspoken opinions in Salon.com are discussed regularly on National Public Radio, takes on baseball’s toughest arguments. Using stats and methods he developed during his ongoing tenure at the Wall Street Journal, Barra takes you to the heart of baseball’s ultimate question---“Who's The Best?”---in this, the ultimate baseball debate book, one guaranteed to spark thousands of heated debates and to supply the fuel for thousands more.
From his perspective as a journalist and a true fan, Bob Costas, NBC's award-winning broadcaster, shares his unflinching views on the forces that are diminishing the appeal of major league baseball and proposes realistic changes that can be made to protect and promote the game's best interests.
In this cogent--and provocative--book, Costas examines the growing financial disparities that have resulted in nearly two-thirds of the teams in major league baseball having virtually no chance of contending for the World Series. He argues that those who run baseball have missed the crucial difference between mere change and real progress. And he presents a withering critique of the positions of both the owners and players while providing insights on the wild-card system, the designated-hitter rule, and interleague play. Costas answers each problem he cites with an often innovative, always achievable strategy for restoring genuine competition and rescuing fans from the forces that have diluted the sheer joy of the game.
Balanced by Costas's unbridled appreciation for what he calls the "moments of authenticity" that can still make baseball inspiring, Fair Ball offers a vision of our national pastime as it can be, a game that retains its traditional appeal while initiating thoughtful changes that will allow it to thrive into the next century.
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