Broken Bat Single
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Broken Bat Single
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Author : James Thibodeau
language : en
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Release Date : 2021-09-03
Broken Bat Single written by James Thibodeau and has been published by Dorrance Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-03 with Fiction categories.
Broken Bat Single By: James Thibodeau This daily journal tells the story of Dave Nichols, a veteran minor league catcher who finally earns a job in the major leagues when he makes the 1993 National League expansion team in Colorado at an age when most playing careers are ending. In a season full of losses, unexpected gains are made through his chronicling of its highs and lows, however. Nichols' discovery of his talent for writing and the healing effect his son's birth has on his troubled marriage make the season memorable for him, even if play on the field is often forgettable. The book's central message is one of gain arising from loss, which ought to be universally relevant. We all lose more often than we care to, but some of our greatest gains could not have come about without losses. The unique feature of Broken Bat Single is the combination of the historical events of the actual games of the 1993 National League season and the narrator's fictional team. Author James Thibodeau simply hopes readers take pleasure from his words, whether baseball fans or not.
Batman Knightfall
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Batman Knightfall written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with categories.
Batman
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Author : Doug Moench
language : en
Publisher: Dc Comics
Release Date : 1993
Batman written by Doug Moench and has been published by Dc Comics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
When all of Batman's greatest foes break out of Arkham at once, he must face them all in single combat, and last enemy he must battle is the deadliest, the mysterious and mighty Bane, who engineered the breakout.
Astros And Asterisks
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Author : Jonathan Silverman
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
Astros And Asterisks written by Jonathan Silverman and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with Sports & Recreation categories.
An in-depth and multiperspectival look at the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal and its roots in the culture of baseball fandom. In 2017 the Houston Astros won their first World Series title, a particularly uplifting victory for the city following Hurricane Harvey. But two years later, the feel-good energy was gone after The Athletic revealed that the Astros had stolen signs from opposing catchers during their championship season, perhaps even during the playoffs and World Series. Their methods were at once high-tech and crude: staff took video of opponents’ pitching signals and transmitted the footage in real time to the Astros’ dugout, where players banged on trash cans to signal to their teammates at bat which pitches were coming their way. Wry observers labeled them the Asterisks, pointing to the title that no longer seemed so earned. Astros and Asterisks examines the scandal from historical, journalistic, legal, ethical, and cultural perspectives. Authors delve into the Astros’ winning-above-all attitude, cultivated by a former McKinsey consultant; the significance of hiring a pitcher recently suspended for domestic abuse; the career-ending effects of the Astros’ transgression on opposing players; and the ethically fraught choices necessary to participate in sign-stealing. Ultimately, it links the Astros’ choices to the sporting world’s obsession with analytics. What emerges is a sobering tale about the impact of new technology on a game whose romanticized image feels increasingly incongruous with its reality in the era of big data and video.
Baseball S Greatest Series
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Author : Chris Donnelly
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2010-01-15
Baseball S Greatest Series written by Chris Donnelly and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-15 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Baseball's Greatest Series details what many believe to be the most exciting postseason series in baseball history: the 1995 Division Series between the New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners. This division series was not simply about two teams playing five postseason games. It was about Ken Griffey Jr., Lou Piniella, Buck Showalter, Gene Michael, Jim Leyritz, Randy Johnson, Wade Boggs, Tony Fernandez, Pat Kelly, Dion James, Darryl Strawberryùand many others who changed the course of baseball history . . . A team playing to keep baseball alive in the Pacific Northwest A manager who was literally managing for his job A New York sports icon who for one week reminded everybody of the dominating player he had been a decade earlier Chris Donnelly's replay of this entire season reminds readers that it was a time when grown men cried their eyes out after defeat, and others, just a few hundred feet away, poured beer and champagne over one another while 57,000 people in Seattle's Kingdome celebrated. Five games they were. Five games that reminded people, after the devastating players' strike in 1994, how great a game baseball is because comebacks are always possible, no matter how great the obstacles may seem. From Don Mattingly's only postseason home run, which caused a near riot, to Edgar Martinez's legendary eleventh inning series-clinching double, Donnelly chronicles the earlier struggles of both teams during the 1980s, their mid-1990s resurgence, all five heart-stopping games of the series, and the dramatic and long-lasting effects of Seattle's victory. Simply stated, Baseball's Greatest Series hits a home run.
Incoming
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Author : Vic Amato
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2015-03-31
Incoming written by Vic Amato and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-31 with Fiction categories.
Vic Amato explores the nature of humanity through stories that are extraordinary, inspiring and even ridiculous. In Death by Peanut Butter, youll meet Twain, a mentally challenged man with a large stock of fluffy white hair who stuffs his mouth and makes a break for it. Tourist Dan in Manhattan Mendicant encounters a downtown panhandler and resents him for being able to live in NYC. But when Dan sees the World Trade Center fall on TV, he can think only of the beggar. Camille, a fun-loving artist, holds back information and her true feelings. On a hot night, it all comes down on her boyfriend out on the front porch. Enter a world filled with meaning and unforgettable characters with the sixteen stories of Incoming. Looking for the ideal compliment for a summer sandwich at the beach? Some say tomato, I say Amato. Jim Bloch, author of The Slurpents./
The Only Rule Is It Has To Work
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Author : Ben Lindbergh
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2016-05-03
The Only Rule Is It Has To Work written by Ben Lindbergh and has been published by Henry Holt and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-03 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The New York Times bestseller about what would happen if two statistics-minded outsiders were allowed to run a professional baseball team It’s the ultimate in fantasy baseball: You get to pick the roster, set the lineup, and decide on strategies -- with real players, in a real ballpark, in a real playoff race. That’s what baseball analysts Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller got to do when an independent minor-league team in California, the Sonoma Stompers, offered them the chance to run its baseball operations according to the most advanced statistics. Their story in The Only Rule is it Has to Work is unlike any other baseball tale you've ever read. We tag along as Lindbergh and Miller apply their number-crunching insights to all aspects of assembling and running a team, following one cardinal rule for judging each innovation they try: it has to work. We meet colorful figures like general manager Theo Fightmaster and boundary-breakers like the first openly gay player in professional baseball. Even José Canseco makes a cameo appearance. Will their knowledge of numbers help Lindbergh and Miller bring the Stompers a championship, or will they fall on their faces? Will the team have a competitive advantage or is the sport’s folk wisdom true after all? Will the players attract the attention of big-league scouts, or are they on a fast track to oblivion? It’s a wild ride, by turns provocative and absurd, as Lindbergh and Miller tell a story that will speak to numbers geeks and traditionalists alike. And they prove that you don’t need a bat or a glove to make a genuine contribution to the game.
The Games That Changed Baseball
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Author : John G. Robertson
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2016-06-21
The Games That Changed Baseball written by John G. Robertson and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-21 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The national pastime's rich history and vast cache of statistics have provided fans and researchers a gold mine of narrative and data since the late 19th century. Many books have been written about Major League Baseball's most famous games. This one takes a different approach, focusing on MLB's most historically significant games. Some will be familiar to baseball scholars, such as the October afternoon in 1961 when Roger Maris eclipsed Babe Ruth's single-season home run record, or the compelling sixth game of the 1975 World Series. Other fascinating games are less well known: the day at the Polo Grounds in 1921, when a fan named Reuben Berman filed a lawsuit against the New York Giants, winning fans the right to keep balls hit into the stands; the first televised broadcast of an MLB game in 1939; opening night of the Houston Astrodome in 1965, when spectators no longer had to be taken out to the ballgame; or the spectator-less April 2015 Orioles-White Sox game, played in an empty stadium in the wake of the Baltimore riots. Each game is listed in chronological order, with detailed historical background and a box score.
162 0 Imagine A Phillies Perfect Season
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Author : Paul Kurtz
language : en
Publisher: Triumph Books
Release Date : 2013-04-01
162 0 Imagine A Phillies Perfect Season written by Paul Kurtz and has been published by Triumph Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-01 with Travel categories.
Imagining a year in which the Phillies never lose a single game, this idealistic resource identifies the most memorable victory in the team's history on every single day of the baseball calendar season, from late March to late October. Ranging from games with incredible historical significance and individual achievement to those with high drama and high stakes, the book envisions the impossible: a blemish-free Phillies season. Evocative photos, original quotes, thorough research, and engaging prose and analysis add another dimension.
Dodgers
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Author : Jim Alexander
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2022-07-15
Dodgers written by Jim Alexander and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-15 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In the 1880s, a Brooklyn baseball manager plotted to steal pitching signs and alert batters with a hidden electrical wire. In 1951, the Brooklyn Dodgers were robbed of a pennant via a sign-stealing scheme involving a center field office, a telescope and a button connected to the bullpen phone. In 2017, the Los Angeles Dodgers were robbed of a World Series championship via a sign-stealing system involving a TV camera, a monitor, a trash can and a bat. History has often repeated itself around the Dodgers franchise. From their beginnings as the Brooklyn Atlantics to their move from Flatbush to L.A. and into the 21st Century, the Dodgers have seen heartbreaking losses and stirring triumphs, broken the color barrier, turned the game into a true coast-to-coast sport and produced many Hall of Famers, This is their story.