Incredible Baseball Stories (eBook)

Amazing Tales from the Diamond

Ken Samelson (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
248 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
9781510713864 (ISBN)

Infos

The works in Incredible Baseball Stories cover the full span of baseballs rich history. Fans of all ages will enjoy recalling the great and not-so-great moments of the most popular names in the sport. Found in this collection are timeless tales that enable the reader to: Relive great World Series moments like Kirk Gibsons home run off Dennis Eckersley Find out what its like to pitch to Ted Williams Witness record-breaking performances by Babe Ruth and Henry Aaron Learn what goes on behind the scenes of drafting stars like Jim Thome and Manny Ramirez And follow along for many more baseball adventures!With three dozen photographs that beautifully illustrate the anecdotes, Incredible Baseball Stories is the perfect gift for baseball fans of all ages.

Autor

Ken Samelson is an editor and author of several sports books. He is a former editor of The Baseball Encyclopedia. He lives in Larchmont, New York.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.4.2017
• Zusatzinfo: Color photos throughout, B&W photos throughout
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Schlagworte: ball era • ballparks • ball players • ballplayers • baseball greats • baseball historian • baseball history • baseball legends • baseball lore • baseball players • baseball statistics • baseball story • billy beane • books on chicago cubs books on smokey jo • books on davy jones • brooklyn dodgers • bunts • cal ripken • Campanella • carl furillo • chicago cubs • chicago history • coveleski • Cub • cubbies • davy jones • dead ball • Dodger • duke snider • ebbets field • Ernie Banks • fly ball • george will • Gold Coast • goose goslin • hank greenberg • harry caray • Hernandez • hitter • honus • Jackie Robinson • jack ruby • joe wood • John McGraw • larussa • league baseball • mathewson • merkle • modern players • Moneyball • national pastime • o'doul • Oral History • orel hershiser • outfield • outfielder • past 100 • pee wee ball park • pitchers • Pitching • playing ball • preface • Ritter • roger kahn • rube • sam crawford • smokey joe • snodgrass • Social Security • spring training • Stadium • steve bartman • ted williams • ticket prices • timers • tony gwynn • tony la • true baseball • ty cobb • veeck • walter johnson • Wrigley Field • Yankees
• ISBN-13: 9781510713864 / 9781510713864