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Chasing the Big Leagues

Author : Brett Baker
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253038936
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Chasing the Big Leagues written by Brett Baker and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major league players’ strike may be one man’s chance to shine: “Baker knows his baseball . . . the feel of the ball, what makes a team tick . . . a page turner” (John Keeble, author of Yellowfish) Three years after earning a full-ride baseball scholarship to Ohio State, “Golden” Jake Standen has burned out. Working as a furniture mover and bouncing between meaningless relationships, he’s convinced that his baseball dreams are over. But after the 1994 Major League Baseball strike prematurely ends the season, the playoffs, and even the World Series, Jake is about to get his lucky break. Strike be damned, the owners will have a team for the ’95 season, even if they have to open tryouts and spring training to anyone who can hit or throw the ball. After scoring contracts for the Toronto Blue Jays, Jake, his best friend, Brian Sloan, and an unlikely cast of new teammates have just six weeks to learn how to play like never before amid a slowly building crescendo of public curiosity, media scrutiny, and a labor dispute that could put them on the field come Opening Day—or dash their dreams at any minute. Based on the true stories of the 1994–95 replacement players, Chasing the Big Leagues is an exciting novel about shared dreams and competing interests, best friends and second chances, growing up and finding love.

Chasing the Big Leagues

Author : Brett Baker
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253038952
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Chasing the Big Leagues written by Brett Baker and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three years after earning a full-ride baseball scholarship to Ohio State, "Golden" Jake Standen has burned out. Working as a furniture mover and bouncing between meaningless relationships, he's convinced that his baseball dreams are over. But after the 1994 Major League Baseball strike prematurely ends the season, the playoffs, and even the World Series, Jake is about to get his lucky break. Strike be damned, the owners will have a team for the '95 season, even if they have to open tryouts and spring training to anyone who can hit or throw the ball. After scoring contracts for the Toronto Blue Jays, Jake, his best friend Brian Sloan, and an unlikely cast of new teammates have just six weeks to learn how to play like never before, amid a slowly building crescendo of public curiosity, media scrutiny, and a labor dispute that could put them on the field come Opening Day—or dash their dreams at any minute. Based on the true stories of the 1994–95 replacement players, Chasing the Big Leagues is an exciting novel about shared dreams and competing interests, best friends and second chances, growing up and finding love.

Welcome to the Big Leagues

Author : Dan Hettinger
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614483671
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book Welcome to the Big Leagues written by Dan Hettinger and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your life matters, not because of what you have done or what you possess. Even when things go wrong or you make mistakes, your life still matters. It matters, because God says it does. There is a tendency for a man to measure his worth with the wrong measurement system, to compare his life with others or not like his place on the team. But when a man knows who he is in the eyes of God, he experiences his significance. Every event and relationship has unlimited potential. He has made it to the Big Leagues. Welcome to the Big Leagues—Every Man’s Journey to Significance, The Darrel Chaney Story, shows a utility player’s struggle--on one of the best baseball teams to ever take the field--with ambushes, setbacks, minimum wage one year contracts and changes beyond his control. But he makes his Top-10 list, encounters the Eternal and realizes he has his place on the team and in history. Through it all, he discovered his God given significance and found it was not only the best way to play in the Big Leagues; it was the way to live a Big League life. Welcome to the Big Leagues tells the baseball story, and at the same time it helps every man learn the same lessons. He needs to make his Top-10 list, encounter the Eternal and know his place on the team and in history. Every man can experience his God given significance. Many men are changed by the world, but the man who knows his significance, that his life matters, is a man who will change the world. He is in the Big Leagues.

Dixie Walker of the Dodgers

Author : Maury Allen
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817355995
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Dixie Walker of the Dodgers written by Maury Allen and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2010-06-16 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Fred "Dixie" Walker, a gifted ballplayer who played in the majors for 18 seasons and in 1,905 games, assembling a career batting average of .306 while playing for the Yankees, White Sox, Tigers, Dodgers, and Pirates.

Small Ball in the Big Leagues

Author : James D. Szalontai
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078645833X
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Small Ball in the Big Leagues written by James D. Szalontai and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The typical baseball fan yearns for one of two things: a strikeout or a home run. But most of the game takes place in between these electrifying moments, and this book discusses the importance of “small ball” to baseball. It examines the multitude of times small ball activities have secured victories through aggressive base running, sacrifice hits, squeeze bunts, stolen bases, productive outs and hit-and-run plays, as well as games in which aggressive small ball activity led to defeat. The book covers the most important small ball players, managers and teams.

The Chattanooga Lookouts & 100 Seasons of Scenic City Baseball

Author : Stephen Martini
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0557279275
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book The Chattanooga Lookouts & 100 Seasons of Scenic City Baseball written by Stephen Martini and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This isn't just A story - it's OUR story! The story of hall-of-fame players, legendary promotions, record-setting nights, lonely days, love, loss, charity and championships! Don't miss another second - step up to the plate and join hundreds of thousands of fans already cheering for a tradition unlike any other -- Chattanooga Lookouts baseball!! Featuring the true story of Jackie Mitchell, as seen on the FSN documentary "Amazing Sports Stories" (produced by Red Line Films) in May 2008!

Big Leagues

Author : Stephen R. Fox
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803268968
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (689 download)

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Download or read book Big Leagues written by Stephen R. Fox and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the evolution of baseball, football, and basketball and offers new perspectives on established legends

Big League, Big Time

Author : Len Sherman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671003445
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Big League, Big Time written by Len Sherman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-03 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On March 31, 1998, more than 48,500 fans cheered the arrival of Major League Baseball's newest expansion team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. In the first book ever to chronicle the birth of a major-league baseball franchise from conception to Opening Day, Big League, Big Time takes you inside the Diamondbacks dugout -- and their corporate suite -- to examine the billion-dollar business of baseball and its enormous impact on our culture. While many prominent people went to bat for baseball in Phoenix, sports entrepreneur Jerry Colangelo, the Diamondbacks' managing general partner, swung for the fences and scored a league-envious, $355 million state-of-the-art baseball facility. Big League, Big Time discloses how Colangelo's revolutionary vision for the Diamondbacks affected all aspects of the club -- especially his choice of personnel, from Jay Bell and Andy Benes to former Yankees manager Buck Showalter, "a young man with old-fashioned ideas." But even before they had drafted a player, the Diamondbacks front office was well aware that marketing "The Show" was the off-the-field game they couldn't afford to lose. Read the inside story of how they chose the team's name and colors, successfully maneuvered multimillion-dollar deals with a host of major sponsors, determinedly wooed the vast Mexican market, attracted such celebrity coinvestors as Billy Crystal and Lou Gosset, Jr., and became one of the five highest revenue-producing franchises before a single game was played. Complete with player profiles, an exclusive inside-the-war-room took at the expansion draft, and a dissection of the media's role in the global growth of the sports industry, Big League, Big Time is a rare glimpse into the politics, business, and promise of baseball -- a fascinating analysis of how one city cultivated a very special field of dreams.

Big League Babble On

Author : John Gallagher
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459739272
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Big League Babble On written by John Gallagher and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2017-11-18 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many of John Gallagher’s broadcasting contemporaries went home to the suburbs at the end of the day, Gallagher threw himself fully into the kind of nightlife the average Joe could only dream of. He dishes dirt and names names in this salacious memoir of a career lived on the edge.

Sport in American Culture

Author : Joyce D. Duncan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1851095594
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Sport in American Culture written by Joyce D. Duncan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-11-19 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique and timely exploration of the cultural impact of sport on American society, including lifestyles, language, and thinking. Sport in American Culture is the first and only reference work to provide an in-depth and up-to-date exploration of sport and its impact on American culture. Essays from more than 200 scholars, professionals, and sports enthusiasts address how sport has changed our lifestyles, language, and thinking. Arranged alphabetically, the work introduces key sport figures and national icons, with a focus on their cultural impact, examines individual sports and how they have influenced society, and discusses such phenomena as the billion-dollar athletic apparel industry, sport as big business, and the effect of sport on gender, racial views, pride, and nationalism. In addition to expected topics, the work also includes less studied areas such as myths, audience rituals, Wheaties, comic books, the hula hoop, and religion.

Little League to the Major Leagues

Author : Rod Humphries
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1475984685
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book Little League to the Major Leagues written by Rod Humphries and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-05-10 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no question that the physical and mental demands of the sport of baseball are rigorous. Not only is it difficult to successfully hit a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball in front of a crowd of passionate spectators, but it is also challenging to navigate an often confusing system that leads players through youth leagues, high school, college, and for a lucky few, the Minor and Major Leagues. Rod Humphries, sports journalist, television writer, and former administrator of a worldwide professional tennis tour, shares his personal experiences and advice from experts in this complete insider’s guide designed to help players, their parents, and baseball fans understand how Major Leaguers “pay their dues.” Humphries, who closely studied the entire baseball assembly line when his son was drafted out of high school by the Houston Astros, offers valuable information on: • The professional baseball structure • Little League vs. select/travel ball • Player analysis and recruitment • Scholarships and coaching camps • Draft day decisions, salaries, and career chances Little League to the Major Leagues provides proven tips and time-tested advice for any family or player who dares to dream of journeying beyond youth baseball to high school, college, and the professional game.

Two Sides of Glory

Author : Erik Sherman
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496219325
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Two Sides of Glory written by Erik Sherman and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following an epic American League Championship Series win over the California Angels and just one out from winning their first World Series in sixty-eight years, the 1986 Boston Red Sox lost Game Six to the New York Mets in unforgettable and devastating fashion. Then they lost Game Seven and the Series itself. Two Sides of Glory portrays the losing side of the story about one of baseball’s most riveting World Series match-ups. With the benefit of years of reflection from the men who made up the ’86 Sox, this will be the definitive book on this iconic yet most Shakespearian of Boston teams for years to come. After telling the Mets’ side of the story, Erik Sherman turns here to the Red Sox’s version, with recollections from players that are both insightful and surprisingly emotional. Bill Buckner, whose name became synonymous with a muffed grounder, speaks openly about the cruel aftermath. Pitcher Bruce Hurst broke down three times while being interviewed. Dwight Evans confesses in his interview that he had never before talked at length about the ’86 team. And Roger Clemens talks candidly not only about the ’86 squad but also accusations of alleged steroid abuse later in his career and the toll it has taken on his family. In each player’s retelling, there is the excitement of history never told and old mysteries answered. The story of the ’86 Red Sox is well known, but now, after thirty years, the players have opened up to Sherman like never before. It’s an in-depth, first-person account with the intriguing key players who made up this once-in-a-generation Boston team, and also a look at how the extremes of tantalizing victory and heart-wrenching failure shaped and influenced their lives—both on the field and off.

Lucky Me

Author : Eddie Robinson
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803274114
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Lucky Me written by Eddie Robinson and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eddie Robinson’s career lasted sixty-five years and spanned the era before and during World War II, integration, the organization of the players union, expansion, use of artificial turf, free agency, labor stoppages, and even the steroid era. He was a Minor League player, a Major League player, a coach, a farm director, a general manager, a scout, and a consultant. During his six and a half decades in baseball, he knew, played with or against, or worked for or with many of baseball’s greats, including Hank Aaron, Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Bob Feller, Rogers Hornsby, Mickey Mantle, Satchel Paige, Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, Tris Speaker, George Steinbrenner, Casey Stengel, Bill Veeck, and Ted Williams. The lively autobiography of Robinson, Lucky Me highlights a career that touched all aspects of the game from player to coach to front-office executive and scout. In it Robinson reveals for the first time that the 1948 Cleveland Indians stole the opposition’s signs with the use of a telescope in their drive to the pennant. This edition features a new afterword by C. Paul Rogers III. Purchase the audio edition.

100 Things Blue Jays Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

Author : Steve Clarke
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1633197700
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (331 download)

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Download or read book 100 Things Blue Jays Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die written by Steve Clarke and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most Blue Jays fans have taken in a game or two at Rogers Centre, remember where they were when Joe Carter hit his World Series–winning home run in 1993, and took in every moment of the Jays' historic 2015 postseason run. But only real fans know who spent two decades as the team's BJ Birdy mascot, can name the opposing player who was once jailed for hitting a seagull with a thrown baseball at Exhibition Stadium, or how long it takes to open the Rogers Centre roof. 100 Things Blue Jays Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die stands as the ultimate resource for true fans of Canada's sole major league baseball team. Author Steve Clarke has collected every essential piece of Blue Jays knowledge and trivia, as well as must-do activities, and ranks them all, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist as readers progress on their way to fan superstardom. This updated edition includes the Blue Jay's recent success and revival, including the push to the 2015 American League Championship Series and Josh Donaldson's MVP season.

A Very Big League of Their Own

Author : Nick Garcia
Publisher : Tate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1602478082
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book A Very Big League of Their Own written by Nick Garcia and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2007-12 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nick Garcia was born in Key West, Florida in 1968. He attended Vanderbilt University and received a B.S. in accounting from Auburn University and a Law Degree from Georgia State University. He currently practices law in Fayetteville, Georgia where he lives with his wife Myra and their four children. The revolutionary Theory of Roidactivity has at long last cracked Major League Baseballs Steroid Code. Who were the first players to taste baseballs forbidden fruit? Nick Garcias A League of Their Own is a shocking, irreverent romp that illuminates the ghosts of baseballs past, present and future. Strap yourself in and be prepared for the most controversial ride the Major League circus has ever seen. More awe inspiring than a Mark Mcgwire home run and more poignant than a Roger Clemens fastball to the temple, A League Of Their Own is Major League Baseballs bitter little pill.

APPALACHIAN LEAGUE BASEBALL

Author : Allen LaMountain
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1499042825
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book APPALACHIAN LEAGUE BASEBALL written by Allen LaMountain and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball. The very word brings to mind summer days, a feeling of youthful exuberance, and rebirth. Baseball is nostalgic in its essence, and I hope that I have captured that feeling in this book. The stories of the rise of many young hopeful ballplayers who had the talent and drive to make it to the big leagues and in some cases rise to the very pinnacle of success is what prompted me to write their stories. Over the years of my stint covering the Appalachian League, I witnessed a great many players make it to “The Show.” If you are a fan of baseball, as I am, you will enjoy discovering the history of this talent-rich league as well as the biographies of the players and managers who passed through the Appy League on their way up the ladder. I hope you enjoy reading this book as much as I did writing it.

Gib Bodet, Major League Scout

Author : Gib Bodet
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786472405
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Gib Bodet, Major League Scout written by Gib Bodet and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-03 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gib Bodet's 70-year love affair with baseball dates from his childhood in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, and it has carried him through parts of six decades as a scout with the Red Sox, Tigers, Expos, Angels, Royals, and Dodgers. He played ball in high school and the military, coached youth and legion teams, and finally made the game his profession at age 38. In this memoir, Bodet recalls humorous stories about people he worked for and with--Peter O'Malley, Walter Shannon, Gene Autry, John Schuerholz, Al Campanis and long-time friend Tom Lasorda among them--and describes his role in drafting and signing such players as Mike Piazza, Eric Karros, Todd Hollandsworth, Paul Konerko, Matt Kemp, Clayton Kershaw and Chad Billingsley.