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365 Oddball Days in Boston Red Sox History
John Snyder
From Jimmy Piersall’s center field jumping jacks to Julia Child’s critique of the famous Fenway Frank (“thin and pale”), 365 Oddball Days in Red Sox History covers all the bases. Organized in an attractive page-a-day format, it delivers anecdotes, player biographies, statistics, and historical information from the Cy Young era right up to the Big Papi-led teams of today.
SABR Research Award-winning author John Snyder brings to life the most colorful characters and bizarre events in Red Sox history. He celebrates birthdays and asks trivia questions that will challenge your knowledge of your favorite team. This collection doesn't simply round up he stories that have been told time and again. It focuses on the freaky and the flaky, the good, the bad, and the downright weird.
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365 Oddball Days in Chicago Cubs History
John Snyder
This entertaining and informative reference reveals the Lovable Losers in all their beleaguered glory, from the real story behind the Curse of the Billygoat to Steve Bartman’s infamous bleachers grab. Delving deep into Cub history, it provides even the most dyed-in-the-wool uniform fan a full year’s worth of anecdotes, information, and team lore.
This book is perfect for the Chicago Cubs fan or any sports fan. Its attention to detail combined with interesting tidbits make this guide the perfect gift or treat fo yourself. So grab a copy today and settle down in your favorite spot.
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365 Oddball Days in Dodgers History
John Snyder
Dodgers fans will clamor for this collection of anecdotes and beloved characters, from Dem Bums from Brooklyn to the LaSorda-led boys in blue to today's contenders. The Dodgers are coming off an impressive 2009 season, and 365 Oddball Days in Dodger History is the perfect gift for any fan. The page-a-day format combines easy-to-browse features with a never-out-of-date annual, featuring funny anecdotes for even the dyed-in-the-wool-uniform fans.
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Angels Journal
John Snyder
Up-to-the-minute information including the 2009 season, Angels Journal is the definitive, in-depth chronicle of one of Major League baseball’s most beloved franchises from their founding in 1961.
Angels Journal is the ultimate fan’s resource. Dividing the team’s history into decades, years, and even days, the book offers hitting and pitching highlights, team and player stats, interesting and unusual facts—much more than just a box score.
Angels Journal is loaded with photos, sidebars, statistics, and anecdotes, as well as lists of all-time hitting and pitching leaders, all-decade all-star teams, and even the all-time roster and uniform numbers. In short, there’s so much information and trivia contained here that baseball fans will have their hands full well beyond the season of America’s favorite game.
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Ball Cap Nation: A Journey Through the World of America's National Hat
Jim Lilliefors
As the country grows increasingly diverse and complicated, Americans seek, and occasionally find, a common thread to unite them. And, as Jim Lilliefors reveals in his new book, that common thread is what the baseball cap is made of — indeed, what has transformed it into America’s National Hat. As fads go, it’s no longer even a fad, but a part of the national identity that, for better or worse, is a symbol of America.
It feeds an illusion that Americans cherish — that despite their differences, and no matter what position they play — when wearing a baseball cap, they’re all part of the same team. Exploring every aspect of caps and their culture — including the history, manufacturing, and evolution of baseball caps; collecting and caring for caps; cap etiquette; and even cap urban legends — and packed with photos throughout, Ball Cap Nation is a delightful look at a uniquely American phenomenon.
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Black and Blue (hardback)
Bob Berghaus
Formed in 1967, the NFL's Central Division, made up of the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions, and Minnesota Vikings, quickly earned the nickname “Black and Blue Division” due to the teams' fierce, physical play. Through the years, many of the toughest men in pro football have played in the Black and Blue — from Butkus to Nitschke, Eller to Spielman, Favre to Singletary to Karras to the Purple People Eaters.
Now known as the NFC North, the rivals still battle each other twice a year, celebrating their 40th season together in 2006. Black and Blue celebrates along with them, recalling the great plays and players, the memorable seasons, and the crucial games through first-hand interviews with players and coaches and first-rate photography. Capsule summaries of every game played in the division make this an essential reference for every football fan.
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Black and Blue (paperback)
Bob Berghaus
Formed in 1967, the NFL's Central Division, made up of the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions, and Minnesota Vikings, quickly earned the nickname “Black and Blue Division” due to the teams' fierce, physical play. Through the years, many of the toughest men in pro football have played in the Black and Blue — from Butkus to Nitschke, Eller to Spielman, Favre to Singletary to Karras to the Purple People Eaters.
Now known as the NFC North, the rivals still battle each other twice a year, celebrating their 40th season together in 2006. Black and Blue celebrates along with them, recalling the great plays and players, the memorable seasons, and the crucial games through first-hand interviews with players and coaches and first-rate photography. Capsule summaries of every game played in the division make this an essential reference for every football fan.
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Cardinals Journal: Year by Year and Day by Day with the St. Louis Cardinals Since 1882
John Snyder
Updated to include the 2008 season, Cardinals Journal is the definitive, in-depth chronicle of one of Major League baseball’s most beloved franchises from their founding in 1882. This is the ultimate Cardinals fan’s resource, dividing the team’s history into decades, years, and even days. The updated journal not only provides hitting and pitching highlights as well as team and player stats, but it also includes unusual facts that go beyond just a box score.
Along with past and present photos, sidebars, and anecdotes, fans will also find lists of all-time hitting and pitching leaders, all-decade all-star teams, and an all-time roster that includes team uniform numbers. Baseball fans will have their hands full well beyond the season of America’s favorite game.
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Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame Highlights: Memorable Moments in Team History as Heard on the Reds Radio Network
These pieces have become a favorite feature for Reds fans, who love to celebrate the Big Red Machine’s long and storied history and traditions. This collection brings together every single one of Rhodes' pieces in a single book for both Reds fans and baseball aficionados. Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame Highlights chronicles more than 130 years of history and five world series championships and includes over 300 short accounts of the team’s greatest, saddest, wildest, and weirdest players and moments. Packed with over 100 photos furnished by the Reds and their museum, the book pays tribute to a team that remains one of America's favorites.
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Cincinnati's Crosley Field: The Illustrated History of a Classic Ballpark
John Erardi and Joel Luckhaupt
Crosley Field and another Rhodes-Erardi production, Big Red Dynasty, were honored among the top baseball books in the country by Spitball literary magazine and the Society for American Baseball Research. They also co-authored First Boys of Summer and Opening Day. Rhodes' other books are Redleg Journal, Reds in Black and White, and Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame Highlights. Erardi's other book, Pete Rose: 4,192, sole 50,000 copies.
Cincinnati's Crosley Field presents the field's history through
text and more than 150 photographs. The Cincinnati Reds played at
Crosley Field from 1912 through 1970, and the ballpark holds an iconic
place in the city's history as well as throughout Reds Country. One of
the most beloved ballparks in Major League history, Crosley Field
played host to the first night game and the first of Johnny Vander
Meer's back-to-back no-hitters, as well as four World Series and two
All-Star games.
From the outfield terrace to the "Moon Deck," from
Lombardi's "snooze" to Big Klu's biceps, Blackwell's "whip" to Rose's
belly-flop slides, the Redlegs to the Big Red Machine, Cincinnati's
Crosley Field has them covered in words and pictures. Greg Rhodes and
John Erardi also present the great Negro Leagues teams that played at
Crosley, as well as the field's many colorful characters, such as
longtime announcer Waite Hoyt and the top-hatted vendor known as Peanut
Jim. In April 2009, the Reds' Hall of Fame and Museum opens this
season's key exhibit, Crosley Field Remembered, and Cincinnati's Crosley Field will be sold at the team's gift shop as a souvenir.
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