"This book brings to life one of baseball's greatest sluggers, Willie Stargell, first by examining the factors that shaped him as a man growing up in tumultuous racial times of the 1950s and '60s, then by recreating the major moments in his Hall of Fame baseball career, and fina…
"This book brings to life one of baseball's greatest sluggers, Willie Stargell, first by examining the factors that shaped him as a man growing up in tumultuous racial times of the 1950s and '60s, then by recreating the major moments in his Hall of Fame baseball career, and fina…
Reflecting on an outstanding 19-year major-league career, this autobiography chronicles the life of baseball great Ken Griffey.
Reflecting on an outstanding 19-year major-league career, this autobiography chronicles baseball great Ken Griffey, beginning with his days just out of high school. The account relates Griffey's decision to venture into the baseball business, documenting his time as a scout, coa…
Adolescent rebelle, Éric Gagné a quitté le domicile familial de Mascouche à l'âge de 15 ans dans l'espoir de devenir un lanceur de baseball professionnel. Expulsé du programme d'excellence de la fédération québécoise et ignoré au repêchage par toutes les équipes des ligues majeu…
Adolescent rebelle, Éric Gagné a quitté le domicile familial de Mascouche à l'âge de 15 ans dans l'espoir de devenir un lanceur de baseball professionnel. Expulsé du programme d'excellence de la fédération québécoise et ignoré au repêchage par toutes les équipes des ligues majeu…
A biography of the baseball player, first baseman and feared slugger, Orlando Cepeda.
A biography of the baseball player, first baseman and feared slugger, Orlando Cepeda.
by Brantley, Will, Kael, Pauline
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As star players for the 1955 World Champion Brooklyn Dodgers, and prior to that as the first black players to be candidates to break professional baseball's color barrier, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella would seem to be natural allies. But the two men were divided by a rival…
As star players for the 1955 World Champion Brooklyn Dodgers, and prior to that as the first black players to be candidates to break professional baseball's color barrier, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella would seem to be natural allies. But the two men were divided by a rival…
As star players for the 1955 World Champion Brooklyn Dodgers, and prior to that as the first black players to be candidates to break professional baseball's color barrier, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella would seem to be natural allies. But the two men were divided by a rival…
Finally, the fascinating story of the star athlete who was a major star of the Negro Leagues and one of the original Harlem Globetrotters.
This book is the first biography of Ted Strong Jr., a two-sport athlete of the Negro Leagues and the Harlem Globetrotters. Born Theodore Relighn Strong Jr. in South Bend, Indiana, the eldest of 14 children, Ted was raised in the Black Belt of South Side Chicago. He was one of th…
"Rarely does anyone use the term 'two-way' in regard to a baseball player. Yet the Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani, at the young age of twenty-three, has become the epitome of the term ... tells the story of the player from rural Japan who became a two-way star not seen in Ame…