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Invisible Men Life in Baseball’s Negro Leagues

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The Ultimate Philadelphia Athletics Reference Book 1901-1954

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Black College Nines The History of HBCU Baseball and Integrators of Historically White College Baseball Programs

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation

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Heart of the Game Life, Death, and Mercy in Minor League America

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation

More Than Beards, Bellies and Biceps The Story of the 1993 Phillies (And the Phillie Phanatic Too) — Robert Gordon

More Than Beards, Bellies and Biceps The Story of the 1993 Phillies (And the Phillie Phanatic Too)

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Where They Ain’t The Fabled Life and Untimely Death of the Original Baltimore Orioles, the Team That Gave Birth to Modern Baseball — Burt Solomon

Where They Ain’t The Fabled Life and Untimely Death of the Original Baltimore Orioles, the Team That Gave Birth to Modern Baseball

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Phillies Heroes Remembering the Philadelphia Phillies Who Helped Make the 1960s Baseball’s Real Golden Age — Carroll Conklin

Phillies Heroes Remembering the Philadelphia Phillies Who Helped Make the 1960s Baseball’s Real Golden Age

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Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation

Mexican American Baseball in East Los Angeles — Richard A Santillan

Mexican American Baseball in East Los Angeles

Richard A Santillan

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation

When Mississippi Schooled America in Baseball Mississippi State University, Ole Miss, Pearl River Community College, Madison Central High School — JAMES R. CROCKETT

When Mississippi Schooled America in Baseball Mississippi State University, Ole Miss, Pearl River Community College, Madison Central High School

JAMES R. CROCKETT

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation

The DiMaggios Three Brothers, Their Passion for Baseball, Their Pursuit of the American Dream — Tom Clavin

The DiMaggios Three Brothers, Their Passion for Baseball, Their Pursuit of the American Dream

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation

Moneyball The Art Of Winning An Unfair Game — Michael Lewis

Moneyball The Art Of Winning An Unfair Game

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation

Fenway 1912 The Birth of a Ballpark, a Championship Season, and Fenway’s Remarkable First Year — Glenn Stout

Fenway 1912 The Birth of a Ballpark, a Championship Season, and Fenway’s Remarkable First Year

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation

The Franchise: New York Yankees A Curated History of the Bronx Bombers — Mark Feinsand

The Franchise: New York Yankees A Curated History of the Bronx Bombers

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation

Rally Caps, Rain Delays, and Racing Sausages A Baseball Fan’s Quest to See the Game from a Seat in Every Ballpark — Eric S. Kabakoff

Rally Caps, Rain Delays, and Racing Sausages A Baseball Fan’s Quest to See the Game from a Seat in Every Ballpark

Eric S. Kabakoff

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation

Talking to GOATs The Moments You Remember and the Stories You Never Heard — Jim Gray

Talking to GOATs The Moments You Remember and the Stories You Never Heard

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The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty The Game, the Team, and the Cost of Greatness — Buster Olney

The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty The Game, the Team, and the Cost of Greatness

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation

The Pitch That Killed — Michael Sowell

The Pitch That Killed

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Pinnacle on the Mound Cy Young Award Winners Talk Baseball — Doug Wedge

Pinnacle on the Mound Cy Young Award Winners Talk Baseball

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The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Cubs A Decade-By-Decade History — Chicago Tribune (Firm)

The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Cubs A Decade-By-Decade History

Chicago Tribune (Firm)

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation

Willie’s Time A Memoir — Charles Einstein

Willie’s Time A Memoir

Charles Einstein

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation

The Big 50: Toronto Blue Jays — Shi Davidi

The Big 50: Toronto Blue Jays

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation

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