An account of the 1964 World Series baseball championship between the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals.

Presents a comprehensive history of the Boston Red Sox baseball league describing the players, coaches, management, and politics that contributed to their 2004 World Series championship.

"How far would you go to keep a promise? Dani and Eric have been best friends since Dani moved next door in second grade. They bond over donuts, comic books, Red Sox games, and camping on Cape Cod. But lately their friendship has started to feel a little, well, different. Dani tries out and makes the all-boys baseball team--something Eric isn't part of. Now that they're starting sixth grade, Eric--who has a history of dropping things he starts--decides...

In one of the most memorable moments of Major League Baseball, Dave Dravecky of the San Francisco Giants pitched a winning game less than a year after undergoing cancer surgery on his pitching arm. But his comeback was short-lived. Just five days after his winning game, Dravecky broke his arm-and would later lose it entirely as the cancer returned. Dravecky's true comeback would come later, as a bestselling author and inspirational speaker offering...

"Explores all the things professional baseball players do beyond playing baseball"--

In The Old Ball Game, Frank Deford, NPR sports commentator and Sports Illustrated journalist retells the story of an unusual friendship between two towering figures in baseball history. At the turn of the twentieth century, Christy Mathewson was one of baseball's first superstars. Over six feet tall, clean cut, and college educated, he didn't pitch on the Sabbath and rarely spoke an ill word about anyone. He also had one of the most devastating arms...

Most fans know Ralph Kiner as the New York Mets' long-tenured color commentator, but as a player he was one of the most feared hitters in the game; this autobiography allows Kiner to reveal his life story and to share his learned opinion about many topics affecting the game today.

The Castle Court kids begin to squabble over chopping down some trees in an empty lot in order to create a baseball diamond.

Blending scientific fact and sports trivia, Robert Adair examines what a baseball or player in motion does-and why. How fast can a batted ball go? What effect do stitch patterns have on wind resistance? How far does a curve ball break? Who reaches first base faster after a bunt, a right- or left-handed batter? The answers are often surprising-and always illuminating. This newly revised third edition considers recent developments in the science of...

"Founded in 1869, the Chicago Cubs are a charter member of the National League and the last remaining of the eight original league clubs still playing in the city in which the franchise started. Reprinted selections from firsthand accounts provide a narrative of baseball in 19th century America and a documentary history before they were the Cubs"--