Survey: What Baseball Books Do You Return to Most Often?
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Revealing a Larger Truth: A False Spring, by Pat Jordan
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Baseball Juvenile Literature
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The Negro Leagues Revisited
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Ty Cobb, Joe Jackson and Applied Psychology
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Zane Grey’s Redheaded Outfield
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J. Lee Richmond’s Remarkable 1879 Season
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Protested Games Cause of Muddled Records
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Anatomy of a Murder: The Federal League and the Courts
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Oscar Charleston No. 1 Star of 1921 Negro League
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Black Bluejackets: The Great Lakes Negro Varsity of 1944
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Long-Ball Heroes: Like Fictional Roy Hobbs, Yaz, Harm, Babe, Ted Led Turnabouts
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Aspirations: High School Teammates Who Reached Big Leagues
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‘I Don’t Care If I Ever Get Back’: Late Finishes Leave Fans Limp But Ecstatic
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Jimmy Cooney in Two Unassisted Triple Plays
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Team 9 Games Behind as Good as Champion? Maybe; Figuring Probability Fluctuations in Baseball
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Comparisons: Is N.L. Really Better? Study Raises Doubts
In addition to the traditional fireworks displays on Independence…
Dramatic 1964 Nosedive in Retrospect: Explosive Weekend by Joe Torre Destroyed Pennant-Bound Phillies
A number of apparently pennant-bound teams have collapsed in…
Winter Leagues: Dominican Real Fan and Talent Hotbed
Tony Pena sat alone on the top of the dugout steps, his legs…
Luke Easter’s Charisma, Remarkable Slugging Captivated Fans, Saved Buffalo Franchise in Mid-1950s
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A.G. Spalding: A Flamboyant Entrepreneur, Empire Builder
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Bluegrass Baseball: Barnstorming Band and Ball Club, Bill Monroe, Other Musicians Sponsored Teams in 1930-40s
Baseball and bluegrass music are both about as American as you…
Famous Nickname: Baseball’s Babes — Ruth and Others
George Herman Ruth is probably the most well known of all American…
Pitchers: 95 Enjoyed Ten Winning Seasons; 19 for Alexander
Since the cry of "Play Ball" first rang out, major league pitchers…