Now the author of The Glory of Their Times has brought 22 of these grand old open-air, wood-and-concrete stadiums back to life in a beautiful, big-hearted book filled with over 250 vintage photos of parks, players, games, and fans.

    

    Brassey's is proud to present this new edition, expanding upon Shannon's original interviews with baseball's top authors and historians, including Bill James, Roger Kahn, W. P. Kinsella, Robert Creamer, Peter Golenbock, and Lawrence Ritter. Shannon delves into their different backgrounds, writing techniques, personal insights, and the aspects of the game and its history that interest them. Whether with an analyst like Bill James or an ex-player like Jim Brosnan, Shannon lets each explain in his own words the challenge and the joy that come from writing about the game. Baseball fans, whether they want to write about the game themselves or not, will enjoy the unique observations and advice of baseball's greatest writers.

    From Frank Robinson pulling a gun to Joe DiMaggio breaking down the wrong door, here are the untold stories of major league murderers, lunatics, drug addicts, and spies in a graphic, revealing book. Photographs.

    Packed with rare photographs of the great early players and teams; newspaper illustrations; stadium layout diagrams; images of the fans, promoters, and reporters; the uniforms and equipment; and much more. Black-and-white and color photographs and illustrations. 11 1/4" x 8 3/4".

    Season of Dreams chronicles the Minnesota Twins' Drive to win the 1991 World Championship... what a team, what a story! The team stumbled to end the 1990 season and had seemingly lost the edge to win. But, manager Tom Kelly had other plans and brought a hungry bunch of unlikely heroes to take a second World Championship in five years. This was no small feat. He placed untried players in key positions, his ace pitcher was considered to be over the hill, and he had lost team leader Gary Gaetti to the Angels. Here is an insider's account of the strategy behind the Twins' remarkable success, complete with photos and stats, from the close of the 1990 season to the spellbinding World Series victory!

    A collection of true baseball stories featuring players from different eras, teams, and leagues and focusing on human interest and character.

    Baseball fans rejoice! Now you can 'own' the most revered stadium in baseball history, right down to its hand-operated scoreboard.Fenway Park combines in one extraordinary package both a full-color model of Fenway that rises before your eyes when the book is opened and a detailed, illustrated history of America's most beloved baseball venue.

    A tale of triumph and heartbreak, heroes, goats, injuries, miracles, and devoted fans, Fenway is told from the point of view of the players, the fans, and the sportwriters of the day. Photographs.

    From the "greatest outfield of all time" in the 1890s to "the Whiz Kids" of the 1950s, up to the thrilling 1980 play-offs and World Series, this book covers it all. Photographs throughout.

    Each entry provides the given name of the individual, nickname, position, years played (or associated with the game for nonplayers), and origin of the nickname. A separate section (compiled by Brenda S. Wilson) lists players and nicknames for the All American Girls Baseball League. An extensive name index completes the work.

    Celebrating baseball's greatest teams, Abbeville's Major League Memories series delivers a grand slam of stories and souvenirs.

    Formed by a couple of cricket-playing brothers, the Reds have spanned the history of "America's sport", have included many of the game's most memorable players, and have been part of many of its celebrated moments. 499 photos.

    Now, in his own words, Bobby Thomson tells the complete story of that incredible event with fascinating details only he can provide. Here too is the story of one of the greatest pennant races of all time. For players and fans alike, the Giant-Dodger rivalry was war -- and the showdown at the Polo Grounds was the final battle. It would all come down to the last inning of the last game when Thomson walked to the plate with words of Giant manager Leo Durocher ringing in his ears: "Bobby, if you ever hit one, hit one now." With reflections of such Dodger and Giant greats as Alvin Dark, Monty Irvin, Whitey Lockman, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, and Don Newcombe, and with penetrating analysis of the sign-stealing controversy, The Giants Win The Pennant! The Giants Win The Pennant! transports you back to a golden era of baseball -- and into the hearts and minds of the heroes whose unmatched glory will always be remembered.

    But segregation didn't stop black athletes from playing baseball, and playing it with as much dazzle and aplomb as the greatest white stars. Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, Judy Johnson, Monte Irvin, and Jackie Robinson--they and other Negro League stars played with a level of skill, verve, and grit that made them heroes among both black and white fans. Featuring an extensive collection of vintage photos, including pictures from Paige's personal scrapbook, this book is the first popular illustrated work on the subject.

    On the pitch, White laced a double into right field at Fort Wayne s Hamilton Field. Thus was the beginning of the National Association, baseball s first professional league. This is a history of a loose alliance of mostly hard-drinking, undisciplined players, and driven, sometimes irascible, owners. It is the story of the Wright brothers (George and Harry) who brought fundamentals to the game that are still used, and players such as Albert Spalding who won 207 games during the league s existence. The appendix provides season by season batting averages and pitching records for each team, as well as the Association s all-time leaders in batting average, pitching wins, and hits. Originally published in 1992 by McFarland, this paperback reprint is published by Colebrook Press."

    He was the best third baseman Ty Cobb ever saw. He is still considered by most observers the best third baseman in the history of the Chicago White Sox and one of the best ever in all of baseball. Yet his career was cut short at the age of twenty-nine when, in the wake of the infamous Black Sox scandal of 1919 when players conspired to throw the World Series, he was banned from baseball for life by the newly appointed baseball commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Why was Weaver banned? What crime had he committed? And what kind of a man was George Daniel "Buck" Weaver really? The Ginger Kid provides historians and baseball fans with the entire story of the life of Buck Weaver, from his first appearance on the ball fields of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, through his rapid though ertatic rise to the major leagues, the Black Sox scandal and trial, his ouster from the game he loved so much, and his unrelenting efforts, up to the day he died, to clear his name. Was Weaver's fate unjust? Should he be posthumously reinstated into the good graces of baseball? Herein lie the facts of the case. A few baseball and legal experts have already spoken out on the subject. Now you, the reader, can decide for yourself.

    Just when it seems that Little League may be no place for a kid, this all-star line-up of conniving commissioners and mitt-impaired fielders sends the sport off and over the wall.Praise for Little League Confidential"Bill Geist is the funniest writer since Marcel Proust--I mean Mark Twain--no, make that Yogi Berra."--Russell Baker"A lighthearted romp . . . essential reading for seasons to come."--The New York Times Book Review"Very, very, very funny."--Larry King, USA Today

    

    And the best of this writing--penned by a stellar lineup of major-league authors and players--appears here in this wonderfully abundant anthology from the editor of the classic Fireside Books of Baseball.