The Ball Player

Author : Chipper Jones,Carroll Rogers Walton
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781101984413

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Ballplayer by Chipper Jones,Carroll Rogers Walton Pdf

Atlanta Braves third baseman and National Hall of Famer Chipper Jones—one of the greatest switch-hitters in baseball history—shares his remarkable story, while capturing the magic nostalgia that sets baseball apart from every other sport. Before Chipper Jones became an eight-time All-Star who amassed Hall of Fame–worthy statistics during a nineteen-year career with the Atlanta Braves, he was just a country kid from small town Pierson, Florida. A kid who grew up playing baseball in the backyard with his dad dreaming that one day he’d be a major league ballplayer. With his trademark candor and astonishing recall, Chipper Jones tells the story of his rise to the MLB ranks and what it took to stay with one organization his entire career in an era of booming free agency. His journey begins with learning the art of switch-hitting and takes off after the Braves make him the number one overall pick in the 1990 draft, setting him on course to become the linchpin of their lineup at the height of their fourteen-straight division-title run. Ballplayer takes readers into the clubhouse of the Braves’ extraordinary dynasty, from the climax of the World Series championship in 1995 to the last-gasp division win by the 2005 “Baby Braves”; all the while sharing pitch-by-pitch dissections of clashes at the plate with some of the all-time great starters, such as Clemens and Johnson, as well as closers such as Wagner and Papelbon. He delves into his relationships with Bobby Cox and his famous Braves brothers—Maddux, Glavine, and Smoltz, among them—and opponents from Cal Ripken Jr. to Barry Bonds. The National League MVP also opens up about his overnight rise to superstardom and the personal pitfalls that came with fame; his spirited rivalry with the New York Mets; his reflections on baseball in the modern era—outrageous money, steroids, and all—and his special last season in 2012. Ballplayer immerses us in the best of baseball, as if we’re sitting next to Chipper in the dugout on an endless spring day.

Author : Michael Lewis
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004-03-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780393066234

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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis Pdf

"This delightfully written, lesson-laden book deserves a place of its own in the Baseball Hall of Fame." —Forbes Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. In a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Michael Lewis follows the low-budget Oakland A's, visionary general manager Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball theorists. They are all in search of new baseball knowledge—insights that will give the little guy who is willing to discard old wisdom the edge over big money.

Author : Bill Whittington
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781698712741

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The Ball Player by Bill Whittington Pdf

This book is about my father and his peers who grew up poor in rural North Carolina from the early to the late 1900s. The backdrop of these stories is the Carolina Textile Baseball League where James M. Whittington, Sr played from 1926 to 1954 and then further umpired, coached, and mentored many individual ball-players for another 40 years. He became a local legend in North and South Carolina, specifically the Piedmont Region. James Whittington circumstances molded him and his friends as rough men. He lived his life as a tough man but eventually found God and salvation later in life.

Author : Robert Peterson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0195076370

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Only the Ball was White by Robert Peterson Pdf

Tells the forgotten story of Black star-quality athletes excluded from professional baseball because of the big league's color line.

Author : Adrian Constantine Anson
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547174097

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A Ball Player's Career by Adrian Constantine Anson Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Ball Player's Career" (Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson) by Adrian Constantine Anson. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Bill Werber,C. Paul Rogers III
Publisher : SABR, Inc.
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781933599472

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Memories of a Ballplayer by Bill Werber,C. Paul Rogers III Pdf

Rich in anecdotes and humor, Bill Werber's Memories of a Ballplayer is a clear-eyed memoir of the world of big-league baseball in the 1930s. Originally published by SABR in hardcover in 2000 and in paperback in 2001, the book is still in print, but now also available as an ebook.

Author : Alfred Slote
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Imagination
ISBN : 0064404250

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Make-believe Ball Player by Alfred Slote Pdf

Grade Level 3.8, Book # 5373, Points 2.

Author : Adrian Constantine Anson
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465545909

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A Ball Player's Career by Adrian Constantine Anson Pdf

Author : Montrew Dunham
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781439136522

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Roberto Clemente by Montrew Dunham Pdf

Roberto Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player. He played 18 seasons at right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was a National League, Most Valuable Player once, All-Star twelve times (15 games), batting champion four times, and Gold Glove winner twelve times. In 1972, Clemente got his 3,000th major league hit. Clemente was very involved in charity work in Puerto Rico and Latin American countries during the off seasons. He died in an airplane accident on December 31, 1972, while en route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Now readers can explore how his childhood influenced his life.

Author : Wayne Stewart
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781626368934

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Name That Ballplayer by Wayne Stewart Pdf

Taking a cue from the legendary TV game show Name That Tune, Wayne Stewart's Name That Ballplayer is a unique baseball quiz book. This is not just a list of questions followed by the answers. Readers are given three sets of clues to help them name the ballplayer in question. If they get the player on the first clue, they are awarded five points. If they require a second clue, they get only three points. And if they need the final clue they're still rewarded, but with only one point. Not only are the clues given in "tiers," but the book's four chapters run from extremely easy (e.g., identifying the likes of Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron) to much more obscure (where was Mickey Mantle born? what do you remember about Johnny Bench?).

Author : John Montgomery Ward
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066225940

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Base-Ball by John Montgomery Ward Pdf

By John Montgomery Ward is a narrative that delves into the world of baseball and leisure. Ward's storytelling captures the essence of America's favorite pastime, providing an enjoyable and informative read.

Author : Jim Bouton
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780795323249

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Ball Four by Jim Bouton Pdf

The 50th Anniversary edition of “the book that changed baseball” (NPR), chosen by Time magazine as one of the “100 Greatest Non-Fiction” books. When Ball Four was published in 1970, it created a firestorm. Bouton was called a Judas, a Benedict Arnold, and a “social leper” for having violated the “sanctity of the clubhouse.” Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn tried to force Bouton to sign a statement saying the book wasn’t true. Ballplayers, most of whom hadn’t read it, denounced the book. It was even banned by a few libraries. Almost everyone else, however, loved Ball Four. Fans liked discovering that athletes were real people—often wildly funny people. David Halberstam, who won a Pulitzer for his reporting on Vietnam, wrote a piece in Harper’s that said of Bouton: “He has written . . . a book deep in the American vein, so deep in fact that it is by no means a sports book.” Today Ball Four has taken on another role—as a time capsule of life in the sixties. “It is not just a diary of Bouton’s 1969 season with the Seattle Pilots and Houston Astros,” says sportswriter Jim Caple. “It’s a vibrant, funny, telling history of an era that seems even further away than four decades. To call it simply a ‘tell all book’ is like describing The Grapes of Wrath as a book about harvesting peaches in California.” Includes a new foreword by Jim Bouton's wife, Paula Kurman “An irreverent, best-selling book that angered baseball’s hierarchy and changed the way journalists and fans viewed the sports world.” —The Washington Post

Author : Rupa Pandit
Publisher : Oswal Publishers
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789390278473

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Physical Education: Textbook for ICSE Class 10 by Rupa Pandit Pdf

Author : Jerry Lansche
Publisher : Taylor Pub
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0878338462

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Stan "The Man" Musial by Jerry Lansche Pdf

A biography of the legendary St. Louis Cardinal offers a portrait of his life from his birth to immigrant parents in Pennsylvania, to his minor league days in West Virginia and Florida, to his rise to fame as one of baseball's greatest hitters

Author : Marvin Miller
Publisher : Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Baseball
ISBN : 1566635993

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A Whole Different Ball Game by Marvin Miller Pdf

Marvin Miller became the first executive director of the newly formed Major League Baseball Players Association. He recounts his experience in dealing with club owners and his success in winning a new role for the players. He helped virtually end the system that bound an athlete to one team forever and thereby raised salaries enormously. formed