A comprehensive trivia tour through baseball by the popular sports commentator presents the 150-year history of the sport in an encyclopedic format
The Amazin' Bill Mazer's Football Trivia Book
By the start of the '63 season the only starters left from the year before were infielder Charlie Neal and left fielder Frank Thomas. Everyone else was new: Tim Harkness at first, Larry Burright at second, Al Moran at short, ...
This book traces the history of the New York Mets from the franchise's inauspicious beginnings--the 1962 team, led by Casey Stengel and made up of players like Rod Kanehl and Jay Hook, lost 120 games--through the miraculous championship ...
Statistics and stories about more than 400 players from the 1960's baseball era.
Legendary author John Holway takes a serious yet fun look at the most magical, mystical events in baseball history, xxxxx. From the greatest curses and lucky charms, to the eeriest...
“We bet straight up with that asshole Harry,” answered Bob. Each of us gave him twelveto five, our one thousand two hundreddollars to hisfive hundred dollars.” “It should be like taking candy from a baby,” added Marciano.
Chicago: Triumph Books, 2009. Maraniss, David. Clemente. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. Mazer, Bill, with Stan and Shirley Fischler. Bill Mazer's Amazin' Baseball Book. New York: Zebra Books, 1990. McCarver, Tim edited with Jim ...
Mazer , Bill , Stan Fischler , and Shirley Fischler . Bill Mazer's Amazin ' Baseball Book : 150 Years of Tales and Trivia from Baseball's Earliest Beginnings Down to the Present Day . New York : Zebra Books , 1990 .
Robinson annually coached the Giants' pitch— ers during spring training from 1911 to 1913. One of his special projects was Rube Marquard, and the pitcher formerly dubbed the $11,000 lemon blossomed into a star.
This is a book of that remarkable year where the Mets finally made it from last to first place in the National League and went on to win the World Series."-- Foreword.