Baseball is America's favorite national pastime, forever holding a place in the hearts and minds of all Americans. The Chronicle of Baseball is a celebration of a century of a sport which, while never losing its pre-eminent place, has seen a remarkable surge of popularity in recent years. With entries for each year, covering every major event, as well as a special section containing features on the 40 greatest baseball players of all time -- including Babe Ruth and Sammy Sosa -- this easy-to-use reference covers the whole of the rich his history of baseball.
The Chronicle of Baseball: A Century of Major League Action
Contains a year-by-year history of major league baseball.
Baseball from 1900 -1991.
Includes multiple choice questions about baseball. Embedded in the book is a special computerized quiz module that lets you compete against yourself or a friend.
The Sporting News Chronicle of Baseball
This book chronicles the history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and the stories of the first women to play professional baseball in a league of their own.
In The Voices of Baseball: The Game's Greatest Broadcasters Reflect on America's Pastime, Kirk McKnight provides an in-depth look at each of Major League Baseball’s thirty ballparks from the perspectives of the game’s longest-tenured ...
“Ed Garvey, with the NFL Players Association, was antagonistic.” The baseball union's positions came out of endless discussions among the players, moderated, of course, by Miller. The football union's positions came straight out of ...
The story of baseball month by month from America's leading sports weekly.
Traces the history of baseball broadcasting on radio and television, and offers profiles of the top broadcasters