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The book series' origins came from Harold Seymour's 1956 Ph.D. dissertation which was entitled The Rise of Major League Baseball to 1891. Oxford University Press approached him to expand the dissertation into a book which became the first of three volumns. [1] Working alongside Seymour was his wife Dorothy. Seymour found that his wife's work ...
'A Little Slugger’s Guide to the Unwritten Rules of Baseball and Life' hits shelves on Feb. 25 “The Sandlot”’s Patrick Renna Wrote a Book for Kids That Combines 'Lessons in Life with ...
The book's title was suggested by a female customer of a tavern called the Lion's Head in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood. [6] Having recently completed the manuscript, Bouton and Shecter were discussing the book at the bar, lamenting the fact that with the book ready for print they still had not arrived on an acceptable name. [6]
The book recounts the history of baseball through anecdotes about iconic pitches and interviews with pitchers such as Hall of Famers Steve Carlton, Bob Gibson and Nolan Ryan, as well as pitchers like Jamie Moyer and J.R. Richard. It also describes the mechanics of pitching, and its centrality to the game of baseball.
The Casey Award (stylized as CASEY) is an annual literary award that has been given to the best baseball book of the year since 1983.The award was created by Mike Shannon and W. J. Harrison, editors and co-founders of Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine because, up until then, there was no award given to authors and publishers of distinguished baseball literature; it is considered to be ...
The release of “Why We Love Baseball” comes during a fascinating time in the major leagues, when the introduction of a pitch clock has significantly reduced the length of games; the playoffs ...
The book is told through a framing device, where an old man in a retirement home, George "Granny" Grantham, is telling the story to Stephen King. Granny tells of the 1957 Major League Baseball season , when he was the third base coach for a now-defunct team, the New Jersey Titans.
Baseball (book series) Baseball as a Road to God; Baseball Before We Knew It; The Baseball Cyclopedia; Baseball Dynasties; The Baseball Encyclopedia; Baseball Guides; The Big Fella; The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract; The Bird: The Life and Legacy of Mark Fidrych; Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues; Bless You Boys ...