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Best-selling sportswriter Peter Golenbock knew Mickey Mantle, as well as many of Mantle's friends, family members, and teammates. While Mickey was a good person at heart, he had a dark side that went far beyond his well-known alcoholism and infidelities. His was a life filled with sex, yet devoid of deeper satisfactions.
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Drawing on more than 500 interviews with friends and family, teammates, and opponents, she delivers the definitive account of Mantle's life, mining the mythology of The Mick for the true story of a luminous and illustrious talent with an achingly damaged soul.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Man Behind the Myth
- De Ray en 11-12-10
De: Jane Leavy
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Wherever I Wind Up
- My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball
- De: R. A. Dickey, Wayne Coffey
- Narrado por: Ben Hunter
- Duración: 9 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 131
> The Glass Castle meets Ball Four as Mets knuckleballer R. A. Dickey weaves searing honesty and baseball insight in this memoir about his unlikely journey to the big leagues. An English Lit major at the University of Tennessee, Dickey is as articulate and thoughtful as any professional athlete in any sport - and proves it page after page, as he provides fresh and honest insight into baseball and a career unlike any other.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Marred (for me) by unfortunate performance issues
- De Anthony en 03-28-13
De: R. A. Dickey, y otros
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The Boys of Summer
- The Classic Narrative of Growing Up Within Shouting Distance of Ebbets Field, Covering the Jackie Robinson Dodgers, and What's Happened to Everybody Since
- De: Roger Kahn
- Narrado por: Phil Gigante
- Duración: 15 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 371
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 312
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 311
This is a story about young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and then went on to play for one of the most exciting major-league ball clubs ever fielded, the team that broke the color barrier with Jackie Robinson. It is a story by and about a sportswriter who grew up near Ebbets Field, and who had the good fortune in the 1950s to cover the Dodgers for the Herald Tribune. This is the story about what happened to the team when their glory days were behind them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classic book!
- De Christopher Arthur en 11-19-17
De: Roger Kahn
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The Chicken Runs at Midnight
- A Daughter’s Message from Heaven That Changed a Father’s Heart and Won a World Series
- De: Tom Friend, Tim Kurkjian - foreword
- Narrado por: Ben Holland - foreword, Mark Schlicher
- Duración: 8 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 147
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 129
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 129
Weaving baseball history with personal memoir, this book is one that will make you thrill to victory, believe in hope, stand up to cheer for what is good in peoples' lives. It's a powerful story of redemption and faith that reminds us that God can work in our lives even when we think it's too late to change - and sometimes he sends us signs from heaven if we only have eyes to see.
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5 out of 5 stars
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not really a sport's fan
- De virginia loranger en 09-24-20
De: Tom Friend, y otros
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Molina
- The Story of the Father Who Raised an Unlikely Baseball Dynasty
- De: Bengie Molina, Joan Ryan
- Narrado por: Henry Leyva
- Duración: 8 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 85
A baseball rules book. A tape measure. A lottery ticket. These were in the pocket of Bengie Molina's father when he died of a heart attack on the rutted Little League field in his Puerto Rican barrio. The items serve as thematic guideposts in Molina's beautiful memoir about his father, who, through baseball, taught his three sons about loyalty, humility, courage, and the true meaning of success.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A book about life
- De P. Griswold en 06-11-15
De: Bengie Molina, y otros
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Long Shot
- De: Mike Piazza, Lonnie Wheeler
- Narrado por: Holter Graham, Mike Piazza
- Duración: 15 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 139
Mike Piazza was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 62nd round of the 1988 baseball draft as a "courtesy pick". The Dodgers never expected him to play for them - or anyone else. Mike had other ideas. Overcoming his detractors, he became the National League Rookie of the Year in 1993, broke the record for season batting average by a catcher, holds the record for career home runs at his position, and was selected as an All Star 12 times. Mike was groomed for baseball success by his ambitious, self-made father in Pennsylvania, a classic father-son American-dream story.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I only thought i knew the Mike Piazza story
- De James en 03-24-13
De: Mike Piazza, y otros
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108 Stitches
- Loose Threads, Ripping Yarns, and the Darndest Characters from My Time in the Game
- De: Ron Darling, Daniel Paisner - contributor
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 7 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 95
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 94
This is New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-nominated broadcaster Ron Darling's 108 baseball anecdotes that connect America’s game to the men who played it. Darling has played with or reported on just about everybody who has put on a uniform since 1983, and they in turn have played with or reported on just about everybody who put on a uniform in a previous generation. Like the 108 stitches on a baseball, Darling's experiences are interwoven with every athlete who has ever played, every coach or manager, and every fan.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Meh
- De Amazon Customer en 04-13-19
De: Ron Darling, y otros
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The Big Bam
- The Life and Times of Babe Ruth
- De: Leigh Montville
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 15 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 220
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 171
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 171
Babe Ruth was more than baseball's original superstar. For 85 years, he has remained the sport's reigning titan. He has been named Athlete of the Century...more than once. But who was this large, loud, enigmatic man? In The Big Bam, Leigh Montville brings his trademark touch to this groundbreaking, revelatory portrait of the Babe.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The Big Bam
- De Alan en 06-13-06
De: Leigh Montville
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Shattered
- Struck Down, But Not Destroyed
- De: Frank Pastore, Ellen Vaughn
- Narrado por: Frank Pastore
- Duración: 6 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 63
Shattered is part sports audio book, because you’ll go on road trips, enter clubhouses, and walk on the fields of professional baseball. It’s part romantic novel, because you’ll journey with two young kids who fall in love and eventually elope, evading not only her family, but the law as well - for she was only 16. It’s also a story of brokenness, betrayal, and burn-out. If you were raised in a dysfunctional family, if you’ve ever had your dreams fall apart, been betrayed by close friends, or hit the psychological “wall” in your professional career, this is your audio book too.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it
- De Jim Battle en 01-29-23
De: Frank Pastore, y otros
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The Bad Guys Won
- A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo Chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, the Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team Ever to Put on a New York Uniform - and Maybe the Best
- De: Jeff Pearlman
- Narrado por: Jeff Pearlman
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 152
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 138
It was 1986, and the New York Mets won 108 regular-season games and the World Series, capturing the hearts (and other assorted body parts) of fans everywhere. But their greatness on the field was nearly eclipsed by how bad they were off it. Led by the indomitable Keith Hernandez and the young dynamic duo of Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry, along with the gallant Scum Bunch, the Amazin's left a wide trail of wreckage in their wake-hotel rooms, charter planes, a bar in Houston, and most famously Bill Buckner and the hated Boston Red Sox.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Maybe 3.5
- De Lifeisshort en 02-15-22
De: Jeff Pearlman
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Loudmouth
- Tales (and Fantasies) of Sports, Sex, and Salvation from Behind the Microphone
- De: Craig Carton
- Narrado por: Craig Carton
- Duración: 6 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
In this debut, Carton invites the listener to join him as he recounts tales from his suburban youth, defends his long-held love affair with the New York Jets, reminisces about the shenanigans of some of the highest paid and most celebrated athletes playing today, and reflects on his work as one of radio's craftiest, most hilarious personalities ever to get behind the microphone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun but too much about early life
- De Anthony A. Ciaccio en 07-13-13
De: Craig Carton
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Pete Rose
- An American Dilemma
- De: Kostya Kennedy
- Narrado por: Ben Bartolone
- Duración: 10 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 134
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 122
Pete Rose played baseball with a singular and headfirst abandon that endeared him to fans and peers, even as it riled others--a figure at once magnetic, beloved and polarizing. Rose has more base hits than anyone in history, yet he is not in the Hall of Fame. Twenty-five years ago he was banished from baseball for gambling, then ruled ineligible for Cooperstown; today, the question "Does Pete Rose belong in the Hall of Fame?" has evolved into perhaps the most provocative in sports, a layered, slippery and ever-relevant moral conundrum.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book, not so good production.
- De david d. en 05-01-14
De: Kostya Kennedy
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The Chicago Cubs
- Story of a Curse
- De: Rich Cohen
- Narrado por: Adam Grupper
- Duración: 9 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 77
For Rich Cohen and millions of other fans, the Chicago Cubs have always been more than a team: they've been the protagonists of a King Arthur epic, in search of the Holy Grail that is winning the World Series. A chronicle of the last few miraculous seasons as experienced through the prism of Cubs history, The Chicago Cubs tracks the famous curse, which was placed on the team in 1945 by the infamous owner of the Billy Goat Tavern, who was ejected from Wrigley Field when he tried to bring his goat into the grandstand for the fifth game of the World Series.
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5 out of 5 stars
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just listen and it all happens again
- De Z. Kuhn en 10-28-17
De: Rich Cohen
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The Journey Home
- My Life in Pinstripes
- De: Jorge Posada, Gary Brozek
- Narrado por: Lorenzo Irizarry
- Duración: 12 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
For 17 seasons the name Jorge Posada was synonymous with New York Yankees baseball. A fixture behind home plate throughout the Yankees biggest successes, Jorge became the Yankees' star catcher almost immediately upon his arrival, and in the years that followed, his accomplishments, work ethic, and leadership established him as one of the greatest Yankees ever to put on the uniform.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Jorge who?!!
- De Jacques en 11-30-22
De: Jorge Posada, y otros
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Open
- An Autobiography
- De: Andre Agassi
- Narrado por: Erik Davies
- Duración: 18 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7,636
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6,358
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 6,341
From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography. Agassi brings a near-photographic memory to every pivotal match and every relationship. Never before has the inner game of tennis and the outer game of fame been so precisely limned. In clear, taut prose, Agassi evokes his loyal brother, his wise coach, his gentle trainer, all the people who help him regain his balance and find love at last with Stefanie Graf.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just an Incredible Story!
- De Patrick en 12-13-09
De: Andre Agassi
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Just a Guy
- Notes from a Blue Collar Life
- De: Bill Engvall, Alan Eisenstock
- Narrado por: Bill Engvall
- Duración: 5 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 625
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 489
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 487
Blue Collar Comedy star Bill Engvall is just a guy. He's been one his whole life. He can't help it; he was born that way. And that makes him an expert on the subject. For the record, here's the official definition of a guy: a person who doesn't think before he speaks. He can't. He's not that deep. Because a guy has only three basic needs: eating, sleeping, and sex. That's it. Just a Guy chronicles a lifetime in pursuit of those needs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Man Behind The Signs
- De Christopher en 12-07-07
De: Bill Engvall, y otros