Baseball Writing

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    • By: Editors of Sports Illustrated
    • Narrated by: Dennis Holland
    • Length: 27 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 10-28-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 66 ratings
    • When Sports Illustrated was launched in 1954, baseball was, indisputable, the national pastime, its stars America's epic heroes, its rivalries the era's mythology....

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    • The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II
    • By: Anne R. Keene, Claudia Williams - foreword
    • Narrated by: Anne R. Keene
    • Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 11-27-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
    • In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in that year's World Series, one of the nation's strongest baseball teams practiced on a skinned-out college field in the heart of North Carolina at an elite Navy training school....

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    • How Baseball’s Brightest Minds Created Sports’ Biggest Mess
    • By: Evan Drellich
    • Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
    • Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 02-14-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 75 ratings
    • The reporter who broke the Houston Astros' cheating scandal reveals how a baseball team could so dramatically descend into corruption, with never-before-told details of a broken management culture, the once-revered leaders who enabled it and the scandal itself....

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    • A Novel of Negro League Baseball
    • By: R. Lee Procter
    • Narrated by: Tom Briggs
    • Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 10-19-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • In 1937, the dictator of the Dominican Republic, Rafael Trujillo sent his representative, Dr. Enrique Aybar to America to enlist the greatest Negro League players—Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson and Cool Papa Bell—to represent his country in a national baseball tournament....

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    • Lessons on the Game of Life
    • By: Michael Lewis
    • Narrated by: Michael Lewis
    • Length: 57 mins
    • Release date: 05-27-05
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 776 ratings
    • There was a turning point in Michael Lewis' life, in a baseball game when he was 14 years old....

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    • Americans and Their Games
    • By: A. Bartlett Giamatti
    • Narrated by: Evan Greenberg
    • Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 02-26-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • This wholly inspiring and utterly charming reissue of Bart Giamatti's long-out-of-print final book, Take Time for Paradise, puts baseball in the context of American life and leisure....

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    • Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game
    • By: Rob Neyer
    • Narrated by: Rob Neyer
    • Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 10-09-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 172 ratings
    • The former ESPN columnist and analytics pioneer dramatically recreates an action-packed 2017 game between the Oakland A’s and eventual World Series champion Houston Astros to reveal the myriad ways in which Major League Baseball has changed over the last few decades....

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    • When Baseball Was an Art, and Writing About It a Game
    • By: Roger Kahn
    • Narrated by: Mark Moseley
    • Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 02-24-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • Acclaimed baseball writer Roger Kahn gives us a memoir of his Brooklyn childhood....

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    • Inside and Outside the Lines
    • By: Tom Molito
    • Narrated by: Greg Walston
    • Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 08-29-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Mickey Mantle: Inside and Outside the Lines is different from any other Mickey Mantle book. It was written for baseball lovers and Mantle fans....

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    • Inspirational Stories of Baseball, Big-League Dreams and the Game of Life
    • By: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen
    • Narrated by: Pat Young
    • Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 05-28-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Every fan will be amused and touched by these stories of sportsmanship and victory gathered from the clay diamonds of America....

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    • The Old School Guide to New School Baseball
    • By: Bill Ripken
    • Narrated by: Danny Campbell
    • Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 09-01-20
    • Language: English
    • 2.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • In State of Play, Major League veteran, Emmy Award-winning MLB Network analyst, and author Bill Ripken breaks down these modern statistical methods to explain which ones make sense in the game's historical context, bringing them together with proven old-school strategies....

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    • By: Roger Kahn
    • Narrated by: Allan Robertson
    • Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 12-21-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • Good Enough to Dream is the story of his year as owner of the Class A, very minor league, Utica Blue Sox....

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    • Reflections on the National Pastime from the Baseball Hall of Fame
    • By: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum - editor
    • Narrated by: Barry Abrams
    • Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 10-04-22
    • Language: English
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    • This compendium of baseball writing covers it all—recollections of Hall of Famers and narratives from top baseball writers; stories on the rich iconography and history of the game by players, teams, and leagues; and reflections on the way America's pastime has shaped our culture....

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    • Essays on the Challenges and Prospects of the Sports Industry
    • By: Andrew Zimbalist
    • Narrated by: Robert J. Eckrich
    • Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 12-19-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • In Circling the Bases, leading sports economist Andrew Zimbalist continues his discussion and analysis of the major issues and challenges confronting the industry....

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    • By: Roger Kahn
    • Narrated by: Allan Robertson
    • Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 12-20-12
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • In 1976 Roger Kahn spent an entire baseball season, from spring training through the World Series, with players of every stripe and competence....

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    • A Lover's Quarrel with the World of Sport
    • By: Roger Kahn
    • Narrated by: Allan Robertson
    • Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 12-20-12
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • In these essays bestselling author Roger Kahn touches on locker-room controversies and politics, while inviting readers to share in the passion, grace, energy, and intense concentration involved in playing sports....

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    • By: Roger Kahn
    • Narrated by: Bryan Bendle
    • Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 01-03-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Robert Frost, Claudio Arrau, John Lardner, Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Leo Durocher, Bobby Thomson, Al Rosen, Jascha Heifetz, and other heroic figures in their years of glory....

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