Baseball's Most Wanted

Baseball's Most Wanted
Author: Floyd Conner
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2006
Genre: Baseball players
ISBN: 9781578661572

An irreverent look at a side of baseball not usually found on the sports pages, with more than 700 entries and 70 lists

Baseball's Most Wanted Boxed Set

Baseball's Most Wanted Boxed Set
Author: Floyd Conner
Publisher: Potomac Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-11
Genre: Baseball
ISBN: 9781574889147

Using the highly engaging format of top-ten lists, "Baseball's Most Wanted* Boxed Set" takes an amusing and irreverent look at the national pastime's highs and lows. Included are the strangest plays, the most notable nicknames, the most unusual contracts, the greatest October pitching performances, the most inept players, and much more. 1-57488-914-1$24.95 / Brassey's, Inc.

Baseball's Most Wanted™ II

Baseball's Most Wanted™ II
Author: Floyd Conner
Publisher: Potomac Books Incorporated
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003-03-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781574883626

Baseball has so many stars and scrubs, quotables and notables - so many that one book just isn’t enough to cover them all. Enter Baseball's Most Wanted™ II. Starting where Baseball's Most Wanted™ left off, version 2.0 introduces even more colorful characters, inept fielders and hitters, and forgotten stars as well as all the teams, fans, managers, and even announcers who are a vibrant part of baseball’s past, present, and future. You’ll read top-ten lists of the best and worst hitters and pitchers, the most unique memorabilia, and the most obsessed fans. Learn which president vowed to never play the game again after he got shelled in a semipro game. Find out if Tony Suck lived up to his name or rose above it. Discover the secret lure of the no-hitter and how even usually inept pitchers can catch lightning in a bottle and reach Nirvana. You’ll read about these as well as hundreds of other people, places, and events. With more than sixty lists of trivia to amuse and amaze, Baseball's Most Wanted™ II is a wonderful celebration of America’s love of baseball, warts and all.

Baseball's Most Wanted™ II

Baseball's Most Wanted™ II
Author: Floyd Conner
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2003-03-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1612340377

Baseball has so many stars and scrubs, quotables and notables - so many that one book just isn’t enough to cover them all. Enter Baseball's Most Wanted™ II. Starting where Baseball's Most Wanted™ left off, version 2.0 introduces even more colorful characters, inept fielders and hitters, and forgotten stars as well as all the teams, fans, managers, and even announcers who are a vibrant part of baseball’s past, present, and future. You’ll read top-ten lists of the best and worst hitters and pitchers, the most unique memorabilia, and the most obsessed fans. Learn which president vowed to never play the game again after he got shelled in a semipro game. Find out if Tony Suck lived up to his name or rose above it. Discover the secret lure of the no-hitter and how even usually inept pitchers can catch lightning in a bottle and reach Nirvana. You’ll read about these as well as hundreds of other people, places, and events. With more than sixty lists of trivia to amuse and amaze, Baseball's Most Wanted™ II is a wonderful celebration of America’s love of baseball, warts and all.

The World Series' Most Wanted

The World Series' Most Wanted
Author: John Snyder
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2004-02-27
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1612340520

Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first World Series with The World Series Most Wanted M/i>. You'll find fascinating facts, oddball tales, and record-breaking achievements from that initial World Series between the Boston Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates all the way up to the 2003 World Series. The next in a long line of vaunted Most Wanted books from Potomac. THE The World Series Most Wanted tells the tale of October glory and heartbreak, of heroes and goats, and of the thin line between success and failure on baseball's grandest stage. With a hopping sixty top-ten lists.

Game Worn

Game Worn
Author: Stephen Wong
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2016-10-25
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1588345718

Game Worn: Baseball Treasures from the Game's Greatest Heroes and Moments is a richly illustrated exploration and first-of-its-kind compendium study of the world's most coveted and precious baseball uniforms worn by Major League ballplayers during the twentieth century. This coffee-table book features many of the most historically significant uniforms, jackets, hats, as well as other treasured baseball collectibles that tell us as much about the history and soul of America as they do about the game and the players. Some of the extraordinary highlights featured in this book include: Babe Ruth's road jersey from his first season with the New York Yankees (1920), the sole surviving uniform from the infamous 1919 World Series, Joe DiMaggio's rookie uniform from 1936, the Boston Red Sox road uniform Ted Williams wore during his epic 1941 season, Jackie Robinson's Brooklyn Dodgers home jersey from the 1952 season, Bill Mazeroski's Pittsburgh Pirates home uniform worn to hit the game-winning home run in game 7 of the 1960 World Series, and a visual feast of rare uniform styles. Each of the 71 entries includes sumptuous photography of the uniform and associated memorabilia, as well as a poignant and lively narrative highlighting its significance. The book also features a first-of-its-kind illustrated compendium with elaborate definitions of relevant terms that every baseball fan and collector needs to know, ranging from the All Star Game Uniform to the Zig-Zag Stitch. This book is an absolute must-have for anyone who has ever loved the game of baseball.

HOMERUN

HOMERUN
Author: VINCENT DAVID.
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2007
Genre:
ISBN: 1597976571

National Pastime

National Pastime
Author: Martin C. Babicz
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2017-10-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 1442235853

From its modest beginnings in rural America to its current status as an entertainment industry in postindustrial America enjoyed worldwide by millions each season, the linkages between baseball’s evolution and our nation’s history are undeniable. Through war, depression, times of tumultuous upheaval and of great prosperity – baseball has been held up as our national pastime: the single greatest expression of America’s values and ideals. Combining a comprehensive history of the game with broader analyses of America’s historical and cultural developments, National Pastime encapsulates the values that have allowed it to endure: hope, tradition, escape, revolution. While nostalgia, scandal, malaise and triumph are contained within the study of any American historical moment, we see in this book that the tensions and developments within the game of baseball afford the best window into a deeper understanding of America’s past, its purpose, and its principles.

Baseball's Golden Age: The Photographs of Charles M. Conlon

Baseball's Golden Age: The Photographs of Charles M. Conlon
Author: Constance McCabe
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781419701979

A celebration of the photographic art of Charles Conlon features more than two hundred images (selected from the photographer's eight thousand negatives) of such legendary figures as Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Honus Wagner, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and others.