Pitchers of Beer

Pitchers of Beer
Author: Dan Raley
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 080323502X

The story of the Minor League Seattle Rainiers and their place in the Pacific Coast League.

The Summer of Beer and Whiskey

The Summer of Beer and Whiskey
Author: Edward Achorn
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2013-04-30
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1610392612

Chris von der Ahe knew next to nothing about baseball when he risked his life's savings to found the franchise that would become the St. Louis Cardinals. Yet the German-born beer garden proprietor would become one of the most important -- and funniest -- figures in the game's history. Von der Ahe picked up the team for one reason -- to sell more beer. Then he helped gather a group of ragtag professional clubs together to create a maverick new league that would fight the haughty National League, reinventing big-league baseball to attract Americans of all classes. Sneered at as "The Beer and Whiskey Circuit" because it was backed by brewers, distillers, and saloon owners, their American Association brought Americans back to enjoying baseball by offering Sunday games, beer at the ballpark, and a dirt-cheap ticket price of 25 cents. The womanizing, egocentric, wildly generous Von der Ahe and his fellow owners filled their teams' rosters with drunks and renegades, and drew huge crowds of rowdy spectators who screamed at umpires and cheered like mad as the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns fought to the bitter end for the 1883 pennant. In The Summer of Beer and Whiskey, Edward Achorn re-creates this wondrous and hilarious world of cunning, competition, and boozing, set amidst a rapidly transforming America. It is a classic American story of people with big dreams, no shortage of chutzpah, and love for a brilliant game that they refused to let die.

The Mental ABCs of Pitching

The Mental ABCs of Pitching
Author: H.A. Dorfman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2017-03-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1630761850

Author H.A. Dorfman brings his years of expertise as instructor/counselor with the A's, Marlins, and Devil Rays to provide an easy-to-use, A-to-Z handbook which will give insight and instruction on how to pitch to peak performance at every level of the game. Perfect for pitchers who need that extra edge or hitters who want to better understand the mental moves on the mound. With a new foreword by Rick Wolff!

Batch Cocktails

Batch Cocktails
Author: Maggie Hoffman
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2019-03-19
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0399582533

A hip, accessible guide to batch cocktail-making for entertaining, with 65 recipes that can be made hours—or weeks!—ahead of time so that hosts and hostesses have one less thing to worry about as the doorbell rings. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BUZZFEED As anyone who has hosted a dinner party knows, cocktail hour is the most fun part of the evening for guests—but the most stressful for whomever is in charge of keeping the drinks flowing. The solution, though, is simple: batch it! In this fun collection, Maggie Hoffman offers 65 delicious and creative cocktails that you don't have to stir or shake to order; rather, they are designed to stay fresh when made ahead and served out of a pitcher. Recipes such as Tongue in Cheek (gin, Meyer lemon, thyme, Cocchi Rosa), Friendly Fires (mezcal, chile vodka, watermelon, lime), Birds & Bees Punch (rum, cucumber, green tea, lemon), and even alcohol-free options are organized by flavor profile—herbal, boozy, bitter, fruity and tart, and so on—to make choosing and whipping up a perfect pitcher of cocktails a total breeze.

The Cooperstown Casebook

The Cooperstown Casebook
Author: Jay Jaffe
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2017-07-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250071216

The Cooperstown Casebook by Jay Jaffe provides a definitive guide to the greatest players in baseball history, and the Hall of Fame.

More than Beards, Bellies and Biceps

More than Beards, Bellies and Biceps
Author: Bob Gordon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2013-06-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1613214472

Stubble scruffed up their chins. Tobacco wads ballooned their cheeks. The 1993 Philadelphia Phillies had the look of a slow-pitch softball team itching to kick some serious butt. They did kick butt, too, on and off the field. “They lived the life of professional baseball players as fully as it can be done,” manager Jim Fregosi said. Though they weren’t a photogenic bunch, their mugs were everywhere, on Baseball Today, on David Letterman, and on Saturday Night Live. Even President Clinton quipped about them. The newly revised edition of Robert Gordon’s and Tom Burgoyne’s More Than Beards, Bellies, and Biceps: The Story of the 1993 Phillies tells the complete story of this gang of baseball throwbacks that quickly seduced the hometown fans. By season’s end they had won over the rest of the country, too. America’s Most Wanted Team became America’s Team in a heart-thumping World Series against Toronto. The ’93 Phils drew more spectators than any other Philadelphia franchise in the city’s century-and-a-quarter of professional sports. More Than Beards, Bellies, and Biceps offers the story of a team that burned the candle at both ends and lit up a city like a firecracker.

Bikers

Bikers
Author: Dave Ebert
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2011-02-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1453505369

Perfect I'm Not

Perfect I'm Not
Author: David Wells
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2004-09-14
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0060748117

This is a guy who ... Grew up among Hell's Angels, taking their Harleys for solo joyrides at age eleven ... Prepares for every outing by blasting Metallica, AC/DC, and Godsmack at eardrum-bursting levels in the Yankees' locker room ... Regularly tried to coerce attractive women in the stands into lifting up their shirts from the Toronto Blue Jays' bullpen ... Endured huge, cortisone-loaded hypodermic shots straight into the spine to avoid missing scheduled pitching starts ... Was the 1998 ALCS MVP and the 2002 ALDS goat ... Has become legendary for his brawling, beer-drenched, no-holds-barred or punches-pulled lifestyle off the mound ...

Genre

Genre
Author: B. L. MacGougan
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2012-01-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1469132648

Genre follows Richmond, a young film enthusiast who has decided to end his life, during his final week. Following this decision he endeavours to make what is left of his life meaningful. This becomes more difficult as he begins to see each day as different genre of film. Meanwhile, Richmond’s subconscious fights for survival in the mausoleum of his memories and desires, manifested as a cinema.

The Complete Razia Series

The Complete Razia Series
Author: S. Usher Evans
Publisher: Sun's Golden Ray Publishing
Total Pages: 1212
Release: 2016-06-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1311258558

Lyssa Peate is living a double life as a planet discovering scientist and a space pirate bounty hunter. Unfortunately, neither life is going so hot... This omnibus edition of The Razia Series features all four full-length novels of the Razia Series, plus the prequel novella Beginnings and the seven Razia short stories. Double Life, Book 1 in the Razia Series - Dr. Lyssa Peate is living a double life as a space pirate bounty hunter and planet-discovering scientist. Unfortunately neither life is going so hot. She's the least wanted pirate in the universe, and her new scientist intern is definitely spying on her. And just when things couldn't get worse--that intern is mistaken for her hostage by the Universal Police. Alliances, Book 2 in the Razia Series - Lyssa Peate has a tenuous balance on her double lives--until fireball government investigator Lizbeth Carter comes barreling into them. Lizbeth blackmails Lyssa into helping investigate a strange string of activity, uncovering a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of the Universal Government. Conviction, Book 3 in the Razia Series - Clink, Razia's in trouble. Captured by a fellow pirate, she finds herself back to square one and begins to question whether the path she's chosen is the correct one. Fusion, Book 4 in the Razia Series - Just when things had evened out for Lyssa Peate, the Great Creator drops a big surprise in her lap. Now she's facing the biggest decision of her life and wonders if she truly isn't worthy of the life she's always wanted. Beginnings, a Razia novella prequel - Journey back to before Double Life and see how a spunky eleven-year-old student convinced an infamous pirate to let her join his crew. Sage Teon and the Fake Diamond Heist, a Razia short story - Sage has a problem. He's got to break through an impenetrable security system to retrieve some fake diamonds, while at the same time keeping his crew from tearing each other apart. Sage Teon and the "L" word, a Razia short story - See the events from Double Life from Sage's perspective. Lizbeth Carter has a Hunch, a Razia short story - Lizbeth Carter is suffocating under the pressures of her boring government job. But when her gut tells her to look into a string of mysterious acts, she finds herself face to face with a bounty hunter. A Day in the Life of John Harms, a Razia short story - Join John Harms, pirate informant, on a regular day buying and selling information about piracy's most wanted. Vel Peate and the Planetary Survival Course, a Razia short story - Vel's preparing for three months alone on a planet. Good thing he's got a lot of older siblings to learn from. Lyssa and Sage and the First Few Weeks, a Razia short story - Life's hard with a newborn, and even harder when there's unresolved relationship issues. Lyssa and Sage and the Curious Question, a Razia short story - Set four years after the end of Fusion, Lyssa's fielding uncomfortable questions from her daughter about her and Sage's relationship. Those that love The Razia Series also love: Space Pirates, Bounty Hunters, Firefly, Cowboy Bebop, Space Westerns, Strong Female Characters, Additional Keywords: Colonization, Exploration, Science Fiction Series, Tales, Novel, Family Siblings, New Adult