Harmon Killebrew
Author: Steve Aschburner
Publisher: Triumph Books
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 1600787029
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A biography of baseball Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew"--
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Minnesota Twins
Author: Dennis Brackin
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Published: 2010-03-12
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1610602692
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA treasury of Twin Cities baseball history packed with photos from the archives. Major League Baseball came to the Minnesota prairie in the spring of 1961, and ever since, the Minnesota Twins have held a cherished place in the hearts of sports fans throughout the region. With Hall of Famers like Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew, and Kirby Puckett and beloved characters from Billy Martin to Kent Hrbek to Joe Mauer, the history of the Twins encompasses highs and lows, heroes and goats, but always nonstop excitement. Minnesota Twins: The Complete Illustrated History provides an in-depth and entertaining look at the team, its players, its stadiums, and the memorable moments through the years. Illustrated with photos from the Star Tribune’s archives, it is the ultimate celebration of a beloved franchise.
Baseball's Biggest Blunder
Author: Brent P. Kelley
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780810830493
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 'bonus rule' of 1953-1957 required baseball players who signed a contract for more than $4,000 to remain on the major league roster for two full seasons. Kelley tells the stories of the 'bonus babies' who reaped the benefits, and the others whose careers were destroyed by the rule.
Cardboard Gods
Author: Josh Wilker
Publisher: Seven Footer Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781934734162
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWilker marks the stages of his life through the baseball cards he collected as a child. He captures the experience of growing up obsessed with baseball cards and explores what it means to be a fan of the game.
The Play about My Dad
Author: Boo Killebrew
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2018-06-27
Total Pages: 102
ISBN-13: 1786825449
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Dad. Could you start? But, you know, like it's you, just talking?” It's not easy putting on a play. It's even harder when your dad is the lead character, he's playing himself, and even though you're the professional playwright and he's the emergency surgeon, he keeps trying to rewrite your script. After Hurricane Katrina swept through her home town, Boo was determined to write a play about it. But she never imagined it would be this hard...
Sting-Ray Afternoons
Author: Steve Rushin
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2017-07-03
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 0316392227
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a story of the 1970s. Of a road trip in a wood-paneled station wagon, with the kids in the way-back, singing along to the Steve Miller Band. Of brothers waking up early on Saturday mornings for five consecutive hours of cartoons. Of growing up in a magical era populated by Bic pens, Mr. Clean and Scrubbing Bubbles, lightsabers and those oh-so-coveted Schwinn Sting-Ray bikes. And of a father -- one of 3M's greatest and last eight-track salesmen -- traveling across the country on the brand-new Boeing 747, providing for his family but wanting nothing more than to get home. In Sting-Ray Afternoons, Steve Rushin paints an utterly nostalgic, psychedelically vibrant portrait of a decade overflowing with technological evolution, cultural revolution, as well as brotherly, sisterly, and parental love. "Funny, elegiac... a remarkably sunny coming-of-age story about growing up in a Midwest world." -- NPR
We Would Have Played for Nothing
Author: Fay Vincent
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2009-04-07
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1416565310
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFormer Major League Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent brings together a stellar roster of ballplayers from the 1950s and 1960s in this wonderful new history of the game. Whitey Ford, Duke Snider, Carl Erskine, Bill Rigney, and Ralph Branca tell stories about baseball in New York when the Yankees dominated and seemed to play either the Dodgers or the Giants in every World Series. By the end of the fifties, the two National League teams had relocated to California, as baseball expanded across the country. Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts, Braves mainstay Lew Burdette, home-run king Harmon Killebrew, Cubs slugger Billy Williams, and Hall of Famers Brooks Robinson and Frank Robinson share great stories about milestone events, from Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier on the field to Frank Robinson doing the same in the dugout. They remember the teammates and opponents they admired, including Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Warren Spahn, Don Newcombe, and Ernie Banks. For anyone who grew up watching baseball in the 1950s and 1960s, or for anyone who wonders what it was like in the days when ballplayers negotiated their own contracts and worked real jobs in the off-season, this is a book to cherish.
The Team-By-Team Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball
Author: Dennis Purdy
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 2006-08-01
Total Pages: 1185
ISBN-13: 0761153764
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBaseball historian, Dennis Purdy, performs the feat of marrying statistics, scholarship, biography, trivia, and anecdote to create a massively pleasurable work.
Ballparks
Author: Eric Enders
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Published: 2018-10-16
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 076036530X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf you love baseball and the venerable stadiums its played in, you need this definitive history and guide to Major League ballparks of the past, present, and future. With a tear-out checklist to mark ballparks you’ve visited and those on your bucket list, Ballparks takes you inside the histories of every park in the Major Leagues, with hundreds of photos, stories, and stats about: Storied parks like Wrigley Field, Fenway Park, and Dodger Stadium Fan favorites AT&T Park, Camden Yards, PNC Park, Safeco Field, and so much more Forgotten treasures like Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis, and all five parks of the Detroit Tigers New stadiums like the Atlanta Braves’ SunTrust Park, the Minneapolis Twins’ Target Field, and New York’s Yankee Stadium and Citifield More than 40 other major league parks that tell the story of the national pastime through the lens of the fields the players call home No baseball fan's collection is complete without this up-to-date tome.
We Would Have Played for Nothing
Author: Fay Vincent
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2009-04-07
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1416553436
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents the events of baseball in the 1950s and 1960s from the perspectives of the players, covering such subjects as the careers of Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, and Duke Snider.
