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The Year of the Pitcher: Bob Gibson, Denny McLain, and the End of Baseball’s Golden Age

"Baseball and the blues, two American originals, come together in this striking -- no pun intended -- tale of faith and perseverance. Like baseball and the blues, CURVEBALL AT THE CROSSROADS is enticing and seductive, a story that will stay with you long after the last patch." Jay Busbee, author, "Earnhardt Nation", writer, Yahoo! Sports

Nineteen seventy-seven was the only 50-Home Run season in the major leagues for two decades, and it was turned in by Reds outfielder George Foster. This book is an account of Foster's breakout MVP season which established him as one of the most feared sluggers in the National League, as well as a series-by-series account of the season that was the undoing of the Big Red Machine's dominance.

When the Forgotten Borough Reigned: The 1964 Little League World Champions is the "excellent story of the phenomenal achievement and innocence of a LL baseball team in 1964, a transformational year of cultural, political, and technological change in society." Ingber treats an often overblown subject with even-handedness while maintaining the reader's interest in the drama inherent in the story.

Denny Dressman knows Colorado Rockies history like no one else, and his latest book on the team is an enthralling account of the Rocks' origins and early days when sell-outs looked like they would never end up to the 1995 opening of Coors Field and the exciting extra-inning game which ended with Dante Bichette's three-run home run.

This fantasy baseball novel has it all: a family tradition of fathers handing down a love of the game to sons, memorable characters, sound knowledge of baseball history, humor, the great 1984 Detroit Tigers, "a bizarre return to a game at old Swayne Field" (the former home of the Toledo Mud Hens, and a search for an Abe Lincoln-signed baseball ... it's no mystery this is a great read!

The NY Giants of the John McGraw era were one of baseball's most storied dynasties. Led by the immortal Christy Mathewson and a host of other great players, the Giants were party to many of baseball's greatest, most memorable events. Nobody has chronicled those years better than Noel Hynd does in this book which was Nominated for a CASEY Award.

Vol. 2 in the Dark Depths dystopian baseball series. Better buckle up your box seat! This is gripping baseball fiction you simply will not find anywhere else. Gary Morgenstein exhibits in this book and its predecessor off-the-charts imagination and artistic vision.

Spring Meditation by Kevin Miller is a collection of thoughtful, often haunting, baseball poems by one of Spitball's favorite poets. With a decided Northwestern flavor, these poems give up their meaning only with careful reading, but they are well worth the effort.

Most beautiful book ever published about the NY-SF Giants. Forty of the greatest Giants, selected by quarter century periods, profiled by Mike Shannon with a stunning portrait of each player executed by one of three great baseball artists: Chris Felix, Scott Hannig, or Donnie Pollard.

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