NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The inside story of the Houston Astros, whose relentless innovation took them from the worst team in baseball to the World Series in 2017 and 2019“Reiter’s superb narrative of how the team got there provides powerful insights into how organizations—not just baseball clubs—work best.”—The Wall Street JournalAstroball picks up where Michael Lewis’s acclaimed Moneyball leaves off,...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The inside story of the Houston Astros, whose relentless innovation took them from the worst team in baseball to the World Series in 2017 and 2019“Reiter’s superb narrative of how the team got there provides powerful insights into how organizations—not just baseball clubs—work best.”—The Wall Street JournalAstroball picks up where Michael Lewis’s acclaimed Moneyball leaves off,...

Pitchers are the heart of baseball, and John Feinstein tells the story of the game today through one season and two great pitchers working in the crucible of the New York media market. Tom Glavine and Mike Mussina have seen it all in the Major Leagues and both entered 2007 in search of individual milestones and one more shot at The World Series-Glavine with the Mets, Mussina five miles away with the Yankees. The two veterans experience very different seasons -- one on a team dealing with t...

**The New York Times BestsellerWith inside access and reporting, Sports Illustrated senior baseball writer and FOX Sports analyst Tom Verducci reveals how Theo Epstein and Joe Maddon built, led, and inspired the Chicago Cubs team that broke the longest championship drought in sports, chronicling their epic journey to become World Series champions.**It took 108 years, but it really happened. The Chicago Cubs are once again World Series champions.How...

Our captain and leader has not left us, today, tomorrow, this year, next … Our endeavors will reflect our love and admiration for him.”—Honorary plaque to Munson in Yankee StadiumThurman Munson is remembered by fans as the fiercely competitive, tough, and—most of all—inspiring Yankee captain and champion from the wild Bronx Zoo years. He is also remembered for his tragic death, at age thirty-two, when the private plane he was piloting crashed in Canton, Ohio, on Aug...

This inside view with the Cardinals' Tony La Russa by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Friday Night Lights "should appeal to any baseball fan" ( Publishers Weekly).A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year"Plenty of books have taken us inside baseball, but August takes us directly inside players' heads." — Entertainment Weekly3 Nights in August captures the strategic and...

The incredible inside story of power, money, and some of the most important moments in the history of baseball.In the fall of 1992, America's National Pastime is in crisis and already on the path to the unthinkable: cancelling a World Series for the first time in history. The owners are at war with each other, their decades-long battle with the players has turned America against both sides, and the players' growing addiction to steroids will threaten the game's ver...

Reggie Jackson and Bob Gibson offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to understand America's pastime from their unique insider perspective.Legendary. Insightful. Uncompromising. Candid. Uncensored.Mr. October and Hoot Gibson unfortunately never faced each other on the field. But now, in Sixty Feet, Six Inches, these two legends open up in fascinating detail about the game they love and how it was, is, and should be played. Their one-of-a-kind insid...

Baseball 101: Learn How To Play Baseball - A Guide For Beginners This book covers several topics including: Learn Baseball Fundamentals Coaching Philosophies For Kids To Learn Baseball Learn Baseball And Bunting Techniques Learn Baseball Rules Learn Baseball Basics An Overview For Beginners Learn Baseball Techniques For Infielders Learn Baseball Lingo Basic Baseball Skills Children Need To Learn Learn Baseball Safety Learn Baseball Sta...

**Longlisted for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports WritingThe lively and fascinating story of baseball’s 150-year hunt for the perfect pitch**In August 2012, Felix Hernandez of the Seattle Mariners pitched a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays in what Terry McDermott calls “one of the greatest exhibitions of off-speed pitches ever put on.” For McDermott, a lifelong fan and student of baseball, the extraordinary events of that afternoon inspired this incisive medita...

Ted Williams once said, "Hitting a baseball is the single most difficult thing to do in sport." He was the last major leaguer to average .400 over a season. Even at lower levels of play, hitting the ball safely four times out of ten chances is a terrific accomplishment. This tells us something: if being successful less than 50 percent of the time is viewed as an outstanding accomplishment, hitting cannot be an easy skill to master.Written by expert Dan Russell, Baseball Hitting Mec...

Every new baseball season, there are new rounds of fresh talent that will be drafted into the sport. These prospects are pulled from various leagues and groups from around the country where they are recognized by their talent. Sometimes the prospects are found in the formal way, but may be found in an unconventional way which may lead to a life changing experience for them. When drafted, they are given a chance to play in the big leagues where the opportunity for fame and fortune will be p...