The Detroit Tigers gave a memorable performance in the pennant race against the New York Yankees in 1961, the American League's first expansion season. Starting faster, the Tigers held first place for more than half the season, until the Yankees caught up in late July. They met in a climactic three-game series at Yankee Stadium. The Bronx Bombers swept all three, winning the pennant for the eleventh time in 13 seasons. But the 18 games the Tigers and Yankees played against each other were some...
Becoming Big League is the story of Seattle's relationship with major league baseball from the 1962 World's Fair to the completion of the Kingdome in 1976 and beyond. Bill Mullins focuses on the acquisition and loss, after only one year, of the Seattle Pilots and documents their on-the-field exploits in lively play-by-play sections. The Pilots' underfunded ownership, led by Seattle's Dewey and Max Soriano and William Daley of Cleveland, struggled to make the team a success. They were savvy base...
I Am a Baseball Player My Level of Sarcasm Depends on Your Level of Stupidity
by M Shafiq
The facts, the records, the stats, the stars. Die-cut into the shape of a baseball, the Baseball Trivia Calendar captures all the obsession and sheer pleasure of the game. Unbeatable Baseball Records. World Series Q&A: "Who is the only player to win the World Series MVP twice?" Plus Baseball By the Numbers, Historical Oddities, and Did You Know? "In baseball's "Centennial Year" in 1969, what players were chosen as the Greatest Player Ever and the Greatest Living Player?"
The Tomahawk Chop (and how it became the Atlanta Braves' signature), the slick feel of a Gaylord Perry handshake (and what it would do to a hitter's mind), and nearly 750 more items of game lore.
Indians Fan's Little Book of Wisdom--12-Copy Counter Display
by George Sullivan
During the 19th century, baseball was a game with few rules, many rowdy players and just one umpire. Dirty tricks were simply part of a winning strategy-spiking, body-blocking, cutting bases short or hiding an extra ball to be used when needed were all OK. Deliberately failing to catch a fly in order to have the game called due to darkness was also acceptable. And drinking before a game was perhaps expected. Providing brief bios of dozens of players, managers, umpires and owners, this book chron...