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For an amazing 67 years, Vin Scully was not only the voice of Dodgers baseball, but the gold standard when it came to sports broadcasting. A legend early in his prestigious career, Scully was a trusted companion to countless baseball fans across...

Celebrate Yadier Molina's incredible career with this vibrant retrospective.A 10-time All-Star with nine Gold Gloves and two World Series rings, Yadier Molina has established his position as one of the greatest Major League Baseball players of his...

With big rule changes coming to the MLB in 2022, fans will need this handy, inexpensive resourceAn important resource for umpires, coaches, leagues, and serious fans of Major League Baseball (MLB), this handbook lists the dos and don'ts of the national...

The Atlanta Braves are 2021 World Series Champions!The Atlanta Braves have been fixtures in the postseason in recent franchise history, with six playoff berths and four NL East titles in the last decade. The big breakthroughs had been fleeting prior to...

The passion for baseball in Cincinnati that's nearly unrivaled and the unequalled feel for the game that only exists in the Queen City are captured in this record. Unearthing the greatest stories ever written about one of the most storied teams in Major...

The Texas Rangers are 2023 World Series championsHistory was made in 2023, as the Texas Rangers triumphed over the Arizona Diamondbacks to seize their first World Series championship since arriving in the Lone Star State in 1972.At Long Last: The Texas...

For the past 75 years, Little League teams from around the world have had their dreams set on making it to the pinnacle of youth baseball, the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. One small-town Little League, the Nolensville Little...

When Kenny Albert was growing up, family gatherings sounded a lot like a dispatch from the first all-sports radio station. There was his father, Marv, whose voice shaped the sound of modern basketball, and there too were his uncles Al and Steve-a trio of...

Watching a game of baseball today means witnessing phenomena that would have been novel, if not completely unheard of, not so long ago.Starting pitchers sling 100 mile-per-hour heat for just four or five innings before departing; third basemen often...

No origin story of the New York Mets is complete without Ed Kranepool.The lefty first baseman known as "Steady Eddie" made his major-league debut at age 17 during the team's inaugural season and would eventually depart, nearly two decades later, with his...

At 6-foot-7 and 285 pounds, Aaron Judge emerged as the biggest story in baseball in 2017 with his monstrous home runs and record-breaking ability. A three-sport athlete in high school and a Division I ballplayer at Fresno State, the Californian was...

Explain away your bad at-bats and imperfect pitches-and have your friends laugh at the same time!InBaseball's Best Excuses, author Joshua Shifrin takes a witty approach in helping baseball players make sense of their worst days on the diamond. The next...

Baseball books span the spectrum from the All-Stars to the has-beens but invariably overlook the endless string of things that could have happened but didn't.Baseball's Memorable Missesfills that void, pointing out little-known facts perfect for both...

The best resource for projecting future performance of minor league athletes-essential for fantasy league baseball players.The first book of its kind to fully integrate sabermetrics and scouting, the 2023Minor League Baseball Analyst provides a...

For more than thirtyyears, the very best in baseball predictions and statistics.The industry's longest-running publication for baseball analysts and fantasy leaguers, Ron Shandler's Baseball Forecaster, published annually since 1986, is the first book to...

A compelling autobiography from one of Detroit's favorite sonsAt 15, Willie Horton received his first contract offer to become a professional baseball player. At 20, he smacked his first major-league home run. At 24, Horton stood in full uniform on the...

For more than 35 years, the very best in baseball predictions and statisticsThe industry's longest-running publication for baseball analysts and fantasy leaguers, Ron Shandler's Baseball Forecaster, published annually since 1986, is the first book to...

For more than thirty years, the very best in baseball predictions and statisticsThe industry's longest-running publication for baseball analysts and fantasy leaguers, Ron Shandler's Baseball Forecaster, published annually since 1986, is...

This official commemorative book tells the stories behind all the iconic moments, the legendary players and coaches, and so much more. Featuring hundreds of stunning photographs and insightful writing from team reporter Adam McCalvy, this is a deluxe,...

With his irreverant personality, laid-back approach, and penchant for the unexpected, Joe Maddon is a singular presence among Major League Baseball managers. Whether he's bringing clowns and live bear cubs to spring training or leading the Chicago Cubs...

With its three-hour-long contests, 162-game seasons, and countless measurable variables, baseball is a sport which lends itself to self-reflection and obsessive analysis. It's a thinking game. It's also a shifting game. Nowhere is this more evident than...

In 2002, Tabitha Soren first began photographing a group of minor league draft picks for the Oakland A's-young men coming into the major league farm system straight from high school or college. Since then, she has followed the players through their...

The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Cubs is a decade-by-decade look at one of baseball's most beloved if hard-luck teams, starting with the franchise's beginnings in 1876 as the Chicago White Stockings and ending with the triumphant 2016 World Series...

A vivid history of the controversial building of Dodger Stadium and how it helped transform Los AngelesWhen Walter O'Malley moved his Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles in 1957 with plans to construct a new ballpark, he ignited a bitter half-decade dispute...