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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Baseball, it's your team Baseball, it's your team Nathan Aaseng Presents ten crucial situations major league baseball team owners have had to face, permitting the reader to make the decision from reading the facts, before stating what actually happened. OL15216058W
George George Peter Golenbock For 34 years, he berated his players and tormented Yankees managers and employees. He played fast and loose with the rules, and twice could have gone to jail. He was banned from baseball for life--bu… OL15305634W
Bill Veeck Bill Veeck Paul Dickson Dickson (The Unwritten Rules of Baseball, 2009, etc.) delivers an engaging biography of Bill Veeck (1914–1986), an innovative, irascible and progressive gadfly within the staid world of baseball. … OL16489840W
The rank and file of 19th century major league baseball biographies of 1,084 players, owners, manag… The rank and file of 19th century major league baseball biographies of 1,084 players, owners, manag… David Nemec "This volume provides information on figures unnoticed by most historians. Each entry includes statistics, peer-driven analysis of baseball-related skills, and an overview of the individual's role in… OL16531783W
Bachelor girl Bachelor girl Kim van Alkemade "From the New York Times bestselling author of Orphan #8 comes a fresh and intimate novel about the destructive power of secrets and the redemptive power of love--inspired by the true story of Jacob … OL19732580W
The devil in denim The devil in denim M. J. Scott As the team-owner's daughter, Maggie Jameson grew up in the New York Saints' stadium - glove, cap, hot dogs, and all. Baseball's in her blood, and she's always dreamed of the day when she would lead … OL20000404W
Rickey and Robinson Rickey and Robinson William John Cummings,Harvey Frommer,Mary Louise Dulan vi, 258 p. : 28 cm OL2639553W
Judge Fuchs and the Boston Braves, 1923-1935 Judge Fuchs and the Boston Braves, 1923-1935 Robert S. Fuchs vii, 157 p. : 23 cm OL2750395W
Orator O'Rourke Orator O'Rourke Mike Roer "As a player, manager, team captain, umpire, owner and league president, Jim O'Rourke (1851-1918) spoke for the players. Nicknamed "Orator" for his booming voice and his championing of the rights of … OL5838795W