Author: Charles R. Smith (Jr.)
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
ISBN: 9780763616465
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
A baseball tries to talk a young boy into going outside to play by describing the throwing, catching, and hitting they can do together. 10,000 first printing.
Let There Be Light
Author: Robert B. Payne
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449053599
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
"The book ... will show the evolutionary process that took 50 years (1880 to 1930) before minor league baseball adopted the idea of playing baseball at night. After breaking into the minors, it only took five years before the Majors grudgingly accepted the idea proposed by Leland 'Larry' MacPhail and Powel Crosley to light up Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio. The book will have 70 photographs, 17 documents, diagrams, charts, and letters and over 90 pages of history, stories, and events. The end result is a history of modern day lighted baseball fields. ... The first World Series night game was played in 1971. But, by 1985, every World Series game is played at night."--Back cover.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449053599
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
"The book ... will show the evolutionary process that took 50 years (1880 to 1930) before minor league baseball adopted the idea of playing baseball at night. After breaking into the minors, it only took five years before the Majors grudgingly accepted the idea proposed by Leland 'Larry' MacPhail and Powel Crosley to light up Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio. The book will have 70 photographs, 17 documents, diagrams, charts, and letters and over 90 pages of history, stories, and events. The end result is a history of modern day lighted baseball fields. ... The first World Series night game was played in 1971. But, by 1985, every World Series game is played at night."--Back cover.
Let's Play Baseball!
Author: Charles R. Smith (Jr.)
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
ISBN: 9780763616465
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
A baseball tries to talk a young boy into going outside to play by describing the throwing, catching, and hitting they can do together. 10,000 first printing.
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
ISBN: 9780763616465
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
A baseball tries to talk a young boy into going outside to play by describing the throwing, catching, and hitting they can do together. 10,000 first printing.
Baseball as a Road to God
Author: John Sexton
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101609737
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
The president of New York University offers a love letter to America’s most beloved sport and a tribute to its underlying spirituality. For more than a decade, John Sexton has taught a wildly popular New York University course about two seemingly very different things: religion and baseball. Yet Sexton argues that one is actually a pathway to the other. Baseball as a Road to God is about touching that something that lies beyond logical understanding. Sexton illuminates the surprisingly large number of mutual concepts shared between baseball and religion: faith, doubt, conversion, miracles, and even sacredness among many others. Structured like a game and filled with riveting accounts of baseball’s most historic moments, Baseball as Road to God will enthrall baseball fans whatever their religious beliefs may be. In thought-provoking, beautifully rendered prose, Sexton elegantly demonstrates that baseball is more than a game, or even a national pastime: It can be a road to enlightenment.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101609737
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
The president of New York University offers a love letter to America’s most beloved sport and a tribute to its underlying spirituality. For more than a decade, John Sexton has taught a wildly popular New York University course about two seemingly very different things: religion and baseball. Yet Sexton argues that one is actually a pathway to the other. Baseball as a Road to God is about touching that something that lies beyond logical understanding. Sexton illuminates the surprisingly large number of mutual concepts shared between baseball and religion: faith, doubt, conversion, miracles, and even sacredness among many others. Structured like a game and filled with riveting accounts of baseball’s most historic moments, Baseball as Road to God will enthrall baseball fans whatever their religious beliefs may be. In thought-provoking, beautifully rendered prose, Sexton elegantly demonstrates that baseball is more than a game, or even a national pastime: It can be a road to enlightenment.
The Baseball Codes
Author: Jason Turbow
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 030727862X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
An insider’s look at baseball’s unwritten rules, explained with examples from the game’s most fascinating characters and wildest historical moments. Everyone knows that baseball is a game of intricate regulations, but it turns out to be even more complicated than we realize. All aspects of baseball—hitting, pitching, and baserunning—are affected by the Code, a set of unwritten rules that governs the Major League game. Some of these rules are openly discussed (don’t steal a base with a big lead late in the game), while others are known only to a minority of players (don’t cross between the catcher and the pitcher on the way to the batter’s box). In The Baseball Codes, old-timers and all-time greats share their insights into the game’s most hallowed—and least known—traditions. For the learned and the casual baseball fan alike, the result is illuminating and thoroughly entertaining. At the heart of this book are incredible and often hilarious stories involving national heroes (like Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays) and notorious headhunters (like Bob Gibson and Don Drysdale) in a century-long series of confrontations over respect, honor, and the soul of the game. With The Baseball Codes, we see for the first time the game as it’s actually played, through the eyes of the players on the field. With rollicking stories from the past and new perspectives on baseball’s informal rulebook, The Baseball Codes is a must for every fan.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 030727862X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
An insider’s look at baseball’s unwritten rules, explained with examples from the game’s most fascinating characters and wildest historical moments. Everyone knows that baseball is a game of intricate regulations, but it turns out to be even more complicated than we realize. All aspects of baseball—hitting, pitching, and baserunning—are affected by the Code, a set of unwritten rules that governs the Major League game. Some of these rules are openly discussed (don’t steal a base with a big lead late in the game), while others are known only to a minority of players (don’t cross between the catcher and the pitcher on the way to the batter’s box). In The Baseball Codes, old-timers and all-time greats share their insights into the game’s most hallowed—and least known—traditions. For the learned and the casual baseball fan alike, the result is illuminating and thoroughly entertaining. At the heart of this book are incredible and often hilarious stories involving national heroes (like Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays) and notorious headhunters (like Bob Gibson and Don Drysdale) in a century-long series of confrontations over respect, honor, and the soul of the game. With The Baseball Codes, we see for the first time the game as it’s actually played, through the eyes of the players on the field. With rollicking stories from the past and new perspectives on baseball’s informal rulebook, The Baseball Codes is a must for every fan.
The Soul of Baseball
Author: Joe Posnanski
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780060854041
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
When legendary Negro League player Buck O'Neil asked Joe Posnanski how he fell in love with baseball, the renowned sports columnist was inspired by the question. He decided to spend the 2005 baseball season touring the country with the ninety-four-year-old O'Neil in hopes of rediscovering the love that first drew them to the game. The Soul of Baseball is as much the story of Buck O'Neil as it is the story of baseball. Driven by a relentless optimism and his two great passions—for America's pastime and for jazz, America's music—O'Neil played solely for love. In an era when greedy, steroid-enhanced athletes have come to characterize professional ball, Posnanski offers a salve for the damaged spirit: the uplifting life lessons of a truly extraordinary man who never missed an opportunity to enjoy and love life.
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780060854041
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
When legendary Negro League player Buck O'Neil asked Joe Posnanski how he fell in love with baseball, the renowned sports columnist was inspired by the question. He decided to spend the 2005 baseball season touring the country with the ninety-four-year-old O'Neil in hopes of rediscovering the love that first drew them to the game. The Soul of Baseball is as much the story of Buck O'Neil as it is the story of baseball. Driven by a relentless optimism and his two great passions—for America's pastime and for jazz, America's music—O'Neil played solely for love. In an era when greedy, steroid-enhanced athletes have come to characterize professional ball, Posnanski offers a salve for the damaged spirit: the uplifting life lessons of a truly extraordinary man who never missed an opportunity to enjoy and love life.
Let There Be Life
Author: Malcolm Kelly
Publisher: BYE Publishing Services
ISBN: 9780965673938
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
LET THERE BE LIFE examines the transformation process of individuals who have been conditioned to live as victims. Kelly describes this victimization process as illusionary. LET THERE BE LIFE is for those individuals who frequently feel they have one foot in mainstream society and the other one in spiritual enlightment. Kelly wrote LET THERE BE LIFE to describe how it feels to believe you have changed your life, and then realize through your experiences that you are still tied to beliefs of lack, limitation, struggle, and self-doubts. He describes techniques about how to recognize and heal the inner ghetto child.
Publisher: BYE Publishing Services
ISBN: 9780965673938
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
LET THERE BE LIFE examines the transformation process of individuals who have been conditioned to live as victims. Kelly describes this victimization process as illusionary. LET THERE BE LIFE is for those individuals who frequently feel they have one foot in mainstream society and the other one in spiritual enlightment. Kelly wrote LET THERE BE LIFE to describe how it feels to believe you have changed your life, and then realize through your experiences that you are still tied to beliefs of lack, limitation, struggle, and self-doubts. He describes techniques about how to recognize and heal the inner ghetto child.
Let's Play Baseball
Author: Ginger Swift
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781680523744
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Let's Play Baseball Introduce your baby or toddler to the world of baseball. They will learn the basics of baseball and words associated with the sport. Learn that the team wears matching jerseys, how to warm up for the game and watch the fans cheering in the stand. Count the number of bases and practice words such as pitcher, catcher, and batter. This sweet lift-a-flap board is a perfect first book It is sure to be a home run with every little fan Game On - Welcome to the world little one Come explore our Let's Play Baseball Lift-a-Flap board book filled with surprises - Perfectly sized for little hands and fingers to open and close the flaps. 6 chunky and sturdy flaps are extra strong so your little one can open and close again and again - Surprise and delight baby with bright artwork and special treats under each flap - Collect all the books in the Chunky Lift-a-Flap series. From colors and animals, to first words and holidays, the Chunky Lift-a-Flap series is a great introduction to reading with cheerful, contemporary, and whimsical illustrations and sturdy, easy-to-lift flaps
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781680523744
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Let's Play Baseball Introduce your baby or toddler to the world of baseball. They will learn the basics of baseball and words associated with the sport. Learn that the team wears matching jerseys, how to warm up for the game and watch the fans cheering in the stand. Count the number of bases and practice words such as pitcher, catcher, and batter. This sweet lift-a-flap board is a perfect first book It is sure to be a home run with every little fan Game On - Welcome to the world little one Come explore our Let's Play Baseball Lift-a-Flap board book filled with surprises - Perfectly sized for little hands and fingers to open and close the flaps. 6 chunky and sturdy flaps are extra strong so your little one can open and close again and again - Surprise and delight baby with bright artwork and special treats under each flap - Collect all the books in the Chunky Lift-a-Flap series. From colors and animals, to first words and holidays, the Chunky Lift-a-Flap series is a great introduction to reading with cheerful, contemporary, and whimsical illustrations and sturdy, easy-to-lift flaps
Let's Play Baseball!
Author: Terri DeGezelle
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736853613
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Text and photographs present the skills, equipment, and safety concerns of playing baseball.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736853613
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Text and photographs present the skills, equipment, and safety concerns of playing baseball.
501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read Before They Die
Author: Ron Kaplan
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496209885
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 567
Book Description
Propounding his "small ball theory" of sports literature, George Plimpton proposed that "the smaller the ball, the more formidable the literature." Of course he had the relatively small baseball in mind, because its literature is formidable--vast and varied, instructive, often wildly entertaining, and occasionally brilliant. From this bewildering array of baseball books, Ron Kaplan has chosen 501 of the best, making it easier for fans to find just the books to suit them (or to know what they're missing). From biography, history, fiction, and instruction to books about ballparks, business, and rules, anyone who loves to read about baseball will find in this book a companionable guide, far more fun than a reference work has any right to be.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496209885
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 567
Book Description
Propounding his "small ball theory" of sports literature, George Plimpton proposed that "the smaller the ball, the more formidable the literature." Of course he had the relatively small baseball in mind, because its literature is formidable--vast and varied, instructive, often wildly entertaining, and occasionally brilliant. From this bewildering array of baseball books, Ron Kaplan has chosen 501 of the best, making it easier for fans to find just the books to suit them (or to know what they're missing). From biography, history, fiction, and instruction to books about ballparks, business, and rules, anyone who loves to read about baseball will find in this book a companionable guide, far more fun than a reference work has any right to be.
Bible Baseball
Author: Robert T Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780802402110
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Now all the thrill and competitive action of baseball is packed into a Bible game as players hit and score runs for their team by answering challenging Bible questions.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780802402110
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Now all the thrill and competitive action of baseball is packed into a Bible game as players hit and score runs for their team by answering challenging Bible questions.