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  • Sugarball Sugarball
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    Sugarball

    In 1937, the dictator of the Dominican Republic, Rafael Trujillo sent his representative, Dr. Enrique Aybar to America to enlist the greatest Negro League players-Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson and Cool Papa Bell-to represent his country in a national...
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  • Baseball in Huntsville Baseball in Huntsville
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    Baseball in Huntsville

    The Rocket City Trash Pandas, who made their Class AA South debut last summer, rekindled the interest in professional baseball in this area. As a journalist, it rekindled my interest in looking at the team with some historical context, to the first...
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  • Connecticut's Girls of Summer Connecticut's Girls of Summer
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    Connecticut's Girls of Summer

    Connecticut has a long history of producing outstanding sports teams and athletes. Two of the greatest teams to come out of the state are the legendary Brakettes and Falcons women's fast-pitch softball teams. In their seventy-six-year history, the...
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    Nickel A Pack

    The 1960s is a decade that has stood the test of time. It has been remembered, talked about, embraced, and encapsulated more, by far, than any other decade before or since. The times were a-changin' in the 1960s and there was much going on. This included...
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  • 1954 -- a Baseball Season 1954 -- a Baseball Season
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    1954 -- a Baseball Season

    This book will appeal to life-long baserball fans, particularly those who have followed the game for many years--specifically males over the age of 60, perhaps even age 50, too. Younger followers of athletic contests may also likely have an interest,...
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  • Handbook Of School-Gymnastics Of The Swedish System Handbook Of School-Gymnastics Of The Swedish System
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    Handbook Of School-Gymnastics Of The Swedish System

    The Handbook of School-Gymnastics of the Swedish System is a comprehensive guide to gymnastics for schools, written by Nils Posse and originally published in 1892. The book includes one hundred consecutive tables of exercises, each with detailed...
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  • Handbook For Hythe Handbook For Hythe
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    Handbook For Hythe

    The book ""Handbook For Hythe: Comprising A Familiar Explanation Of The Laws Of Projectiles And An Introduction In The System Of Musketry"" was written by Hans Busk and was published in 1860. The book is a comprehensive guide to the laws of projectiles...
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  • Fishing With The Fly Fishing With The Fly
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    Fishing With The Fly

    ""Fishing With The Fly: Sketches By Lovers Of The Art, With Illustrations Of Standard Flies"" is a book written by Charles F. Orvis and published in 1886. The book is a comprehensive guide to fly fishing, featuring sketches and illustrations of various...
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  • Floating Flies And How To Dress Them Floating Flies And How To Dress Them
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    Floating Flies And How To Dress Them

    Floating Flies And How To Dress Them: A Treatise On The Most Modern Methods Of Dressing Artificial Flies For Trout And Grayling (1886) by Frederic Michael Halford is a comprehensive guide to the art of fly fishing. The book provides detailed instructions...
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  • Figure-Skating (1898) Figure-Skating (1898)
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    Figure-Skating (1898)

    Figure-Skating is a book written by Monier-Williams and Montagu Sneade that was first published in 1898. This comprehensive guide to figure skating covers everything from the history of the sport to the technical aspects of skating. The authors provide...
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  • The '27 Yankees The '27 Yankees
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    The '27 Yankees

    The '27 Yankees is the story of the most legendary and revered team in the annals of baseball: the 1927 New York Yankees, whose magical name even today evokes the standard of excellence in America¿s most treasured sport. The book is the definitive...
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  • Anfangsgrunde Der Gymnastik Oder Turnkunst (1816) Anfangsgrunde Der Gymnastik Oder Turnkunst (1816)
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    Anfangsgrunde Der Gymnastik Oder Turnkunst (1816)

    ""Anfangsgr�����nde der Gymnastik oder Turnkunst"" ist ein Buch von Peter Heinrich Clias, das erstmals im Jahr 1816 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch besch�����ftigt sich mit den Grundlagen der Gymnastik und Turnkunst und ist ein wichtiger Beitrag zur...
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  • Traite Sur L'Art De Faire Des Armes (1830) Traite Sur L'Art De Faire Des Armes (1830)
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    Traite Sur L'Art De Faire Des Armes (1830)

    Le Trait����� sur l'Art de Faire des Armes (1830) de Ghersi, I. est un livre qui traite de la fabrication et de l'utilisation des armes. L'auteur y d�����crit en d�����tail les diff�����rentes techniques utilis�����es pour fabriquer des armes, notamment...
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  • Base Ball And Base Ball Players; A History Of The National Game Of America, And Important Events Connected Therewith From Its Origin Down To The Present Time Base Ball And Base Ball Players; A History Of The National Game Of America, And Important Events Connected Therewith From Its Origin Down To The Present Time
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    Base Ball And Base Ball Players; A History Of The National Game Of America, And Important Events Connected Therewith From Its Origin Down To The Present Time

    Elwood Andrew Roff's book provides a comprehensive history of baseball in America, including its origins, major players, and important events throughout history. Drawing on a range of primary and secondary sources, Roff provides a compelling narrative...
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  • Fred Clarke Fred Clarke
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    Fred Clarke

    Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945, Fred Clarke began his career in 1894 with a record day at the plate, going 5 for 5. He would go on to play for 21 years spending most of that time as the player-manager of the Pirates, a team he led to...
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  • When the Dodgers Were Bridegrooms When the Dodgers Were Bridegrooms
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    When the Dodgers Were Bridegrooms

    Urbane real estate investor Charles Byrne and hustling news editor George J. Taylor joined forces in 1883 to create the club that would become the Brooklyn Dodgers. Nicknamed the "Bridegrooms" by sportswriters after several players got married, they...
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  • Long Taters Long Taters
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    Long Taters

    When African American first baseman George "Boomer" Scott made his debut in the major leagues in 1966, he took the field for the Boston Red Sox--the last major league team to field a black ballplayer, only seven years before. An eight-time Gold Glove...
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  • The American League in Transition, 1965-1975 The American League in Transition, 1965-1975
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    The American League in Transition, 1965-1975

    In the years following the decline of the New York Yankees dynasty that ended in 1964, three American League teams endeavored to stake their claim to the Junior Circuit's crown. From 1965 to 1975, the Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, and Oakland...
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  • The California Winter League The California Winter League
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    The California Winter League

    The California Winter League was the first to bring together Negro League teams and white professional teams in one league. It operated from October through February each year from the early part of the century until the late 1940s and generally...
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  • Black Baseball Players in Canada Black Baseball Players in Canada
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    Black Baseball Players in Canada

    In an era when black baseball players had limited playing prospects in the United States, they found a more hospitable and level playing field in Canada. The entries in this dictionary contain biographical sketches, career highlights and statistics...
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  • The Arrival of the American League The Arrival of the American League
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    The Arrival of the American League

    In 1901, Charles Comiskey and Ban Johnson launched a brazen challenge to the National League's supremacy. This book covers the American League's origins in the Western League, the decisions and planning that laid the groundwork for the American...
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  • Baseball and the Blame Game Baseball and the Blame Game
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    Baseball and the Blame Game

    Most baseball fans know what links Fred Merkle, Fred Snodgrass, Mickey Owen and Bill Buckner. It's a pantheon of public failure. They would be harder put to say what links Eric Byrnes, Tony Fernandez, and Babe Ruth, though these players made misplays...
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  • DiMaggio's Yankees DiMaggio's Yankees
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    DiMaggio's Yankees

    When Babe Ruth left the New York Yankees in 1935, some feared that the loss would cripple the club for years. However, the post-Ruth era Yankees continued to dominate until the start of World War II. Their forward-thinking administrative staff signed...
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  • Satchel Paige and Company Satchel Paige and Company
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    Satchel Paige and Company

    Though Satchel Paige lived into the early 1980s, much of our information about his life and especially his career is the stuff of anecdote. He is nevertheless a central figure--arguably the central figure--in our reconstructions of Negro Leagues...
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  • Joe McCarthy Joe McCarthy
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    Joe McCarthy

    Joe McCarthy was headed towards a career as a plumber--until the parish priest intervened, and convinced McCarthy's mother that he could make more of himself in baseball. She relented, and Joseph Vincent McCarthy embarked on a career that ranks him...
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  • Big and Little Poison Big and Little Poison
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    Big and Little Poison

    The Waner brothers, Paul and Lloyd--also known as "Big Poison" and "Little Poison"--played together for fourteen seasons in the same Pittsburgh outfield in the 1920s and 1930s. More than half a century after retiring, they still rank as the...
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  • That Was Part of Baseball Then That Was Part of Baseball Then
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    That Was Part of Baseball Then

    In this collection of interviews, baseball players, coaches, and managers speak candidly about their most memorable moments and experiences in baseball's big leagues. Their recollections of the former big leaguers often come from their early years...
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  • Don't Let Anyone Take Your Joy Away Don't Let Anyone Take Your Joy Away
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    Don't Let Anyone Take Your Joy Away

    In this personal history of the Negro Leagues, Stanley Glenn gives an intimate and in-depth look at the daily trials and tribulations of a Negro League Baseball player. With wisdom, wit and perspective, Glenn recalls the indignities he and his teammates...
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  • Gentleman Jake Gentleman Jake
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    Gentleman Jake

    The life story of Jake Daubert, who left the coal mines of Pennsylvania to become a two-time major league batting champion.Jake Daubert could have followed the path of two of his brothers and died as a young coal miner. Instead he died as an active...
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  • Parents Guide To Travel Ball Parents Guide To Travel Ball
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    Parents Guide To Travel Ball

    IF YOU ARE THE PARENTS OF A CHILD PLAYING TRAVEL BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL "PARENTS GUIDE TO TRAVEL BALL," IS A MUST READ! It offers a candid and sometimes humorous insight into the "Pros & Cons" of youth baseball and softball. "Parents Guide to...
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  • We Got to Play Baseball We Got to Play Baseball
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    We Got to Play Baseball

    We Got to Play Baseball is a remarkable collection of favorite memories from 60 Hall of Famers, All Stars, veteran ballplayers, managers, coaches, umpires and others directly involved in Major League Baseball. Their stories range from the 1950s to...
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  • The Fields of New York The Fields of New York
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    The Fields of New York

    The little league fields of Batavia in Western New York. The housing projects where the Polo Grounds once stood in Manhattan. The statue of John McGraw standing in the middle of Truxton. All of these places are part of New York's baseball experience...
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  • Facts Of Useful Hints Relating To Fishing And Shooting Facts Of Useful Hints Relating To Fishing And Shooting
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    Facts Of Useful Hints Relating To Fishing And Shooting

    Facts Of Useful Hints Relating To Fishing And Shooting: Being A Collection Of Various Methods For Capturing Birds, Beasts, Vermin And Fish (1874) is a book written by I. E. B. C. The book is a comprehensive guide to fishing and shooting, offering a...
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    The Mainieri Factor

    Many young coaches, over the years have asked me, " How does one climb the ladder in the baseball coaching profession?"This book will give you examples, through real life stories, on how you can move ahead in a coaching career.Someone has coined the...
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  • Sandlot Summit Sandlot Summit
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    Sandlot Summit

    FUNNIEST SPORTS STORY EVERGet ready to "LOL" with the funniest, most entertaining youth sports story of all time.It's 1984 ¿ and the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union is heating up to a fever pitch. With combat a near certainty,...
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  • Le Monde Des Courses Moeurs Actuelles Du Turf (1896) Le Monde Des Courses Moeurs Actuelles Du Turf (1896)
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    Le Monde Des Courses Moeurs Actuelles Du Turf (1896)

    Le livre ""Le Monde Des Courses Moeurs Actuelles Du Turf"" �����crit par Fernand Gabriel Laffon en 1896 est un ouvrage qui explore le monde des courses hippiques ������ cette �����poque. L'auteur y d�����crit les diff�����rentes pratiques et coutumes du...
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  • Le Guide Et Les Droits Des Pecheurs A La Ligne (1882) Le Guide Et Les Droits Des Pecheurs A La Ligne (1882)
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    Le Guide Et Les Droits Des Pecheurs A La Ligne (1882)

    Le livre intitul����� ""Le Guide Et Les Droits Des Pecheurs A La Ligne"" a �����t����� �����crit par Moriceau, A. et publi����� en 1882. Ce guide fournit aux p������cheurs ������ la ligne des informations essentielles sur les r�����gles et les...
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  • High and Inside High and Inside
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    High and Inside

    Lou Gorman is best known for having assembled the great but star-crossed Red Sox team of 1986. Few, perhaps, know that he also laid the foundation for the Mets club that clawed past them. Or that he is the only baseball executive involved in the...
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  • El Birdos El Birdos
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    El Birdos

    In 1953, August A. Busch purchased the St. Louis Cardinals for nearly four million dollars. His dream included not only the best players money could buy but a brand new Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis. The early sixties found Busch working on...
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  • Mickey Cochrane Mickey Cochrane
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    Mickey Cochrane

    Though many of his contemporaries considered him second only to Babe Ruth in the 1920s and 1930s, Mickey Cochrane is often overlooked by fans and historians. The hard-hitting catcher played on three World Series winners. Fiercely competitive on the...
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  • Baseball 101 Baseball 101
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    Baseball 101

    A guide for beginning baseball enthusiasts, a how to for coaches and the basic fundamentals of each position the way it was taught in the beginning.
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