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The Boys of Summer

by Roger Kahn – HarperCollins (February 22, 2011)

This is a book about young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and then went on to play for one of the most exciting major-league ball clubs ever fielded, the team that broke the color...

Men at Work

by George F. Will – HarperCollins (August 03, 2010)

In his classic tribute to America's pastime—now with a new introduction—political commentator, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and lifelong sports enthusiast George F. Will travels from the baseball field...

Fifty-nine in '84

by Edward Achorn – HarperCollins (March 30, 2010)

“All fans of baseball, all fans of a good story, will love this book."

— Professor Gordon Wood, Pulitzer and Bancroft Prize winner

“This is a beautifully written, meticulously researched story about a...

The Machine

by Joe Posnanski – HarperCollins (September 15, 2009)

Award-winning sports columnist Joe Posnanski hits a grand slam with The Machine—a thrilling account of the magical 1975 season of the Cincinnati Reds, baseball’s legendary “Big Red Machine,” from spring...

Sandy Koufax

by Jane Leavy – HarperCollins (October 13, 2009)

“The incomparable and mysterious Sandy Koufax is revealed…. This is an absorbing book, beautifully written.” —Wall Street Journal

“Leavy has hit it out of the park…A lot more than a biography. It’s...