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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Buster Posey is a rising star catcher for the San Francisco Giants. Kids will follow Posey's from his days as a high-school phenom, through his college years at Florida State and to his back-to-back World Series winning career with the Giants. Chapters also describe Posey's life outside of baseball, including his charity work and family life.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Structured to mirror the flow of a baseball game, THROWBACK covers everything that happens both in plain sight and behind the scenes (or sometime in whispered invective at the plate or in the bullpen), from the players' pre-game routines and the pitcher's warm-up tosses, to the hidden signs the catcher and pitcher use to communicate to outwit hitters; from infielders' often amusing conversations with men at first and third bases, to the specific...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A franchise and fan base in perpetual search of validation finally had its ticket punched as 2016 dawned. Mike Piazza, who held records in one hand and a city's rapt attention in the other, gained election to the Hall of Fame. Within weeks of this long-awaited announcement, the ballclub with whom he chose to cast his eternal lot, the New York Mets, made a date to retire his number. In Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star, Greg W. Prince-cocreator...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Doug Wilson, finalist for both the Casey Award and Seymour Medal for his previous baseball biographies, uses his own extensive research and interviews with childhood friends and major league teammates to examine the life and career of a leader who followed a strict code and played with fierce determination,"--Amazon.com.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Yankees catcher Jim Leyritz's life story from national sports hero to vehicular manslaughter charge knocks 'compelling' out of the park. The year is 1996. Location, Atlanta Fulton County Stadium. In the eighth inning of game four of the World Series against the Atlanta Braves, catcher Jim Leyritz hits one of the most dramatic and memorable home runs in history, propelling the Yankees to win their first World Championship in 18 years. Flash forward...
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