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A History of Professional Baseball in Asheville
Bill Ballew
So many baseball greats have appeared within McCormick Field’s white lines: Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Ty Cobb, manager Cal Ripken Sr. and batboy Cal Ripken Jr., to name a few. Asheville’s hardball history is vast, and Bill Ballew presents it here as never before. |
978-1-59629-176-8
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 60 Black and White Photographs
Publication
Date:
February 2007
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A Native Son's Story of Fishing, Hunting and Duck Decoys in the Lowcountry: A Caines Family Tradition
Jerry Wayne Caines
In the Lowcountry, the Caines family is known for three things: fishing, hunting and hell-raising. In this book, follow two generations of Caineses as they achieve lasting fame carving duck decoys (now collectable and worth thousands), guiding hunters in Hobcaw Barony, fishing for shad and telling the raucous tales of their misadventures. |
978-1-59629-241-3
128 pp.
$17.99
Over 120 Black and White Photographs
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Date:
February 2007
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Babe & the Kid: The Legendary Story of Babe Ruth and Johnny Sylvester
Charlie Poekel
Foreword by: Julia Ruth Stevens
On the eve of game four of the 1926 World Series, Ruth heard that a young New Jersey boy, Johnny Sylvester, was laid up with a deadly illness. Ruth autographed a ball for Johnny, inscribing it, “I’ll knock a homer for you in Wednesday’s game–Babe Ruth.” The rest was history. Ruth delivered on his promise, and Johnny made a miraculous recovery. |
978-1-59629-267-3
160 pp.
$19.99
Over 65 Black and White Photographs
Publication
Date:
November 2007
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Connecticut Baseball: The Best of the Nutmeg State
Don Harrison
Foreword by Fay Vincent
As former Commissioner of Baseball Fay Vincent notes in his
foreword, Don Harrison has lovingly assembled the best selections from
a lifetime spent covering Connecticut’s corner of the game. Read twenty-five
interviews from his own forty-three-year career and discover even
older traditions that date back to Hartford’s entrance into the majors in
the 1870s. |
978-1-59629-552-0
160 pp.
$19.99
Over 90 Black & White Photographs
Publication
Date:
September 2008
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Duke Basketball: A Pictorial History
Lewis Bowling
There are certain traditions too extraordinary for mere words to define. The Duke University men’s basketball program is certainly one such tradition, and Lewis Bowling has assembled more than two hundred brilliant photographs spanning the entire history of the program to show it. |
978-1-59629-467-7
160 pp.
$19.99
Over 220 Black and White Photographs
Publication
Date:
August 2008
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Florida's First Big League Baseball Players: A Narrative History
Wes Singletary
Although Florida has recently produced some of the best professional baseball players, like Alex Rodriguez, Gary Sheffield and Tino Martinez, only twenty-six Florida boys made it the majors before 1950. This book, by baseball historian Wes Singletary, is a narrative journey into the early days of baseball in the Sunshine State. |
978-1-59629-116-4
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 60 Black and White Photographs
Publication
Date:
April 2006
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Rhode Island Baseball: The Early Years
Rick Harris
As you slide back into an era when men—and women—played professional ball barehanded and a rabbit hole could change a game, you will discover how large a role America’s smallest state played in the nation’s favorite pastime. |
978-1-59629-496-7
160 pp.
$19.99
Over 40 Black and White and 16 Color Photographs
Publication
Date:
August 2008
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Sport Lauderdale: Big Names and Big Games
Cynthia A. Thuma
Through the generations, Fort Lauderdale and Broward County, Florida, have been a sports hotbed. From serious sluggers to hard-charging halfbacks, the area has produced superstars in a wide variety of sports. This fun, accessible book offers a look into the area’s sporting history, from youth leagues to the pros. |
978-1-59629-145-4
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 30 Black and White Photographs
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Date:
April 2007
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Spring Training in Clearwater: Fencebusters and Fastballs from the Philadelphia Phillies and Clearwater Threshers
Alex de Quesada
Foreword by Larry "The Baron" Shenk
Clearwater has long been the winter home of the Philadelphia Phillies. The city’s Grapefruit League history and the Phillies legacy hang in the air like a Steve Carlton curveball. Baseball fans and history buffs will revel in this nostalgic look at the history of America’s game in Clearwater. |
978-1-59629-214-7
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 70 Black and White Photographs
Publication
Date:
February 2007
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Spring Training in Sarasota, 1924-1960: New York Giants and Boston Red Sox
Jeff LaHurd
Spring Training in Sarasota offers an enjoyable and informative look at America’s game during a treasured time in Sarasota’s past. With a relaxed, accessible style, LaHurd revisits the joys and challenges Sarasota faced while playing host to these professional teams and the larger-than-life personalities that filled the teams’ rosters. |
978-1-59629-072-3
96 pp.
$18.99
Over 40 Black and White Photographs
Publication
Date:
February 2006
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Virginia Horse Racing: Triumphs of the Turf
Virginia C. Johnson
Barbara Crookshanks
Virginia, mother of presidents, is also the mother of American horse racing. Follow the bloodlines of three foundation sires of the American Thoroughbred through generations of rollicking races and larger-than-life grandees wagering kingly stakes, sometimes on horses not yet born. |
978-1-59629-439-4
160 pp.
$19.99
Over 40 Black and White Photographs
Publication
Date:
August 2008
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