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Encompassing a selection of some one hundred columns and featured stories written over fifty-plus years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ira Berkow share stories on some of the greatest baseball players to ever grace the diamond. But rather than snippets and information known to anyone following the game, Berkow shares insights on these men: men dealing with tragedy, struggle, highs and lows—showing that while they we at the top of the game, at the end of the day they are mere mortals.

Before Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders, there were only nineteen men, throughout history, who played in the Major Leagues of baseball and in the National Football League, in the same season. Only one man from that group, Walter French, can lay claim to having played for a World Series winner and an NFL Championship team. In 1925, he starred for the Pottsville (PA) Maroons in their win over the Chicago Cardinals, in what was believed to be the NFL championship game, only to see the title stripped by a league office decision, a controversial move still being argued about today.

Every summer, in ten small towns across Cape Cod, the finest college baseball players in the country gather in hopes of making it to "The Show." The hopes are justifiably high: The Cape Cod Baseball League is the best amateur league in the world, producing one out of every six major league players. Over the last decade, baseball's hard truths became evident for the Chatham stars who went on to play professionally, and the final chapter of their story can now be written.

Hall of Fame baseball writer Peter Gammons dives deep into his encounters over the last six decades with the best in the sport, revealing a trove of behind-the-scenes stories about the fascinating and inspiring individuals at the heart of our national pastime. Peter Gammons is the preeminent...

The New York Times bestselling, authorized, “enormously entertaining and wide-ranging” (The Seattle Times) biography of the late, great Willie Mays. Willie Mays (1931–2024) was arguably the greatest player in baseball history, revered for the passion he brought to the game. He began as a...

Join Daniel Guerrero, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Pinch Hits Minor League writer, as he highlights all of the news, notes, and stars of the St. Louis Cardinals minor league system. From Memphis to Palm Beach, the baseball draft to who gets called up next, The Best Podcast in the Minors is the place to be for the next generation of Cardinals baseball.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch lead baseball writer Derrick Goold and guests discuss the Cardinals, MLB and anything related to the national pastime and the city that adores it.

The real story of Brad with his volunteer little brother. Originally published in USA Weekend magazine for their Make a Difference Day series...

The New York Times bestselling, authorized, “enormously entertaining and wide-ranging” (The Seattle Times) biography of the late, great Willie Mays. Willie Mays (1931–2024) was arguably the greatest player in baseball history, revered for the passion he brought to the game. He began as a...

A gloriously funny, nostalgic memoir of a popular ESPN reporter who, in the summer of 1994, was a fresh-out-of-college intern for a minor league baseball team. Madness and charm ensue as Ryan McGee spends the season steeped in sweat, fertilizer, nacho cheese sauce, and pure, unadulterated joy in...

LA TIMES BESTSELLER From the award-winning screenwriter and director of cult classic Bull Durham, the extremely entertaining behind-the-scenes story of the making of the film, and an insightful primer on the art and business of moviemaking. "This book tells you how to make a movie—the...

Paul Morgan and Dan Vaughan the leading voices of the Australian Baseball League provide a in season weekly look and a monthly off season look at baseball down under. In our 13th season we are Baseball's Best Mate!

The sports podcast where we're the very best at absolutely nothing and everything!This is a Podcast where we'll talk Football, Baseball, Hockey, Basketball...but mostly FOOTBALL! NFL, NCAA, XFL...backyard...paper...FOOTBALL!

"Fans Know Best" is a Podcast by the fans, for the fans. From LSU and the Saints, to larger, nationwide overviews, Kenny and Brett have you covered for all the latest sports commentary.

My brother, Jeff Lipsky, and my brother-from-another-mother, Jason Kraus, are the two longest suffering and most rabid Mets fans I've ever known. They're also insanely smart and passionate about baseball in general. Trust me, you want to hear what they have to say. You may not agree with them, but that's on you. We first launched a Mets podcast two weeks before baseball shut down for the Pandemic. We're now relaunching with near certainty that our two shows in 2020 weren't the last two straws that finally broke major league baseball, and that the world is safe from a new Pandemic until at ...

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Major League Baseball has had its share of characters. Mark Littell is a one-of-a-kind, mold-breaking country boy from the Bootheel of Missouri. In this book, Mark takes you through his wild and wooly career as a baseball player, from his very first at-bat when he was six years old, through his career in the Major Leagues. This collection of unbelievable tales will have you on the floor laughing, as Mark's Southern twang and quick wit show you a side of baseball you've never seen before.