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The Mental ABC's of Pitching : A Handbook for Performance Enhancement
by H. A. Dorfman

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Diamond Communications
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(January 1, 2000)
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5 out of 5 stars

Peter Gammons, ESPN Baseball Analyst
"The Mental ABC's of Pitching should be next to Ted Williams' The Art of Hitting on any player's bookshelf, and any team that does not give every pitcher in its organization a copy of The Mental ABC's of Pitching...is living in the dark ages." Read more

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All Roads Lead to October : Boss Steinbrenner's 25-Year Reign over the New York Yankees
by Maury Allen

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Hardcover - 320 pages
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If there's a sports tale ripe for the telling, it's George Steinbrenner's stewardship of the Yankees. But where to center? On the tumult, the terror, the absurdity, or the glory? In All Roads Lead to October, Maury Allen refracts the broad spectrum. Wandering genially from story to story and era to... Read more

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The New York Yankee Encyclopedia
by Harvey Frommer(Editor)

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Hungry Minds, Inc
Hardcover - 448 pages
(May 13, 1997)
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Yankee fans are forever, but it's especially exciting to revel in the Yankees' past accomplishments while basking in the glow of their 1997 season exploits. Yankee historian Harvey Frommer has compiled the definitive record of Yankee baseball, from their 1903 beginnings through their 1996 World... Read more

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Stats Minor League Scouting Notebook 2000
by John Sickels, et al

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STATS Inc.
Paperback
(February 2000)
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4 out of 5 stars

Jack Francisco Jr., July 29, 2000 4 out of 5 stars
A Must Buy for the Fantasy Leaguer
I've been involved in fantasy baseball since 1984 and of all of the sources available, I find this one invaluable. Mr. Sickells is a very good evaluator of talent and does not zealously use a single method, but rather incorporates various techniques (sabremetrics, traditional scouting, etc.) in... Read more


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Baseball's Forgotten Heroes : One Fan's Search for the Game's Most Interesting Overlooked Players
by Tony Salin

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Masters Pr
Paperback - 224 pages
(June 1999)
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J.K. Kelley, July 4, 2000 5 out of 5 stars
the author's dedication shows throughout
This is a book written by someone with a lot of love for the game of baseball. It will mostly benefit others with the same love: Salin has found sufficiently obscure figures that I had only heard of half of them. Where feasible, he lets them tell their own stories, thus preserving their style of... Read more


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The Pitching Edge
by Tom House, Rod Dedeaux

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Human Kinetics (T)
Paperback - 151 pages
2nd edition (December 1999)
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redmen55, August 11, 2000 5 out of 5 stars
FROM BOTTOM TO THE TOP
A FEW YEARS AGO I MOVED DOWN TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE LEVEL. THAT FIRST YEAR I LOST ALL MY GAMES. I FELT TERRIBLE. I TAUGHT THE PLAYERS EVERYTHING I COULD ABOUT DEFENSE AND HITTING. I REALIZED THAT AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE LEVEL MORE TIME SHOULD BE SPENT ON PITCHING. I LOOKED FOR HELP AND FOUND TOM HOUSE'S... Read more


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Baseball Guide: The Ultimate 2000 Season Reference - 2000 Edition
by Craig Carter(Editor), Dave Sloan(Editor)

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NTC/Contemporary Publishing Co.
Paperback - 624 pages
(February 1, 2000)
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Pitch Like a Pro
by Jim Rosenthal, et al

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Griffin Trade Paperback
Paperback - 112 pages
(April 1999)
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Is pitching an art or a science? Judging by all of the technical manuals on the subject, pitching seems to be an exact science. Lee Mazzone, pitching coach for the Atlanta Braves, disagrees: "Why turn something as basic as throwing a baseball into a science project?" Successful pitching isn't easy,... Read more

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Confessions of a Baseball Purist : What's Right--And Wrong--With Baseball, As Seen from the Best Seat in the House
by Jon Miller, Mark Hyman(Contributor)

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Simon & Schuster
Hardcover - 256 pages
(April 1998)
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Broadcaster Jon Miller didn't know he was a baseball "purist" until acting commissioner Bud Selig accosted him with the moniker on national TV in 1993. "At one time," writes Miller in retrospect, "the label 'baseball purist' could've been worn as a badge of honor. Any... Read more

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Major League Baseball 2001 Day-To-Day Calendar
by Kris Koederitz(Editor), Andrews McMeel Publishing

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Andrews McMeel Publishing
Calendar
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The Official Major League Baseball 2001 Calendar is now in its ninth season and features a great moment in history, fun fact, dubious achievement, landmark, or quote each day about the palyers, coaches, and teams of Major League Baseball. Read more

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My Turn at Bat : The Story of My Life
by Ted Williams, John Underwood(Contributor)

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Fireside
Paperback - 267 pages
Reprint edition (March 1988)
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Now available for the first time in years, My Turn at Bat is Ted Williams' own story of his spectacular life and baseball career.

An acclaimed best-seller, My Turn at Bat now features new photographs and, for the first time, Ted's reflections on his managing career and the state of baseball as it... Read more


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Baseball America 2000 Directory : The Complete Pocket Baseball Guide (Baseball America's Directory)
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Baseball America
Paperback - 375 pages
(March 2000)
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Kurt, August 23, 2000 4 out of 5 stars
Good Baseball Information Resourse
This is a book that I refer to often. It is a very good tool for finding out all sorts of important info on Major and Minor League teams, such as directions to the stadiums, names of personnel and schedules, etc. I am a former radio producer and publications editor for the Fort Myers Miracle, a... Read more


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Louisville Slugger Complete Book of Pitching
by Doug Myers, Mark Gola

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NTC/Contemporary Publishing Co.
Paperback - 224 pages
(March 1, 2000)
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Packed with interviews, tips, and instructional photographs, Louisville Slugger Complete Book of Pitching covers every element of successful pitching, from basics such as grip and arm position to more advanced concepts such as adjusting to the umpire and recognizing the crucial at bats in a game.... Read more

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Be the Ball : An Audio Recording for Better Golf
by Sean Ryan

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Sophie Enterprises
Audio Cassette
(June 2000)
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Be The Ball is well scripted and the voice over sound quality is very good. A bargain Read more

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Durocher's Cubs : The Greatest Team That Didn't Win
by David Claerbaut

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Hardcover - 240 pages
(March 2000)
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Claerbaut, a sports psychologist, examines the history of the Chicago Cubs. He recounts the growth of the team under legendary manager Leo Durocher's guidance--the change from a losing attitude to a winning one--the glory days of 1969, and the late-season collapse in the face of the hard-charging... Read more

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52 Week Baseball Training
by A. Eugene Coleman, et al

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Human Kinetics (T)
Paperback - 251 pages
(September 2000)
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Complete Baseball Training Guide
This books is excellent to help set up a program for all serious baseball players. Charts are available to use. Detailed instructions on how to do various exercises, how many to do, when to do them. Any one who wants to set up a program must have this book. Read more


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Tim McCarver's Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans : Understanding and Interpreting the Game So You Can Watch It Like a Pro
by Tim McCarver, Danny Peary(Contributor)

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Paperback - 344 pages
(April 1999)
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On the surface, baseball looks like such an easy game--you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the ball, and you run around the bases--but there are so many beautiful and hidden facets to the diamond. If anyone knows the game's on-field secrets, it's Tim McCarver. He caught in the Majors for... Read more

68.   125 Years of Professional Baseball
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Hardcover - 1 pages
(October 1994)
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Presented in a "TimeLine" format, a history of baseball from Cooperstown to Astroturf and the designated hitter is a panorama of the game's great moments and immortal players, including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, and Barry Bonds. IP. Read more

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Barry Halper Collection of Baseball Memorabilia
by Peter Golenbock(Editor), et al

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Harry N Abrams
Paperback - 928 pages
Boxed edition (March 15, 2000)
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"By pursuing his avocation with the ferocity and determination of Ty Cobb stretching a two-base hit into a triple, Barry Halper assembled the world's largest and most significant private collection on baseball, an achievement that should be ranked with the great American collections of the American... Read more

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Baseball Dynasties: The Greatest Teams of All Time
by Rob Neyer, Eddie Epstein

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W.W. Norton & Company
Hardcover - 384 pages
(April 2000)
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There are good teams, and there are great teams, and then there are teams that cross into legend where a case can be built for naming them the best team of all time. The Cubs of Tinker to Evers to Chance. The Yankees of Ruth and Gehrig, and later DiMaggio and Dickey, and, later still, Mantle and... Read more

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The Storytellers : From Mel Allen to Bob Costas : Sixty Years of Baseball Tales from the Broadcast Booth
by Curt Smith

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Hungry Minds, Inc
Paperback - 288 pages
100 edition (March 26, 1997)
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Curt Smith takes a stunningly simple idea and executes it in an obvious format: assemble the Homers of baseball and let them rip. The result is an oral history of the game delivered with the crispness and color of the voices in the broadcast booth whose day--and night--job is to bring us the game.... Read more

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Play Better Baseball : Winning Techniques and Strategies for Coaches and Players
by Bob Cluck

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Paperback - 248 pages
Reissue edition (March 1998)
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A reviewer, August 9, 2000 5 out of 5 stars
Put this one on your wish list!
I HAVE READ A DOZEN INSTRUCTIONAL BOOKS ON THE GAME OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, AND THIS ONE ALONG WITH MR.CLUCK'S OTHER BOOKS, WAS A SURE PERFECT GAME. I AM A PROUD OWNER OF A BOOK HE WROTE ON BASERUNNING. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO DISCOVER THIS ONE AND SUGGEST THAT IT SHOULD BE DISPLAYED ON YOUR... Read more


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You Gotta Have Wa
by Robert Whiting

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Paperback - 339 pages
1st vintag edition (October 1990)
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An important element in Japanese baseball is wa--group harmony--embodied in the proverb "The nail that sticks up shall be hammered down". But what if the nail is a visiting American player? Here's a look at Japanese baseball, as seen by baffled Americans Read more

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Keep Your Eye on the Ball: Curveballs, Knuckleballs, and Fallacies of Baseball, Revised and Updated
by Robert G. Watts, et al

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W H Freeman & Co
Paperback - 240 pages
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4 out of 5 stars

David Baldwin, Ph.D., Enterprise Data Solutions
"The authors explore the fascinating gaps between physics and perception that make hitting a baseball such an interesting challenge. Their book provides the layman with entertaining explanations of some of baseball's most cherished assumptions-the curvatures of pitched balls, the behavior of batters... Read more

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Where's Harry? : Steve Stone Remembers His Years With Harry Caray
by Steve Stone(Introduction), et al

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Taylor Pub
Hardcover - 213 pages
(April 1999)
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Innocuous anecdotes and remembrances abound in this valentine to the legendary sports broadcaster Harry Caray. Stone worked alongside Caray for 15 years, offering color commentary for Chicago Cubs baseball games, until Caray's death in February 1998. Stone obviously enjoyed the experience, deferring... Read more

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