My Innings

Author : The Baseball Prospectus
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465029183
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Extra Innings written by The Baseball Prospectus and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1996, a brassy young team of fansproduced a guide to baseball statistics.Printed on a photocopier, its distribution,which was in the low hundreds, was limited tofriends, family, and die-hard stat heads. Sixteenyears later, the Baseball Prospectus annualregularly hits best-seller lists and has becomean indispensable guide for the serious fan. In Extra Innings, the team at Baseball Prospectusintegrates statistics, interviews, and analysis todeliver twenty arguments about today's game.In the tradition of their seminal book, BaseballBetween the Numbers, they take on everything fromsteroids to the amateur draft. They probe theimpact of managers on the game. They explainthe critical art of building a bullpen. In an erawhen statistics matter more than ever, Extra Inningsis an essential volume for every baseball fan.

Author : Alan Alexander Milne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Day's Play written by Alan Alexander Milne and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry Mayhew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 810 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Punch written by Henry Mayhew and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : May Sinclair
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Belfry written by May Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Andrew Flintoff
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1473616565
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Second Innings written by Andrew Flintoff and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fast bowler, six-hitter, popular hero, one of the lads, king of the jungle - Andrew Flintoff is all of those things. Second Innings, is his searingly honest yet uplifting autobiography, Flintoff reveals unseen, surprising sides to his career and personality. The restless need to push and challenge himself that led him to take up professional boxing. The complex and troubled relationship with discipline, alcohol and authority during his exhilarating cricket career. The search for an authentic voice as a player, free from the blandness and conformity of modern professionalism. Is Flintoff the last of his kind, in any sport? Through all his highs and lows, triumphs and reversals, this book reveals a central tension. There is 'Fred' - performer, extrovert, centre of attention. Then there is 'Andrew' - reflective, withdrawn and uncertain. Two people contained in one extraordinary life. And sometimes, inevitably, keeping the two in balance proves too much. We are taken backstage, seeing the mischief and adventure that has defined Andrew Flintoff's story. Above all, we observe the enduring power of fun, friendship and loyalty - the pillars of Flintoff's career. At ease with his faults as well as his gifts, Andrew Flintoff has sought one thing, even more than success: to be himself. If you enjoyed Do You Know What?, you'll enjoy this memoir of Freddie's sporting career.

Author : Kevin Cook
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1250182034
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ten Innings at Wrigley written by Kevin Cook and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic story of a legendary 1979 slugfest between the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies, full of runs, hits, and subplots, at the tipping point of a new era in baseball history It was a Thursday at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, mostly sunny with the wind blowing out. Nobody expected an afternoon game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs on May 17, 1979, to be much more than a lazy early-season contest matching two teams heading in opposite directions—the first-place Phillies and the Cubs, those lovable losers—until they combined for thirteen runs in the first inning. “The craziest game ever,” one player called it. “And then the second inning started.” Ten Innings at Wrigley is Kevin Cook’s vivid account of a game that could only have happened at this ballpark, in this era, with this colorful cast of heroes and heels: Hall of Famers Mike Schmidt and Bruce Sutter, surly slugger Dave Kingman, hustler Pete Rose, unlucky Bill Buckner, scarred Vietnam vet Garry Maddox, troubled relief pitcher Donnie Moore, clubhouse jester Tug McGraw, and two managers pulling out what was left of their hair. It was the highest-scoring ballgame in a century, and much more than that. Bringing to life the run-up and aftermath of a contest The New York Times called “the wildest in modern history,” Cook reveals the human stories behind the game—and how money, muscles and modern statistics were about to change baseball forever.

Author : Norman Grubb
Publisher : CLC Publications
ISBN 13 : 1619581973
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book C. T. Studd written by Norman Grubb and published by CLC Publications. This book was released on 2014-11-03 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norman Grubb chronicles the life of C.T. Studd, an evangelist, missionary and founder of WEC International. Grubb highlights the numerous accomplishments of Studd as an acclaimed Cambridge University cricketer. As the husband of one of Studd’s daughters, with rare insight, Grubb provides a view of Studd’s professional and spiritual life.

Author : Roger Angell
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504081668
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Late Innings written by Roger Angell and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed New Yorker sportswriter examines the inner working of professional baseball, in these essays from the spring of 1977 to the summer of 1981. Late Innings takes fans far beyond the stadium view of the field and into the substrata of baseball as it is experienced by the people who make it happen. Celebrated as one of the game’s finest chroniclers, Roger Angell shares his commentary on the money, fame, power, traditions, and social aspects of baseball during the late seventies and early eighties. Covering monumental events such as Reggie Jackson’s three World Series home runs and the bitter ordeal of the 1981 players’ strike, Angell offers a timeless perspective on the world of baseball to be enjoyed by fans of all ages.

Author : James Augustus Henry Murray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3V/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles written by James Augustus Henry Murray and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 1300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Brian Radford
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1843586428
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Caught Out - Shocking Revelations of Corruption in International Cricket written by Brian Radford and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-06 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International cricket is being contaminated by crooked players, ruthless gamblers and bent officials. This staggering catalogue of revelations exposes appalling scandals involving the biggest names in the sport. Often under enormous pressure from gambling gangs who threaten serious physical harm and even abduction if their orders are not carried out, many of them have frequently and deliberately cheated. These riveting revelations will shock and disgust any fan and honest player, from those in school elevens and local clubs, right up to the sportsmen who play at county and international levels. Caught Out shines a light upon the most extraordinary cricketing tales, including the tragic death of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer, whose body was discovered in his hotel room; the disgraced former South African captain Hansie Cronje, who was killed in a plane crash in 2002; the terrified Pakistan wicket-keeper who was forced to seek asylum in Britain after fleeing angry bookmakers; and how slippery Enland literally licked the Aussies with Murray Mints to bag the Ashes. Icons are named and shamed, including Salam Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, in a wealth of disclosures that cover match fixing, spot-fixing, cocaine smuggling, death threats, kidnapping, ferocious betting, and even high-class prostitutes, who are paraded as additional rewards for players who cheat at the behest of illegal bookmakers.