Product Description: On a beautiful July morning in 1991, three men gathered in a hotel suite for an informal breakfast and conversation. The discussion ranged widely over events and characters of the past, famous names and fabled accomplishments flowing along with the coffee and juice...read more

Product Description: This vivid portrait of Bart Giamatti encompasses his entire eventful life but focuses especially on his years at Yale University (1966–1986) and his brief career as a major league baseball executive (1986–1989). As scholar, teacher, and then university president, Giamatti was an admired and respected figure on campus...read more

Traces the life of the judge who became the first commissioner of baseball (view table of contents)

Looks at the nine men who have held the position of commissioner of baseball, from Judge Landis to Bud Selig (view table of contents)

The late Commissioner of Baseball, Yale president, and accomplished scholar reflects on the wider significance of baseball, the business of the game, and his decision to suspend Pete Rose from baseball, in a collection of thoughtful essays. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

A former commissioner of baseball takes a candid, behind-the-scenes look at his sixteen years in office, with revealing stories involving the sport's most colorful personalities of the recent past and today (view table of contents)

Describes how the lives of baseball player Pete Rose and baseball commissioner Bart Giamatti collided when Rose was accused of betting on the game (view table of contents)

Revealing the behind-the-scenes story of baseball's most turbulent era since the Black Sox scandal and illuminating the personalities and issues that made the 1994 strike inevitable, a former commissioner offers a scathing portrait and explains his forced resignation.

A tribute to the late baseball commissioner interweaves Giamatti's own words--excerpted from his writing on baseball and literature--with comments from fans, colleagues, and baseball aficionados

Relates the life story of the man who helped Jackie Robinson break the color barrier in baseball and discusses his tenure as commissioner of baseball and his years in politics