Product Description: Who was the best baseball team of all time? This timeless question can most effectively be answered through comprehensive analysis of baseball statistics. Over the course of a season, winning teams tend to score more runs while allowing fewer than their opponents...read more

To err is human. To really screw up requires team effort. Everyone cheers the clubs that win pennants, but what about the doormats who made their triumphs possible? It’s time to give baseball’s lousiest teams their due. Here they are: The 1904 Washington Senators, whose only good player, a thirty-five-year-old star hitter, took a dive (fatally, into Niagara Falls); the 1935 Boston Braves, who set the National League standard for losing percentage despite featuring three Hall of Famers—including Yankee exile Babe Ruth; the 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates, Joe Garagiola’s cellar-dwelling team that was so bad, he quipped, “they wouldn’t put our pictures on bubble gum cards”; and the 1962 New York Mets, maybe not the worst team ever but definitely the funniest in modern baseball history. You’ll get the stats, the scores, the scandals, and the secrets in this no-holds-barred account. When the survivors of these diamond trainwrecks include such legends as Marv Throneberry, Ralph Kiner, Cal Ripken Jr., Roger Craig, and Joe Garagiola, you can be sure that the book (unlike its subjects) is a winner.

'The history of baseball from 1869 to the controversial 2003 playoffs is literally rewritten in this compilation of fantasy scenarios. Chapters explore this fantasy history of baseball by eras, such as the beginning of the game as a professional sport, the deadball era, war years, growth years, the modern game and its most recent decades'--Provided by publisher.

Presents a history of each Major League Baseball franchise since 1871.

One strike away is a painful reminder to Red Sox Nation of the 1986 Red Sox team that, until the 2004 World Series champions, came the closest to delivering that elusive trophy back to Boston for the first time since 1918. It was a team constructed by Lou Gorman, who was in the early stages of a 10-year run that produced three playoff teams, plenty of excitement, and more than its share of controversy. In Lou Gorman: One Pitch from Glory, he shares rare and private stories about constructing a team in one of the most demanding markets in the world. Fans can read about the deals made (and the ones tantalizingly close to being made) as the Red Sox tried to take things one step further than the American League champions of 1986. Gorman even traded two future Hall of Famers in an attempt to win it all during those seasons. One Pitch from Glory offers his unique insider take on owner collusion, Roger Clemens's infamous spring training holdout, the Wade Boggs sex scandal, the firings of managers, and his dealing with the wolves of the Boston media. Gorman also shares his thoughts on the 'Moneyball' philosophy and the Red Sox team that finally broke the 86-yearold 'curse.' His stories show that there are no off-days for the front office.

Product Description: In the 1990s, big business and nasty labor disputes loomed large over major league baseball but the traditional idea of playing for the love of the game has never been forgotten, even at the professional level Probably surprising to the average Joe is the existence of independent professional baseball teams and leagues...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Some of baseball's most powerful and enduring memories have come as a result of watching a team for a season, a decade, or a lifetime. Some teams achieved the unexpected task of pulling themselves up from the bottom to reach the height of success, like the 1914 Miracle Boston Braves and the 1969 Amazin' New York Mets, who both went on to win World Championships...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: If you like baseball and if you like puzzles, you'll love the third edition of Baseball Crosswords, a unique way for fans of all ages to enjoy America's favorite pastime! Learn about all the major-league teams, and have fun doing it...read more

Product Description: This is an up-to-date price guide to baseball team collectibles available. Photographs illustrate the baseball team collectibles available, with baseball league teams listed in alphabetical order for easy reference. Every city in North America that has ever been part of a baseball league is included, with a complete history of each team, including major players, statistics and performance...read more

Lively detailed accounts of every baseball franchise, past and present, are organized alphabetically, illustrated with rare photographs, and feature information on the most important and dramatic moments in each franchise's history.

Lists professional baseball teams by city, and includes information on length of existence and relocations

Product Description: Book by Weiss, Peter

Looks at the baseball teams that have been most successful through the history of the sport

Recounts the seasons of the twenty-five most successful major league baseball teams and describes the key elements in each team's success

An examination of the fates of rookie baseball players of each season since 1946 evaluates their careers and analyzes the factors contributing to their success or failure

Portrays the players and vividly describes the games of championship baseball teams ranging from the 1906 Chicago Cubs to the 1976 Cincinnati Reds