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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Tokyo Junkie 60 Years of Bright Lights and Back Alleys . . . and Baseball【電子書籍】[ Robert Whiting ]

＜p＞＜strong＞60 years of observation: an American journalist’s memoir about Tokyo’s modern urban transformation, its criminal underworld and, oh yes, baseball.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Tokyo Junkie＜/em＞ is a memoir that plays out over the dramatic 60-year growth of the megacity Tokyo, once a dark, fetid backwater and now the most populous, sophisticated, and safe urban capital in the world.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Follow author Robert Whiting (＜em＞The Chrysanthemum and the Bat＜/em＞, ＜em＞You Gotta Have Wa＜/em＞, ＜em＞Tokyo Underworld＜/em＞) as he watches Tokyo transform during the 1964 Olympics, rubs shoulders with the Yakuza and comes face to face with the city’s dark underbelly, interviews Japan’s baseball elite after publishing his first best-selling book on the subject, and learns how politics and sports collide to produce a cultural landscape unlike any other, even as a new Olympics is postponed and the COVID virus ravages the nation.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A colorful social history of what Anthony Bourdain dubbed, “the greatest city in the world,” ＜em＞Tokyo Junkie＜/em＞ is a revealing account by an accomplished journalist who witnessed it all firsthand and, in the process, had his own dramatic personal transformation.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Over the Fence: Lyssa Layne's Baseball Romances【電子書籍】[ Lyssa Layne ]

＜p＞Over the Fence is a collection of Lyssa Layne's baseball romances including The Right Pitch, Fear of Striking Out, Another at Bat, and a BONUS STORY, A Diamond is Forever.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Right Pitch＜br /＞ Colie Adger is trying to make it in the big leagues as an athletic trainer. Working in a man's world isn't easy. Colie must figure out how to make the best decisions for all the men in her lifeーboth on and off the field. As good as she is at making decisions for others, can Colie figure out her own heart and hit a homerun off the right pitch?＜/p＞ ＜p＞Fear of Striking Out＜br /＞ Shortstop Tate James is less than excited about his trade to the trendy City of Angels. That is until he crosses paths with beautiful Mia Tomko. She lets him know that not all L.A. women are just after fame and fortune. When someone from both of their pasts arrives, will it tear them apart or make them closer?＜/p＞ ＜p＞Another at Bat＜br /＞ Pitcher Jace Richards had it all. Fame, status, money, and the perfect girl but it wasn't enough. Laurel Darbis is the mom to ten-year-old Grey who is about to start baseball. All of the parents are thrilled when the new coach arrives, everyone except Laurel.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A Diamond is Forever＜br /＞ Pitcher Benny Martinez and his longtime girlfriend Isabel Soltero are afraid that history will repeat itself. With Benny on the road, Isabel is doing her best to be both the mother and the father to their teenage son. Throughout Benny's travels, he watches his fellow ball players, Grant Adamson, Tate James, and Jace Richards interact with their family and he soon realizes what he's missing. It's time Benny makes a decision which comes firstーhis family or his career?＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】A Kid's Game (A Baseball Fantasy)【電子書籍】[ Lucilo Lam ]

＜p＞This book is dedicated to and written in loving memory of my wife.＜/p＞ ＜p＞When I arrived in United States from Cuba in 1962, with my small family, I made a promise to myself that when I learned English that I would someday publish a book. This book is the realization of that promise. I freely admit that grammar and spelling is not perfect, but then neither is my English, yet, at the end of the day, this book is a promise that, by hunting and pecking on a keyboard, has been fulfilled, and for myself, a personal achievement.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Making My Pitch A Woman's Baseball Odyssey【電子書籍】[ Jean Hastings Ardell ]

＜p＞＜em＞Making My Pitch＜/em＞ tells the story of Ila Jane Borders, who despite formidable obstacles became a Little League prodigy, MVP of her otherwise all-male middle school and high school teams, the first woman awarded a baseball scholarship, and the first to pitch and win a complete men’s collegiate game. After Mike Veeck signed Borders in May 1997 to pitch for his St. Paul Saints of the independent Northern League, she accomplished what no woman had done since the Negro Leagues era: play men’s professional baseball. Borders played four professional seasons and in 1998 became the first woman in the modern era to win a professional ball game.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Borders had to find ways to fit in with her teammates, reassure their wives and girlfriends, work with the media, and fend off groupies. But these weren’t the toughest challenges. She had a troubled family life, a difficult adolescence as she struggled with her sexual orientation, and an emotionally fraught college experience as a closeted gay athlete at a Christian university.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Making My Pitch＜/em＞ shows what it’s like to be the only woman on the team bus, in the clubhouse, and on the field. Raw, open, and funny at times, her story encompasses the loneliness of a groundbreaking pioneer who experienced grave personal loss. Borders ultimately relates how she achieved self-acceptance and created a life as a firefighter and paramedic and as a coach and goodwill ambassador for the game of baseball.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】If You Love This Game . . . An MVP's Life in Baseball【電子書籍】[ Andre Dawson ]

＜p＞Reflecting on his accomplishments, his colleagues, and the future of baseball, Andre Dawson tells the story of his four-decade career as a player and executive in this intimate memoir. Seriously injured at a young age, Dawson struggled with chronic pain throughout his career and was only seriously scouted by the Montreal Expos during college. Overcoming these odds, he went on to be named the National League Rookie of the Year in 1977, earn eight All-Star appearances, seven Gold Gloves, and a Most Valuable Player Award. This behind-the-scenes look at a dedicated player's journey from a segregated Miami neighborhood to the fabled halls of Cooperstown offers fans a window into the psyche of a fan favorite.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Baseball Codes Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime【電子書籍】[ Jason Turbow ]

＜p＞＜em＞An insider’s look at baseball’s unwritten rules, explained with examples from the game’s most fascinating characters and wildest historical moments.＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Everyone knows that baseball is a game of intricate regulations, but it turns out to be even more complicated than we realize. All aspects of baseballーhitting, pitching, and baserunningーare affected by the Code, a set of unwritten rules that governs the Major League game. Some of these rules are openly discussed (don’t steal a base with a big lead late in the game), while others are known only to a minority of players (don’t cross between the catcher and the pitcher on the way to the batter’s box). In ＜em＞The Baseball Codes＜/em＞, old-timers and all-time greats share their insights into the game’s most hallowedーand least knownーtraditions. For the learned and the casual baseball fan alike, the result is illuminating and thoroughly entertaining.＜/p＞ ＜p＞At the heart of this book are incredible and often hilarious stories involving national heroes (like Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays) and notorious headhunters (like Bob Gibson and Don Drysdale) in a century-long series of confrontations over respect, honor, and the soul of the game. With ＜em＞The Baseball Codes＜/em＞, we see for the first time the game as it’s actually played, through the eyes of the players on the field.＜/p＞ ＜p＞With rollicking stories from the past and new perspectives on baseball’s informal rulebook, ＜em＞The Baseball Codes＜/em＞ is a must for every fan.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】History of The Transsexual Baseball League【電子書籍】[ John Jamieson ]

＜p＞It's 2050. Pops, a 95 year-old trans activist, has died. He maintained a scrapbook on the early development of the Transsexual Baseball League in Toronto from the 1970's.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In the urn of Pops' deceased lover, a key to a bank safety box leads to notebooks with interviews conducted in 1975 with old baseball players in the Negro Baseball League. The death of Josh Gibson in 1947, suggested poisoning and an assassination. At night, an unapproved excavator exhumes the body to search for a bullet that might be in Josh's head.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The staff of ESQN, the Queer Network, an offshoot of ESPN, prepares funeral arrangements for Gibson at the Boston Gardens; an opportunity to advertise gay-trans baseball. An unusual cast of characters entertains the audience.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The mystery surrounding Pops' lover unravels when an eccentric elder, Mini, makes a confusing deathbed confession to a hard-of-hearing priest. Mini dies with an interesting will.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This 'Black Humor' story, weaves a tale between fact and fiction, showing little restraint for religion, sexual preferences, politicians, media, death, physical peculiarities and the Klan. Many people will identify parts of themselves in the narrative.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

洋書 Picador USA paperback Book, The Paris Review Book: of Heartbreak, Madness, Sex, Love, Betrayal, Outsiders, Intoxication, War, Whimsy, Horrors, God, Death, Dinner, Baseball, ... and Everything Else in the

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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Baseball Annie【電子書籍】[ George Boxlicker ]

＜p＞Sylvia Jones has always been sexually attracted to baseball players. When a major league franchise transfers to her home town, she has her chance to make her dreams come true and become a groupie without interfering without the rest of her life. On her first night, things work out even better than she could possibly have expected. The sex is better and more varied than Sylvia has ever known and it gets even more exciting after that.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Hello, Friends! Stories from My Life and Blue Jays Baseball【電子書籍】[ Jerry Howarth ]

＜p＞＜strong＞An honest memoir about life, family, and baseball from the longtime, legendary Toronto Blue Jays radio broadcaster＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞For 36 years, Jerry Howarth ushered in eternal hope each spring and thrived in the drive of each fall as the voice of the Toronto Blue Jays. In 1982, the lifelong avid sports fan joined Tom Cheek as full-time play-by-play radio announcer for the Blue Jays, and for the next 23 years, “Tom and Jerry” were the voices of the franchise. Jerry became part of the fabric of a nation and a team, covering historic moments like the rise of the Blue Jays through the 1980s that culminated in back-to-back World Series Championships in 1992 and 1993. His Hall of Fame?worthy broadcasting career has been nothing short of legendary. When Jerry retired in February 2018, the tributes poured in and made one thing perfectly clear: Toronto baseball would never be the same.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Howarth brings together thoughts on life, family, work, and baseball. Featuring stories about everyone from Dave Stieb, Jack Morris, Duane Ward, Roberto Alomar, and Joe Carter to John Gibbons, Edwin Encarnacion, Josh Donaldson, and the late Roy Halladay, ＜em＞Hello, Friends!＜/em＞ is a must-read for sports fans everywhere.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Danny Turner: the Deuce Goose A Baseball Fantasy About the St. Louis Cardinals and the 1926 World Series【電子書籍】[ Richard B. Stansberry ]

＜p＞With Danny Turner, Stansberry uses an epistolary to advance, color, and develop characters created in his two earlier novels, So Sings The Chattahoochee and 234 Whitehall. The book focuses on Danny Turner, high school friend of Dewey Favers, and the Campbellton children whose relationships were so solidly formed back in that magical summer of 1912. Watch for the companion book, Dewey Favers: Aviator Angel which contains the other side of this conversation. Coming soon. The book is a collection of letters detailing a year in the life of minor league baseball star Danny Turner, as he is called up to the majors for a glorious season with the 1926 St. Louis Cardinals......the eventual World Series Champions. Perhaps life, is more important, and surprising, than baseball?＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Stadium For Rent Tampa Bay's Quest for Major League Baseball【電子書籍】[ Bob Andelman ]

＜p＞This is the true, complicated story of the decades-long battle to bring a baseball team to Florida's West Coast.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Back in print for the first time in two decades, Bob Andelman's detailed investigation has been enhanced with hundreds of political cartoons and photos that illustrate the community's sometimes brutal campaign, as well as an all-new introduction by best-selling sportswriter Peter Golenbock and an afterword by award-winning Tampa Bay Times sports columnist Gary Shelton. Plus, interviews with original Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise owner Vincent J. Naimoli and the man to whom he sold managing interest in the team, Stuart Sternberg.＜/p＞ ＜p＞No baseball, business, or community development bookshelf should be without this unique story.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞PRAISE FOR STADIUM FOR RENT＜/strong＞ (First Edition)＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞“Journalist Bob Andelman tells in painful detail how close (Tampa Bay) came to winning... Recommended for serious sports collection.”＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ? Morey Berger, Library Journal＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞“Andelman points a finger not at the bay area’s civic leaders but at the panjandrums of baseball. He provides an impeccably researched play-by-play of every inning of this high-stakes game in which the home team has been shut out... The story is compelling, and in Andelman’s hands, it’s masterfully organized and written.”＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ? Tom Chase, Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞“A phenomenal read. The guy did his research... I became so engrossed, I couldn’t put it down.. a superb job on how he put it together.”＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ? Erica Stuart, associate producer, 60 Minutes, CBS-TV＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞“Andelman put it in perspective.”＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ? Tom McEwen, “The Morning After,” Tampa Tribune＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞“Andelman tells the bittersweet, folly-filled tale of Tampa Bay’s courtship of a major league franchiseーthe Florida White Sox, perhaps, or the St. Petersburg Marlins. St. Petersburg, in particular, just couldn’t take no for an answer and built a beautiful stadium, despite a lack of encouragement from Major League Baseball. As it was probably always destined to do, the franchise went to Miami, and St. Petersburg’s stadium is the elaborate home to tractor-pulls.”＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ? John Mort, Booklist＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞“A work that could cause an iceberg to boil. It has everything but a happy ending, rattling off the aggravation we’ve endured here in the clinical manner of an autopsy.”＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ? Joe Henderson, Tampa Tribune＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞"Awesome."＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ? Tedd Webb, 970 WFLA Radio＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞“In Stadium For Rent, Bob Andelman details St. Petersburg's journey from stalking horse to major league market with great skill and attention to detail. It's impossible to fully grasp the impact of the worst-to-first AL pennant winners of 2008 without learning how they came into existence.”＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ? Jonah Keri, author of The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞“A home run... If you think there was a lot of public game-playing (if you’ll pardon the pun) going on while the City of St. Petersburg kept getting the short shrift, you should read the book to see what really went on.”＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ? John J. Tischner, Pinellas County Review＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞“A finely detailed account of this region’s dubious distinction for taking brush-back pitch after brush-back pitch from the denizens of the diamond... It isn’t a pretty story. It isn’t even ugly. Just pathetic. Stadium For Rent is a good, albeit frustrating read.”＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ? Dan Ruth, Tampa Tribune＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Beyond Home Plate Jackie Robinson on Life After Baseball【電子書籍】

＜p＞Jackie Robinson is one of the most revered public figures of the twentieth century. He is remembered for both his athletic prowess and his strong personal character. The world knows him as the man who crossed baseball’s color line, but there is much more to his legacy. At the conclusion of his baseball career, Robinson continued in his pursuit of social progress through his work as a writer. Beyond Home Plate, an anthology of Jackie Robinson’s columns in the ＜em＞New York Post＜/em＞ and the ＜em＞New York Amsterdam News,＜/em＞ offers fresh insight into the Hall of Famer’s life and work following his historic years on the baseball diamond.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Robinson’s syndicated newspaper columns afforded him the opportunity to provide rich social commentary while simultaneously exploring his own life and experiences. He was free to write about any subject of his choosing, and he took full advantage of this license, speaking his mind about everything from playing Santa to confronting racism in the Red Sox nation, from loving his wife Rachel to despising Barry Goldwater, from complaining about Cassius Clay’s verbosity to teaching Little Leaguers how to lose well.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Robinson wrote to prod and provoke, inflame and infuriate, and sway and persuade. With their pointed opinions, his columns reveal that the mature Robinson was a truly American prophet, a civil rights leader in his own right, furious with racial injustice and committed to securing first class citizenship for all. These fascinating columns also depict Robinson as an indebted son, a devoted husband, a tenderhearted father, and a hardworking community leader. Robinson believed that his life after his baseball career was far more important than all of his baseball exploits. ＜em＞Beyond Home Plate＜/em＞ shows why he believed this so fervently.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】KOUFAX The Silent Flame of Baseball【電子書籍】[ Robert W. Dempsey ]

＜p＞Koufax: The Silent Flame of Baseball captures the life of one of the game’s most brilliant and enigmatic figures, Sandy Koufax. Revered for his blazing fastball, graceful mechanics, and an unmatched stretch of dominance on the mound, Koufax remains a symbol of baseball excellence decades after his final pitch.＜/p＞ ＜p＞From his early struggles with control to a legendary career with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers, this book traces Koufax’s transformation into a pitcher who redefined what greatness looked like in Major League Baseball. It delves into the seasons that made him a household name, his quiet but powerful presence off the field, and the decision to walk away at the height of his career, leaving fans awed and wanting more.＜/p＞ ＜p＞More than a story of stats and games, this biography explores the man behind the mystique: a private individual who let his arm speak louder than any words. Through triumph, pain, and unwavering dedication, Koufax became a living testament to the power of talent harnessed by discipline and humility.＜/p＞ ＜p＞For baseball fans and anyone inspired by the pursuit of perfection, Koufax: The Silent Flame of Baseball is a portrait of a player whose legacy continues to burn brightly.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【楽天ブックスならいつでも送料無料】The Uncommon Life of Danny O'Connell: A Tale of Baseball Cards, Average Players, and the True Value UNCOMMON LIFE OF DANNY OCONNEL [ Steve Wiegand ]

UNCOMMON LIFE OF DANNY OCONNEL Steve Wiegand BANCROFT PR2024 Hardcover English ISBN：9781610886338 洋書 Fiction & Literature（小説＆文芸） Biography & Autobiography

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Lefty and Tim How Steve Carlton and Tim McCarver Became Baseball's Best Battery【電子書籍】[ William C. Kashatus ]

＜p＞＜em＞Lefty and Tim＜/em＞ is the dual biography of Hall of Fame pitcher Steve “Lefty” Carlton and catcher Tim McCarver, detailing their relationship from 1965, when they played with the St. Louis Cardinals, through 1980, when they played for the Philadelphia Phillies. Along the way McCarver became Carlton’s personal catcher, and together they became the best battery in baseball in the mid-to-late 1970s.＜/p＞ ＜p＞At first glance Carlton and McCarver appear like an odd couple: McCarver was old school, Carlton new age. At the beginning of his career, McCarver believed that the catcher called the pitches, encouraged the pitcher when necessary, and schooled the pitcher when he deviated from the game plan. But Lefty, who pioneered the use of meditation and martial arts in baseball, was stubborn too. He wanted to control pitch selection. Over time, Carlton and McCarver developed a strong bond off the diamond that allowed them to understand and trust each other. In the process, Steve Carlton became one of the greatest left-handers in the history of Major League Baseball, an achievement that would not have been possible without Tim McCarver as his catcher. Not only did McCarver mentor Carlton as a young hurler with the Cardinals, but he helped resurrect Carlton’s career when they were reunited in Philadelphia midseason in 1975. Carlton won his second Cy Young Award with McCarver behind the plate in 1977.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Told in the historical context of the time they played the game, ＜em＞Lefty and Tim＜/em＞ recounts the pair’s time in the tumultuous sixties, with the racial integration of the St. Louis Cardinals and the dominance of pitching, and in the turbulent seventies, characterized by MLB’s labor tensions, the arrival of free agency, and the return of the lively ball that followed the lowering of the pitcher’s mound in 1969.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Dalko The Untold Story of Baseball's Fastest Pitcher【電子書籍】[ Bill Dembski ]

＜p＞Gripping and tragic, ＜em＞Dalko＜/em＞ is the definitive story of Steve "White Lightning" Dalkowski, baseball's fastest pitcher ever. ＜em＞Dalko＜/em＞ explores one man's unmatched talent on the mound and the forces that kept ultimate greatness always just beyond his reach.＜/p＞ ＜p＞For the first time, ＜em＞Dalko: The Untold Story of Baseball's Fastest Pitcher＜/em＞ unites all of the eyewitness accounts from the coaches, analysts, teammates, and professionals who witnessed the game's fastest pitcher in action. In doing so, it puts readers on the fields and at the plate to hear the buzzing fastball of a pitcher fighting to achieve his major league ambitions.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Just three days after his high school graduation in 1957, Steve Dalkowski signed into the Baltimore Orioles system. Poised for greatness, he might have risen to be one of the stars in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Instead, he spent his entire career toiling away in the minor leagues. An inspiration for the character Nuke LaLoosh in the classic baseball film ＜em＞Bull Durham＜/em＞, Dalko's life and story were as fast and wild as the pitches he threw.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The late Orioles manager Earl Weaver, who saw baseball greats Nolan Ryan and Sandy Koufax pitch, said "Dalko threw harder than all of 'em." Cal Ripken Sr., Dalkowski's catcher for several years, said the same. Bull Durham screenwriter Ron Shelton, who played with Dalkowski in the minor leagues, said "They called him "Dalko" and guys liked to hang with him and women wanted to take care of him and if he walked in a room in those days he was probably drunk." This force on the field that could break chicken wire backstops and wooden fences with his heat but racked up almost as many walks as strikeouts in his career, spent years of drinking all night and showing up on the field the next day, just in time to show his wild heat again.＜/p＞ ＜p＞What the Washington Post called "baseball's greatest what-If story" is one of a superhuman, once-in-a-generation gift, a near-mythical talent that refused to be tamed. Steve Dalkowski will forever be remembered for his remarkable arm. Said Shelton, "In his sport, he had the equivalent of Michaelangelo's gift but could never finish a painting." ＜em＞Dalko＜/em＞ is the story of the fastest pitching that baseball has ever seen, an explosive but uncontrolled arm.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Frantic Frank Lane Baseball's Ultimate Wheeler-Dealer【電子書籍】[ Bob Vanderberg ]

＜p＞The book follows the colorful career of Frank Lane, who as baseball's busiest general manager during the 1950s made the deals that turned the Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals and Cleveland Indians from losers into pennant contenders almost overnight. He also worked--or tried to--as general manager of the Kansas City A's (Lane lasted eight months in 1961 under first-year owner Charlie Finley) and for the Milwaukee Brewers, where his boss was Bud Selig. He is best known for having traded 1959 American League home run champion Rocky Colavito to Detroit for the AL's 1959 batting champ, Harvey Kuenn, and for trading Indians manager Joe Gordon to Detroit for Tigers manager Jimmy Dykes.＜/p＞ ＜p＞During his brief absence from baseball (1962-1964), he signed on as general manager of the National Basketball Association's second-year expansion team, the Chicago Zephyrs. He became a "superscout" for the Baltimore Orioles for several years and, after leaving Milwaukee, had the same job with the Texas Rangers and, finally, the California Angels. He completed well over 500 major- and minor-league transactions in his career. Joe Garagiola put it best: "They used to say that the toughest job on any club Frank Lane was running belonged to the guy who had to take the team picture."＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Heartbreaker's Bet Better Than Baseball, #2【電子書籍】[ Donna Cummings ]

＜p＞＜em＞I need someone to help me become a heartbreaker. And I've picked you.＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Bettina Knox's dating life was a disaster. What she needed was some expert instruction on becoming the love-'em-and-leave-'em type. Luckily she found the perfect man for the jobーa professional-grade flirter, adored by every woman he encountered. It was all fun and games until she started falling for her way-too-sexy teacher.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞So you want me to give you all my secrets for breaking hearts. Even though I'm not convinced I've ever broken any.＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Troy Callahan thought he'd heard it all in his years of owning a popular sports pub. Then this sweet, sassy woman waltzed up insisting he was going to teach her how to break hearts. He'd been a wingman forever, so why not help her unleash her inner bad girl? There was just one problem: turning Bet into a heartbreaking assassin had somehow put his own heart at risk.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Leading Baseball Players Biographies of Famous and Influential Americans for English Learners, Children(Kids) and Young Adults【電子書籍】[ Oldiees Publishing ]

＜p＞Timeless collection of ＜strong＞American baseball players biographies＜/strong＞.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞American Biographies Series provides descriptions and stories of people important in the history of the United States. Including the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death, the series also presents highlights of various aspects of his or her life.＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞LEARN ENGLISH AS YOU READ AND LISTEN TO THE DESCRIPTIONS AND STORIES OF PEOPLE IMPORTANT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. ADAPTATIONS ARE WRITTEN AT THE INTERMEDIATE AND UPPER-BEGINNER LEVEL AND ARE READ ONE-THIRD SLOWER THAN REGULAR ENGLISH.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Audio can only be played on the tablets and apps and they're not compatible with eReaders.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Philadelphia's Moonglo Cafe' Bribery and Prostitution in National League Baseball【電子書籍】[ Robert Grey Reynolds ]

＜p＞Major League Baseball, the Philadelphia Phillies and the Philadelphia Police Department have kept hidden a dark secret since 1959. During August 1959 an 18-year-old prostitute came forward with an allegation that she had been solicited by three major leaguers for sex. The sexual contact occurred in the upper floors of the Moonglo Cafe' which was sometimes referred to as a hotel and supper club. One of the establishment's owners had propositioned the young woman, and set up the rendezvous with the athletes. The same man was accused of offering $1,500 to throw a baseball game by one of the Philadelphia Phillies' pitchers, around the same time.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Weatherby's Inning: A Story of College Life and Baseball【電子書籍】[ Ralph Henry Barbour ]

＜p＞The novel is set in a college environment and revolves around the world of college baseball. The story focuses on the character of Weatherby, a student-athlete who plays a central role in the college’s baseball team. The plot follows Weatherby’s experiences both on and off the field as he navigates the challenges of college life and competitive sports.Weatherby, as the protagonist, faces various obstacles related to his performance in baseball, his academic responsibilities, and his interactions with teammates and rivals. The story emphasizes his growth as an athlete and a person, highlighting the values of teamwork, perseverance, and sportsmanship.The novel includes details of baseball games, training sessions, and the camaraderie among team members. It also delves into the personal and social aspects of college life, adding depth to Weatherby’s character and his journey.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】My Wife Knows Revenge Is Only a Baseball Moon【電子書籍】[ Robert McKenna ]

＜p＞Thank you for picking up my poetry book, “My wife knows Revenge is only a baseball moon” The title showcases three poems in the book, the first, middle and last poem. “My wife knows what is red and what is right” is a poem about the genocidal methods taken up against Native peoples. My wife is of Maidu heritage. “Revenge” is a tongue and cheek look at Medusa, with a chorus of lyrics of a hard rock song. The final poem is “It’s only a baseball moon” about a relationship seen through baseball terminology by an avid, hockey fan. If you like this poetry book, check out my other two poetry books, “Stolen Poems Carried by Canoe to Blind Man’s Bluff” and “Someone is making Kartoffelkloesse for Chicken Scratch Christmas”.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【楽天ブックスならいつでも送料無料】Beyond Home Plate: Jackie Robinson on Life After Baseball BEYOND HOME PLATE （Sports and Entertainment (Hardcover)） [ Michael G. Long ]

BEYOND HOME PLATE Sports and Entertainment (Hardcover) Michael G. Long SYRACUSE UNIV PR2013 Hardcover English ISBN：9780815610014 洋書 Fiction & Literature（小説＆文芸） Biography & Autobiography

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Gibby Tales of a Baseball Lifer【電子書籍】[ John Gibbons ]

＜p＞＜strong＞A captivating and candid memoir from one of the most beloved and colorful figures in Toronto Blue Jays history＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Over 11 years and two separate managerial stints with the Toronto Blue Jays, John Gibbons endeared himself to fans with his folksy manner and his frequent battles with umpires: “Here comes Gibby!” Winning helped too. Under Gibbons’s management, the Jays made the American League Championship Series in 2015, ending a 22-year playoff drought; then they did it again in 2016. Along the way the team defied odds, won over a nation, and with one flip of a bat produced one of the most iconic moments in MLB history. Now, in his memoir, Gibby shares the story: an on-field career that didn’t pan out, but a managing career that did … eventually.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Raised in a military family, he played his first competitive baseball in Newfoundland and Labrador, and, with the family now in San Antonio, Texas, Gibby, a catcher, developed into a first-round draft pick of the New York Mets. While Gibbons only played 18 major league games, he did earn a World Series ring as the 1986 Mets bullpen catcher and knew all the characters from that team, including Doc Gooden, Darryl Strawberry, Lenny Dykstra, and Gary Carter. In 1990, Gibby began his journey as a coach and manager. An old teammate, J.P. Ricciardi, hired him to work with the Jays, and he moved his way up the ranks and into the hearts of baseball fans.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Cuban Star How One Negro-League Owner Changed the Face of Baseball【電子書籍】[ Adrian Burgos ]

＜p＞＜strong＞In ＜em＞Cuban Star,＜/em＞ an interpretive account of Alejandro "Alex" Pompez's life in context, Adrian Burgos, Jr. follows Pompez's--and baseball's--path through the twentieth century's changing social and racial landscape.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞When the selection committee voted Alex Pompez into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006, some cried foul. A Negro-league owner during baseball's glory days, Pompez was known as an early and steadfast advocate for Latino players, helping bring baseball into the modern age. So why was his induction so controversial?＜br /＞ Like many in the era of segregated baseball, Pompez found that the game alone could never make all ends meet. To finance his beloved team, the New York Cubans, he delved headlong into a sin many baseball fans find unforgivableーgambling. He built one of the most infamous numbers rackets in Harlem, eventually arousing the ire of the famed prosecutor Thomas Dewey. But he also led his Cubans, with their star lineup of Latino players, to a Negro-league World Series championship in 1947.＜br /＞ In this effervescent biography, the historian and sportswriter Adrian Burgos, Jr., brings to life the world of professional baseball during a time of enormous change. Following Pompez from his early days to the twilight of his career, Burgos offers a glimpse inside the clubhouse as both owners and players struggled with the new realities of the game. That today's rosters are filled with names like Rodriguez, Pujols, Rivera, and Ortiz is a testament to Pompez and his lasting influence.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Amazin' The Miraculous History of New York's Most Beloved Baseball Team【電子書籍】[ Peter Golenbock ]

＜p＞＜strong＞An oral history of the New York Mets, by ＜em＞the New York Times＜/em＞ bestselling baseball writer of ＜em＞Bums＜/em＞ and ＜em＞The Bronx Zoo.＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞From Tom Seaver to Gary Carter, Ron Swoboda to Al Leiter, from the team's inception to the current day, the New York Mets' road to success has been a rutted and furrowed path. Now, with the help of ＜em＞New York Times＜/em＞ bestselling author Peter Golenbock, the complete story of one of the most controversial teams in baseball history comes to life. Told from the voices of the men who experienced it firsthand, this compulsively readable account gives baseball fans the inside scoop on one of baseball's most popular teams. This is the true story of a group of men who won the hearts and shattered the dreams of generations.＜br /＞ Utilizing dozens of personal interviews with players, coaches, fans, and sportswriters, ＜em＞Amazin'＜/em＞ takes readers on a journey from the Mets' bumbling days as a new team in 1962, to their stunning World Championships in 1969 and 1986, right up through to today. In time for the anniversary of the New York Mets, ＜em＞Amazin'＜/em＞ is rich with unforgettable personalities and wondrous stories both funny and poignant.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Mike Donlin A Rough and Rowdy Life from New York Baseball Idol to Stage and Screen【電子書籍】[ Steve Steinberg ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Winner of the 2025 Sporting News-SABR Baseball Research Award＜br /＞ Winner of the 2025 Larry Ritter Book Award＜br /＞ Finalist for the 2024 CASEY Award＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Mike Donlin was a brash, colorful, and complicated personality. He was the most popular athlete in New York and was a star on the powerful New York Giants teams of 1905 and 1908. Though haunted by tragedy, including the deaths of both of his parents as a boy, Donlin was a charming, engaging, and kind-hearted man who also had successful careers on the stage and in film.＜/p＞ ＜p＞One of the early “bad boys” among professional athletes, Donlin’s temper and combativenessーcompounded by alcoholismーled to battles with umpires and fans, numerous suspensions from the game, and even jail time. In 1906, when Donlin married vaudeville actress Mabel Hite, his life changed for the better, and their love story captivated the nation. Donlin left baseball after his sensational comeback for the dramatic 1908 season and joined Mabel on the stage, likely losing a Hall of Fame career. Then in 1912, at the age of twenty-nine, Mabel died of intestinal cancer.＜/p＞ ＜p＞After making a final comeback as a player in 1914, Donlin starred in baseball’s first feature film. He became a drinking buddy of actors John Barrymore and Buster Keaton and married actress Rita Ross. The couple moved to Hollywood, where Donlin became a beloved figure and appeared in roughly one hundred movies, mostly in minor roles. Despite his Hollywood career, Donlin stayed connected to the game he loved and was seeking a coaching job with the Giants when he died of a heart attack in 1933. At the dawn of the celebrity era of sports, Donlin was one of the nation’s first athletes to capture the public’s attention. This biography by Steve Steinberg and Lyle Spatz shows why.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】I Live for This! Baseball's Last True Believer【電子書籍】[ Bill Plaschke ]

＜p＞＜strong＞An award-winning sportswriter teams up with LA Dodgers manager and Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda to reveal the secrets of his unlikely success.＜/strong＞＜br /＞ Tommy Lasorda is baseball's true immortal and one of its larger than life figures. A former pitcher who was overshadowed by Sandy Koufax, Lasorda went on to a Hall of Fame career as a manager with one of baseball's most storied franchises. His teams won two World Series, four National League pennants, and eight division titles. He was twice named National League manager of the year and he also led the United States baseball team to the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.＜br /＞ In ＜em＞I Live for This!＜/em＞ award-winning sportswriter Bill Plaschke shows us one of baseball's last living legends as we've never seen him before, revealing the man behind the myth, the secrets to his amazing, unlikely success, and his unvarnished opinions on the state of the game. Bravely and brilliantly, ＜em＞I Live for This!＜/em＞ dissects the personality to give us the person. By the end we're left with an indelible portrait of a legend that, if Tommy Lasorda has anything to say about it, we won't ever forget.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Church of Baseball The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit【電子書籍】[ Ron Shelton ]

＜p＞＜strong＞＜em＞LA TIMES＜/em＞ BESTSELLER＜/strong＞ ? ＜strong＞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.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞"This book tells you how to make a movieーthe whole nine innings of itーout of nothing but sheer will.” ーTony Gilroy, writer/director of ＜em＞Michael Clayton＜/em＞ and ＜em＞The Bourne Legacy＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞"The only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the church of baseball."ーAnnie in Bull Durham＜/p＞ ＜p＞Bull Durham, the breakthrough 1988 film about a minor league baseball team, is widely revered as the best sports movie of all time. But back in 1987, Ron Shelton was a first-time director and no one was willing to finance a movie about baseballーespecially a story set in the minors. The jury was still out on Kevin Costner’s leading-man potential, while Susan Sarandon was already a has-been. There were doubts. But something miraculous happened, and The Church of Baseball attempts to capture why.＜/p＞ ＜p＞From organizing a baseball camp for the actors and rewriting key scenes while on set, to dealing with a short production schedule and overcoming the challenge of filming the sport, Shelton brings to life the making of this beloved American movie. Shelton explains the rarely revealed ins and outs of moviemaking, from a film’s inception and financing, screenwriting, casting, the nuts and bolts of directing, the postproduction process, and even through its release. But this is also a book about baseball and its singular romance in the world of sports. Shelton spent six years in the minor leagues before making this film, and his experiences resonate throughout this book.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Full of wry humor and insight, The Church of Baseball tells the remarkable story behind an iconic film.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。