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Author : Clare Gault
Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 21,62 MB
Release : 1994-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780590455305
A brief biography emphasizing the careers of the two baseball players famous for their record number of home runs.
Author : Clare Gault
Publisher :
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 35,43 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Baseball
ISBN : 9780590098731
A brief biography emphasizing the careers of the two baseball players famous for their record number of home runs.
Author : Jared Diamond
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 39,33 MB
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0062872125
"The best baseball book I’ve read in years." — Sam Walker • "An exhilarating story of innovation." — Ben Reiter • "Swing Kings feels like a spiritual successor to Moneyball." — Baseball Prospectus From the Wall Street Journal’s national baseball writer, the captivating story of the home run boom, following a group of players who rose from obscurity to stardom and the rogue swing coaches who helped them usher the game into a new age. We are in a historic era for the home run. The 2019 season saw the most homers ever, obliterating a record set just two years before. It is a shift that has transformed the way the game is played, contributing to more strikeouts, longer games, and what feels like the logical conclusion of the analytics era. In Swing Kings, Wall Street Journal national baseball writer Jared Diamond reveals that the secret behind this unprecedented shift isn’t steroids or the stitching of the baseballs, it’s the most elemental explanation of all: the swing. In this lively narrative romp, he tracks a group of baseball’s biggest stars—including Aaron Judge, J.D. Martinez, and Justin Turner—who remade their swings under the tutelage of a band of renegade coaches, and remade the game in the process. These coaches, many of them baseball washouts who have reinvented themselves as swing gurus, for years were one of the game’s best-kept secrets. Among their ranks are a swimming pool contractor, the owner of a billiards hall, and an ex-hippie whose swing insights draw from surfing and the technique of Japanese samurai. Now, as Diamond artfully charts, this motley cast has moved from the baseball margins to its center of power. They are changing the way hitting is taught to players of all ages, and major league clubs are scrambling for their services, hiring them in record numbers as coaches and consultants. And Diamond himself, whose baseball career ended in high school, enlists the tutelage of each swing coach he profiles, with an aim toward starring in the annual Boston-New York media game at Yankee Stadium. Swing Kings is both a rollicking history of baseball’s recent past and a deeply reported, character-driven account of a battle between opponents as old as time: old and new, change and stasis, the establishment and those who break from it. Jared Diamond has written a masterful chronicle of America’s pastime at the crossroads.
Author : William F. McNeil
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,4 MB
Release : 2015-10-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0786481285
After Babe Ruth erased Buck Freeman's record in 1919, the new mark stood for 34 years before Maris bettered it, defying as he did an incredulous sporting public. And just as fans' anger grew old and Maris was grudgingly credited--or discredited--with an unrepeatable hot streak, along came Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, two goliaths who in 1998 and the years just after proved fans wrong again. But when in 2001, only three years after McGwire seemed to put the record beyond reach, Barry Bonds topped him by three. This time fans were staunch in their disbelief, and while many celebrated Bonds' achievement, others questioned its significance. This revised edition of Bill McNeil's Ruth, Maris, McGwire, and Sosa ("libraries especially will want this"--Library Journal) reviews the careers of each home run titan, with special attention to the record-breaking seasons. The cultural and social changes that may have affected both the players' season totals and fan reception are also considered.
Author : Clare Gault
Publisher :
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 14,92 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Baseball
ISBN :
A brief biography emphasizing the careers of the two baseball players famous for their record number of home runs.
Author : Clare Gault
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : pages
File Size : 43,40 MB
Release : 1994-01-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780613066853
Tells the story of Babe Ruth and Henry Aaron and how they became baseball heroes.
Author : Jeff Savage
Publisher : Heinemann Library
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 41,73 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780739802151
Surveys the history of the home run in baseball, concentrating on famous home run hitters and the ongoing race to beat the previous home run record.
Author : Alan Minsky
Publisher : MetroBooks (NY)
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 11,23 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781567991420
Showcases baseball's greatest sluggers of yesterday and today, from Babe Ruth to Hank Aaron to Ken Griffey, Jr., and the greatest homeruns of all time.
Author : Michael V. Uschan
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,24 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781560066361
Discusses the careers of several baseball stars known for their home run hitting, including Babe Ruth, Roger Maris, Hank Aaron, Mark McGuire, and Sammy Sosa.
Author : Kevin Neary
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 33,35 MB
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1613217862
Hank Aaron forever cemented his legacy in baseball when he surpassed the Babe’s home run record, but his impact reaches far beyond the diamond. 715, which celebrates the 40th anniversary of Hank Aaron’s legendary 715th home run (April 2014), is a tribute to Hank Aaron that features a collection of quotes, statements, and short stories from people whose lives he touched. 715 features over 100 interviews from Hall of Famers, teammates, former and current players, Baseball Commissioners, celebrities, Senators, Governors, Mayors, Supreme Court Justices, and two US presidents (Carter & Clinton). There are also contributions from the Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther King families, as well as Reverend Jesse Jackson, emphasizing the social impact of Henry Aaron and explaining how he dealt with the constant racism he faced, which included death threats, as he approached the record. Henry Aaron, whom many believe continues to reign as the true “Home Run King,” more importantly, reigns as one of baseball’s most socially influential players, not running from the questions of race. 715 also includes a forward by Monte Irvin, the oldest living member of the Negro Leagues and fellow Hall of Famer member, which highlights Hank Aaron’s importance to African American athletes, specifically, and to baseball in general. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.