Filled with fascinating baseball facts and lore, B Is for Baseball is an alphabet book about America's favorite pastime. Chock full of incredible vintage photographs from the world-renowned American Baseball Hall of Fame, as well as distinctive line drawings, this volume covers intriguing details about the sport—from the number of stitches on a baseball to the three historic players who are known to have been the perfect infield combination. Readers will delight in learning baseball terms and history and about some of the most famous characters in baseball. B Is for Baseball is sure to excite curiosity about the game in young readers and baseball aficionados alike.

What Does it Take to Have a Great Baseball Career? You daydream about one day seeing your face on a baseball card. You live for pressure and the green grass beneath your cleats. But as your career progresses, the game gets harder. You slump and struggle. You get injured and overlooked. Your confidence plummets. Can you keep improving? Are your big dreams still within reach? A Handbook for the Dedicated Player Clean Your Cleats is filled with stories and advice learned the hard way, over a long career on the diamond. Develop better routines and improve your consistency. Handle the ups and downs with confidence and resolve. Strengthen relationships with teammates, parents and coaches. Learn mindset strategies to become the best version of you. Dan Blewett, in this practical guide, helps players understand all the little things in baseball that make a huge difference over a long career. Why clean your cleats? Because every detail matters.

American military bases encircle the globe; from Italy to the Indian Ocean, from Japan to Honduras. The far-reaching story of the perils of the U. S. military bases and what these bases say about America today.

A New York Times bestseller 'A sensation ... a rollicking tale well told' - The Times At the heart of Born to Run lies a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, the Tarahumara, who live quietly in canyons and are reputed to be the best distance runners in the world; in 1993, one of them, aged 57, came first in a prestigious 100-mile race wearing a toga and sandals. A small group of the world's top ultra-runners (and the awe-inspiring author) make the treacherous journey into the canyons to try to learn the tribe's secrets and then take them on over a course 50 miles long. With incredible energy and smart observation, McDougall tells this story while asking what the secrets are to being an incredible runner. Travelling to labs at Harvard, Nike, and elsewhere, he comes across an incredible cast of characters, including the woman who recently broke the world record for 100 miles and for her encore ran a 2:50 marathon in a bikini, pausing to down a beer at the 20 mile mark.

Willie Wilson played baseball with the mentality of a football player- a grimace on his face.Totally unprepared for the spotlight of being in the major leagues, Wilson experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows,sometimes unable to tell them apart.He helped lead the Kansas City Royals to their first World Series in only his second season the Major Leagues.His 1983 arrest on a cocaine charge could have been the defining moment of his life and sent him spiraling downward. Instead, he responded by helping the Royals to the World Series Championship in 1985, playing a key role in the Series by batting.367 and scoring two runs and three RBIs in the Royals' win over the St. Louis Cardinals.On his way to winning the 1982 batting title, Wilson was the first switch hitter since Mickey Mantle, and his 13 inside-the-park home runs are the most of any modern day player in history.Willie Wilson tells the story of growing up a son of the South, displaced to New Nersey at age 7 when he met his mother for the first time.He was a shy child seeking acceptance in athletics where he was a three-sport star at Summit (N.J.) High School. Drafted by the Royals in the first round of the 1974 amateur draft, Wilson turned down a football scholarship offer from Maryland to sign with the Royals.He quickly made his way through KC's minor league system, making his first appearance with the Major League team just two years later.But Wilson's story transcends Baseball. His life was rocked by the unexpected results of stardom and its demands and pitfalls. He tells a coutiionary tale of how a shy young man who never even dated untill the 11th grade can survive a post- career bankruptcy and turn his life around to help others with his inspirational tale.He now leads the Willie Wilson Baseball Foundation, hoping to share his experiences with inner-city youth so they can avoid the same missteps he made along the way.

This book is Albert Spaldings work of "historic facts concerning the beginning, evolution, development and popularity of base ball, with personal reminiscences of its vicissitudes, its victories and its votaries." It is one of the defining books in the early formative years of modern baseball.

A Little Pretty Pocket-Book is a children's book written by John Newbery. It is commonly thought to be the first children's book ever made, and provides a code of conduct for boys and girls in different social settings.