The Home Run Kings

The Home Run Kings
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Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks
Total Pages : 80
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ISBN-10 : 0590455303
ISBN-13 : 9780590455305
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis The Home Run Kings by : Clare Gault

A brief biography emphasizing the careers of the two baseball players famous for their record number of home runs.

The Single-Season Home Run Kings

The Single-Season Home Run Kings
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 263
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ISBN-10 : 9780786481286
ISBN-13 : 0786481285
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis The Single-Season Home Run Kings by : William F. McNeil

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.

Swing Kings

Swing Kings
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 355
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ISBN-10 : 9780062872128
ISBN-13 : 0062872125
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis Swing Kings by : Jared Diamond

"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.

Home Run Kings

Home Run Kings
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Publisher : Heinemann Library
Total Pages : 50
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ISBN-10 : 0739802151
ISBN-13 : 9780739802151
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Home Run Kings by : Jeff Savage

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.

Home Run Kings

Home Run Kings
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Publisher : MetroBooks (NY)
Total Pages : 84
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ISBN-10 : 1567991424
ISBN-13 : 9781567991420
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Home Run Kings by : Alan Minsky

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.

Kings of the Home Run

Kings of the Home Run
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105004502907
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Kings of the Home Run by : Arthur Daley

From his personal relationship with some of baseball's greatest stars, Mr. Daley has written a compendium of short biographies of twenty-one of its "kings."

Home Run King

Home Run King
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 290
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781683584858
ISBN-13 : 1683584856
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Home Run King by : Dan Schlossberg

In the fifty years that have passed since Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run and supplanted Babe Ruth as baseball's home run king, his legend and legacy have only grown. Humble and modest to a fault, he always insisted that he didn't want people to forget Babe Ruth but only to remember Henry Aaron. Though he never had the benefit of playing in the media spotlight of New York or Los Angeles, he remains the career leader in total bases, runs batted in, and All-Star selections; shares records for home runs by brothers (with Tommie Aaron) and by teammates (with Eddie Mathews); and is remembered with respect and admiration for his outspoken advocacy of civil rights for all minorities. Written by a lifelong Braves fan who became a sportswriter, this book traces Aaron's odyssey from the segregated south to the baseball world revolutionized by Jackie Robinson, who became an early an important ally against bigotry and prejudice. It reveals how the New York Giants nearly beat the Boston Braves in signing Aaron, when the young slugger caught his first break, and why he changed his hitting style after the Braves moved from Milwaukee to Atlanta. Though he never won a Triple Crown or hit for the cycle, he won virtually every major honor, including an MVP award, a World Series ring, and a berth in the Baseball Hall of Fame. But he should have won more, as the author contends he was often taken for granted by voters (nine of whom left him off their Cooperstown ballots!). Turn these pages to find out what home run Aaron considered his greatest, what pitcher proved his easiest mark, and what managers he liked or disliked the most. Even the disappointments are included -- his team's move south, its inability to establish a dynasty, and his quests to become a manager, general manager, or even Commissioner of Baseball. This is also a book of personal tragedy: the death of a child, a difficult divorce, and the stunning loss of the 43-year-old brother-in-law who became the first black GM. Not to mention the deluge of hate mail as it became obvious that he was approaching the most cherished record in sports. Through it all, Henry Louis Aaron kept his composure, preferring to let his bat do the talking. He lacked the notoriety of Willie, Mickey & the Duke but he just might have been the best player in baseball history. He's certainly in the conversation.

The Complete History of the Home Run

The Complete History of the Home Run
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Publisher : Citadel Press
Total Pages : 380
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ISBN-10 : 0806524332
ISBN-13 : 9780806524337
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis The Complete History of the Home Run by : Mark Ribowsky

There is no more thrilling moment in the game of baseball than the seconds before the ball flies out of the park, never to be seen again. As Greg Maddux famously said, chicks dig 'em, and men fantasize about hitting them. Now, The Complete History of the Home Run told decade by decade, traces this ultimate macho symbol. Mark Ribowsky looks at how the big hit evolved from a rarity to centerpiece because of Babe Ruth's prowess. Baseball fans will also learn how the home run has been mythologized, written about, and discussed in the media, baseball literature, and in bars all across the county. Featured are such epic swings as: -- Ruth's #60, Roger Maris's #61, Mark McGwire's #70, Barry Bonds's #73, Hank Aaron's K -- Ted Williams's All-Star Game Blast off Rip Sewell; -- Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard Around the World; -- Mickey Mantle's 565-footer in Washington; -- Bill Mazeroski's and Joe Carter's Series-ender; -- Reggie Jackson's Series trio; -- The Tino/Jeter/Brosius trinity.Including commentary on the men who hit these long balls -- Willie Mays, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, and Ted Williams -- the book also brings out the facts and statistics. Readers will find out the truth behind Ruth's Called Shot, Josh Gibson's alleged blast out of Yankee Stadium, who had the best-ever power season, the myth of the lively ball era, the science of the home run, and why yesterday's hits will always be better than today's.

Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues

Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues
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Publisher : Courier Corporation
Total Pages : 450
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ISBN-10 : 9780486136479
ISBN-13 : 0486136477
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues by : John B. Holway

The foremost historian of the "blackball" era spent nearly 10 years researching this acclaimed oral history, interviewing 17 outstanding players including Cool Papa Bell, Buck Leonard, and Willie Wells. Over 80 vintage photographs.

The Way of Baseball

The Way of Baseball
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 226
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ISBN-10 : 9781439191200
ISBN-13 : 1439191204
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis The Way of Baseball by : Shawn Green

Major League All-Star Green shares how his baseball career has taught him to live life being fully present in every moment.