What it’s REALLY like to be a Minor League Baseball Player

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  • Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life in the Minor Leagues of Baseball (Anchor Sports)

    • ASIN: 0307949583
    • ISBN: 0307949583
    • Brand: Anchor Books
    • Manufacturer: Anchor

    Minor league baseball is quintessentially American: small towns, small stadiums, $5 tickets, $2 hot dogs, the never-ending possibility of making it big. But looming above it all is always the real deal: Major League Baseball. John Feinstein takes the reader behind the curtain into the guarded world of the minor leagues, like no other writer can. Wh... [Read More]

  • 2010 TRISTAR Obak #41 Jose Canseco - Oakland Athletics (Minor League Players of the Year) (Baseball Cards)

    • ASIN: B00K38YNH0
    • Brand: TRISTAR Obak
    • Manufacturer: Baseball Cards

    2010 TRISTAR Obak #41 Jose Canseco - Oakland Athletics (Minor League Players of the Year) (Baseball Cards)

  • Ball Four (RosettaBooks Sports Classics)

    • ASIN: B00CME4ROM
    • Manufacturer: RosettaBooks

  • The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told: Thirty Unforgettable Tales from the Diamond

    • ASIN: 1592280838
    • ISBN: 1592280838
    • Manufacturer: Lyons Press

    At a 1931 barnstorming exhibition game in Tennessee, a seventeen-year-old pitcher for the Chattanooga Lookouts struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back to back. Her name was Jackie Mitchell--"organized baseball's first girl pitcher." On September 9, 1965, Sandy Koufax made baseball history by pitching his fourth perfect game. In July 1970, a stripp... [Read More]

  • Relentless Optimism: How a Commitment to Positive Thinking Changes Everything (Sports for the Soul) (Volume 3)

    • ASIN: 0692921834
    • ISBN: 0692921834
    • Manufacturer: Shamrock New Media, Inc.

    Studies prove that positive thinkers are happier, healthier, and more successful than everyone else. Discover the simple, proven techniques for becoming a more positive person... Positive thinking leads to positive outcomes. Study after study proves this. Researchers have found that optimistic people live longer, live healthier, have more energy, h... [Read More]

  • Only the Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams

    • ASIN: 0195076370
    • ISBN: 9780195076370
    • Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

    Early in the 1920s, the New York Giants sent a scout to watch a young Cuban play for Foster's American Giants, a baseball club in the Negro Leagues. During one at-bat this talented slugger lined a ball so hard that the rightfielder was able to play it off the top of the fence and throw Christobel Torrienti out at first base. The scout liked what he... [Read More]

  • The Everything Kids' Baseball Book: From Baseball's History to Today's Favorite Players--With Lots of Home Run Fun in Between!

    • UPC: 045079593893
    • ASIN: 1440593892
    • ISBN: 1440593892
    • Brand: Everything
    • Manufacturer: Adams Media

    Play ball! From the backyard to the ballpark, The Everything Kids' Baseball Book, 9th Edition captures all the action, fun, and excitement of America's favorite pastime! Sports reporter Greg Jacobs gives you all the know-how you need to bat a thousand--from learning how to keep score on a scorecard to tips on developing your fielding and hitting sk... [Read More]

  • 2010 TRISTAR Obak #41B Jose Canseco / Slogan VAR (Circled #) - Oakland Athletics (Minor League Players of the Year) (Baseball Cards)

    • ASIN: B00K38YLOA
    • Brand: TRISTAR Obak
    • Manufacturer: Baseball Cards

    2010 TRISTAR Obak #41B Jose Canseco / Slogan VAR (Circled #) - Oakland Athletics (Minor League Players of the Year) (Baseball Cards)

  • Wilson Minor League and Coach Pitch Play Baseball (12-pack)

    • UPC: 026388956708
    • ASIN: B000HVUOMQ
    • Brand: Wilson
    • Manufacturer: Wilson

    The Wilson Minor League and Coach Pitch Baseball is a Level 2 grade softness, which makes it 85% softer than a traditional baseball. This makes it the perfect baseball for recreational use as well as for younger players just starting to play the game.

  • The Chicken Runs at Midnight: A Daughter's Message from Heaven That Changed a Father's Heart and Won a World Series

    • UPC: 025986352066
    • ASIN: 0310352061
    • ISBN: 0310352061
    • Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
    • Manufacturer: Zondervan

    One of the most inspirational stories of sports and faith ever told, The Chicken Runs at Midnight introduces us to a Major League baseball coach whose dying daughter's words changed his heart for good - and reached him in a surprising way through a World Series sign from heaven.As a Major League Baseball coach, Rich Donnelly was dedicated, hardwork... [Read More]

  • The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II

    • ASIN: 1683582071
    • ISBN: 1683582071
    • Brand: Sports Publishing
    • Manufacturer: Sports Publishing

    In 1943, the New York Yankees won the World Series but one of the nation's strongest baseball teams practiced on a skinned-out college field in the heart of North Carolina. Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, and Johnny Sain were among a cadre of fighter-pilot cadets who wore the Cloudbuster Nine baseball jersey at an elite Navy training school at the Univ... [Read More]

  • Anything but Minor (Balls in Play Book 1)

    • ASIN: B01IE4I7VM
    • Manufacturer: KLS PRESS

    An Amazon Top 50 Bestseller!“She’s a nerd.”“Heyyyy!”“Okay, she’s a flight instructor.”“Better.”“He’s a ballplayer.”“The best that ever was.”“Technically, you aren’t according to MLB stats.”“See? Total nerd. She also has no filter.”“He’s no southern gentlemen.”“I had one last season to prove my worth.�... [Read More]

  • Balls in Play Box Set: Anything but Minor, Major Love, Sweeping the Series, The Golden Sombrero

    • ASIN: B0719KHMH1

    Anything but Minor“She’s a nerd.”“Heyyyy!”“Okay, she’s a flight instructor.”“Better.”“He’s a ballplayer.”“The best that ever was.”“Technically, you aren’t according to MLB stats.”“See? Total nerd. She also has no filter.”“He’s no southern gentlemen.”“I had one last season to prove my worth.”“I’d... [Read More]

  • 1970 Pacific Coast Baseball Minor League Player Guide

    • ASIN: B07Q358GC9
    • Brand: P&R publications

    em: complete; nice front and back, spine not stapled

  • Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game

    • ASIN: 0062014498
    • ISBN: 0062014498
    • Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

    “Bottom of the 33rd is chaw-chewing, sunflower-spitting, pine tar proof that too much baseball is never enough.” —Jane Leavy, author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax “What a book—an exquisite exercise in story-telling, democracy and myth-making.” —Colum McCann, winner of the National Book Award for  Let The Great World Spin From Pu... [Read More]

  • Minor League All-Star Teams, 1922-1962: Rosters, Statistics And Commentary

    • ASIN: 0786426527
    • ISBN: 0786426527
    • Manufacturer: McFarland & Company

    Long before strip malls, television and huge retail chains homogenized American culture, minor league baseball clubs represented individual, local ideals. Fans turned out in droves to see their hometown heroes, and teams were sources of civic pride and popular recreation. Gradually, these teams and leagues were either driven under or swallowed up b... [Read More]

  • The Bullpen Gospels: A Non-Prospect's Pursuit of the Major Leagues and the Meaning of Life

    • UPC: 052550014952
    • ASIN: 0806531436
    • ISBN: 0806531436
    • Manufacturer: Citadel

    "After many minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years spent in the bullpen, I can verify that this is a true picture of baseball."--Tim McCarver   "There are great truths within, of the kind usually unspoken. And as he expresses them, Dirk Hayhurst describes himself as 'a real person who moonlights as a baseball player.' In much the same mann... [Read More]

  • Brant Brown (Baseball Card) 1994 Upper Deck Minor League Baseball - Player of the Year #PY8

    • ASIN: B07FS52QMV
    • Brand: Upper Deck

    1994 Upper Deck Minor League Baseball - Player of the Year #PY8 - Brant Brown

  • I'm Keith Hernandez: A Memoir

    • ASIN: 0316395730
    • ISBN: 0316395730
    • Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

    Legendary first baseman Keith Hernandez tells all in this gripping and literary memoir. New York Times Bestseller Keith Hernandez revolutionized the role of first baseman. During his illustrious career with the World Series-winning St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets, he was a perennial fan favorite, earning eleven consecutive Gold Gloves, a Na... [Read More]

  • Rawlings Official 2019 MLB Baseball and Display Cube (1 ROMLB-R Ball and Case)

    • UPC: 852280072570
    • ASIN: B000096OJL
    • Brand: Rawlings
    • Size: One
    • Manufacturer: Rawlings

    Manufactured by Rawlings, official supplier to the MLB for over 25 years. This baseball is branded with the Official Major League Baseball Logo, commissioner's signature (Robert D. Manfred), and the Rawlings Logo. Save and remember the autographs of all your favorite players on this Authentic Major League Baseball. It comes with a clear display cas... [Read More]

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