| Author | : Frank Slocum |
| Publisher | : Warner Books (NY) |
| Total Pages | : 735 |
| Release | : 1985 |
| Genre | : Baseball cards |
| ISBN | : 9780446513470 |
A collection of baseball cards organized by year with player statistics and information on teams. Includes quizzes on the sport and the cards.
| Author | : Josh Wilker |
| Publisher | : Seven Footer Press |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9781934734162 |
Wilker marks the stages of his life through the baseball cards he collected as a child. He captures the experience of growing up obsessed with baseball cards and explores what it means to be a fan of the game.
| Author | : Steve Clark |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 1982 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 9780448123233 |
| Author | : Brendan C. Boyd |
| Publisher | : Little Brown & Company |
| Total Pages | : 151 |
| Release | : 1973 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 9780316104296 |
Reflections on collecting baseball cards in childhood accompany remarks on the skills and achievements of players whose pictures were found in bubble gum packages
| Author | : Bob Woods |
| Publisher | : Abrams |
| Total Pages | : 364 |
| Release | : 2012-06-01 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1613123655 |
Yankee Greats features 100 baseball cards of the greatest and most popular Yankees from the celebrated trading-card company Topps. Showcasing original cards for hall-of-fame players such as Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Yogi Berra, and current heroes like Derek Jeter, this unique package provides a fun and fresh approach to revisiting America’s favorite pastime with one of baseball’s most beloved teams. Since the Yankee’s humble beginnings in 1903 as the New York Highlanders to today’s star-studded team, the Bronx Bombers have won 27 World Championships—more titles than any other professional sports franchise in history. Yankee Greats will let Yankee and baseball fans alike revel in and reminisce over so many of the players that helped make baseball what it is today, and these legendary cards will bring back fond memories for both young and old collectors.
| Author | : Greg W. Prince |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 342 |
| Release | : 2009-04-01 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 162636771X |
The New York Mets fan is an Amazin’ creature whose species finds its voice at last in Greg Prince’s Faith and Fear In Flushing, the definitive account of what it means to root for and live through the machinations of an endlessly fascinating if often frustrating baseball team. Prince, coauthor of the highly regarded blog of the same name, examines how the life of the franchise mirrors the life of its fans, particularly his own. Unabashedly and unapologetically, Prince stands up for all Mets fans and, by proxy, sports fans everywhere in exploring how we root, why we take it so seriously, and what it all means. What was it like to enter a baseball world about to be ruled by the Mets in 1969? To understand intrinsically that You Gotta Believe? To overcome the trade of an idol and the dissolution of a roster? To hope hard for a comeback and then receive it in thrilling fashion in 1986? To experience the constant ups and downs the Mets would dispense for the next two decades? To put ups with the Yankees right next door? To make the psychic journey from Shea Stadium to Citi Field? To sort the myths from the realities? Greg Prince, as he has done for thousands of loyal Faith and Fear in Flushing readers daily since 2005, puts it all in perspective as only he can.
| Author | : Scott Simkus |
| Publisher | : Chicago Review Press |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 2014-03-01 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1613748167 |
Outsider Baseball is the story of a forgotten world, where independent professional ball clubs zig-zagged across America, plying their trade in big cities and small villages alike. Included among the former and future major leaguers were mercenaries, scalawags, and outcasts. This is where Babe Ruth, Rube Waddell, and John McGraw crossed bats with the Cuban Stars, Tokyo Giants, Brooklyn Bushwicks, dozens of famous Negro league teams, and novelty acts such as the House of David and Bloomer Girls. Legends emerged in this alternate baseball universe and author Scott Simkus sets out to share their stories and use a critical lens to separate fact from fiction. Written in a gritty prose style, Outsider Baseball combines meticulous research with modern analytics, opening the door to an unforgettable funhouse of baseball history. Scott Simkus is the founder and editor of the Outsider Baseball Bulletin. He is the winner of a research award from the Society of American Baseball Research for his work on the Negro League Database.
| Author | : The Topps Company |
| Publisher | : ABRAMS |
| Total Pages | : 253 |
| Release | : 2015-01-01 |
| Genre | : Humor |
| ISBN | : 1613122586 |
Take a fun look back at Quacker Oats, Blisterine, and more classic packaging parodies—plus an interview with creator Art Spiegelman! Known affectionately among collectors as “Wacky Packs,” the Topps stickers that parodied well-known consumer brands were a phenomenon in the 1970s—even outselling the Topps Company’s baseball cards for a while. But few know that the genius behind it all was none other than Art Spiegelman—the Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novelist who created Maus. This treasury includes an interview with Spiegelman about his early career and his decades-long relationship with the memorabilia company—as well as a colorful compendium that will bring back memories of such products as Plastered Peanuts, Jail-O, Weakies cereal, and many more. Illustrated by notable comics artists Kim Deitch, Bill Griffith, Jay Lynch, Norm Saunders, and more, this collection is a visual treat, a load of laughs, and a tribute to a beloved product that’s been delighting kids (and adults) for decades.
