By Rob Neyer
Fireside: 331 pp., $16 paperback
What is baseball without its stories? The game has captured America’s heart over the years not only through the calling of balls and strikes but also through the telling of tales.
As stories are passed along, sometimes the details get shifted. Other times, they were wrong from the beginning but [...]
Management by Baseball
By Jeff Angus
Collins: 272 pp., $22.95 hardcover
Don’t let the title fool you. Although this book is aimed at actual and would-be managers, the insights can be of use to anyone who has to deal with managers, which is just about everyone.
Using lessons learned from field and general managers in the game of baseball, [...]
By Geoff Young
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Tagged babe ruth, david wells, doug glanville, ed barrow, jeff angus, management by baseball, mike scioscia, phillies, pie traynor, pirates, red sox
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Spalding’s World Tour
By Mark Lamster
Public Affairs: 368 pp., $26 hardcover
Albert Spalding in 1888 led two teams of baseball players across five continents in an effort to bring America’s game to the rest of the world (and help Spalding establish his sporting goods empire on distant shores). By ship, train, and even camel, the group played [...]
