LIBROS DEL AUTOR: lyle spatz

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  • Los Angeles Dodgers Transactions, 1958-2024
    Lyle Spatz
    Baseball transactions--trades, sales, purchases, free-agent activities--ignite passions. Whether it is the purchase or sale of a veteran star during the heat of a pennant race, a multi-player trade in the dead of winter, or the scramble for desirable free agents during the offseason, player transactions engender more interest and heated debate among fans than almost any othe...
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    86,23 €

  • Brooklyn Dodgers Transactions, 1890-1957
    Lyle Spatz
    Baseball transactions--trades, sales, purchases, free agents coming or leaving--have always had the ability to stir the interest and passion of fans. Whether it is the purchase or sale of a veteran star during the heat of a pennant race, a multi-player trade made during the dead of winter, or the offseason scramble for desirable free agents, player transactions engender more...
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    57,30 €

  • New York Yankees Openers
    Lyle Spatz
    The New York Yankees are baseball’s most storied team. They first played at Hilltop Park, then moved to the Polo Grounds, then Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium, back to the renovated Yankee Stadium, and now in the new Yankee Stadium. They also frequently opened the season in Boston’s historic Fenway Park, fondly remembered Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Griffith Stadium in Washin...
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    59,40 €

  • Historical Dictionary of Baseball
    Lyle Spatz
    The Historical Dictionary of Baseball contains a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 900 cross-referenced entries on the roles of the players on the field—batters, pitchers, fielders—as well as non-playing personnel—general managers, managers, coaches, and umpires. There are also entries for individual te...
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    58,53 €

  • Willie Keeler
    Lyle Spatz
    In addition to being one of baseball’s most accomplished batters, Willie Keeler was an integral part of two memorable teams: the Baltimore Orioles and the Brooklyn Superbas. This is the first biography of Keeler, the most prominent member of the first American League team in New York. ...
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    67,67 €

  • Dixie Walker
    Lyle Spatz
    Over the course of fifty years in the mid-twentieth century, Fred 'Dixie' Walker lived several baseball lives. Dubbed the successor to Babe Ruth after his impressive major league debut in 1931, Walker went from sure-fire prospect to injury-plagued underachiever, to Brooklyn hero, to persona non grata because of his complicated relationship with Jackie Robinson, and finally t...
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    42,67 €

  • Yankees Coming, Yankees Going
    Lyle Spatz
    Trading, buying and selling players have always been key in building better baseball teams, and few things stir the interest and passion of fans so much as a blockbuster trade. This work exhaustively chronicles the Babe Ruth purchase as well as the more than 600 additional transactions made by the Yankees. The author sets both the players and the deal in historical perspec...
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    37,10 €

  • Bad Bill Dahlen
    Lyle Spatz
    He was often nonchalant and unfocused, showing up minutes before a game. He was rumored to get himself ejected so he could get to the racetrack. He was feisty, and abusive towards umpires even by today’s standards. And he’s among the best shortstops ever to play the game. 'Bad Bill' Dahlen retired having played in more games than anyone in major league history; he was in the...
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    42,75 €