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The Natural
by Bernard Malamud
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 CD
In The Natural, Bernard Malamud has raised all the passion and craziness and fanaticism of baseball to its ordained place in mythology.
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Game of Shadows
by Mark Fainaru-Wada
Credits: Audio CD
This audiobook is the window into the underground world of cheating at the highest levels, which set off a frenzy of activity and hand-wringing in the offices of Major League Baseball and Congress.
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Ted Williams
by Leigh Montville
Credits: Audio CD
He was one of the greatest figures of his generation, and arguably the greatest baseball hitter of all time....
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When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!
by Yogi Berra
Credits: Audio CD
Yogi Berra is one of America's most beloved baseball players of all time, known as much for his wit and humor as he is for his exploits with the New York Yankees...
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Babe Ruth: An American Legend
by Babe Ruth
Credits: Digital Download
A lovable big bear of a man, Babe Ruth personified the unbounded ambition and playful enthusiasm of the young, eternally hopeful nation from which he sprang.
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Why I Love Baseball
by Larry King
Credits: Digital Download
Larry King is a true-blue baseball fanatic....
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Heads-Up Baseball
by Tom Hanson
Credits: Audio CD
What does it mean to play heads-up baseball? A heads-up player has confidence in his ability, keeps control in pressure situations, and focuses on one pitch at a time.
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Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season
by Jonathan Eig
Credits: Audio CD | MP3 CD
April 15, 1947, marked the most important opening day in baseball history. When Jackie Robinson stepped onto the diamond that afternoon at Ebbets Field, he became the first black man to break into major-league baseball in the twentieth century.
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The Big Bam
by Leigh Montville
Credits: Audio CD
Babe Ruth's larger-than-life personality defines the legendary hero in this entertaining biography by the bestselling author of "Ted Williams."
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More Tales from the Dugout
by Mike Shannon
Credits: Audio CD
The acclaimed author of the bestselling "Tales from the Dugout" delivers a brand-new collection of true stories and never-before-told anecdotes that come straight from the insider's circle.
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Tales from the Dugout
by Mike Shannon
Credits: Audio CD | MP3 CD
This memorable collection of anecdotes about America’s national pastime will take you into the dugout, clubhouse, and press box with some of the game’s greatest players and storytellers.
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Baseball in April and Other Stories
by Gary Soto
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
Gary Soto, also an award-winning poet, is renowned for getting at the heart of a young person's everyday life. In these eleven stories…
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Joe DiMaggio: The Yankee Clipper
by Geoffrey Giuliano
Credits: Digital Download
For decades baseball great Joe DiMaggio was the very definition of cool and class in the midst of the unparalleled fury of his stellar career.
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Shoeless Joe
by W.P. Kinsella
Credits: Audio Cassette
Shoeless Joe is the soul-stirring novel on which the movie Field of Dreams is based, though like most such relationships, the book is far better than the screen adaptation.
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A Woman's Guide to Baseball
by Paula Duffy
Credits: Digital Download
Is your favorite guy spending more time talking to the 'tube' than to you? Would you like to score with that nice looking single at the sports bar?
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Edward's Eyes
by Patricia MacLachlan
Credits: Audio CD
He has a life filled with art, music, and long summer nights on the Cape. He has hours and days and months of baseball. But, more than anything in this world, Jake knows he has Edward.
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Three Nights in August
by Buzz Bissinger
Credits: Audio CD
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author captures baseball's essence in this account of a dramatic three-game series viewed through the eyes of legendary St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa.
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Hitting Secrets of the Pros
by Wayne Stewart
Credits: Audio CD
Get inside the minds of baseball's best, past and present, for a behind-the-scenes look at how hitters think -- and what they do to stay great at the plate.
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Ten Rings: My Championship Seasons
by Yogi Berra
Credits: Audio Cassette
Baseball's elder statesmen, beloved icon, and bestselling author tells the fascinating story behind each of his ten championship rings and a winning career that spanned three decades.
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