A New York Times Bestseller Through 100 Evocative, often stunning photographs, as well as the stories that accompany them, Sports Illustrated visits the great arc of baseball, America’s past time. And that’s just for starters! This lively illustrated collection of shiny nuggets of baseball lore will transform you into a superfan who knows the game better than anyone else. Someone who’s got game. Found inside – Page 324Wade Boggs, 60, Hall of Fame baseball player, born Omaha, NE, June 15, 1958. ... The New York Giants hosted the first Ladies' Day baseball game. Explains how Billy Beene, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, is using a new kind of thinking to build a successful and winning baseball team without spending enormous sums of money. Found inside – Page 1252018. 192p. H A/YA 7 Compiled from a segment in Baseball Digest, America's longest running publication devoted to the sport, insiders describe the game that ... 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This book explains the game from scratch, while also educating the reader as to the game's important place in American history and culture"-- Found inside – Page 108The 2018 season also marked the 15th straight season in which the Marlins failed to qualify for the playoffs, the longest active postseason drought in the ... Found insideNot only did they beat the Houston Astros, the team with the best regular-season record, to claim the franchise’s first championship—they won all four games in Houston, making them the first club to ever win four road games in a World ... Found insideBoston Red Sox: 2018 World Series Champions Triumph Books ... Dodgers Take Longest-Ever World Series Game on Muncy Walk-Off The Red Sox went to Hollywood ... Found inside – Page 83ookie possible World Betts Series—and in 2018—through played baseball finished for the on the last October longest game 28 of period with the a championship ... 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Found insideThis official commemorative book tells the stories behind all the iconic moments, the legendary players and coaches, and so much more. Found insideTheir story in The Only Rule is it Has to Work is unlike any other baseball tale you've ever read. Found inside – Page 103And just maybe, the longest ball ever hit out of the park. ... Baseball was a game that highlighted the strategies of moving runners from base to base.