Felber, Bill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 FELGutman, Dan.
Summary: Joe Stoshack travels back to 1919, where he meets Shoeless Joe Jackson and tries to prevent the fixing of the World Series in which Jackson was wrongly implicated.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC GUTCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Gutman 2002Fleitz, David L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McFarland 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 FLEKelly, David A.
Summary: On January 5, 1920, the Boston Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. That's when, some say, that the Red Sox's reversal of fortune began.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2009
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE KELStout, Glenn
Summary: "The complete story surrounding the most famous and significant player transaction in professional sports The sale of Babe Ruth by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees in 1919 is one of the pivotal moments in baseball history, changing the fortunes of two of baseball's most storied franchises, and helping to create the legend of the greatest player the game has ever known. More than a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martins Press 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B RUTH STOVerducci, Tom
Summary: "With inside access and reporting, Sports Illustrated senior baseball writer and FOX Sports analyst Tom Verducci reveals how Theo Epstein and Joe Maddon built, led, and inspired the Chicago Cubs team that broke the longest championship drought in sports, chronicling their epic journey to become World Series champions"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 796.357 VERSummary: A drama about the deep friendship between Gale Sayers, black halfback for the Chicago Bears, and his white teammate, Brian Piccolo, who died of cancer in 1970.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRISummary: Little big league: An inspiring family comedy adventure about a boy's determination to put the fun back into baseball after inheriting the Minnesota Twins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KiHerzog, Brad
Summary: For 108 years, fans of Chicago Cubs baseball suffered every playofff season, with mishap after mishap each being traced back to 1945 when a friendly goat was kicked out of a World Series game. But the 2016 season felt different. Would this finally be the year that the Billy Goat Curse was reversed? Author Brad Herzog tells the story of the curse's origin and follows the Cubs right through that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HERSummary: According to Red Sox super-fan Ben Wrightman, finding romance is about as likely as his beloved team winning the World Series. But when Ben scores a beautiful new girlfriend, suddenly anything is possible.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FEVCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FEVBarry, Dan
Summary: From Pulitzer Prize-winning "New York Times" columnist Dan Barry comes the beautifully recounted story of the longest game in baseball history--a tale celebrating not only the robust intensity of baseball, but the aspirational ideal epitomized by the hard-fighting players of the minor leagues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 BARHalberstam, David.
Summary: "A journey through the 1949 pennant race, in which two legendary rivals, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, battled down to a winner-take-all final game of the season"--P. [2] of dust jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 HALHalberstam, David.
Summary: In early October, 2001, Dom DiMaggio and Johnny Pesky drove 1,300 miles to visit with their friend and beloved teammate, Ted Williams, who was dying. These three men, and a fourth, Bobby Doerr, had been friends for more than sixty years, and were the key players in a remarkable Boston Red Sox team. This is the story of four men who made the passage from sports icons when they were young and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Audiobooks 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 920 HALSmith, John Matthew
Summary: "In 1991, Michael Jordan was on the brink of his first national championship and global superstardom. As he overcame stiff competition from the reigning titans of basketball and solidified his iconic status in the imagination of the American public, every new success created unprecedented commercial possibilities. Yet his life grew increasingly isolating. Every game, every appearance on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JORDAN, MICHAEL SMISummary: The new woman owner of the Cleveland Indians wants to move the franchise to Florida, and her only chance is a losing year. So she signs a bunch of screwballs in hopes that they'll blow the season.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Video 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MAJSummary: Attempting to rebuild his life while navigating his new sobriety, Brockmire moves to Florida, where he calls MLB Spring Training games for Oakland alongside former softball star Gabby Taylor
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BROCohen, Rich
Summary: After his first Cubs game when Rich Cohen was eight, his father asked him to make a promise. "Promise me you will never be a Cubs fan. The Cubs do not win," he explained, "and because of that, a Cubs fan will have a diminished life determined by low expectations. That team will screw up your life." Here he captures the story of the team, its players and crazy days-- not just what happened, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 796.357 COHSummary: The year is 2030, and Jim Brockmire is now the commissioner of baseball. Jim's struggles with sobriety are behind him, however, it is up to him to save baseball while juggling his love life and his relationship with his newfound daughter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BROSummary: This passionate and inspirational documentary goes up close and personal to capture the Roosevelt Roughriders girls' basketball team during six turbulent seasons, taking us far beyond the court to the unbridled desire to make history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HEASummary: "Hoosiers: Norman Dale is a basketball coach whose checkered past has led him to a last-chance position with a last-chance team. Made to feel unwelcome by squad members, an icy fellow teacher and townspeople, Dale perseveres with an unwavering passion for the game ; The French connection: New York City detectives "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy Russo hope to break a narcotics smuggling ring and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Goldwyn Mayer 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Now in New Orleans, Jim Brockmire strives to break back out of the minors and back into the major leagues while continuing his popular podcast. Jim faces a whole new level of drunken debauchery that The Big Easy makes so easy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BROSummary: "A famed major-league baseball announcer who suffers an embarrassing and very public meltdown live on the air after discovering his beloved wife's serial infidelity decides to reclaim his career and love life in a small town a decade later."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BROBabb, Valerie Melissa
Summary: "No athlete is referenced as frequently in commentaries on Black politics as LeBron James. The NBA all-star, gold medal Olympian, four time NBA champion, and four-time finals MVP has been a pivotal figure in both the culture and politics of basketball. Despite his unmatched skill, success and popularity, James has never been fully free from the entrenched racism and anti-blackness in American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2023