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Bill O'Neill
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For the real sports fan, this is a must-hear audiobook. It is perhaps the biggest collection of facts and what some might call fiction, since some of the sports stories have been passed on for generations. Although it focuses on baseball, there are scores of insightful anecdotes that cross over into many other sports. It doesn't stop there. It shows how intertwined with everyday life baseball has been over the years, from its relationship to world conflicts to the impact on US presidents.
You'll enjoy the trivia questions at the end of each chapter, some of which you might find simple, some are difficult, but they are all entertaining.
There are literally hundreds of random facts that range from the sublime to the ridiculous. They take you from Abner Doubleday right up to present day. It covers controversial issues surrounding players, owners, and even fans.
We can assure you that, no matter what generation you are from, you will learn the history of baseball. You will hear sports stories from the perspective of people that were there. It begins in Cooperstown and ends with World Series baseball, which has contained some of the most dramatic moments the sport has ever seen.
Not everyone that has left an indelible mark on the sport is a household name, but they will be after you finish the audiobook.
Sports trivia books come and go, but this one sticks around a long time. It stays with us for as long as many of the historic sporting events and the people that made them what they are.
We know baseball has been passed down from one generation to the next, and this sports trivia collection might be, too. It will bring back memories, educate, and most of all, is fun!
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The Best Team Money Can Buy
- The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerhouse
- De: Molly Knight
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 11 h y 38 m
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In 2012 the Los Angeles Dodgers were bought out of bankruptcy in the most expensive sale in sports history. Los Angeles icon Magic Johnson and his partners hoped to put together a team worthy of Hollywood. By most accounts they have succeeded, if not always in the way they might have imagined.
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BOTH BOOK AND TEAM NEED TO BE BETTER
- De Ray en 09-06-15
De: Molly Knight
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Summer of '68
- The Season That Changed Baseball - and America - Forever
- De: Tim Wendel
- Narrado por: Mark Ashby
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
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From the beginning, ’68 was a season rocked by national tragedy and sweeping change. Opening Day was postponed and later played in the shadow of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s funeral. That summer, as the pennant races were heating up, the assassination of Robert Kennedy was later followed by rioting at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. But even as tensions boiled over and violence spilled into the streets, something remarkable was happening in major league ballparks across the country. Pitchers were dominating like never before, and with records falling and shut-outs mounting, many began hailing ’68 as “The Year of the Pitcher".
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Detroit Upsets St. Louis in 1968 World Series.
- De Matthew Tsien en 05-01-18
De: Tim Wendel
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Big Hair and Plastic Grass
- A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s
- De: Dan Epstein
- Narrado por: Dan Epstein
- Duración: 12 h y 54 m
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The Bronx Is Burning meets Chuck Klosterman in this wild pop-culture history of baseball's most colorful and controversial decade. The Major Leagues witnessed more dramatic stories and changes in the 70s than in any other era. The American popular culture and counterculture collided head-on with the national pastime, rocking the once-conservative sport to its very foundations. For the millions of fans who grew up during this time, Big Hair and Plastic Grass serves up a delicious trip down memory lane.
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Excellent but biased
- De Andy en 02-25-21
De: Dan Epstein
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A Nice Little Place on the North Side
- Wrigley Field at One Hundred
- De: George Will
- Narrado por: Mark Deakins
- Duración: 5 h y 9 m
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In A Nice Little Place on the North Side, leading columnist George Will returns to baseball with a deeply personal look at his hapless Chicago Cubs and their often beatified home, Wrigley Field, as it enters its second century. Baseball, Will argues, is full of metaphors for life, religion, and happiness, and Wrigley is considered one of its sacred spaces. But what is its true, hyperbole-free history?
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It's EEE-lia, not Ah-LEE-ah
- De Shawcago en 04-25-16
De: George Will
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Game Six
- Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America's Pastime
- De: Mark Frost
- Narrado por: Andrew Garman
- Duración: 13 h y 56 m
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Best-selling author Mark Frost takes listeners back to the 1975 World Series in this thrilling account of the greatest baseball game ever played. The Reds and Red Sox endured three soggy days of inactivity to reach game six. But all that downtime could not prepare them for what happened when the skies finally cleared.
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For the love of Baseball
- De Al en 03-23-10
De: Mark Frost
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The Extra 2%
- How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First
- De: Jonah Keri
- Narrado por: Lloyd James
- Duración: 9 h y 43 m
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In The Extra 2%, financial journalist and sportswriter Jonah Keri chronicles the remarkable story of one team's Cinderella journey from divisional doormat to World Series contender. By quantifying the game's intangibles, they were able to deliver to Tampa Bay an American League pennant. This is an informative and entertaining case study for any organization that wants to go from worst to first.
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No Strategies or Insight
- De Victor Luera en 10-11-12
De: Jonah Keri
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Fall from Grace
- The Truth and Tragedy of "Shoeless Joe" Jackson
- De: Tim Hornbaker
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 10 h
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Considered by Ty Cobb as the "finest natural hitter in the history of the game," "Shoeless Joe" Jackson is ranked with the greatest players to ever step onto a baseball diamond. With a career .356 batting average - which is still ranked third all-time - the man from Pickens County, South Carolina, was on his way to becoming one of the greatest players in the sport's history. That is until the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919, which shook baseball to its core.
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Entertaining and Educational
- De Colorfinger en 06-14-19
De: Tim Hornbaker
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A Band of Misfits
- Tales of the 2010 San Francisco Giants
- De: Andrew Baggarly
- Narrado por: Brian Troxell
- Duración: 9 h y 19 m
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For 53 years, San Francisco waited. Waited for a team like the 2010 Giants to come along. Waited for a team that could end a title drought that started in New York and carried on for more than five decades after a move to the West Coast. Waited for that one magical postseason run that could unleash more than a half-century of pent-up frustration. At long last, the 2010 Giants hopped on that magic carpet and made it happen. San Jose Mercury News beat reporter Andrew Baggarly captured the 2010 Giants' incredible run through the regular season, playoffs and World Series in his new book.
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Relived that season!
- De jeff olson en 12-20-18
De: Andrew Baggarly
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The Baseball Codes
- De: Jason Turbow, Michael Duca
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
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Everyone knows that baseball is a game of intricate regulations, but it turns out to be even more complicated than we realize. What truly governs the Major League game is a set of unwritten rules, some of which are openly discussed (don’t steal a base with a big lead late in the game), and some of which only a minority of players are even aware of (don’t cross between the catcher and the pitcher on the way to the batter’s box).
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A bit dry, both in content and narration...
- De Everett en 09-17-10
De: Jason Turbow, y otros
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The Last Innocents
- The Collision of the Turbulent Sixties and the Los Angeles Dodgers
- De: Michael Leahy
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 15 h y 31 m
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Legendary Dodgers Maury Wills, Sandy Koufax, Wes Parker, Jeff Torborg, Dick Tracewski, and Tommy Davis encapsulated 1960s America: white and black, Jewish and Christian, wealthy and working class, pro-Vietnam and anti-war, golden boy and seasoned veteran. The Last Innocents is a thoughtful, technicolor portrait of these seven players - friends, mentors, confidants, rivals, and allies - and their storied team that offers an intriguing look at a sport and a nation in transition.
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Reliving my youth
- De PJ en 05-24-17
De: Michael Leahy
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Scribe
- My Life in Sports
- De: Bob Ryan
- Narrado por: Bob Ryan
- Duración: 11 h y 37 m
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Ever since he joined the sports department of the Boston Globe in 1968, sports enthusiasts have been blessed with the writing and reporting of Bob Ryan. Tony Kornheiser calls him the "quintessential American sportswriter". For the past 25 years, he has also been a regular on various ESPN shows, especially The Sports Reporters, spreading his knowledge and enthusiasm for sports of all kinds.
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No my idea of a memoir
- De Michael Friedman en 12-19-14
De: Bob Ryan
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Dollar Sign on the Muscle
- The World of Baseball Scouting
- De: Kevin Kerrane
- Narrado por: Patrick Kerrane
- Duración: 12 h y 30 m
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Humorous case histories and profiles of great baseball scouts accompany a discussion of the trade secrets of baseball scouts, the economics of scouting, player development, and the history of the profession. In a new epilogue Kevin Kerrane explores the world of baseball scouting in the late 1990s.
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Good for diehards, but dated and riddled w errors
- De Kindle Customer en 03-02-17
De: Kevin Kerrane
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Ty Cobb
- A Terrible Beauty
- De: Charles Leerhsen
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 15 h y 33 m
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Ty Cobb is baseball royalty, maybe even the greatest player who ever lived. His lifetime batting average is still the highest of all time, and when he retired in 1928, after twenty-one years with the Detroit Tigers and two with the Philadelphia Athletics, he held more than ninety records. But the numbers don't tell half of Cobb's tale. The Georgia Peach was by far the most thrilling player of the era: "Ty Cobb could cause more excitement with a base on balls than Babe Ruth could with a grand slam," one columnist wrote.
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Two Cobb Books, One Review of a Maligned Legacy
- De Jonathan Love en 05-17-16
De: Charles Leerhsen
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Great Book of Baseball: Interesting Facts and Sports Stories
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- 02-23-18
Trivia Maven hits a Home Run.
If you could sum up The Great Book of Baseball: Interesting Facts and Sports Stories in three words, what would they be?
Interesting,Fun,Concise
What did you like best about this story?
The Trivia regarding Baseball in its earlier years.
Which character – as performed by Scott Miller – was your favorite?
N/A
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Its not that type of book.
Any additional comments?
I requested a review copy of this book and the review was made on my own.
The book is a quick interesting read that any Baseball fan would enjoy.
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Baseball Fans Fun
If you are a Baseball Fan of any age, you will enjoy this book. The narration is top notch and the stories are fun and entertaining. Highly recommended. I was provided this audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator in exchange for an unbiased review via Audiobook Blast
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- 03-17-18
The Great Book of Baseball
This is a fantastic collection of baseball trivia and stories! I love how there is a sele
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- Ashley Hedden
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Great Read
The Great Book of Baseball: Interesting Facts and Sports Stories (Sports Trivia, Book 3) by Bill O'Neill was a great read for any baseball fan. This book consisted of many stories as well as trivia facts about different players and teams. I enjoyed reading this book.
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- 03-03-18
This book is wonderful for any Baseball fan!
This book is short and to the point, full of interesting stories, jokes and riddles. It’s a wonderful read and the only negative thing I can say is that because I am not American some baseball players were not familiar to me, even though I am a big fan. So, the stories did get a bit confusing at times but it was not really a bad thing. I listen while driving, and the shortness of the stories helped me focus and did require my full attention like a full-length novel. Scott Miller did an amazing job narrating this book and was a big part of why I liked it so much. He just makes it more interesting with his narration.
this is must have to any Baseball lover, young and old.
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