The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts

The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts Review

Welcome, baseball fans—this is the Major League game at its best, and it’s unfolding on more than 350 fabulously fun-filled pages of this Little Giant Book®. There’s lots of legendary lore and cool trivia, with more than 1,000 facts about amazing pennant races, astonishing pitching feats, astounding hitting achievements, and much more. Snicker at silly baseball slang, nutty player nicknames, and crazy quotes. Get the lowdown on who wore the very first catcher’s mask, who pitched the very first no-hitter, and who served as the first African-American umpire in the majors. Check your knowledge of the diamond with “pop up” quizzes.

1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York

1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York Review

At the dawn of the roaring twenties, baseball was struggling to overcome two of its darkest moments: the death of a player during a Major League game and the revelations of the 1919 Black Sox scandal. At this critical juncture for baseball, two teams emerged to fight for the future of the game. They were also battling for the hearts and minds of New Yorkers as the city rose in dramatic fashion to the pinnacle of the baseball world.

1921 captures this crucial moment in the history of baseball, telling the story of a season that pitted the New York Yankees against their Polo Grounds landlords and hated rivals, John McGraw's Giants, in the first all New York Series and resulted in the first American League pennant for the now-storied Yankees franchise. Lyle Spatz and Steve Steinberg recreate the drama that featured the charismatic Babe Ruth in his assault on baseball records in the face of McGraw s disdain for the American League and the Ruth-led slugging style. Their work evokes the early 1920s with the words of renowned sportswriters such as Damon Runyon, Grantland Rice, and Heywood Broun. With more than fifty photographs, the book offers a remarkably vivid picture of the colorful characters, the crosstown rivalry, and the incomparable performances that made this season a classic.

When the Giants Were Giants: Bill Terry and the Golden Age of New York Baseball

When the Giants Were Giants: Bill Terry and the Golden Age of New York Baseball Review

Baseball's golden age during the 1920s and 1930s lives again in an insightful look at the career of Bill Terry of the New York Giants, a great player-manager whose reputation as a harsh and stingy man was largely undeserved.