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Baseball's Other All-Stars: The Greatest Players from the Negro Leagues, the Japanese Leagues, the Mexican ...

4 reviews
William F. McNeil

McFarland & Company, 2000

The Great Predictor
Another vote for a book that accurately predicts what the greatest baseball players from around the world would have hit if they had had a chance to play in the major leagues. How accurate is the prediction? Well, at least one of these baseball legends is still active. Ichiro, the Seattle Mariner's Japanese sensation, was predicted to hit .335, with 31 doubles, 10 triples, and 8 home runs. His ...

All-Stars For All Time: A Sabermetric Ranking of the Major League Best, 1876û2007
William F. McNeil

McFarland & Company, 2008

Red Sox Nation Guide to the Players

1 review
William F. McNeil

Northeastern, 2008

Aase to Zupcic
Red Son fanatics (is that redundant?) will love this. Who they were, how they did and lots of interesting tidbits about ALL former Red Sox players. A must have for collectors and a lot of fun for everyone else.

Miracle in Chavez Ravine: The Los Angeles Dodgers in 1988
William F. McNeil

McFarland, 2008

After winning the 1981 World Series and raising the expectations of management and fans, the Los Angeles Dodgers followed up with six years of disappointing finishes. By the time they ended the 1987 season 17 games behind the hated Giants, general manager Fred Claire had seen enough. Over the winter Claire radically restructured the team, bringing in fiery players like outfielder Kirk Gibson, closer Jay Howell and shortstop Alfredo Griffin to ...

Backstop: A History Of The Catcher And Sabermetric Ranking Of 50 All-time Greats

1 review
William F. McNeil

McFarland & Company, 2005

Absolutely Wonderful Author!
This book is so well written and a must have for any sports fan. We buy every William F. McNeil book published and throughly enjoy every one of them!

Black Baseball Out of Season: Pay for Play Outside of the Negro Leagues
William F. McNeil

McFarland & Company, 2007

Negro League ballplayers, earning paychecks comparable to those of blue-collar workers, needed an off-season source of income to make ends meet. Many of them found the answer in baseball, by joining racially integrated barnstorming teams that toured the country after the regular season ended, or by playing in the organized winter leagues that operated in Florida, California, in a number of Caribbean countries, and in Central and South American ...

The Dodgers Encyclopedia

5 reviews
William F. McNeil

Sports Publishing, 2001

big dodger fan
I have been a big Dodger fan for more than twenty years, and I loved this book. It allowed me to relive all the memorable events in Dodger history, particularly the World Series coverage of the 1981 and 1988 World Championships. Mickey Hatcher, Kirk Gibson, and Fernando, were three of my heroes. I also enjoyed all the player biographies, like Bill Russell, Bill Buckner, Ron Cey, and Pedro ...

Evolution of Pitching in Major League Baseball
William F. McNeil

McFarland & Company, 2006

Are today's major league baseball pitchers better than ever? Or do they pale in comparison to the great hurlers of 20, 30 or 40 years ago? This book tackles a debate that has been traveling baseball circles for several years. With changes in everything from the size of the playing field to the composition of the ball, it's a tall task to compare pitchers over the 170 year history of the sport in America. This author does a meticulous job. No ...

Visitors to Ancient America: The Evidence for European and Asian Presence in America Prior to Columbus
William F. McNeil

McFarland & Company, 2004

Researchers in American anthropology and archaeology from the late seventeenth century to the present—including Cotton Mather, John Wesley Powell, Thor Heyerdahl, and Betty Meggers, among others—all had discoveries that lead to the following conclusion: America was visited by Europeans well before the time of Christopher Columbus. Divided into two main parts, this work is a comprehensive study of the evidence suggesting that ...