The 2020 season of Major League Baseball is officially here! While this season is going to look a lot differently, we’re just happy to see baseball back in action. In celebration of the return of baseball, we’ve rounded up our favorite biographies and films to get you ready to cheer on your favorite team.
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Baseball Books — Biographies
This book takes you behind the scenes as friends and colleagues share their best, funniest and most poignant stories about an incredible guy and player.
The definitive and revealing biography of Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks, one of America's most iconic, beloved, and misunderstood baseball players.
An inspiring memoir from David Ross, the veteran catcher dubbed 'Grandpa Rossy '.
Superbly researched through interviews with family, friends and former Negro League and Major League players this is a spellbinding story of the athlete, showman, philosopher, and boundary-breaker Leroy "Satchel" Paige.
With his irreverent personality, laid-back approach, and penchant for the unexpected, Joe Maddon is a singular presence among Major League Baseball managers.
Journalist and baseball lover Ed Henry reveals for the first time the backstory of faith that guided Jackie Robinson into not only the baseball record books but the annals of civil rights advancement as well.
Authorized by Willie Mays this is the definitive biography of one of baseball's immortals.
The extraordinary life of Jackie Robinson is illuminated as never before in this full-scale biography by the author chosen by Jack's widow to tell her husband's story, and who was given unprecedented access to his private papers.
Mashi is the story of an unlikely hero who gets caught up in an American and Japanese baseball signing dispute and is forced to choose between his dreams in the United States or his duty in Japan.
A portrait of Babe Ruth and his partnership with business manager Christy Walsh traces how their strategies, achievements and notoriety established a blueprint for modern athletic stardom.
The autobiography of an African American who broke the color barrier in major league baseball and devoted his life to achieving justice.
Hall of Famers, clubhouse workers, coaches, and trainers offer their own unique take on Ryan in this book filled with never-before-told anecdotes, personal recollections and eyewitness accounts of his greatest games.
One of the most consistent superstars of his era, an incredibly gifted batter who compiled 3,630 career hits (1,815 at home and 1,815 on the road), won three World Series titles, and retired in 1963 in possession of 17 major-league records.
Here is Ryne the human being, Ryne the father, and Ryno the ball player. Here is the Ryne Sandberg that no one ever knew - until now.
A pitcher who achieved success at the major league level despite having been born without a right hand…he played ten seasons in MLB for the California Angels, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, and Milwaukee Brewers.
Some of the best players in Major League Baseball were born outside the United States, with Latino players representing one of the fastest growing ethnicities in the league.
Ortiz opens up about his life in baseball, about former teammates, opponents, coaches, and executives, and about the weight of expectation whenever he stepped up to the plate.
Roberto Clemente became one of the greatest Latino players in the major leagues, a ballplayer of determination, grace, and dignity who paved the way and set the highest standard for waves of Latino players who followed in later generations.
Drawing on interviews with friends and family, as well as teammates and opponents, this is an account of one of the biggest talents and most tragic figures ever to play baseball.
Classic and unforgettable baseball stories and anecdotes as only Yogi can tell them.
Films About Baseball
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