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Chapters: Jackie Robinson, Chase Utley, Eric Byrnes, Troy Glaus, Dave Roberts, Jeff Conine, Chris Chambliss, Garrett Atkins, Todd Zeile, Jim Parque, Torey Lovullo, Ron Roenicke, Jack Gifford, Matt Young, Eric Valent, Adam Melhuse, Bob Hamelin, Eric Karros, Shane Mack, Bobby Brown, Bill Haselman, Rich Amaral, Rob Rasmussen, Ben Francisco, Casey Janssen, Bobby Floyd, Mike Gallego, Luis Gómez, Tim Leary, Mike Fyhrie, Sean Berry, Tom Jacquez, Bud Stewart, Gerrit Cole, Dave Schmidt, Mike Magnante, Ryan Mcguire, Gail Hopkins, Bill Brubaker, Jim York, Pat Clements, Bill Bonham, Mike Young, Floyd Chiffer, Don Slaught, Mike Edwards, Pat Dodson, Glenn Mickens, Marshall Edwards, Dave Rucker, Colin Ward, Chris Pritchett, Bob Adams, Matt Morrison, Marv Gudat, Alex Sanchez, Frank Ernaga, Dave Baker. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 216. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Negro leagues Major League Baseball Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 October 24, 1972) was the first African-American Major League Baseball (MLB) player of the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. As the first black man to openly play in the major leagues since the 1880s, he was instrumental in bringing an end to racial segregation in professional baseball, which had relegated African-Americans to the Negro leagues for six decades. The example of his character and unquestionable talent challenged the traditional basis of segregation, which then marked many other aspects of American life, and contributed significantly to the Civil Rights Movement. Apart from his cultural impact, Robinson had an exceptional baseball career. Over ten seasons, he played in six World Series and contributed to the Dodgers' 1955 World Championship. He was selected for six c...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16193 ... Read more

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Chapters: Ucla Bruins Baseball Players, Jackie Robinson, Chase Utley, Eric Byrnes, Troy Glaus, Dave Roberts, Jeff Conine, Chris Chambliss, Garrett Atkins, Todd Zeile, Jim Parque, Torey Lovullo, Ron Roenicke, Jack Gifford, Matt Young, Eric Valent, Adam Melhuse, Bob Hamelin, Eric Karros, Shane Mack, Bobby Brown, Bill Haselman, Rich Amaral, Rob Rasmussen, Jackie Robinson Stadium, Ben Francisco, Casey Janssen, Bobby Floyd, Mike Gallego, Luis Gómez, Tim Leary, Mike Fyhrie, Sean Berry, Tom Jacquez, Bud Stewart, Gerrit Cole, Dave Schmidt, Mike Magnante, Ryan Mcguire, Gail Hopkins, Bill Brubaker, Jim York, Pat Clements, Bill Bonham, Mike Young, Floyd Chiffer, Don Slaught, Mike Edwards, Pat Dodson, Glenn Mickens, Marshall Edwards, Dave Rucker, Colin Ward, Chris Pritchett, Bob Adams, Matt Morrison, Marv Gudat, Alex Sanchez, Frank Ernaga, Dave Baker. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 207. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Negro leagues Major League Baseball Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 October 24, 1972) was the first African-American Major League Baseball (MLB) player of the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. As the first black man to openly play in the major leagues since the 1880s, he was instrumental in bringing an end to racial segregation in professional baseball, which had relegated African-Americans to the Negro leagues for six decades. The example of his character and unquestionable talent challenged the traditional basis of segregation, which then marked many other aspects of American life, and contributed significantly to the Civil Rights Movement. Apart from his cultural impact, Robinson had an exceptional baseball career. Over ten seasons, he played in six World Series and contributed to the Dodg...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16193 ... Read more

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Chapters: Nobuhiko Matsunaka, José Contreras, Troy Glaus, Mark Kotsay, Jeff Weaver, Jeff Williams, Jin Kab-Yong, Travis Lee, Braden Looper, Jacque Jones, Augie Ojeda, Jim Parque, Cho In-Sung, Kris Benson, Tadahito Iguchi, Billy Koch, Rob Cordemans, Seth Greisinger, Johnny Balentina, Micheal Nakamura, Eduardo Paret, Makoto Imaoka, Omar Linares, Pedro Luis Lazo, Son Min-Han, Yoshitomo Tani, Lee Byung-Kyu, Lim Sun-Dong, Orestes Kindelán, Masanori Sugiura, Antonio Scull, Masao Morinaka, Omar Ajete, Luis Ulacia, Antonio Pacheco Massó, Peter Vogler, Ormari Romero, Miguel Caldés Luis, Takeo Kawamura, Juan Manrique, Alberto Hernández, José Estrada González, Lázaro Vargas, Evert-Jan 't Hoen, Eelco Jansen, Eliecer Montes de Oca, Rey Isaac, Omar Luis, Jorge Fumero. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 160. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Nobuhiko Matsunaka Matsunaka Nobuhiko, born December 26, 1973 in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan) is a left fielder and designated hitter for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. Matsunaka is the only active hitter in Japanese professional baseball to have ever led the league in all three Triple Crown categories in the same season. He played in the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Olympics as well as the 2006 World Baseball Classic, hitting cleanup in 1996 and 2006. Matsunaka was born in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, and attended the local Yatsushiro First High School (currently Shugakukan High School). He joined Nippon Steel Corporation Kimitsu Works, a team in the Japanese industrial leagues, upon graduating high school in 1991. In 1996, 22-year-old Matsunaka, then still a first baseman for Nippon Steel-Kimitsu, gathered national attention when he hit a game-tying grand slam in the finals of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics against Cuba as a member of the Japanese national team. He was pick...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7554331 ... Read more