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Jim Morris is no stranger to big dreams. Since he was five years old, he passionately yearned to play baseball in the major leagues. However, despite all his hard work and determination, a series of unfortunate events and injuries scuttled his career before he was 25. Doctors told him he would never play again. Then at age 35 - after a string of highly implausible events and at an age when most players are retiring - Morris found himself on the mound as a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Encompassing a selection of some one hundred columns and featured stories written over fifty-plus years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ira Berkow share stories on some of the greatest baseball players to ever grace the diamond. But rather than snippets and information known to anyone following the game, Berkow shares insights on these men: men dealing with tragedy, struggle, highs and lows—showing that while they we at the top of the game, at the end of the day they are mere mortals.

With inside access and reporting, Sports Illustrated senior baseball writer and FOX Sports analyst Tom Verducci reveals how Theo Epstein and Joe Maddon built, led, and inspired the Chicago Cubs team that broke the longest championship drought in sports, chronicling their epic journey to become World Series champions.

Before Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders, there were only nineteen men, throughout history, who played in the Major Leagues of baseball and in the National Football League, in the same season. Only one man from that group, Walter French, can lay claim to having played for a World Series winner and an NFL Championship team. In 1925, he starred for the Pottsville (PA) Maroons in their win over the Chicago Cardinals, in what was believed to be the NFL championship game, only to see the title stripped by a league office decision, a controversial move still being argued about today.

Dive into Baseball's Golden Age with "Best of Baseball": Classic Radio Broadcasts from the 1930sCalling all baseball fans, history buffs, and lovers of the spoken word! Transport yourself back to the roar of the crowd and the crack of the bat with "Best of Baseball," a podcast bringing you legendary radio broadcasts from baseball's most exciting era: the 1930s.Relive the golden age of baseball:Hear iconic moments unfold in real-time: From Ruth's "called shot" to Gehrig's "Luckiest Man" speech, experience history as it happened through the voices of legendary broadcasters like Graham McNamee ...

Every summer, in ten small towns across Cape Cod, the finest college baseball players in the country gather in hopes of making it to "The Show." The hopes are justifiably high: The Cape Cod Baseball League is the best amateur league in the world, producing one out of every six major league players. Over the last decade, baseball's hard truths became evident for the Chatham stars who went on to play professionally, and the final chapter of their story can now be written.

Join Daniel Guerrero, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Pinch Hits Minor League writer, as he highlights all of the news, notes, and stars of the St. Louis Cardinals minor league system. From Memphis to Palm Beach, the baseball draft to who gets called up next, The Best Podcast in the Minors is the place to be for the next generation of Cardinals baseball.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derrick Goold and other sports columnists and reporters discuss the St. Louis Cardinals, MLB and anything tangentially related to the national pastime and the city that adores it.

The classic Hall of Shame series returns from Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo in a kooky collection of all-true bloopers and outrageously funny moments from more than 100 years of baseball history that just aren't found anywhere else. It's been a generation since the last edition, and the wait was well worth it, as the authors have stored up amazing new discoveries and mind-boggling modern moments in a laugh-filled journey that reminds us, "It's okay to screw up - look at these big-leaguers who did!"

As Sports Illustrated’s lead baseball writer since 1993, Verducci has witnessed the achievements of the game’s greatest heroes and told their inspiring stories with unmatched passion and sophistication. He has enriched SIs readers with an insider’s perspective on the game, examining subtle shifts in the ever-changing balance between pitchers and hitters, between slumps and streaks, between sacred records and the athletes trying to break them. Despite his deep affection for baseball, however, Verducci has never shied away from the hard truth about the game.

In the pageantry of baseball, one select group is virtually unknown in the outside world, derided by fans, faced with split-second choices that spell victory or defeat. These men are up-close observers of the action, privy to inside jokes, blood feuds, benches-clearing brawls, and managers’ expletive-filled tirades. In this wonderful memoir, Hall of Fame umpire Doug Harvey takes us within baseball as you’ve never seen it, with unforgettable inside stories of baseball greats such as Willie Mays, Sandy Koufax, and Whitey Herzog.

The sports podcast where we're the very best at absolutely nothing and everything!This is a Podcast where we'll talk Football, Baseball, Hockey, Basketball...but mostly FOOTBALL! NFL, NCAA, XFL...backyard...paper...FOOTBALL!

"Fans Know Best" is a Podcast by the fans, for the fans. From LSU and the Saints, to larger, nationwide overviews, Kenny and Brett have you covered for all the latest sports commentary.

My brother, Jeff Lipsky, and my brother-from-another-mother, Jason Kraus, are the two longest suffering and most rabid Mets fans I've ever known. They're also insanely smart and passionate about baseball in general. Trust me, you want to hear what they have to say. You may not agree with them, but that's on you. We first launched a Mets podcast two weeks before baseball shut down for the Pandemic. We're now relaunching with near certainty that our two shows in 2020 weren't the last two straws that finally broke major league baseball, and that the world is safe from a new Pandemic until at ...

Never in baseball history had a team ranked last rebounded to take the pennant the following season. Yet, in 1991, lightning struck twice as the Minnesota Twins and the Atlanta Braves, a pair of cellar dwellers the year before, faced each other in an unforgettable World Series. When the final out was recorded, the cover headline in Baseball Weekly read: Best World Series ever.”

In Mental Conditioning for Baseball, Brian Cain, the foremost authority on mental toughness on the diamond, takes you through the process of developing mental toughness in yourself, your players, and your program as you learn how to truly play one pitch at a time. Matt Morse, former D1 baseball player and student of Brian Cain Peak Performance, brings his experiences in the mental game to Mental Conditioning for Baseball.

Riding The BUS, powered by Best in the US Showcases, is here to be the #1 source for player development for young players. Whether you are a player, parent, or coach at the youth, high school, or college level, Riding The BUS brings you information that will help players improve, take their game to the next level, and put themselves in the best position possible to achieve their goal of playing college baseball. How are we going to do this? This podcast and video series will utilize some of the best and brightest minds in the game of baseball - coaches and players alike - to bring you great ...

Major League Baseball has had its share of characters. Mark Littell is a one-of-a-kind, mold-breaking country boy from the Bootheel of Missouri. In this book, Mark takes you through his wild and wooly career as a baseball player, from his very first at-bat when he was six years old, through his career in the Major Leagues. This collection of unbelievable tales will have you on the floor laughing, as Mark's Southern twang and quick wit show you a side of baseball you've never seen before.