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Trading Bases
- A Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball (Not Necessarily in That Order)
- By: Joe Peta
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
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An ex-Wall Street trader improved on Moneyball’s famed sabermetrics to place bets that would beat the Vegas odds on Major League Baseball games - with a 41 percent return in his first year. Trading Bases explains how he did it. After the fall of Lehman Brothers, Joe Peta was out of a job. He found a new one but lost that, too, when an ambulance mowed him down. In search of a way to cheer himself up while he recuperated, Peta started watching baseball again. That’s when inspiration hit: Why not apply his outstanding risk-analysis skills to improve on sabermetrics, the method made famous by Moneyball?
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The human element of the story
- By Andrew Wilson on 05-04-24
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Trading Bases
- A Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball (Not Necessarily in That Order)
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 07-03-13
- Language: English
- An ex-Wall Street trader improved on Moneyball’s famed sabermetrics to place bets that would beat the Vegas odds on Major League Baseball games - with a 41 percent return in his first year....
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The Fenway Effect
- A Cultural History of the Boston Red Sox
- By: David Krell
- Narrated by: David Krell
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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To be a part of Red Sox Nation is to be a hopeful romantic who neither betrays loyalty nor surrenders hope in the direst of circumstances. From Bangor to Back Bay, New Englanders endure in baseball matters. And life. The team's history has intersected with the history of Boston and well beyond it, through the Curse of the Bambino, the military service of Ted Williams during World War II, and the Boston Marathon bombing. The Fenway Effect chronicles these stories and others that have built the incredible saga of the Boston Red Sox.
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The Fenway Effect
- A Cultural History of the Boston Red Sox
- Narrated by: David Krell
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 29-10-24
- Language: English
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To be a part of Red Sox Nation is to be a hopeful romantic who neither betrays loyalty nor surrenders hope in the direst of circumstances. From Bangor to Back Bay, New Englanders endure in baseball matters. And life.
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Steinbrenner
- The Last Lion of Baseball
- By: Bill Madden
- Narrated by: Kerin McCue
- Length: 18 hrs and 37 mins
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No owner has changed the landscape of sports more than New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. From the moment he bought the team in 1973 for $10 million, Steinbrenner's monomaniacal pursuit was to restore the most fabled franchise in baseball history to its former glory. Today the New York Yankees are worth more than $1 billion and are once again world champions.
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Steinbrenner
- The Last Lion of Baseball
- Narrated by: Kerin McCue
- Length: 18 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 11-05-10
- Language: English
- No owner has changed the landscape of sports more than New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner...
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Playing Through the Pain
- Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever
- By: Dan Good
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
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In Playing Through the Pain, writer Dan Good seeks to make sense of MLB MVP Ken Caminiti's fascinating, troubled life. The story of Caminiti, the player who opened the lid on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, has never been properly told. Caminiti voluntarily admitted in a 2002 Sports Illustrated cover story that he used steroids during his career, including his 1996 season, and guessed that half of the players were using performance-enhancing drugs. Good's on-the-record sources include Caminiti's steroids supplier, people who attended rehab with him, and more.
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Playing Through the Pain
- Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 31-05-22
- Language: English
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In Playing Through the Pain, writer Dan Good seeks to make sense of MLB MVP Ken Caminiti's fascinating, troubled life. The story of Caminiti, the player who opened the lid on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, has never been properly told....
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The Legends of Last Place: A Season With America's Worst Professional Baseball Team (Kindle Single)
- By: Abe Streep
- Narrated by: Abe Streep
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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Lifelong baseball fanatic and former college ball player Abe Streep had long since grown disillusioned with the slick spectacle of modern major-league baseball when he discovered the Santa Fe Fuego, a scrappy upstart team struggling through its first season in an independent professional league that few baseball fans had even heard of. The Fuego players were paid barely fifty dollars a week.
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The Legends of Last Place: A Season With America's Worst Professional Baseball Team (Kindle Single)
- Narrated by: Abe Streep
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Release date: 03-07-13
- Language: English
- The Fuego might not have been winners, but they were fighters and dreamers, willing to suffer the indignities and disappointments of life in the minor minor league....
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Curveball
- The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone, the First Woman to Play Professional Baseball in the Negro League
- By: Martha Ackmann
- Narrated by: April Matthis
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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Documenting multiple challenges at every turn - as a target for racism from society at large and sexism both inside and outside of the Negro League - this is the unique story of the first woman to play professional baseball on a men's team, breaking barriers in sports while believing, "There's got to be a first in everything. Maybe it will be me." The text explains that as players began to leave the Negro League for major league teams, Toni Stone seized her only opportunity to play professional ball and replaced Henry Aaron on the Negro League's top team.
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Curveball
- The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone, the First Woman to Play Professional Baseball in the Negro League
- Narrated by: April Matthis
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 17-12-19
- Language: English
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Documenting multiple challenges at every turn - as a target for racism from society at large and sexism both inside and outside of the Negro League - this is the unique story of the first woman to play professional baseball on a men's team, breaking barriers in sports....
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Mat Memories
- My Wild Life in Pro Wrestling, Country Music and with the Mets
- By: John "Alexander" Arezzi, Greg Oliver, Mick Foley - foreword, and others
- Narrated by: John Arezzi
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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John Arezzi was a lifelong Mets fan who dreamed of a job in baseball. In 1981, he took a job with the Mets Class A team in North Carolina. But Arezzi had another love: professional wrestling. Mat Memories is Arezzi's chance to hold the mic, and he holds nothing back - he names names and tells the untold behind-the-scenes stories: from the ring, the stage, and the diamond.
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Excellent listen
- By MARK WRIGHT on 23-11-22
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Mat Memories
- My Wild Life in Pro Wrestling, Country Music and with the Mets
- Narrated by: John Arezzi
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 11-05-21
- Language: English
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John Arezzi was a lifelong Mets fan who dreamed of a job in baseball. In 1981, he took a job with the Mets Class A team in North Carolina. But Arezzi had another love: professional wrestling....
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Distilled
- A Memoir of Family, Seagram, Baseball, and Philanthropy
- By: Charles Bronfman, Howard Green
- Narrated by: Howard Green
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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While much has been written about his father, Sam, a titan of industry, there is no public record of Charles Bronfman’s thoughts on his own life, family, career and his significant accomplishments in sport and philanthropy. Distilled does just that, chronicling key events in the life of the heir to one of Canada’s great fortunes. Born in 1931 to the fabulously wealthy Bronfmans, Charles grew up in a 20-room mansion with many staff. Via their control of the distilling giant Seagram, the Bronfman family dominated the liquor business.
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Distilled
- A Memoir of Family, Seagram, Baseball, and Philanthropy
- Narrated by: Howard Green
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 02-10-18
- Language: English
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While much has been written about his father, Sam, a titan of industry, there is no public record of Charles Bronfman’s thoughts on his own life, family, career and his significant accomplishments in sport and philanthropy. Distilled does just that....
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For the Good of the Game
- The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball
- By: Bud Selig
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
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The longtime commissioner of Major League Baseball provides an unprecedented look inside professional baseball today, focusing on how he helped bring the game into the modern age and revealing his interactions with players, managers, fellow owners, and fans nationwide.
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No homers here
- By Fred on 23-06-20
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For the Good of the Game
- The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 09-07-19
- Language: English
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The longtime commissioner of Major League Baseball provides an unprecedented look inside professional baseball today, focusing on how he helped bring the game into the modern age and revealing his interactions with players, managers, fellow owners, and fans nationwide....
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The Shift
- The Business of Baseball at the Youth-High School and Professional Level
- By: Walter Beede
- Narrated by: Matt Gajtka
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
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This is The Shift, where “for the love of the game” has given way to an exclusive world of wealth and greed. Learn about it from someone who has lived it as a coach, mentor, and most importantly, as a father.
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The Shift
- The Business of Baseball at the Youth-High School and Professional Level
- Narrated by: Matt Gajtka
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 30-12-22
- Language: English
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This is The Shift, where “for the love of the game” has given way to an exclusive world of wealth and greed. Learn about it from someone who has lived it as a coach, mentor, and most importantly, as a father....
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A Short Season
- Faith, Family, and a Boy's Love for Baseball
- By: Jake Gronsky, G. David Bohner
- Narrated by: Keith Barbaria
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
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No parent is ever ready for a terminal diagnosis of their child. No mother should see the day where turning off your son's ventilator is the only option to end his pain. And, no grandfather should see the day when your grandchild is scheduled to die in his mother's arms. But, on September 10, 2005, this was the harsh reality facing our family, and this was the day we’d never forget. I am no pastor nor a preacher. I am no miracle worker nor a missionary.
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A Short Season
- Faith, Family, and a Boy's Love for Baseball
- Narrated by: Keith Barbaria
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 31-01-22
- Language: English
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A Short Season is a family’s journey through sorrow and joy, it is a baseball team’s inspiration, and it is the story of one exceptional child’s ray of hope that changed all of their lives forever....
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Before Brooklyn
- The Unsung Heroes Who Helped Break Baseball’s Color Barrier
- By: Ted Reinstein
- Narrated by: JW Hathaway
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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In the April of 1945, exactly two years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major-league baseball, liberal Boston City Councilman Izzy Muchnick persuaded the Red Sox to try out three Black players in return for a favorable vote to allow the team to play on Sundays. The Red Sox got the councilman’s much-needed vote, but the tryout was a sham; the three players would get no closer to the major leagues. It was a lost battle in a war that was ultimately won by Robinson in 1947. This book tells the story of the little-known heroes who fought segregation in baseball.
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Before Brooklyn
- The Unsung Heroes Who Helped Break Baseball’s Color Barrier
- Narrated by: JW Hathaway
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 24-03-22
- Language: English
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In the April of 1945, exactly two years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major-league baseball, liberal Boston City Councilman Izzy Muchnick persuaded the Red Sox to try out three Black players in return for a favorable vote to allow the team to play on Sundays....
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