Overview :Features Philadelphia's rich baseball heritage as seen through its baseball parks. This book takes us back in time to an era when Philadelph... Read More
Overview :No ballpark in Philadelphia was more revered than the one at Twenty-first Street and Lehigh Avenue. Originally called Shibe Park and later C... Read More
Overview :Since the start of the twentieth century, Philadelphia's professional teams in four major sports have won a combined total of seventeen cham... Read More
Overview :The Philadelphia Phillies enjoy one of baseball's longest and richest team histories, now in their 138th year of existence. And while champi... Read More
Overview :Who never heard of Johnny Vander Meer's back-to-back no-hitters? Or Christy Mathewson's three shutouts in one World Series? Or Steve Carlton... Read More
Overview :Russian-Jewish immigrant Eddie Gottlieb was one of the most powerful non-playing sports figures in Philadelphia from the 1920s until his dea... Read More
Overview :Covers the plays, outstanding performances, and thrilling victories of the 1993 Phillies season; exhibiting the evolution of one of the most... Read More
Overview :From the most famous to the little known, 350 major league baseball players came from the Philadelphia area. This book offers profiles of so... Read More
Overview :"The best all-around catcher in black baseball history"--Cumberland Posey, Owner of the Homestead GraysNational Baseball Hall of Fame catche... Read More
Overview :Since 1883, the Philadelphia Phillies have been up, down, and all around. Most recently, thanks to Charlie Manuel, the Phillies have become ... Read More
Overview :In its thirty three years, Veterans Stadium was the most important sports venue in Philadelphia. It was the home of the Phillies, the Eagles... Read More
Overview :This volume profiles each of the 20 pitchers who have managed to be a 300-game winner in baseball. In small biographies, photographs and sta... Read More