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Biography
Title: The artful Dodger.
1985.
Author: Lasorda, Tommy.
Call Number: GV865 .L33 A32 1985
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: The Babe chases 60 : that fabulous 1927 season, home run by home run. 1999.
Call Number: GV865 .R8 R63 1999
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: The Ballplayers : baseball's ultimate biographical Reference. 1990.
Author: Shatzkin, Mike, ed.
Call Number: GV865 .A1 B323 1990
Location: Reference Stacks (Main Floor)

Title: Baseball's greatest managers. 1985.
Author: Frommer, Harvey.
Call Number: GV865 .A1 F76 1985
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Baseball's other all-stars : the greatest players from the Negro Leagues, the Japanese leagues, the Mexican League, and the pre-1960 winter leagues in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. 2000.
Author: McNeil, William.
Call Number: GV865.A1 M378 2000
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Billy Sunday and the redemption of urban America. 1991.
Author: Dorsett, Lyle W.
Call Number: BV3785 .S8 D67 1990
Location: Newnan-Coweta Public Library-UWG Collection

Title: Christy Mathewson : a game-by-game profile of a legendary Pitcher. 1993.
Author: Mayer, Ronald A.,
Call Number: GV865 .M37 M39 1993
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: A clever base-ballist: the life and times of John Montgomery Ward. 1999.
Author: Di Salvatore, Bryan.
Call Number: GV865 .W363 D5 1999
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Cobb: a biography. 1994.
Author: Stump, Al.
Call Number: GV865 .C6 S78 1994
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Collision at home plate : the lives of Pete Rose and Bart Giamatti. 1991.
Call Number: GV865 .R65 R47 1991
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Crossing the line: black major leaguers, 1947-1959. 1994.
Author: Moffi, Larry.
Call Number: GV865 .A1 M64 1994
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: DiMaggio: the last American knight. 1995.
Author: Durso, Joseph.
Call Number: GV865 .D5 D87 1995
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Diz : The story of Dizzy Dean and baseball during the Great Depression. 1992.
Author: Gregory, Robert,
Call Number: GV865 .D4 G74 1993
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Don't look back : Satchel Paige in the shadows of baseball. 1994.
Author: Ribowsky, Mark.
Call Number: GV865 .P3 R53 1994
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles. 1993.
Author: Overmyer, James.
Call Number: GV865 .M325 O94 1993
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Fleet Walker's divided heart: the life of baseball's first black major leaguer. 1995.
Author: Zang, David.
Call Number: GV865 .W34 Z35 1995
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: The forever boys: the bittersweet world of major league baseball as seen through the eyes of the men who played one more time. 1991.
Author: Golenbock, Peter,
Call Number: GV875 .S76 G65 1991
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Fridays with Red : a radio friendship. 1993.
Author: Edwards, Bob,
Call Number: GV742.42 .B34 E38 1993
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: A great and glorious game : baseball writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti. 1998.
Author: Giamatti, A. Bartlett.
Call Number: GV863 .A1 G52 1998
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Great time coming : the life of Jackie Robinson, from baseball to Birmingham. 1995.
Author: Falkner, David.
Call Number: GV865 .R6 F35 1995
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Hardball : the education of a baseball commissioner. 1997.
Author: Kuhn, Bowie,
Call Number: GV865 .K78 K85 1997
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Harry Wright : the father of professional base ball. 2003.
Author: Devine, Christopher,
Call Number: GV865.W75 D48 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: I had a hammer: the Hank Aaron story. 1991.
Author: Aaron, Hank,
Call Number: GV865 .A25 A3 1991
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Jackie Robinson : a biography. 1997.
Author: Rampersad, Arnold.
Call Number: GV865 .R6 R34 1997
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Jimmie Foxx: the life and times of a baseball Hall of Famer, 1907-1967. 1996.
Author: Daniel, W. Harrison.
Call Number: GV865 .F64 D36 1996
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Ken Griffey, Jr. super center fielder. 1997.
Author: Owens, Tom,
Call Number: GV865.G69 O84 1997
Location: GALILEO netLibrary electronic book

Title: The last commissioner : a baseball valentine. 2002.
Author: Vincent, Fay.
Call Number: GV865 .V56 2002
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Lou Gehrig : the luckiest man. 1997
Author: Adler, David A.
Call Number: Y796.357092 .GEH274 A
Location: Juvenile Collection-Nonfiction (Third Floor)

Title: The main spark: Sparky Anderson and the Cincinnati Reds. 1978.
Author: Anderson, Sparky,
Call Number: GV865 .A48 A35
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: The meaning of Nolan Ryan. 1994.
Author: Trujillo, Nick,
Call Number: GV865 .R9 T78 1994
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)
Database: State University of West Georgia

Title: Mickey Cochrane: the life of a Baseball Hall of Fame Catcher. 1998
Author: Bevis, Charlie,
Call Number: GV865 .C62 B48 1998
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: My life as a fan. 1993.
Author: Sheed, Wilfrid.
Call Number: GV865 .S455 A3 1993
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: No more Mr. Nice Guy : a life of hardball. 1990.
Author: Williams, Dick,
Call Number: GV865 .W495 A3 1990
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: On the run: the never dull and often shocking life of Maury Wills. 1991.
Author: Wills, Maury,
Call Number: GV865 .W55 A3 1991
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: One-armed wonder: Pete Gray, wartime baseball, and the American dream. 1995.
Author: Kashatus, William C.,
Call Number: GV865 .G66 K37 1995
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: One shining season. 1991.
Author: Fedo, Michael W.
Call Number: GV865 .A1 F43 1991
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: The power and the darkness: the life of Josh Gibson in the shadows of the game. 1996.
Author: Ribowsky, Mark.
Call Number: GV865 .G53 R53 1996
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Roberto Clemente Baseball Hall of Famer. 1997.
Author: Romero, Maritza.
Call Number: GV865.C439 R66 1997
Location: GALILEO netLibrary electronic book

Title: Roberto Clemente baseball legend. 1993.
Author: West, Alan,
Call Number: GV865.C45 W47 1993
Location: GALILEO netLibrary electronic book

Title: Rogers Hornsby: a biography. 1995.
Author: Alexander, Charles C.
Call Number: GV865 .H6 A32 1995
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Safe by a mile. 2002.
Author: Metro, Charlie,
Call Number: GV865.M49 A3 2002
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Stealing home: an intimate family portrait by the daughter of Jackie Robinson. 1996.
Author: Robinson, Sharon,
Call Number: GV865 .A1 R567 1996
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Ted Williams: a baseball life. 1991.
Author: Seidel, Michael,
Call Number: GV865 .W5 S44 1991
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: They tasted glory: among the missing at the Baseball Hall of Fame. 1998.
Author: Linkugel, Wil A.
Call Number: GV865 .A1 L54 1998
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Throwbacks, old-school baseball players in today's game. 2003.
Author: Castle, George.
Call Number: GV865.A1 C32 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: TJ: my twenty-six years in baseball. 1991.
Author: John, Tommy.
Call Number: GV865 .J58 A3 1991
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Wait till next year: a memoir. 1997.
Author: Goodwin, Doris Kearns.
Call Number: GV875 .B7 G66 1997
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Women at play : the story of women in baseball. 1993.
Author: Gregorich, Barbara.
Call Number: GV880.7 .G74 1993
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Ten rings : my championship seasons. 2003.
Author: Berra, Yogi
Call Number: GV865.B4 A313 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)


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Coaches/Coaching
Title: The art and science of aggressive baserunning.
1986.
Author: Petrak, Cliff,
Call Number: GV868 .P47 1986
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Championship baseball : techniques, fundamentals, and Drills. 1985.
Author: Russo, Joe,
Call Number: GV875.5 .R87 1985
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Advanced coaching manual. Coaching advanced baseball. 1986.
Author: Advanced coaching manual.
Call Number: GV875.5 .A34 1986
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Coaching baseball successfully. 1996.
Author: Lopez, Andy,
Call Number: Online Resource (netLibrary)
Location: GALILEO netLibrary electronic book

Title: Secrets of coaching championship baseball. 1980.
Author: Dugan, Ken.
Call Number: GV875.5 .D83
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Ten rings: my championship seasons. 2003.
Author: Berra, Yogi,
Call Number: GV865.B4 A313 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

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History
Title: The 1919 World Series : what really happened?
2001.
Author: Cook, William A.,
Call Number: GV878.4 .C66 2001
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Autumn glory : baseball's first World Series. 2003.
Author: Masur, Louis P.
Call Number: GV878.4 .M37 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Baseball in blue and gray : the national pastime during the Civil War. 2003.
Author: Kirsch, George B.
Call Number: GV863.A1 K56 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Baseball's greatest season, 1924. 2003.
Author: Browning, Reed.
Call Number: GV863.A1 B775 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Before the World Series : pride, profits, and baseball's first championships. 2003.
Author: Bowman, Larry G.
Call Number: GV863.A1 B695 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Before they were the Bombers : the New York Yankees' early years, 1903-1915. 2002.
Author: Reisler, Jim,
Call Number: GV875.N4 R45 2002
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: The best man plays: major league baseball and the Black athlete, 1901-2002. 2003.
Author: O'Toole, Andrew.
Call Number: GV865.A1 O86 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Beyond the shadow of the Senators: the untold story of the Homestead Grays and the integration of baseball. 2003.
Author: Snyder, Brad.
Call Number: GV875.H59 S69 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Black baseball's national showcase : the East-West All-Star Game, 1933-1953. 2001.
Author: Lester, Larry.
Call Number: GV878.2 .L47 2001
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Bombers : an oral history of the New York Yankees. 2002.
Author: Lally, Dick
Call Number: GV875.N4 L37 2002
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Breaking the slump: baseball in the Depression Era. 2002.
Author: Alexander, Charles C.
Call Number: GV863.A1 A37 2002
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: The business of baseball. 2003.
Author: Powers, Albert Theodore,
Call Number: GV880 .P69 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: A cunning kind of play: the Cubs-Giants rivalry, 1876-1932. 2002.
Author: Wilbert, Warren N.
Call Number: GV875.C6 W57 2002
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: The Duke of Havana: baseball, Cuba, and the search for the American dream. 2001.
Author: Fainaru, Steve.
Call Number: GV863.25.A2 F35 2001
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Early baseball and the rise of the national league. 2001.
Author: Melville, Tom.
Call Number: GV875.A1 M45 2001
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: For the good of the country: World War II baseball in the major and minor leagues. 2002.
Author: Finoli, David,
Call Number: GV863.A1 F56 2002
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: The Giants and the Dodgers: four cities, two teams, one Rivalry. 2003.
Author: Goldblatt, Andrew.
Call Number: GV875.S34 G64 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Harry Wright : the father of professional base ball. 2003.
Author: Devine, Christopher,
Call Number: GV865.W75 D48 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: "I will never forget": interviews with 39 former Negro league players. 2003.
Author: Kelley, Brent P.
Call Number: GV865.A1 K425 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: The last good season: Brooklyn, the Dodgers, and their final pennant race together. 2003.
Author: Shapiro, Michael,
Call Number: GV875.B7 S43 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Late and close: a history of relief pitching. 2002.
Author: Votano, Paul,
Call Number: GV871 .V68 2002
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: A league of my own : memoir of a pitcher for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. 2003.
Author: Brown, Patricia I.,
Call Number: GV865.B76 A3 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Leagues of their own : independent professional baseball, 1993-2000. 2001.
Author: Stott, Jon C.
Call Number: GV875.A1 S76 2001
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: A legend in the making : the New York Yankees in 1939. 2002.
Author: Tofel, Richard J.,
Call Number: GV875.N4 T64 2002
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Major league baseball in the 1970s : a modern game emerges. 2004.
Author: Preston, Joseph G.,
Call Number: GV863.A1 P74 2004
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: The most valuable players in baseball, 1931-2001. 2003.
Author: Boyle, Timm.
Call Number: GV877 .B65 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Mr. Deeds goes to Yankee Stadium : baseball films in the Capra tradition. 2004.
Author: Gehring, Wes D.
Call Number: PN1995.9.B28 G44 2004
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Much more than a game : players, owners, & American baseball since 1921. 2001.
Author: Burk, Robert Fredrick,
Call Number: GV880 .B869 2001
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: The Negro leagues, 1869-1960. 2003.
Author: Heaphy, Leslie A.,
Call Number: GV875.N35 H43 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Paths to glory : how great baseball teams got that way. 2003.
Author: Armour, Mark L.
Call Number: GV875.A1 A76 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Playing for their nation : baseball and the American military during World War II. 2004.
Author: Bullock, Steven R.
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: POW baseball in World War II : the national pastime behind barbed wire. 2002.
Author: Wolter, Tim,
Call Number: D805.A2 W65 2002
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Shoeless: the life and times of Joe Jackson. 2001.
Author: Fleitz, David L.,
Call Number: GV865.J29 F54 2001
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: The Southern Association in baseball, 1885-1961. 2002.
Author: Wright, Marshall D.
Call Number: GV875.S673 W75 2002
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Stand and deliver : a history of pinch-hitting. 2003.
Author: Votano, Paul,
Call Number: GV869 .V68 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: "Sunday coming" : Black baseball in Virginia. 2002.
Author: Howard, Darrell J.,
Call Number: GV875.A1 N69 2002
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Take me out to the ballgame : the Northwest Georgia Textile League. 2003.
Author: Bostwick, Heather S.
Call Number: LD5901.W62k 2003 .B67
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: "That was part of baseball then" : interviews with 24 former major league baseball players, coaches and managers. 2002.
Author: Debs, Vic,
Call Number: GV865.A1 D3745 2002
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: The tour to end all tours : the story of major league baseball's 1913-1914 world tour. 2003.
Author: Elfers, James E.,
Call Number: GV862.5 .E54 2003
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: The Western League : a baseball history, 1885 through 1999. 2002.
Author: Madden, W. C.
Call Number: GV875.W48 M33 2002
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Win or go home : sudden death baseball. 2002.
Author: Parker, Gary R.,
Call Number: GV863.A1 P37 2002
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

Title: Yankees : a century of greatness. 2002.
Author: Smith, Ron,
Call Number: GV875.N4 S65x 2002
Location: Stacks (A-K call numbers shelved on 2nd floor; L-Z on 3rd)

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