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  The Farmers' Game - Baseball in...

  David Vaught

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  A journey through the national pastime’s roots in America’s small towns and wide-open spaces: “An absorbing read.” —The Tampa Tribune 
   
  In the film Field of Dreams, the lead character gives his struggling farming community a magical place where the smell of roasted peanuts gently wafts over the crowded grandstand on a warm summer evening, just as the star pitcher takes the mound. In The Farmers’ Game, David Vaught examines the history and character of baseball through a series of essay-vignettes—presenting the sport as essentially rural, reflecting the nature of farm and small-town life. 
   
  Vaught does not deny or devalue the lively stickball games played in the streets of Brooklyn, but he sees the history of the game and the rural United States as related and mutually revealing. His subjects include nineteenth-century Cooperstown, the playing fields of Texas and Minnesota, the rural communities of California, the great farmer-pitcher Bob Feller, and the notorious Gaylord Perry. 
   
  Although—contrary to legend—Abner Doubleday did not invent baseball in a cow pasture in upstate New York, many fans enjoy the game for its nostalgic qualities. Vaught’s deeply researched exploration of baseball’s rural roots helps explain its enduring popularity.

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  String Theory For Bowhunters -...

  Lou Marullo

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  Join Texas Fish & Game Hunting Editor and Master Bowhunter Education Instructor Lou Marullo on a journey into all aspects of becoming a bowhunter. Learn everything from the basics to some of Marullo's unique tricks and secrets for bagging whitetails, turkey, hogs and other wild game with a bow. Get ready for an action and humor-filled trip into the woods with Lou Marullo where you will learn String Theory For Bowhunters.

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  Foul Ball

  Jim Bouton

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  A rollicking and “compelling” true story of baseball, big money, and small-town politics by the author of the classic Ball Four (Publishers Weekly).   Host to organized baseball since 1892, Pittsfield, Massachusetts’s Wahconah Park was soon to be abandoned by the owner of the Pittsfield Mets, who would move his team to a new stadium in another town—an all too familiar story. Enter former Yankee pitcher Jim Bouton and his partner with the best deal ever offered to a community: a locally owned professional baseball team and a privately restored city-owned ballpark at no cost to the taxpayers. The only people who didn’t like Bouton's plan were the mayor, the mayor's hand-picked Parks Commissioners, a majority of the City Council, the only daily newspaper, the city’s largest bank, its most powerful law firm, and a guy from General Electric. Everyone else—or approximately 98% of the citizens of Pittsfield—loved it. But the “good old boys” hated Bouton’s plan because it would put a stake in the heart of a proposed $18.5 million baseball stadium—a new stadium that the citizens of Pittsfield had voted against three different times. In this riveting account, Bouton unmasks a mayor who brags that “the fix is in,” a newspaper that lies to its readers, and a government that operates out of a bar. But maybe the most incredible story is what happened after Foul Ball was published—a story in itself. Invited back by a new mayor, Bouton and his partner raise $1.2 million, help discover a document dating Pittsfield’s baseball origins to 1791, and stage a vintage game that’s broadcast live by ESPN-TV. Who could have guessed what would happen next? And that this time it would involve the Massachusetts Attorney General?   “An irresistible story whose outcome remains in doubt until the very end. Not just a funny book, but a patriotic one.”—San Francisco Chronicle   “Bouton proves that a badly run city government can be just as dangerous—and just as hilarious—as a badly run baseball team.”—Keith Olbermann

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  Fly Fishing Small Streams

  John Gierach

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  Small-stream fishing wisdom with the same insight and pungent humor that has become Gierach's trademark. Advice on tackle selecting, reading water, and scouting.

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  Competition: You Gotta Be A DOG

  Dre Baldwin

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  Life is one big competition. Yes, there is abundance, and yes, everyone can “win” in their own way, but there are times when somebody’s gonna be #1 and no one else can be.  
  If you’re going to be that #1 guy/gal, you can’t be friendly and nice— the dog needs to come out. Today, learn what that means and how to do it.

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  Little Book of West Ham

  Graham Betts

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  West Ham fans will tell you that the way you play is as important as what you achieve. There are many different styles of play, but United have always had a style that is unique. It is the style best epitomised by the likes of Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters, the trio of players that proved the foundation for both success for both club and country. That legacy has sometimes proved difficult to maintain, but recent players such as Paolo Di Cannio, Scott Parker and Mark Noble, to name but three, have given the club and fans glimpses of the West Ham way. Completely revised and updated, this book provides a unique insight into what makes West Ham United a special club. It is the perfect guide for any United fan.

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