Baseball

From scientific facts on the physics of throwing a curve-ball to biographies of some of the greatest players in history, this list offers amazing stories and thrilling fiction about playing the game popularly known as 'America's pastime.'

Cochrane, Mick – The Girl Who Threw Butterflies

Eig, Jonathan – Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season

Feinstein, John – Change-up: Mystery at the World Series

Hampton, Wilborn – Babe Ruth: A Twentieth-Century Life

Koertge, Ronald – Shakespeare Makes The Playoffs

Lipsyte, Robert – Center Field

Mercado, Nancy E. (ed.) – Baseball Crazy : Ten Short Stories That Cover All the Bases

Pena, Matt de la – Mexican Whiteboy

Preller, James – Six innings: A Game in the Life

Santiago, Wilfred – 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente

Smith, Jennifer – The Comeback Season

Sturm, James – Satchel Paige : Striking Out Jim Crow

Vizard, Frank (Ed.) – Why a Curveball Curves : The Incredible Science of Sports

Lupica, Mike – The Big Field