Recently widowed and now retired, Billy Bryan is “coming to the end of many things.” Then a long-forgotten scrapbook stirs memories of a distant past—and beckons him and his grown d
In a year shaped by national tragedy, baseball was shaped by amazing pitching--a year that culminated in a city rallied behind a Detroit Tigers team that would face off against Bob Gibson's St. Louis
What is it about a quality fastball that brings us to the edge of our seats? How is it humanly possible to throw over 100 mph? And the big question: Who is the fastest pitcher ever?Drawing on intervi
This is the true inside story of the "Miracle on Ice," in which a ragtag team of collegiate and amateur athletes united in the shadow of the Cold War to defeat the seemingly invincible Soviet ice hock
From acclaimed author Tim Wendel, the behind-the-headlines story of the ?Best World Series Ever,” and the watershed season that propelled two of baseball’s worst teams to dominance and ushered in base
What is it about a quality fastball that brings us to the edge of our seats? How is it humanly possible to throw faster than 100 mph? And the big question: Who is the fastest pitcher ever?High Heat t
In a year shaped by national tragedy, baseball was shaped by amazing pitching--a year that culminated in a city rallied behind a Detroit Tigers team that would face off against Bob Gibson's St. Louis
Describes the 1991 World Series between the Minnesota Twins and the Atlanta Braves, two previously last-place teams, whose respective rising stars, including Kirby Puckett, Kent Hrbek and Tom Glavine
The National Pastime and the American dream entwine in this story of Latinos who come to the United States with their eyes on a tantalizing prize: a career in professional baseball. From Cuba to Vene
A former minor league catcher for the Washington Senators, Billy Bryan relives his sojourn in decadent 1947 Havana, Cuba, and his first encounter with a pitching prodigy named Fidel Castro.
When Eric Wendel was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 1966, the survival rate was 10 percent. Today, it is 90 percent. Even as politicians call for a "Cancer Moonshot," this accomplishme
Going as far back as the mid-nineteenth century, to the early days of Cuban baseball, Wendel traces the spread of American baseball fever in the Caribbean and Mexico; discusses lesser-known historica
A look at the integral relationship between baseball and the Latin American world describes how thousands of Latinos have attempted to make their childhood dreams of success as big-league baseball pla
