Baseball Book

The cover of the book - I need Ted Williams hitting!!!

The cover of the book - I need Ted Williams hitting!!!

This is the cover of what I’ve spent nearly 3 years creating. At this point, the draft is still rough. However, I do plan to complete it over the next 6-12 months. (Might take a Cubs win of the World Series to properly wrap up the book!)

Links to the PDF Files are as follows:

Yahoo! Groups 

JP’s Project on The History of Baseball: Bringin’ Gas and Dialin’ 9

File Name

Size

 

Created

 

bringinggasappendix122407
 

1485 KB

 

Jan 3, 2008

 

bush8
Bush era: future stars and milestones

687 KB

 

Jan 17, 2008

 

Carter6
Carter era: Fantasy, Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs

1600 KB

 

Jan 17, 2008

 

Clinton7
Clinton Era: Steroids

1395 KB

 

Jan 17, 2008

 

FDR3
FDR Era

1857 KB

 

Jan 17, 2008

 

IKE4
IKE Era : Centerfield bios

3116 KB

 

Jan 17, 2008

 

LBJ5
LBJ: Curt Flood & Stolen Bases

2480 KB

 

Jan 17, 2008

 

Opening/ Introduction
 

864 KB

 

Jan 17, 2008

 

Taft2: Fielding & Negro Leagues
Taft – Negro League section

3317 KB

 

Jan 17, 2008

 

Taft2: Hitting
Taft Era hitting part 1

1065 KB

 

Jan 17, 2008

 

Taft2: Pitching Part 1

Taft – Pitching across eras part 1

582 KB

 

Jan 17, 2008

 

Taft2: Pitching Part 2
Taft pitching across eras part two

3809 KB

 

Jan 17, 2008

Additional material:

Marketing Plan for Bringin’ Gas and Dialin’ 9 

The whole thing is over 700 pages! But I think it is a good read at times, maybe even a groundbreaker here and there. Will see!

Enjoy!

 

3 Responses to “Baseball Book”

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