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Dropping the fig leaves    by Brian Hommel
Price: $2.99 USD. 17710 words. Published by Green e-books on August 17, 2010. .

Brian Hommel lives in Gilbert, Arizona with his wife,Kim and three daughters, Abbey, Ellie Grace and Selah Faith. He works for Unlimited Potential Inc. and is currently the chaplain for the Arizona Diamondbacks. As a former professional baseball player Brian now ministers to that unique community.
The All Nations Team    by Michael Jasper
Price: $7.99 USD. 103260 words. Published on September 3, 2010. .

The All Nations Team tells the story of the first fully integrated, "post-racial" baseball team, very loosely based on an actual team that played in the years before World War I. Haunted by the ghost of their white, former head coach, George must hold the All Nations together, or he'll miss his chance to reunite with his estranged family. If he doesn't score this final run, he loses everything.
The Mighty Roman    by Jon Sindell
Price: $2.99 USD. 104030 words. Published on March 12, 2012. .

The Mighty Roman is a fast, funny, thought-provoking novel about baseball and the modern American man.
Tom Poorman Baseball Player From Lock Haven, Pennsylvania    by Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Price: $2.99 USD. 3150 words. Published on November 2, 2012. .

My ebook looks at a versatile and little known major league baseball player of the pre-modern era (before 1903). I have empasized the family heritage of Tom Poorman, as well as his baseball career. Poorman played in the late 19th century, a time when games often ended in ties because of darkness. I hope that my research will create more interest in the history of baseball's early players.
Happy New Year's, Eve    by Allie K Adams
Price: $0.99 USD. 11870 words. Published by BoroughsPublishingGroup on November 9, 2012. .

A deliciously sexy ex-baseball player for a neighbor, a Marilyn Monroe costume and the coming new year mean the seconds are counting down before true love finds the voluptuous Eve Stanton.
Richard Kauffman Of Susquehanna University And The St. Louis Browns    by Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Price: $1.99 USD. 2120 words. Published on February 1, 2013. .

Richard Kauffman was a multi-sport athlete at Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania. He played with several minor league baseball teams and briefly in the American League, with the St. Louis Browns. His tenure in the majors was curtailed when Hall of Fame 1st Baseman, George Sisler, joined the St. Louis Browns in 1915. Kauffman became a flour mill executive for a time in Atlanta, Georgia.
Benny Kauff Baseball Phenom And Outcast    by Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Price: $2.99 USD. 8180 words. Published on March 4, 2013. .

Benjamin Michael Kauff was a controversial major league centerfielder. He was only 5'8" but possessed tremendous hitting power, especially to right field in the old New York Polo Grounds. Heralded as the "Ty Cobb of the Federal League", he signed with the NY Giants in 1916.. Benny's career ended prematurely in 1920, after he was banished from baseball by Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis.
Derek Jeter... Inside and Outside the Box    by C.J. Lanet
Price: $0.99 USD. 41980 words. Published on April 17, 2013. .

Usually a baseball player's life story is overwhelmed with statistics and rarely goes beyond the popular caricature. Using untapped sources and the other kind, DEREK JETER... Inside and Outside the Box shows how the all-star and New York Yankee icon was created and the circumstances behind his good fortune and current change of luck. What's next happens for the fading athlete?