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The Teammates

David Halberstam

Provides insights into the personal lives of Boston Red Sox players Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, Dom DiMaggio, and Johnny Pesky, all of whom played for the baseball team in the 1940s, and discusses the

Joe Dimaggio

Richard Ben Cramer

Mark Mcgwire, Home Run Hero

Rob Rains

A biography of the baseball player who broke Roger Maris's home run record in 1998.

Iron Horse

Ray Robinson

Discusses the man and the player who is best remembered for the way he faced death from the illness that now bears his name.

Derek Jeter

Patrick Giles

in memory of Eleanor K.

Baseball's Great Experiment

Jules Tygiel

in memory of Eleanor K. Embt., Profiles the life of baseball player Jackie Robinson and describes the legacy he left for African-Americans, American society, and African-American athletes.

Babe

Robert W. Creamer

in memory of Eleanor K. Embt., Traces the life of baseball great Babe Ruth from his experiences at a Baltimore boy's school to his glory days with the Yankees and death from cancer in 1948.