Whether it’s the Cardinals or the Tigers, baseball season is almost over.  To tide you over to the next season, try these baseball books from the University of Nebraska Press:

Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend
By Timothy M. Gay
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Blackout: The Untold Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Spring Training
By Chris Lamb
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The Boys Who Were Left Behind: The 1944 World Series between the Hapless St. Louis Browns and the Legendary St. Louis Cardinals
By John Heidenry and Brett Topel
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Miracle Collapse: The 1969 Chicago Cubs
By Doug Feldmann
Foreword by Don Kessinger
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Baseball without Borders: The International Pastime
Edited by George Gmelch
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