Never Just a Game 
Players, Owners, and American Baseball to 1920 
by Robert F. Burk. University of North Carolina Press, 2001.
Robert Burk describes the evolution of the major league ballplaying work force: its ethnocultural makeup, its economic position, and its battles for a place at the table in baseball's decision-making structure. Take a pitch.

Youth Baseball Hitting Fundamentals
A Coach's Guide
by Ed Garretson. American Literary Press, 2003.
Written exclusively for youth baseball coaches and managers, this is a comprehensive guidebook that explains the basics of baseball in a manner that makes it easily accessible to youths. Take a pitch.

The Man in the Dugout 
Baseball's Top Managers & How They Got That Way
by Leonard Koppett
Crown Publishing Group, 1993.
Profiles of baseball's top managers, including Connic Mack, Casey Stengel, Leo Durocher, Billy Martin and Tommy Lasorda. Illustrated with B&W photos. Indexed. 404 pages. Take a pitch