books by Cal, Jr. Ripken

books by Cal, Jr. Ripken

books:

Cal, Jr. Ripken

Spring Training: Baseball's Early Season

Dan Shaughnessy, Stan Grossfeld

Houghton Mifflin, 2003

Spring Training, the glory days of today
From the minute you open the book, you are not bombarded with a bunch of "pretty pictures," but are brought into a breathtaking and exciting world that we know as baseball. Shaughnessy and Grossfeld show us that baseball is not only about the Red Sox, but it is about ...

The Longest Season: The Story of the Orioles' 1988 Losing Streak

Cal, Jr. Ripken

Philomel Books, 2007

Terrific Cal Ripken book
If you're an Orioles fan, the 1988 season was a horrible time. The O's lost 21 in a row to start the year. Cal Ripken retells this season in a children's book that teaches perseverance. I bought this book for my 6-month-old son, knowing he won't be able to ...

Play Baseball the Ripken Way: The Complete Illustrated Guide to the Fundamentals

Cal Jr Ripken, Bill Ripken, ...

Ballantine Books, 2005

Bookworm's Crash-Course in Baseball
I picked up this book at the local sporting goods store while I was buying gloves, bats, socks, pants, and etc. for my two sons who were starting little league baseball. Just a few weeks earlier, I had declined a spot as an assistant coach due to not being ...

Heading Home - Growing Up In Baseball

Rizzoli, 1995

A photographer's labor of love and homage to kid baseball
This is obviously a labor of love for Connolly. The beautiful black and white photographs, a mixture of portraiture and reportage, capture the essence of kids playing baseball. This is reinforced by Cal Ripken's moving foreword, in which he writes that "for this ...

Coaching Youth Baseball the Ripken Way

Cal, Jr. Ripken, Bill Ripken, ...

Human Kinetics Publishers, 2007

Fundamentally Sound coaching book
Very well written book on coaching baseball for all ages. I read this book to get more informed on how to coach 5-6 year old T-Ball. This book provided a very good framework for this age group. Many well timed photographs used to describe practice drills. Table of ...

Ripken: Cal on Cal
Cal, Jr. Ripken

Summit Publishing Group, 1995

A photographic tribute to the Baltimore Orioles' legendary shortstop celebrates the remarkable achievements of Ripken's baseball career and documents his family life, his community work, and his personal beliefs. $100,000 ad/promo.

The Only Way I Know

Cal, Jr. Ripken, Mike Bryan

Penguin Books, 1997

Zach's Review of The Only Way I Know
If you are a fan of Cal Ripken Jr., "The Only Way I Know" is the book for you. In this autobiography Cal shares information with us on how he got to where he is today and what it is like being a profesional baseball player. He overcame a lot during his brilliant ...

The Longest Season
Cal, Jr./ Mazellan, Ron (ILT) Ripken

Penguin Group USA, 2007

The Only Way I Know Unabridged (Audio Cassette)
Cal Ripken Jr., Mike Bryan

Books on Tape, 1997

Read on 9 cassettes that play for 13.5 hours

Parenting Young Athletes the Ripken Way 12 Copy Signed Prepack

Cal, Jr. Ripken

Gotham Books, 2006

A grand slam for youth sports!!!
I have been honored to have coached youth sports for sixteen seasons. I've often struggled with what is best for the kids in the long run against a parent's internal drive for competition, and to win. This book should nearly be a mandate for every parent in this ...

Count Me in
Cal, Jr./ Keith, Doug (ILT)/ Brown, Greg Ripken

Natl Book Network, 1995

Cal Ripken, Jr: Play Ball!
Cal, Jr. Ripken, Mike Bryan

Rebound by Sagebrush, 1999

What is it like to be a major league ball player? Cal Ripken, Jr. plays third base for the Baltimore Orioles. In this autobiography for beginning readers, he talks about growing up in a baseball family, and about his love for the game. He reveals his primary goal? to play well and play every day. And he tells how, in 1995, he broke the record for ...