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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Baseball's Best 1,000 Rankings of the Greatest Players of All Time【電子書籍】[ Derek Gentile ]
<p>Using various (and completely subjective) criteria including lifetime statistics, personal and professional contributions to the game at large, sportsmanship, character, popularity with the fans, and more, sports writer Derek Gentile ranks the best players of all time.<br /> Along with a ranking, information on each player is presented, including the teams on which he has played throughout his career, positions played, lifetime statistics, and a brief biography -- as well as a photograph. <em>Baseball's Best 1,000</em> is sure to spark controversy and debate among fans.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Trading Manny How a Father and Son Learned to Love Baseball Again【電子書籍】[ Jim Gullo ]
<p><strong>The moving story of how a father and his young son recaptured their love of baseballーa winning testament to why the game matters and how it can still bring us together in spite of itself.</strong><br /> In recent years something hasn't been quite right with baseball. Ask Jim Gullo: he'll tell you even a seven-year-old kid knows it. In December 2007, just as Jim's young son Joe was beginning to develop a true passion for the game, the bombshell news of players' steroid use made it clear that America's pastime wasn't what it claimed to be. Suddenly, Jim found himself struggling to answer questions from Joe that had nothing to do with batting averages or World Series champions: What are steroids? Who was using them? Wasn't it cheating? Why weren't the players who got caught suspended or punished by baseball?<br /> While Jim searched for the right words and Major League Baseball dithered, Joe took matters into his own hands: he removed the players who had been named as likely drug users from his prized baseball card collection and created a cheaters pile. Then he created a different category of suspected "juicers" to keep an eye on. He took these players' poster -- even the poster of his favorite slugger, Manny Ramirez -- down from his bedroom walls. The steroid scandal had clearly hit home.<br /> Rather than wait for an official explanation and apology from Major League Baseball that would never materialize, Jim and Joe set out to find their own answers. They traveled the country from coast to coast, from Spring Training contests to major and minor league gamesーspeaking with players, prospects, and managers while tracking down the legends and ghosts of baseball's golden age. And one day they discovered an aging but dedicated prospect who would become not only a true role model for Joe, but also the unlikely inspiration to lure both father and son back to the game they loved.<br /> By turns humorous, heartbreaking, and inspiring, <em>Trading Manny</em> tells the story of their journey back to baseball -- how along the way Joe traded his idol Manny for a more worthy hero, and Jim discovered something invaluable about being a father.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Major League Dads Baseball's Best Players Reflect on the Fathers Who Inspired Them to Love the Game【電子書籍】[ Kevin Neary ]
<p>Baseball is America's favorite pastime and one of the best ways for fathers and sons to bond. <em>Major League Dads</em> is an inspirational look at such connections through a collection of heartfelt essays from interviews with 150 of the top players in Major League Baseball, such as David Wright, Carlos Pena, Brad Lidge, and Derek Jeter. Through personal recollections, you can read firsthand what their dads meant to them growing up and how they coached them to success both on and off the field.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Fenway Park A Salute to the Coolest, Cruelest, Longest-Running Major League Baseball Stadium in America【電子書籍】[ John Powers ]
<p>Fenway Park. The name evokes a team and a sport that have become more synonymous with a city's identity than any stadium or arena in the country. Since opening in the same week of 1912 that the Titanic sank, the park's instantly recognizable confines have seen some of the most dramatic happenings in baseball history, including Carlton Fisk's "Is it fair?" home run in the 1975 World Series and Ted Williams's perfectly scripted long ball in his final at-bat. For 100 years, the Fenway faithful have been tested. They have known triumph and heartbreak, miracles and curses -- well, one curse in particular -- to such a degree that an entire nation of fans heaved a collective sigh of relief when Dave Roberts stole a base by a fingertip in 2004, triggering the most amazing comeback in the game's annals. To sit and watch a game at Fenway is to recognize that the pitcher is standing on the same mound where Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, and Babe Ruth pitched, that a hitter is in the same batter's box where Ty Cobb and Hank Aaron and Shoeless Joe Jackson dug in to take their swings. This is a ballpark that has embraced its odd construction quirks, including the bizarre triangle out in center field and the Green Monster that looms above the left fielder, and today -- for better and for worse -- it remains largely unchanged from the day it opened. In its long history, Fenway has hosted football, hockey, soccer, boxing, and so much more. It has provided a backdrop to hundreds of historic events having nothing to do with sports, including concerts, religious gatherings, and political rallies. It was the site of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's final campaign address, as well as visits by music luminaries from Stevie Wonder to Bruce Springsteen to the Rolling Stones. Through it all, the Boston Globe has been the consistent, respected chronicler of every important moment in park history. In fact, the newspaper played a remarkable role in Fenway's creation and evolution: the Taylor family -- founders and longtime owners of the Globe -- owned the ballclub in 1912, helped finance the new stadium, and renamed the team the "Red Sox". It is the Globe's insider perspective, combined with more than a century of exemplary journalism, that makes this book the definitive narrative history of both park and team, and a centennial collectors' item unlike any other. Its pages offer a level of detail that is unmatched, with exceptional writing and hundreds of rarely seen photographs and illustrations.<br /> This is Fenway Park, the complete story, unfiltered and expertly told.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
1760 円 (税込 / 送料込)
【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Oakland Ballers: The New Kings of Independent Baseball?【電子書籍】[ Quincy Pool ]
<p>Oakland Ballers: The New Kings of Independent Baseball?<br /> Baseball is changing, and the Oakland Ballers are at the forefront of a revolution. This isn't just another teamーit's a movement. From grassroots beginnings to national headlines, the Ballers have defied the odds, broken barriers, and reignited the love for independent baseball in Oakland, California.</p> <p>This book takes you deep into their underdog story, exploring the struggles, triumphs, and relentless determination that fueled their rise. How did a team with no MLB backing capture the hearts of fans and challenge the big leagues? What obstacles did they face, and how did they shatter expectations?</p> <p>〓 Inside the Book:<br /> ? The Founding Story ? How the Oakland Ballers were born and why they matter.<br /> ? Underdog Mentality ? Building a roster of misfits, dreamers, and future legends.<br /> ? Breaking Barriers ? Diversity, inclusion, and redefining baseball culture.<br /> ? Rivalries & Victories ? Game-changing moments that put the Ballers on the map.<br /> ? Impact on Oakland ? How the team is reviving baseball in The Town.<br /> ? What's Next? ? The Ballers' vision for the future and their place in independent baseball history.</p> <p>With behind-the-scenes stories, player highlights, and exclusive insights, this book is a must-read for baseball fans, sports lovers, and anyone who believes in the power of perseverance. Whether you're a die-hard supporter of Oakland sports or just discovering the magic of independent baseball, this book will inspire and entertain.</p> <p>Join the movement. Discover the legacy. Witness the rise of the Oakland Ballers. ?〓</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Winning Fuel: Crafting Nutrition Plans for Baseball Players【電子書籍】[ Vernon Rose Eklind ]
<p>?? <strong>Fuel Your Game with Every Bite</strong></p> <p>Nutrition does more than sustainーit makes champions. <em>Winning Fuel: Crafting Nutrition Plans for Baseball Players</em> by <strong>Vernon?Rose?Eklind</strong> offers a comprehensive guide to optimizing an athlete's diet for peak performance.</p> <p>This resource is perfect for players, coaches, and parents who want to understand:</p> <ul> <li>What to eat before, during, and after games</li> <li>How to build balanced meal plans for any stage of the season</li> <li>Hydration strategies for stamina and focus</li> <li>Safe, effective supplements and what to avoid</li> <li>Position-specific plans for pitchers, hitters, and more</li> <li>Nutrition for recovery, mental sharpness, and sleep</li> <li>Tactical off?season vs. in?season fueling</li> </ul> <p>You'll also find practical tools like sample menus, snack guides, grocery lists, and templates tailored for youth through college and pro players.</p> <p><strong>Stop guessing. Start fueling like a winner</strong>ーbuild endurance, power, and faster recovery by eating smart.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Swing Kings The Inside Story of Baseball's Home Run Revolution【電子書籍】[ Jared Diamond ]
<p><strong>"The best baseball book I've read in years." ー Sam Walker ? "An exhilarating story of innovation." ー Ben Reiter ? " <em>Swing Kings</em> feels like a spiritual successor to <em>Moneyball</em>." ー <em>Baseball Prospectus</em></strong></p> <p><strong>From the <em>Wall Street Journal</em>'s national baseball writer, the captivating story of the home run boom, following a group of players who rose from obscurity to stardom and the rogue swing coaches who helped them usher the game into a new age.</strong></p> <p>We are in a historic era for the home run. The 2019 season saw the most homers ever, obliterating a record set just two years before. It is a shift that has transformed the way the game is played, contributing to more strikeouts, longer games, and what feels like the logical conclusion of the analytics era. In <em>Swing Kings</em>, <em>Wall Street Journal</em> national baseball writer Jared Diamond reveals that the secret behind this unprecedented shift isn't steroids or the stitching of the baseballs, it's the most elemental explanation of all: the swing. In this lively narrative romp, he tracks a group of baseball's biggest starsーincluding Aaron Judge, J.D. Martinez, and Justin Turnerーwho remade their swings under the tutelage of a band of renegade coaches, and remade the game in the process.</p> <p>These coaches, many of them baseball washouts who have reinvented themselves as swing gurus, for years were one of the game's best-kept secrets. Among their ranks are a swimming pool contractor, the owner of a billiards hall, and an ex-hippie whose swing insights draw from surfing and the technique of Japanese samurai. Now, as Diamond artfully charts, this motley cast has moved from the baseball margins to its center of power. They are changing the way hitting is taught to players of all ages, and major league clubs are scrambling for their services, hiring them in record numbers as coaches and consultants. And Diamond himself, whose baseball career ended in high school, enlists the tutelage of each swing coach he profiles, with an aim toward starring in the annual Boston-New York media game at Yankee Stadium.</p> <p><em>Swing Kings</em> is both a rollicking history of baseball's recent past and a deeply reported, character-driven account of a battle between opponents as old as time: old and new, change and stasis, the establishment and those who break from it. Jared Diamond has written a masterful chronicle of America's pastime at the crossroads.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】The Hidden Game of Baseball【電子書籍】[ John Thorn ]
<p><strong>The acclaimed classic on the statistical analysis of baseball records in order to evaluate players and win more games.</strong><br /> Long before <em>Moneyball</em> became a sensation or Nate Silver turned the knowledge he'd honed on baseball into electoral gold, John Thorn and Pete Palmer were using statistics to shake the foundations of the game. First published in 1984, <em>The Hidden Game of Baseball</em> ushered in the sabermetric revolution by demonstrating that we were thinking about baseball statsーand thus the game itselfーall wrong. Instead of praising sluggers for gaudy RBI totals or pitchers for wins, Thorn and Palmer argued in favor of more subtle measurements that correlated much more closely to the ultimate goal: winning baseball games.<br /> The new gospel promulgated by Thorn and Palmer opened the door for a flood of new questions, such as how a ballpark's layout helps or hinders offense or whether a strikeout really is worse than another kind of out. Taking questions like these seriouslyーand backing up the answers with dataーlaunched a new era, showing fans, journalists, scouts, executives, and even players themselves a new, better way to look at the game.<br /> This brand-new edition retains the body of the original, with its rich, accessible analysis rooted in a deep love of baseball, while adding a new introduction by the authors tracing the book's influence over the years. A foreword by ESPN's lead baseball analyst, Keith Law, details <em>The Hidden Game</em>'s central role in the transformation of baseball coverage and team management and shows how teams continue to reap the benefits of Thorn and Palmer's insights today. Thirty years after its original publication, <em>The Hidden Game</em> is still bringing the high heatーa true classic of baseball literature.<br /> <strong>Praise for <em>The Hidden Game</em></strong><br /> "As grateful as I was for the publication of <em>The Hidden Game of Baseball</em> when it first showed up on my bookshelf, I'm even more grateful now. It's as insightful today as it was then. And it's a reminder that we haven't applauded Thorn and Palmer nearly loudly enough for their incredible contributions to the use and understanding of the awesome numbers of baseball." ーJayson Stark, senior baseball writer, ESPN.com<br /> "Just as one cannot know the great American novel without Twain and Hemingway, one cannot know modern baseball analysis without Thorn and Palmer." ーRob Neyer, FOX Sports</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Playing for a Winner How Baseball Teams' Success Raises Players' Reputations【電子書籍】[ Brandon Isleib ]
<p>"He never <em>felt</em> like a Hall of Famer." "You can't argue with championships." "If he was so good, why were his teams so bad?"</p> <p>On talk shows and in sports bars, statements like these are often made about both underrated and overrated players. It's generally accepted that being in a bigger market or on a winning team can cause a player to be overrated, while the opposite can leave them underrated. Examining pennant races to show how much attention a team receives and which teams are getting the most attention provides a context to this familiar commentary. This book studies the effects of the sports media spotlight (and its absence) on the fortunes of teams in pennant races and Hall of Fame inductees. Along the way, the author brings to light accomplished players most non-fans have probably never heard of.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Southern League A True Story of Baseball, Civil Rights, and the Deep South's Most Compelling Pennant Race【電子書籍】[ Larry Colton ]
<p><strong>Bestselling and award-winning author and former major league pitcher Larry Colton shares the story of the Birmingham Barons, the first racially-integrated team of any sport in the state of Alabama, just few months after the horrific 1964 Birmingham church bombing which killed four young black girls.</strong><br /> Anybody who is familiar with the Civil Rights movement knows that 1964 was a pivotal year. And in Birmingham, Alabama - perhaps the epicenter of racial conflict - the Barons amazingly started their season with an integrated team.<br /> Johnny "Blue Moon" Odom, a talented pitcher and Tommie Reynolds, an outfielder - both young black ballplayers with dreams of playing someday in the big leagues, along with Bert Campaneris, a dark-skinned shortstop from Cuba, all found themselves in this simmering cauldron of a minor league town, all playing for Heywood Sullivan, a white former major leaguer who grew up just down the road in Dothan, Alabama.<br /> Colton traces the entire season, writing about the extraordinary relationships among these players with Sullivan, and Colton tells their story by capturing the essence of Birmingham and its citizens during this tumultuous year. (The infamous Bull Connor, for example, when not ordering blacks to be blasted by powerful water hoses, is a fervent follower of the Barons and served as a long-time broadcaster of their games.)<br /> By all accounts, the racial jeers and taunts that rained down upon these Birmingham players were much worse than anything that Jackie Robinson ever endured.<br /> More than a story about baseball, this is a true accounting of life in a different time and clearly a different place. Seventeen years after Jackie Robinson had broken the color line in the major leagues, Birmingham was exploding in race riots....and now, they were going to have their very first integrated sports team. This is a story that has never been told.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Stolen Season A Journey Through America and Baseball's Minor Leagues【電子書籍】[ David Lamb ]
<p>"A pennant-winning look at baseball at its purest." ー <em>Atlanta Journal & Constitution</em><br /> <strong>On the field with baseball classics like <em>Men at Work</em> and <em>The Boys of Summer,</em></strong> <strong>David Lamb travels the backroads of America to draw a stirring portrait of minor league baseball that will enchant every fan who has ever sat in the bleachers and waited for the crack of the bat.</strong></p> <p>A sixteen-thousand mile journey across America…. A travelogue of minor league teams and the towns that support them… A chronicle of hopes and dreams… Correspondent David Lamb embarks on a trek that captures the triumphs and defeats as thousands of players do all they can to reach the big leagues. In watching the games and riding the roads, Lamb also discovers a nation that breathes baseball, and towns that wrap their own dreams around their teams. Stolen Season is full of unforgettable characters, none more so than Lamb himself, a journalist who has written about and lived baseball his entire life, telling tales with humor and with warmth of a sport that reveals as much about Americans as it does about long summer days and nine glorious innings.<br /> "Part love letter, part snapshot, part history, and all-American...this book should be read by anyone who has yet to savor the sounds and delights of a minor-league baseball game." ー <em>New York Times Book Review</em><br /> "Thoroughly engaging." ー <em>Sporting News</em><br /> "An absorbing, delightful chronicle...at once nostaglic, sharp-eyed, and beautifully crafted." ー <em>San Francisco Chronicle</em></p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Spring 2016 Baseball Research Journal SABR Digital Library, #45.1【電子書籍】[ Society for American Baseball Research ]
<p>The semi-annual interdisciplinary journal of research by members of the Society for American Baseball Research.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
1050 円 (税込 / 送料込)
【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Leyendas del Beisbol Cubano: El Universo Alternativo del Beisbol SABR Digital Library【電子書籍】[ Society for American Baseball Research ]
<p>Minnie Mi?oso. Mart?n Dihigo. Luis Tiant. Orlando "El Duque" y Liv?n Hern?ndez. Estas son s?lo algunas de las grandes figuras perfiladas en <em>Leyendas del B?isbol Cubano: El Universo Alternativo del B?isbol</em>. Los 47 individuos describen m?s adelante representan s?lo un peque?o pu?ado de las legiones de memorable y figuras a veces incluso legendarios producidos a lo largo de casi un siglo y medio por una naci?n de la isla donde el deporte del palo-y-ball conocido como el b?isbol es m?s que un pasatiempo nacional, es la pasi?n nacional.</p> <p>El libro presenta 47 biograf?as en total, adem?s de ensayos sobre el b?isbol cubano. Estas biograf?as fueron investigados y escritos por un equipo de miembros de la SABR. BioProject de SABR ha producido biograf?as de m?s de 3,800 jugadores desde 2002. Una edici?n en espa?ol del libro tambi?n est? disponible, una nueva primera para SABR.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Nuclear Powered Baseball: Articles Inspired by The Simpsons Episode 'Homer At the Bat' SABR Digital Library, #34【電子書籍】[ Society for American Baseball Research ]
<p><em>The Simpsons</em> and baseball. Since its debut in 1989 (that's back in the last century!), <em>The Simpsons</em> has run for 27 seasons and (back in 2009) became the longest-running American scripted primetime television series. Though it would be considered sacrilege in some circles, some might even see it as a national pastime of its own.</p> <p>The series has a long history with baseball and, in Season Three, the episode "Homer at the Bat" aired, on February 20, 1992. Co-editor Emily Hawks writes in her Introduction, "To see so many of the biggest MLB stars of the day in Simpsonian animated form ー Ken Griffey Jr., Ozzie Smith, and Jose Canseco, just to name a few ー seemed the most exciting thing in the world to this '90s kid. And the fact that they all lent their own voices to the parts seemed even cooler. It may have also been one of my first glimpses into baseball's early days. As a kid, I had no idea that Mr. Burns' dream squad ー comprised of colorful names like Shoeless Joe Jackson, Pie Traynor, and Napoleon Lajoie ー actually referenced real players. Those seemed like decidedly fabricated names to me!"</p> <p>They weren't. They were real ballplayers. And, one way or another, <em>Simpsons</em> writers have worked the names of 68 major-league ballplayers into one episode or another. Football's Joe Namath, Warren Sapp, and Johnny Unitas have appeared in shows. So have basketballers Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, Yao Ming, and Dennis Rodman. Without doing exhaustive research, we believe there may be more baseball players than the other pro sports combined.</p> <p>Some 27 members of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) have collaborated in <em>Nuclear Powered Baseball</em> to tell the stories of each player ー past and present ー featured in the classic <em>Simpsons</em> episode. The biographies compiled here take the players well beyond their two-dimensional caricatures, and present a well-rounded view of their lives in baseball. We've also included a few very entertaining takes on the now-famous "Homer at the Bat" episode from prominent baseball writers Jonah Keri, Erik Malinowski, and Bradley Woodrum. As an added bonus, we've also included Joe Posnanski's piece on the Season 22 sabermetric-themed episode, "MoneyBart."</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】100 Tips & Tricks for Baseball【電子書籍】[ James Parker ]
<p>Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding. The game proceeds when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball which a player on the batting team tries to hit with a bat.</p> <p>A game is usually composed of nine innings, and the team with the greater number of runs at the end of the game wins. If scores are tied at the end of nine innings, extra innings are usually played. Baseball has no game clock, although most games end in the ninth inning.</p> <p>Baseball evolved from older bat-and-ball games already being played in England by the mid-18th century. This game was brought by immigrants to North America, where the modern version developed.</p> <p>By the late 19th century, baseball was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States. Baseball is popular in North America and parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, particularly in Japan and South Korea.</p> <p>In the United States and Canada, professional Major League Baseball (MLB) teams are divided into the National League (NL) and American League (AL), each with three divisions: East, West, and Central. The MLB champion is determined by playoffs that culminate in the World Series. The top level of play is similarly split in Japan between the Central and Pacific Leagues and in Cuba between the West League and East League.</p> <p>The World Baseball Classic, organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, is the major international competition of the sport and attracts the top national teams from around the world.</p> <p>Here in this book you will Find 100 Tips and tricks for Baseball which I’m sure will help not only beginners but experts will also find some gems.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】The New York Game Baseball and the Rise of a New City【電子書籍】[ Kevin Baker ]
<p>**A <em>NEW YORK TIMES</em> NOTABLE BOOK *? Sports Illustrated #*1 Book of 2024 ? A hugely entertaining history of baseball and New York City, bursting with larger-than-life figures and fascinating stories from the game’s beginnings to the end of World War II.</p> <p>"You’re going to beg for extra innings. Without missing a scandal or a sensation, with an eye on how assimilation transforms the picture, Kevin Baker has written a buoyant, double coming-of-age story. "ーStacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize-winning author**</p> <p>Baseball is “the New York game” because New York is where the diamond was first laid out, where the bunt and the curveball were invented, and where the home run was hit. It’s where the game’s first stars were born, and where everyone came to play or watch the game. With nuance and depth, historian Kevin Baker brings this all vividly back to life: the still-controversial, indelible momentsーDid the Babe call his shot? Was Merkle out? Did they fix the 1919 World Series? Here are all the legendary players, managers, and owners, in all their vivid, complicated humanity, on and off the field.</p> <p>In Baker’s hands the city and the game emerge from the murk of nineteenth-century American lifeーdriven by visionaries and fixers, heroes and gangsters. He details how New York and its favorite sport came to mirror one another, expanding, bumbling through catastrophe and corruption, and rising out of these trials stronger than ever.</p> <p>From the first innings played in vacant lots and tavern yards in the 1820s; to the canny innovations that created the very first sports league; to the superb Hispanic and Black players who invented their own version of the game when white baseball sought to exclude them. And all amidst New York’s own, incredible evolution from a raw, riotous town to a new world city. The New York Game is a riveting, rollicking, brilliant ode to America’s beloved pastime and to its indomitable city of origin.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Watching Baseball Smarter A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks【電子書籍】[ Zack Hample ]
<p><strong>Zack Hample's bestselling, smart, and funny fan’s guide to baseball explains the ins and outs of pitching, hitting, running, and fielding, while offering insider trivia and anecdotes that will appeal to anyoneーwhether you're a major league couch potato, life-long season ticket-holder, or a beginner.</strong></p> <p><strong>?</strong> What is the difference between a slider and a curveball?<br /> <strong>?</strong> At which stadium did “The Wave” first make an appearance?<br /> <strong>?</strong> Which positions are neverplayed by lefties?<br /> <strong>?</strong> Why do some players urinate on their hands?</p> <p>Combining the narrative voice and attitude of Michael Lewis with the compulsive brilliance of <em>Schott’s Miscellany</em>, <em>Watching Baseball Smarter</em> will increase your understanding and enjoyment of the sportーno matter what your level of expertise.</p> <p>Featuring a glossary of baseball slang, an appendix of important baseball stats, and an appendix of uniform numbers.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】The Knucklebook Everything You Need to Know About Baseball's Strangest Pitchーthe Knuckleball【電子書籍】[ Dave Clark ]
<p>This little book will teach you all you need to know about the most frustrating yet entertaining pitch in baseball: the knuckleball. It makes batters look foolish when it works; it embarrasses pitchers when it doesn't...or if it works too well. It humiliates catchers and umpires. It confounds spectators. Dave Clark has spent most of a lifetime studying the knuckleball, talking to the major league pitchers who have thrown it, and throwing a few of his own. His book explains the strange workings of the pitch and how it's used, no matter what your interest-whether you're a pitcher, batter, catcher, umpire, coach, spectator, or parent of any of the above. Everything Mr. Clark demonstrates in <em>The Knucklebook</em> is carefully illustrated with line drawings, so if you're an average high school pitcher who can throw strikes, you'll be able to throw a knuckleball exactly like a legendary Hall of Famer. You'll find appropriate and hilarious comments from those who have experienced the game of baseball as it's been affected by the wandering floater. Like those who throw the knuckler, all this information was scattered to far-flung corners of the baseball world until Mr. Clark gathered and compiled it. Reading his little book, you'll end up less mystified and more enlightened about this antic pitch. Or, like the pitch itself, you can just ride the breezes and enjoy the dancing flight from beginning to end. With 51 black-and-white line drawings.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Lil Diamonds Baseball Gems In The Making【電子書籍】[ Reginald Hammonds ]
<p>Lil Diamonds? is a program whose mission is to teach and instruct the fundamentals of playing baseball. I've used two key tools to develop this program. First, I took baseball insights derived from my experiences playing different levels of baseball ? youth, high school, college and as a professional player in the minor leagues. Second, I used my experience as a certified New Jersey middle school teacher. I honed my skills in lesson planning and mastered the art of giving information to kids in a way they'd understand and retain. I'm giving you a gift to give your child ? a road map for success in the game of youth baseball. The Lil Diamonds? program is designed to make your child successful in playing the game of baseball while also having loads of fun. Keep in mind, when your child is successful the game becomes fun. At an early age Fun Is a Factor?. The Lil Diamonds? program is designed to keep your child engaged by having good success and thus having loads of fun. The more fun your child has playing baseball the more time he/she will spend working on their baseball skill set. The goal of this program is to simplify and assist you in helping your child build a firm baseball foundation through understanding the game of baseball, as well as benefiting through good performance. This feat is achieved from following specific coaching instructions and participating in selective baseball drills designed to enhance your child's overall skill set. This makes the game of baseball a positive, active sports hobby to be enjoyed and cherished by all.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Perfect The Inside Story of Baseball's Twenty Perfect Games【電子書籍】[ James Buckley ]
<p>Among baseball achievements, the perfect gameーone in which no runners reach baseーremains the greatest. Though many have come close, only 20 pitchers have achieved such perfection in more than a century of baseball. This exhaustive compendium examines the fascinating story behind every perfect game and uncovers details both great and small, illuminating the majesty of these titanic achievements. The faithfully narrated record of all 20 gamesーpunctuated by statistics, trivia, little-known anecdotes, and personal memories from both witnesses and the pitchers themselvesーgets inside the minds of the players who made baseball history. In addition to profiling some of the game's greatest pitchers, such as Cy Young, Sandy Koufax, and Randy Johnson, or others including Charley Robertson who had otherwise unremarkable careers, this updated edition features new chapters devoted to Dallas Braden, Mark Buehrle, and Roy Halladay, the three latest pitchers to throw a perfect game, and a comprehensive appendix profiles several pitchers who almost achieved perfection.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】The Art of Stone Skipping and Other Fun Old-Time Games Stoopball, Jacks, String Games, Coin Flipping, Line Baseball, Jump Rope, and More【電子書籍】[ J.J. Ferrer ]
<p>It’s an old-time playtimeーnothing electronic, just games that have stood the test of time! They help children build skills like hand-eye coordination, problem solving, and simply learning how to be a good team player and work well with others. But most of all, they’re lots of fun. This collection of timeless games guarantees kids a great timeーby themselves, with a group of friends, or with their family. And best of all, no batteries are required . . . and very little equipment, too.</p> <p>There’s Hopscotch and Dodgeball, Four Square and Stoopball, Horse and One Old Cat (a ball game similar to baseball, but with only one base). All you need is your brainーand occasionally a paper and penーto play games like Association, the Minister’s Cat, and Dumb Crambo (which is similar to Charades, but has a rhyming twist). A rainy day with no pals around would be just right to make Hand Shadows, walk on Can Stilts, or practice Jacks. Don’t forget card games like Crazy Eights and Rummy, Crab and Sack Races, and old favorites like Duck, Duck, Goose and Red Rover. And because no parent likes to hear the whine of "Are we there yet?" there’s a whole chapter of games for the car!</p> <p>Black-and-white illustrations keep the old-timey feel while getting kids excited to play. Simple instructions explain how many people can play, what you need, the object of the game, and the basic rules. For extra entertainment, there are also lots of fun facts about the history of the games sprinkled throughout. This book is so packed with activities that kids will want to turn off their computers, shut down their PlayStations and Xboxes, and get playing the old-fashioned way!</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】The Best Seat in Baseball, But You Have to Stand! The Game as Umpires See It【電子書籍】[ Lee Gutkind ]
<p><strong>A fascinating and revealing look inside the lives of umpires, from the godfather of creative nonfiction</strong><br /> In 1974, Lee Gutkind walked into Shea Stadium, then home of the New York Mets, with an unusual proposal. He wanted to chronicle one of the least celebrated cadres in professional baseball: the umpires. Gutkind spent one exhilarating season traveling with the officiating crew he found that dayーDoug Harvey, Nick Colosi, Harry Wendelstedt, and Art Williams, the first African American umpire in National League history. Gutkind's narrative reveals much about the peculiarities of the men charged with the "thankless and impossible task of invoking order"ーtheir work ethic, fallibility, and perhaps most strikingly, their pride.<br /> As resonant today as when it was first published, <em>The Best Seat in Baseball, But You Have to Stand!</em> is an engrossing story of the men who work on one of the nation's biggest stages, their victories and their failures, and their inner worlds that are rarelyーif everーexplored.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Can He Play? A Look at Baseball Scouts and Their Profession SABR Digital Library, #1【電子書籍】[ Society for American Baseball Research ]
<p>They dig through tons of coal to find a single diamond. They spend countless hours traveling miles and miles on lonely back roads and way too much time in hotels. Their front offices expect them to constantly provide player reports and updates. So much of their time is spent away from family and friends, missing birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays. Their best friend is Rand McNally. Always asking the question, <em>"CAN HE PLAY?"</em> Such is the life of a professional scout.</p> <p><em>CAN HE PLAY?</em> collects the contributions of 26 members of the Society for American Baseball Research on the subject of scouts, including biographies and historical essays. The book touches on more than a century of scouts and scouting with a focus on the men (and the occasional woman) who have taken on the task of scouring the world for the best ballplayers available. In <em>CAN HE PLAY?</em> we meet the "King of Weeds," a Ph.D. we call "Baseball's Renaissance Man," a husband-and-wife team, pioneering Latin scouts, and a Japanese-American interned during World War II who became a successful scoutーand many, many more.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Death by Data: How Analytics and Technology Are Killing Baseball【電子書籍】[ Joel Bradley ]
<p>Since its origin in the 1840s, baseball has grown and changed organically, a unique blend of athleticism, savvy, and instinct, a central part of American culture across the generations. But in recent years, the game has changed drastically. An invasion of technology and data has reshaped everything from player recruitment to performance mechanics to in-game strategy.</p> <p>Baseball, once driven by individual style and innovation, has become a mechanical march of tech-driven robots. A theology of sameness is preached across the sport, with swings and pitching deliveries manufactured in baseball laboratories. Ballplayers are now collections of biometric data, managers mindless pushers of analytic buttons, scouts replaced by high-speed cameras.</p> <p>In <em><strong>Death by Data</strong></em>, former international scout and long-time coach Joel Bradley examines baseball's life-and-death struggle between tradition and innovation. He exposes the damage being done by all the gimmicks devised to capture the attention and dollars of young fans. Contrary to the official mantra, rule changes and high-tech metrics are failing to address the deeper cracks in the game's foundation.</p> <p>Bradley applies a lifetime of passion and expertise to examine those cracks, discussing where baseball is, how it got there, and how to bring back the essence and beauty of the game. Central to the issue, says Bradley, is the question: What does it truly mean to be a ballplayer?</p> <p><em><strong>Death by Data</strong></em> is a call to rekindle the human magic that made baseball America's Pastime and ensure it continues to inspire generations to come.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】The Babe SABR Digital Library, #72【電子書籍】[ Society for American Baseball Research ]
<p>Babe Ruth thrilled baseball fans with his tremendous home-run swing. He made friendsーand some enemiesーwith his loud, larger-than-life personality. The list of books about Ruth could fill a few bookshelves. Most recently, SABR awarded the prestigious Seymour Medal to Jane Leavy for her 2018 biography entitled The Big Fella, and she contributes the introduction to this book we call The Babe.</p> <p>A baseball book published under that title is quite naturally about the great slugger for the New York Yankees, who led the American League in home runs 12 times and lived life large during the Jazz Age.</p> <p>This book includes the contributions of over 50 SABR members: 30 articles, plus accounts of 50 notable games from The Babe's career. He hit tape-measure long balls, fought with managers, won more than 90 games as a pitcher, and gave time and money to children's charities.</p> <p>In no way is this an exhaustive last word on Babe Ruth. That might be an impossible chore. We do believe this book will help readers get a fuller picture of baseball's most fabled figure, a man still famous today and still revered in the game he loved.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Moments of Joy and Heartbreak 66 Significant Episodes in the History of the Pittsburgh Pirates SABR Digital Library, #46【電子書籍】[ Society for American Baseball Research ]
<p>The Pittsburgh Pirates have a long history, peppered with<br /> moments significant both to Pirates fans and Major League<br /> Baseball. While the Pirates are recognized as fielding the first<br /> all-black lineup in 1971, the 66 games in this book include one<br /> of the first matchups in the majors to involve two non-white<br /> opening hurlers (Native American and Cuban) in June 1921.<br /> We relive no-hitters, World Series-winning homers, and</p> <p>encounter the story of the last tripleheader ever played in major-<br /> league baseball. Famous Pirates like Honus Wagner and</p> <p>Roberto Clementeーand infamous ones like Dock Ellisーmake<br /> their appearances on the field, as well as recent stars like<br /> Andrew McCutcheon.<br /> Some of the games are wins; some are losses. All of these<br /> essays provide readers with a sense of the totality of the<br /> Pirates' experiences: the joy, the heartbreak, and other aspects<br /> of baseball (and life) in between.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Youth Baseball Bible【電子書籍】[ Dan Gray ]
<p>Youth baseball instruction guide by former MLB and LA Dodger's catcher Dan Gray.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】Betting on Major League Baseball: The Underdog Method【電子書籍】[ Ken Osterman ]
<p>The results using The Underdog Method, for the 2015 playoffs were impressive. All games were handicapped, both the American and National League games as well as the World Series.</p> <p>The Results:</p> <p>There were a total of 26 bets<br /> There was an average price of +141.9 for all 26 wagers<br /> 13 wins and 13 losses<br /> Return on flat bet wagering was 19.81%</p> <p>The essence of any good baseball handicapping system is to find games to bet on that will result in long-term profits. In other words, finding overlays. The Underdog Method uses an approach to not only find these good bets, but does so by creating a money line that can be compared to the one offered by sports books.</p> <p>Author and sports gambler, Ken Osterman, explains this system in an easy-to-understand way, and then uses an entire day of baseball games as examples. Each game is handicapped per the rules of the Underdog Method, and then a betting line is created. This line is compared to a specific sports book's money line. It is then decided, based upon specific rules, whether a good bet exists or not.</p> <p>Although demonstrating the effectiveness of any betting system is limited in a book, the approach to Major League Baseball betting using the Underdog System is significantly different than the simple angles and methods seen elsewhere.</p> <p>The results using The Underdog Method, for the 2015 playoffs were impressive. All games were handicapped, both the American and National League games as well as the World Series.</p> <p>The Results:</p> <p>There were a total of 26 bets<br /> There was an average price of +141.9 for all 26 wagers<br /> 13 wins and 13 losses<br /> Return on flat bet wagering was 19.81%</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】The Game Inside the Secret World of Major League Baseball's Power Brokers【電子書籍】[ Jon Pessah ]
<p><strong>The incredible inside story of power, money, and baseball's last twenty years.</strong></p> <p>In the fall of 1992, America's National Pastime is in crisis and already on the path to the unthinkable: cancelling a World Series for the first time in history. The owners are at war with each other, their decades-long battle with the players has turned America against both sides, and the players' growing addiction to steroids will threaten the game's very foundation.</p> <p>It is a tipping point for baseball, a crucial moment in the game's history that catalyzes a struggle for power by three strong-willed men: Commissioner Bud Selig, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, and union leader Don Fehr. It's their uneasy alliance at the end of decades of struggle that pulls the game back from the brink and turns it into a money-making powerhouse that enriches them all.</p> <p>This is the real story of baseball, played out against a tableau of stunning athletic feats, high-stakes public battles, and backroom political deals -- with a supporting cast that includes Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire, Joe Torre and Derek Jeter, George Bush and George Mitchell, and many more.</p> <p>Drawing from hundreds of extensive, exclusive interviews throughout baseball, <em>The Game</em> is a stunning achievement: a rigorously reported book and the must-read, fly-on-the-wall, definitive account of how an enormous struggle for power turns disaster into baseball's Golden Age.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
1195 円 (税込 / 送料込)
【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める!】The Complete Mental Game of Baseball Taking Charge of the Process , on and off the Field【電子書籍】[ Dr. Charlie Maher ]
<p>The Complete Mental Game is a comprehensive instructional system to guide the baseball player --- at any competitive level---- to take chagre of the process of playing the game, on and off the baseball diamond. Through this book, the baseball player will learn to establish a consistent approach to their continuous development and improvement, not only as a player but also as a person. The book includes guidelines methods and procedures so that the baseball player will learn how to do the following:</p> <p>* Understand their personality, core values, strong points and limitations--- the player as a Person</p> <p>* Cope effectively with negative people , places, and things that can put them at risk, while developing a posituve support system---the player as a "Coper"</p> <p>* Buy into something larger than the individal-- the player as a Teamnate</p> <p>* Enage prodictively in preparing for each game,, take their preapration into the game, be an accurate self evalautor, and make effective adjustments -- the player as a Performer</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
1144 円 (税込 / 送料込)