The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell: Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues (Harry N. Abrams, 288 pp., $28), by Lonnie Wheeler.
Baseball’s Leading Lady: Effa Manley & the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues (Roaring Brook Press, 336 pp., $19.99), by Andrea Williams, illustrated by Anika Orrick.
The Umpire Was Blind: Controversial Calls by MLB’s Men in Blue (McFarland, 206 pp., $29.95), by Jonathan Weeks.
Maris & Mantle: Two Yankees, Immortality, and the Age of Camelot (Triumph, 320 pp., $28), by Tony Castro.
Power and Pinstripes: My Years Training the New York Yankees (Triumph, 255 pp, $28), by Jeff Mangold with Peter Botte. A trainer with both the Mets and Yankees, Mangold tells stories of players, managers and owners — especially the late George Steinbrenner — in…