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ISBN: 9780812449389
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Languages : en
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Strange & Amazing Baseball Stories
Author: Strange and Amazing Baseball Stories
Author: Bill GutmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9785554633089
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Languages : en
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Highlighting past and present teams, Gutman gives readers startling facts that prove anything can happen on the baseball diamond. Packed with pictures that include impossible catches, incredible streaks, stolen bases, and awesome hitting, this book is full of surprises!
Strange But True Baseball Stories
Author: Furman BisherPublisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780394821917
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Sports Illustrated
Author: Bill GutmanPublisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
ISBN: 9780671701208
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Recounts the unpredictable side of baseball, from unusual debuts and innovative ideas to baseball mysteries and outstanding achievements.
Strange & Amazing Baseball Stories
Author: Bill GutmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9780671611255
Category : Baseball
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Focusing on the zany, unbelievable, and mysterious happenings in the world of baseball, these stories come from the past and the present and feature both well-known and obscure baseball stars. A perfect book for the new baseball season. 16 black-and-white photos.
Strange But True Baseball Stories
Author: Furman BisherPublisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780394901848
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
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World's Strangest Baseball Stories
Author: Bart RockwellPublisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780606029940
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
Relates unusual stories and facts from the history of baseball.
More Strange But True Baseball Stories
Author: Howard LissPublisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780394823904
Category : Baseball
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Recounts thrity-four unusual baseball events including the man who caught a ball thrown from the top of the Washington Monument.
How Baseball Happened
Author: Thomas W. GilbertPublisher: Godine+ORM
ISBN: 1567926886
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The untold story of baseball’s nineteenth-century origins: “a delightful look at a young nation creating a pastime that was love from the first crack of the bat” (Paul Dickson, The Wall Street Journal). You may have heard that Abner Doubleday or Alexander Cartwright invented baseball. Neither did. You may have been told that a club called the Knickerbockers played the first baseball game in 1846. They didn’t. Perhaps you’ve read that baseball’s color line was first crossed by Jackie Robinson in 1947. Nope. Baseball’s true founders don’t have plaques in Cooperstown. They were hundreds of uncredited, ordinary people who played without gloves, facemasks, or performance incentives. Unlike today’s pro athletes, they lived full lives outside of sports. They worked, built businesses, and fought against the South in the Civil War. In this myth-busting history, Thomas W. Gilbert reveals the true beginnings of baseball. Through newspaper accounts, diaries, and other accounts, he explains how it evolved through the mid-nineteenth century into a modern sport of championships, media coverage, and famous stars—all before the first professional league was formed in 1871. Winner of the Casey Award: Best Baseball Book of the Year
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