Two respected sportswriters take a look at baseball's incredible capacity for exhilarating triumphs, heartbreaking losses, amazing blunders, and awe-inspiring feats
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About the Author:
Daniel Okrent is the managing editor of Life, the author of Nine Innings, and the coauthor of The Ultimate Baseball Book.
From School Library Journal:
YA-- A chronologically arranged, entertaining collection of colorful anecdotes. The book begins by debunking the theory that Abner Doubleday "invented" baseball and espouses the evolution rather than creation theory of the origins of baseball. The first game of something called Base Ball was played on June 19, 1846, and this book begins with an account of that game and carries baseball through the World Series of 1986. Although most anecdotes concern colorful characters, there are also entries with titles such as "The Rabbit Ball," "1920s Players," and "The Move West." An index makes this collection suitable for light research, but its real value will be as enjoyable reading or browsing. Baseball lovers of all ages will relish this book.
- Patricia Lilly, Holub Middle School, Alief, TX
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherHarpercollins
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0060972998
- ISBN 13 9780060972998
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages356
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