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Heroes of Baseball : The Men Who Made It America's Favorite Game Robert Lipsyte.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: 92, [4] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0689867417 (reinforced) :
  • 9780689867415
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.357/092/2/ 22
LOC classification:
  • GV863.A1 L56 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : play ball ! -- Big Al leads off -- Hard ball -- The gift of the bambino -- The first -- The mick -- Hanging tough -- The summer of swat -- The planet's game? -- Next season.
  • A Junior Library Guild selection.
Summary: Meet the men who were and remain the heroes of baseball. These are men who did more than hit home runs or pitch perfect games--they changed the way our society perceives itself, and the goals we set for ourselves and our nation.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Main Main Jones Public Library J 796.35 LIP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available
Main Main Jones Public Library J 796.35 LIP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 07/02/2025 3370000051844
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"A Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc. book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [96]) and index.

Introduction : play ball ! -- Big Al leads off -- Hard ball -- The gift of the bambino -- The first -- The mick -- Hanging tough -- The summer of swat -- The planet's game? -- Next season.

Meet the men who were and remain the heroes of baseball. These are men who did more than hit home runs or pitch perfect games--they changed the way our society perceives itself, and the goals we set for ourselves and our nation.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.4 4.0 105276.

A Junior Library Guild selection.

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