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The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told: Thirty Unforgettable Tales from the Diamond
May 13th, 2010 | 
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- ISBN13: 9781592280834
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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At a 1931 barnstorming exhibition game in Tennessee, a seventeen-year-old pitcher for the Chattanooga Lookouts struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back to back. Her name was Jackie Mitchell–”organized baseball’s first girl pitcher.” On September 9, 1965, Sandy Koufax made baseball history by pitching his fourth perfect game. In July 1970, a stripper rushed onto the field at Riverfront Stadium to kiss Johnny Bench, temporarily disrupting a game attended by President Nixon and his family. These are just some of the great, quirky, and comic moments in the annals of baseball recorded in THE GREATEST BASEBALL STORIES EVER TOLD. Here also are profiles of such legendary figures as Joe DiMaggio, Pete Rose, and Yogi Be… More >>
The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told: Thirty Unforgettable Tales from the Diamond
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Baseball in April and Other Stories
- ISBN13: 9780152025670
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
In this unique collection of short stories, the small events of daily life reveal big themes–love and friendship, youth and growing up, success and failure. Calling on his own experiences of growing up in California’s Central Valley, poet Gary Soto brings to life the joys and pains of young people everywhere. The smart, tough, vulnerable kids in these stories are Latino, but their dreams and desires belong to all of us.
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Baseball in April and Other Stories