An edition of Baseball, the perfect game (2005)

Baseball, the perfect game

an all-star anthology celebrating the game's greatest players, teams, and moments

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An edition of Baseball, the perfect game (2005)

Baseball, the perfect game

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Voyageur Press
Language
English
Pages
223

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Table of Contents

The national game
The origins of baseball
Opening day / by Jim Brosnan
The collector: J.R. Burdick and the world of baseball cards / by Mark Lamster
Dynasties, more than just those damn Yankees / by Gary Gillette and Pete Palmer
The Red Stockings, baseball's first professional team
The Black Sox scandal / by Eliot Asinof
1941, an unmatchable summer / by Ray Robinson
Next year arrives, the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers / by Doris Kearns Goodwin
1975 World Series / by Bill Lee
The greatest World Series / by Josh Leventhal
1998: the year that baseball came back ... / by Alan Schwarz
The greatest rivalry, Yankees vs. Red Sox / by Harvey Frommer
Pennant madness and a boy grows up / by Ty Cobb
Christy Mathewson, gentleman Giant / by Eric Rolfe
Revolution in baseball, Ruth reaches New York / by Robert Creamer
The last immortals, Stan Musial and Bob Feller / by Marty Appel
Satchel gets his start / by Leroy "Satchel" Paige
A lone Negro in the game / by Jules Tygiel
What is so rare as a Willie Mays? / by Tallulah Bankhead
Perfection, the dominance of Sandy Koufax / by Jane Leavy
Final twist of the drama, Hank Aaron, home run king / by George Plimpton
Distance, the elusive Bob Gibson / by Roger Angell
The education of Sammy Sosa / by Tom Verducci
Barry Bonds, is he the greatest ever? / by John Thornby

Edition Notes

Includes index

Published in
Stillwater, MN
Genre
Anecdotes

Classifications

Library of Congress
GV873 .B294 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
223 p.:
Number of pages
223

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17151716M
Internet Archive
baseballperfectg0000leve
ISBN 10
0896586685
LCCN
2004023541
OCLC/WorldCat
56753340
Library Thing
983434
Goodreads
759310

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