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Lipsyte, Robert.

Heroes of baseball : the men who made it America's favorite game / - 1st ed. - New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, �2005. - 92, [4] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

"A Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc. book."

Includes bibliographical references (page 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.

A Junior Library Guild selection.

ISBN: 0689867417 9780689867415

Source: Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com

LCCN: 2005010841

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Baseball players--United States--Biography.
Baseball--History.--United States
Baseball players--United States--Biography.
Baseball--History.--United States

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.
Biography.

LC Class. No.: GV863.A1 / L56 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 796.357/092/2/