Who got game? baseball : amazing but true stories
Celebrate the unheralded people and stories that helped shape the game of baseball! Meet unsung pioneers, like John "Bud" Fowler, William Edward White, and brothers Moses Fleetwood Walker and Weld Walker, four African Americans who integrated white teams decades before Jackie Robinson. Dis...
| Main Author: | Barnes, Derrick (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Bajet, John John (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Workman Publishing,
2020.
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| Summary: |
Celebrate the unheralded people and stories that helped shape the game of baseball! Meet unsung pioneers, like John "Bud" Fowler, William Edward White, and brothers Moses Fleetwood Walker and Weld Walker, four African Americans who integrated white teams decades before Jackie Robinson. Discover unforgettable moments, like the time a 17-year old girl named Jackie Mitchell struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Marvel at records. Did you know that Japanese superstar Sadaharu Oh has a whopping 113 more career homers than Hank Aaron? And that's just for starters! This lively illustrated collection of shiny nuggets of baseball lore will transform you into a superfan who knows the game better than anyone else. Someone who's got game. |
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| Physical Description: |
172 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (page 168). |
| ISBN: |
9781523505531 1523505532 9781544448688 1544448686 |
| Author Notes: |
John John Bajet is a designer at Renegade Animation, and works on the Cartoon Network Show Tom & Jerry. He is the illustrator of If We Could Do What Animals Do. |