Titre:
What is the World Series?
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Every October, millions of baseball fans around the country anxiously wait to see which team wins baseball's biggest championship. But the original games of the 1900s hardly look like they do today. Take a look back over one hundred years and discover the history of baseball's greatest series. With triumphs, heartbreak, and superstitious curses, this action-packed book brings America's Pastime to life.
Date de publication comme intervalle:
2015
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Description matérielle:
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Table des matières:
What is the World Series? -- In the beginning -- 1900s: The World Series takes off -- 1910s: Scandal -- 1920s: New York at bat -- 1930s: Dynasty -- 1940s: Color, curses, and Dem Bums -- 1950s: The "Subway Series" -- 1960s: Maz, and a miracle -- 1970s: Still cursed -- 1980s: An error and an earthquake -- 1990s: Worst to first -- 2000s: Standing together -- Timelines.
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Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN):
9780448484068
9781480675506
9781484457122
Informations de publication:
New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2015]
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