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Who Got Game?: Baseball

Amazing but True Stories!

Derrick D Barnes author John John Bajet illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Workman Publishing

Published:17th Mar '20

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Who Got Game?: Baseball cover

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 Mtchell 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.

ISBN: 9781523505531

Dimensions: 228mm x 190mm x 12mm

Weight: 480g

176 pages