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Perfect, Once Removed: When Baseball Was All the World to Meby Phillip M. Hoose This nostalgic memoir of coming of age and baseball describes the author's move to Indiana and the role of baseball in his life, especially after he discovers that his cousin, the legendary Don Larsen, is a pitcher for the New York Yankees.
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Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society That Shocked Depression-era Detroit by Tom Stanton Detroit, mid-1930s: Gun-loving baseball fan Dayton Dean became ensnared in the nefarious and deadly Black Legion. The secretive, Klan-like group was executing a wicked plan of terror, murdering enemies, flogging associates, and contemplating armed rebellion. The Legion boasted thousands of members across the Midwest, among them politicians and prominent citizens even, possibly, a beloved Detroit athlete.
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The Closer: My Storyby Mariano RiveraThe 19-year veteran pitcher for the New York Yankees describes his life, discussing the difficulties in being a Latino baseball player in the U.S., how he keeps his Christian values in professional sports and his championships and rivalries.
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A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women In Baseballby Jennifer RingIn 2010 twenty American women were selected to represent Team USA in the fourth Women’s Baseball World Cup in Caracas, Venezuela; most Americans, however, had no idea such a team even existed. A Game of Their Own chronicles the largely invisible history of women in baseball and offers an account of the 2010 Women’s World Cup tournament.
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The 34-Ton Bat: The Story of Baseball as Told Through Bobbleheads, Cracker Jacks, Jockstraps, Eye Black, and 375 Other Strange and Unforgettable Objectsby Steve RushinThis unique history of America's pastime is told through memorabilia and other tokens of the sport and its fans, including giant bats and balls, cards, team pennants, cracker jacks, eyeblack, pipe organs and clogged stadium toilets.
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