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Overview
The For the Baseball Lover Collection combines beautiful photographs, mesmerizing memorabilia, and brain-teasing trivia—all for under $40! These three titles about America’s Favorite Past-time are perfect for the baseball fanatic in your life. The For the Baseball Lover Collection includes:- Ballparks Yesterday and Today
- The Baseball Hall of Fame Collection
- Batter Up!
Ballparks Yesterday and Today provides a feast of facts and figures, illustrations and photographs on over a century of stadium construction, illustrating over a hundred ballparks. It combines an authoritative text with a picture-packed look at what makes the current Major League parks, and the famous old ones, so special. It highlights what it is like to sit in the stands, stretch in the seventh inning, and watch the sun go down over a cityscape.
Experience the triumphs of baseball’s elite with The Baseball Hall of Fame Collection! This exciting new anthology includes: Profiles of more than 150 legendary Hall of Famers; 16 removable replicas of historic documents, including tickets, scouting reports, scorecards, and contracts; notable awards, records, stats, and a complete list of all 292 Hall of Fame members. Filled with full-color photos and sidebars throughout The Baseball Hall of Fame Collection comes straight from the heart of Cooperstown and celebrates the spirit of America’s favorite game and the talented individuals who embody it.
Are you ready for the big league? In Batter Up!, you’ll compete against real baseball players and managers, pitting your knowledge of the sport’s rules and strategy against theirs. You may be surprised that you understand the spirit of the rules better than the pros, who get easily confused in the heat of competition. You’ll also test your familiarity of trivia, player stats, history, and even quotes worthy of Cooperstown.
Book Details
Published
November 1, 2010
Publisher
Sterling Publishing
Format
Other Format
ISBN
9781616836313