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    The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told: Thirty Unforgettable Tales from the Diamond
    The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told: Thirty Unforgettable Tales from the Diamond
    The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told: Thirty Unforgettable Tales from the Diamond
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    The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told: Thirty Unforgettable Tales from the Diamond

    Written by Jeff Silverman

    Narrated by Hillary Huber and Mike Chamberlain

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    About this audiobook

    At a 1931 barnstorming exhibition game in Tennessee, a seventeen-year-old pitcher for the Chattanooga Lookouts struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back to back. Her name was Jackie Mitchell-"organized baseball's first girl pitcher." On September 9, 1965, Sandy Koufax made baseball history by pitching his fourth perfect game. In July 1970, a stripper rushed onto the field at Riverfront Stadium to kiss Johnny Bench, temporarily disrupting a game attended by President Nixon and his family. These are just some of the great, quirky, and comic moments in the annals of baseball recorded in The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told. Here also are profiles of such legendary figures as Joe DiMaggio, Pete Rose, and Yogi Berra, essays that explore the complexities and pleasures of the game, even an excerpt from the movie Bull Durham. This is the perfect book for anyone who has ever played so much as a game of catch.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateDec 27, 2016
    ISBN9781515986164
    The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told: Thirty Unforgettable Tales from the Diamond

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    • 3/5
      This is a collection of 30 baseball stories. There are some classic stories, and some that are less well known. It was an interesting read. I enjoyed most of the stories, but some were not as interesting to me. This is a good book if you enjoy baseball.