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Root for the Home Team: Minor League Baseball's Most Off-the-Wall Team Names and the Stories Behind Them - Couverture souple

Hagerty, Tim

 
9781604332094: Root for the Home Team: Minor League Baseball's Most Off-the-Wall Team Names and the Stories Behind Them
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ISBN 10 : 1604332093 ISBN 13 : 9781604332094
Editeur : Cider Mill Press, 2012

Synopsis

Delve deep into to the grass roots of baseballs the Minor League and you'll find Cannibals, Shoemakers, and Zephyrs! From the Coal Sox Nation to the Texarkana Casketmakers, Root for the Home Team brings you the most oddly original team names and the stories behind them.

Root for the Home Team includes profiles of more than 150 teams and lists of hundreds more--plus fun facts, action shots, and team logos. Impress your baseball buddies with your depth of knowledge! Did you know?

  • The Altoona Curve were dubbed without ever throwing a breaking ball, thanks to local railroad history.
  • The Wichita Izzies had a fan so fanatical they named the team after him.
  • The Mudville Nine were named after the fictitious team in the poem Casey at the Bat.

Root for the Home Team is a unique book any baseball fan will love.

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À propos de l'auteur

Tim Hagerty has broadcasted professional baseball games for 18 years. He has written hundreds of freelance national baseball articles forBaseball Digest, MLB.com, Sporting News, The Hardball Times, and other publications.

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Éditeur
Cider Mill Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1604332093
ISBN 13 
9781604332094
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
96
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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