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Baseball's game changers : icons, record breakers, scandals, sensational series, and more / George Castle.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Game changers | Game changersPublisher: Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, 2016Description: x, 227 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781493019465 (paperback)
  • 1493019465 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.357
LOC classification:
  • GV 863 C353b 2016
Contents:
Introduction -- Baseball's Top Five Game Changers -- Baseball's Game Changers, from 6 to 50 -- Acknowledgments of a True Team Effort.
Summary: The first book in the GAME CHANGERS sports series answers the questions: What were the 50 most revolutionary personalities, rules, pieces of equipment, controversies, organizational changes, radio and television advancements, and more in the history of the National Pastime? And how, exactly, did they forever change the game? Baseball's Game Changers offers fascinating, detailed explanations along with a ranking system from 1 to 50 that is sure to inspire debate among baseball aficionados. Ranging from each sport's beginnings to today and tackling on-the-field and off-the-field developments, the Game Changers series offers a history of each sport through their turning-points and innovations.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) GV 863 C353b 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000163424

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Includes index.

Introduction -- Baseball's Top Five Game Changers -- Baseball's Game Changers, from 6 to 50 -- Acknowledgments of a True Team Effort.

The first book in the GAME CHANGERS sports series answers the questions: What were the 50 most revolutionary personalities, rules, pieces of equipment, controversies, organizational changes, radio and television advancements, and more in the history of the National Pastime? And how, exactly, did they forever change the game? Baseball's Game Changers offers fascinating, detailed explanations along with a ranking system from 1 to 50 that is sure to inspire debate among baseball aficionados. Ranging from each sport's beginnings to today and tackling on-the-field and off-the-field developments, the Game Changers series offers a history of each sport through their turning-points and innovations.

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