TY - BOOK AU - Fleder,Rob AU - Verducci,Tom TI - The baseball book SN - 1933405236 U1 - 796.357 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Sports Illustrated Books/Time Inc. Home Entertainment KW - Major League Baseball (Organization) KW - History KW - Pictorial works KW - Major League Baseball (Organización) KW - Historia KW - Fotografías KW - Baseball KW - United States KW - Baseball players KW - Biography KW - Jugadores de béisbol KW - Estados Unidos KW - Biografías N1 - Compilación de artículos y fotografías de la revista Sports illustrated; Introduction; by Tom Verducci --; The pre-1920's --; A one-way ticket to obscurity; by John Schulian --; Wrigley rapture; by Steve Rushin --; Baseball's Johnny Appleseed; by Harold Peterson --; The 1920s --; "Everyone is helpless and in awe"; by Roy Blount Jr. --; The transistor kid; by Robert Creamer --; The 1930s --; A series to savor; by Steve Rushin --; The benching of a legend; by Roger Kahn --; This old house; by William Nack --; The quiet warrior; by Esmeralda Santiago --; The 1940s --; The very best act in town; by Jack Olsen --; SI's alltime all-stars --; Final twist of the dream; by George Plimpton --; The 1950s --; William does it!; by Richard Hoffer --; A workingman's hero; by Richard Hoffer --; You had to see it to believe it; by Rick Reilly --; The Mick always swung from the heels; by Richard Hoffer --; The 1960s --; Aches and pains and three batting titles; by Myron Cope --; Standing tall at short; by Steve Wulf --; Giants among men; by Frank Deford --; The 1970s --; Lost in history; by William Nack --; Fabric of the game; by Sarah Ballard --; High-wire act; by Tom Verducci --; All is forgiven; by Keith Olbermann --; The 1980s --; The record almost killed him; by Rick Telander --; End of story; by Tom Verducci --; No place in the shade; by Mark Kram --; The 1990s --; The spirit of St. Louis; by Rick Reilly --; Love, hate and Billy Martin; by Frank Deford --; The stuff of legend; by Steve Wulf --; A day of light and shadow; by Jonathan Schwartz --; The 2000s --; From the hill to the hall; by Herbert Warren Wind --; Rapid Robert can still bring it; by Frank Deford --; Tiger tales; by Leigh Montville --; Acknowledgements N2 - Highlighted by more than three hundred photographs, a celebration of America's national pastime captures the great teams, players, games, memorabilia, artifacts, and important moments throughout the more than one hundred years of baseball history ER -