Legends : the best players, games, and teams in baseball /
Bryant, Howard, 1968-,
Legends : the best players, games, and teams in baseball / Howard Bryant. - xii, 228 pages. [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm - Legends ; [1] .
Includes index.
Spring. The one and only: Babe Ruth -- 42: Jackie Robinson becomes a legend -- Willie's time: the greatness of Willie Mays -- Too good: six years of Sandy Koufax -- "Something for me, Mama": Henry Aaron hits #715 -- Rickey Henderson: one of a kind -- Summer. Miracle!: the 1914 Boston Braves -- The boys of summer: the 1947-55 Brooklyn Dodgers -- The outlaws: the 1972-74 Oakland A's -- Saved: the 1993 San Francisco Giants -- Too good to be true: Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa -- Victory summer: the 1998 New York Yankees -- Fall. Goliath falls: the 1960 World Series -- Something to prove: Roberto Clemente's quest -- The best ever: the 1975 World Series -- The original: Reggie Jackson becomes Mr. October -- "Don't give us a chance": the 2004 Boston Red Sox -- Joy and heartbreak: the 2011 World Series -- A timeline of baseball's key moments (top 40 style).
In this volume, Howard Bryant brings to life the best that baseball has to offer--the heroes, the bitter rivalries, the moments that every sports--loving kid should know.
Age: 8-12. Grade: 4 to 6.
0399169032 9780399169038
2014031744
Baseball players--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Baseball--History--United States--Juvenile literature.
Legends : the best players, games, and teams in baseball / Howard Bryant. - xii, 228 pages. [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm - Legends ; [1] .
Includes index.
Spring. The one and only: Babe Ruth -- 42: Jackie Robinson becomes a legend -- Willie's time: the greatness of Willie Mays -- Too good: six years of Sandy Koufax -- "Something for me, Mama": Henry Aaron hits #715 -- Rickey Henderson: one of a kind -- Summer. Miracle!: the 1914 Boston Braves -- The boys of summer: the 1947-55 Brooklyn Dodgers -- The outlaws: the 1972-74 Oakland A's -- Saved: the 1993 San Francisco Giants -- Too good to be true: Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa -- Victory summer: the 1998 New York Yankees -- Fall. Goliath falls: the 1960 World Series -- Something to prove: Roberto Clemente's quest -- The best ever: the 1975 World Series -- The original: Reggie Jackson becomes Mr. October -- "Don't give us a chance": the 2004 Boston Red Sox -- Joy and heartbreak: the 2011 World Series -- A timeline of baseball's key moments (top 40 style).
In this volume, Howard Bryant brings to life the best that baseball has to offer--the heroes, the bitter rivalries, the moments that every sports--loving kid should know.
Age: 8-12. Grade: 4 to 6.
0399169032 9780399169038
2014031744
Baseball players--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Baseball--History--United States--Juvenile literature.