TY - BOOK AU - Fruth,Jean AU - Ripken,Cal AU - Wulf,Steve AU - Bench,Johnny TI - Grassroots baseball: where legends begin SN - 9781683584193 PY - 2020/// CY - New York, NY PB - Sports Publishing KW - Baseball KW - Pictorial works KW - History KW - Illustrated works KW - lcgft N1 - Foreword / Steve Wulf -- Introduction / Cal Ripken, Jr. -- Dominican Republic / Vladimir Guerrero -- New York / Whitey Ford -- Mexico / Fernando Valenzuela -- Mobile, Alabama / Hank Aaron -- Japan / Ichiro Suzuki -- Cape Cod / Craig Biggio -- Oakland / Rickey Henderson -- Cuba / Tony Pérez -- Williamsport, Pennsylvania / Randy Johnson -- Puerto Rico / Iván Rodríguez -- Tampa, Florida / Wade Boggs -- Caribbean series / Juan Marichal -- Aberdeen, Maryland / Cal Ripken, Jr. -- Curaçao / Hensley Meulens -- Texas / Nolan Ryan -- Afterword / Johnny Bench N2 - A collection of over 250 images by photographer Jean Fruth capturing amateur baseball and its players in the US and around the world, with each chapter beginning with an essay by a baseball legend sharing his memories of starting out in baseball ER -