Grassroots baseball : where legends begin / photographs by Jean Fruth ; introduction by Cal Ripken, Jr. ; foreword by Steve Wulf ; afterword by Johnny Bench.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, NY : Sports Publishing, 2020Description: 223 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 x 34 cmContent type: - still image
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781683584193
- 1683584198
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Main Library | Oversize | 796.357 F945 | Available | 33111010441000 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A photographic tribute to how ballplayers got their start with memories from Nolan Ryan, Hank Aaron, Randy Johnson, Ichiro Suzuki, Vladimir Guerrero, and more. With an Introduction by Cal Ripken, Jr. and an Afterword by Johnny Bench
In Grassroots Baseball: Where Legends Begin , photographer Jean Fruth features more than 250 of the best images from all levels of the amateur game in various US cities, as well as several hotbeds of baseball around the world.
Each chapter opens with a portrait of a baseball legend and a first-person essay recounting his early memories of playing the game. Some of the stars highlighted in this full-color book include Whitey Ford, Vladimir Guerrero, Hank Aaron, Randy Johnson, Nolan Ryan, and Ichiro Suzuki.
The pages that follow in each chapter document the game from sandlots to big-time ballparks, and at every level of organized baseball, giving readers a window into how these legends' careers began. With an introduction by Cal Ripken, Jr., a foreword by Steve Wulf, and an afterword by Johnny Bench, this book makes the perfect gift for baseball fans of all teams.
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.
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.