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001			on1230256689
003			OCoLC
005			20210112124729.0
008			210112s2020 nyua 000 0deng d
040			_aNFG _beng _erda _cNFG
020			_a9781683584193
020			_a1683584198
035			_a(OCoLC)1230256689
092			_a796.357 _bF945
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aFruth, Jean, _ephotographer.
245	1	0	_aGrassroots baseball : _bwhere legends begin / _cphotographs by Jean Fruth ; introduction by Cal Ripken, Jr. ; foreword by Steve Wulf ; afterword by Johnny Bench.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bSports Publishing, _c2020.
300			_a223 pages : _bchiefly color illustrations ; _c25 x 34 cm
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_aA 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.
505	0		_aForeword / 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.
650		0	_aBaseball _vPictorial works.
650		0	_aBaseball _xHistory. _927906
655		7	_aIllustrated works. _2lcgft _94636
700	1		_aRipken, Cal, _cJr., _d1960- _ewriter of introduction. _970698
700	1		_aWulf, Steve, _ewriter of foreword.
700	1		_aBench, Johnny, _d1947- _ewriter of afterword.
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c320977 _d320977