Highlights notable players, games, teams, and moments in the history of baseball including Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron, the 1998 Yankees, playoff rivalries, and Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier. Includes photographs and Top Ten lists.
Features basic information about the game of baseball. Includes information on baseball record holders, photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
Presents a biography of Kenichi Zenimura, who became one of the United States' earliest Japanese-American baseball players. Discusses how Zenimura and his family were affected by the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and traces his modern legacy.
America at bat from 1900 to today with 19 activities
Panchyk, Richard
Examines the history of baseball in a kid-friendly manner with quotes and stories from more than 175 major league players from Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson to Mickey Mantle and Willy Mays. Includes a timeline, resources for further information, text-related activities, and photographs.
the story of Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams and the record-setting summer of '41
Bildner, Phil
Depicts the record-breaking baseball season of 1941 when Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams set records that have not yet been broken. Describes their personal feelings about their goals and depicts the games of that season illustrating their abilities and accomplishments. Includes color illustrations and provides statistics of other records that had been set and broken.
Traces baseball from 1900 to 1990 with a year-by-year season overview, which recounts each year's biggest stories: the pennant races, the World Series, the MVP's, and the rising stars--as well as each season's hottest controversies.
