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The 34-ton bat : the story of baseball as told through bobbleheads, cracker jacks, jockstraps, eye black, and 375 other strange and unforgettable objects / Steve Rushin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2013]Description: 343 pages : illustratiions ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780316200936
  • 031620093X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 796.357 23
LOC classification:
  • GV873 .R87 2013
Contents:
The walk-in freezer of dreams -- The baseball grenade -- Stairway to heaven -- The lost city of Francisco Grande -- The men in the gray flannel suits -- The beanproof cap of Foulproof Taylor -- The decrepit urinals of Ebbets Field -- "The redhots warned with mustard saved many a life" -- Row C, Section 42, Seats 3 and 4 at the Polo Grounds -- Recessional.
Summary: Provides a history of America's pastime told through memorabilia and other tokens of the sport and its fans, including giant bats and balls, cards, team pennants, cracker jacks, eyeblack, pipe organs, and clogged stadium toilets.
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Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Anita & W.T. Neyland Public Library Anita & W.T. Neyland Public Library Nonfiction 796.357 RUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 43185000679025
Book Book La Retama Central Library La Retama Central Library Nonfiction 796.357 RUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 43185000806511
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-325) and index.

The walk-in freezer of dreams -- The baseball grenade -- Stairway to heaven -- The lost city of Francisco Grande -- The men in the gray flannel suits -- The beanproof cap of Foulproof Taylor -- The decrepit urinals of Ebbets Field -- "The redhots warned with mustard saved many a life" -- Row C, Section 42, Seats 3 and 4 at the Polo Grounds -- Recessional.

Provides a history of America's pastime told through memorabilia and other tokens of the sport and its fans, including giant bats and balls, cards, team pennants, cracker jacks, eyeblack, pipe organs, and clogged stadium toilets.

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