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.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2013]Description: 343 pages : illustratiions ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780316200936
- 031620093X
- 796.357 23
- GV873 .R87 2013
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Book | La Retama Central Library | La Retama Central Library | Nonfiction | 796.357 RUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 43185000806511 |
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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