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Mlb Baseball Timeline by Burt Solomon and Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff (2001, Hardcover)
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Every significant event is chronicled with just the level of detail fans want. It is a baseball fans paradise for sidelights, trivia, nostalgia, color, and "I never knew that!".
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Product Identifiers
PublisherDorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN-100789471329
ISBN-139780789471321
eBay Product ID (ePID)1793833
Product Key Features
Book TitleMlb Baseball Timeline
Number of Pages1216 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicBaseball / History, Reference, Baseball / General
Publication Year2001
IllustratorYes
GenreSports & Recreation, Antiques & Collectibles
AuthorBurt Solomon, Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height2.9 in
Item Weight124.5 Oz
Item Length10.3 in
Item Width8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN00-065812
Reviews...an absolutely awesome reference book.... You can't be a student of the game and not have this book. (New York Daily News ) A must for real fans, this book breaks down every season into key games and fascinating incidents. (The Detroit News) You may be able to start at any point, but you can't stop.... It offers pages of memorabilia, trivia, statistics, and eye-popping details. (The Arizona Daily Star) The Baseball Timeline is a welcome and valuable addition to the historical and reference books on baseball. (Marvin J. Miller, Former Executive Director, Major League Baseball Players' Association) A baseball time machine... jam-packed with fascinating and deftly-chosen info... a worthy addition to any fan's library (David Pietrusza, Past President, Society for American Baseball Research) Fun and games for all. (USA Today) This exciting sports chronology is recommended for larger public libraries. (School Library Journal) ...this year-by-year pitches more than enough statistics and stories to keep any fan happy, even on a rain date. (Ralph Hollenbeck, King Features Syndicate) You'll enjoy this historic reading of America's favorite game, baseball. It has many facts and tidbits that will both entertain and astonish you. (Rico Brogna, Atlanta Braves First Baseman) The history astounded me, especially my adventures. (Former Major Leaguer Phil "Super Sub" Linz) This book is a great opportunity to relive baseball history day by day and a reminder of why the game has captured the heart and soul of every generation. (Darren Bragg, Boston Red Sox)
SynopsisWith hundreds of illustrations, this comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and compulsively readable record of baseball's greatest moments and seasonal events is sure to stimulate the memories and fantasies of much of American-and serve as an invaluable reference and argument-settler. Baseball has never been chronicled they way this timeline works. It covers every great moment in baseball, along with the colorful people, events, quotations, turning points, scandals, comic moments, and nostalgia of the national sport. Unlike any other baseball book, The Baseball Timeline is a day-by-day, year-by-year account of what happened throughout the baseball world. Every significant event is chronicled with just the level of detail fans want. In addition to individual feats, entries include landmark pennant races, important trades, disputes (on and off the field), famous firsts and lasts, franchise shifts, the openings of new ball parks, and even details of the last game played at stadiums scheduled for demolition. Keep The Baseball Timeline by the TV; let it stand as a home reference that provides nostalgic memories, "the last word" in disputes, or the one place to ensure that you know what really happened. It is a baseball fan's paradise for sidelights, trivia, nostalgia, color, and "I never knew that " information. Lively text invites readers in for an exciting tour of the past beginning with its possible origins as an Native American game and continuing on through the first season of the new millennium., With hundreds of illustrations, this comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and compulsively readable record of baseball's greatest moments and seasonal events is sure to stimulate the memories and fantasies of much of American-and serve as an invaluable reference and argument-settler. Baseball has never been chronicled they way this timeline works. It covers every great moment in baseball, along with the colorful people, events, quotations, turning points, scandals, comic moments, and nostalgia of the national sport. Unlike any other baseball book, The Baseball Timeline is a day-by-day, year-by-year account of what happened throughout the baseball world. Every significant event is chronicled with just the level of detail fans want. In addition to individual feats, entries include landmark pennant races, important trades, disputes (on and off the field), famous firsts and lasts, franchise shifts, the openings of new ball parks, and even details of the last game played at stadiums scheduled for demolition. Keep The Baseball Timeline by the TV; let it stand as a home reference that provides nostalgic memories, "the last word" in disputes, or the one place to ensure that you know what really happened. It is a baseball fan's paradise for sidelights, trivia, nostalgia, color, and "I never knew that!" information. Lively text invites readers in for an exciting tour of the past beginning with its possible origins as an Native American game and continuing on through the first season of the new millennium.
LC Classification NumberGV863.A1S693 2001
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- 15 Jun, 2016
Great book
I love this book. You can pick it up anytime and spend a good hour learning about the great history of this game. Well done, some images, pop culture history, nice timeline of the sport.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 02 Nov, 2021
Great Reference
Any baseball fan will enjoy this item!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
