The baseball book / Title on dust jacket: Sports illustrated, the baseball book Rob Fleder, editor ; [introduction by Tom Verducci]. - New York : Sports Illustrated Books/Time Inc. Home Entertainment, 2006. - 294 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Compilación de artículos y fotografías de la revista Sports illustrated.

The pre-1920's -- A one-way ticket to obscurity / Wrigley rapture / Baseball's Johnny Appleseed / The 1920s -- "Everyone is helpless and in awe" / The transistor kid / The 1930s -- A series to savor / The benching of a legend / This old house / The quiet warrior / The 1940s -- The very best act in town / SI's alltime all-stars -- Final twist of the dream / The 1950s -- William does it! / A workingman's hero / You had to see it to believe it / The Mick always swung from the heels / The 1960s -- Aches and pains and three batting titles / Standing tall at short / Giants among men / The 1970s -- Lost in history / Fabric of the game / High-wire act / All is forgiven / The 1980s -- The record almost killed him / End of story / No place in the shade / The 1990s -- The spirit of St. Louis / Love, hate and Billy Martin / The stuff of legend / A day of light and shadow / The 2000s -- From the hill to the hall / Rapid Robert can still bring it / Tiger tales / by Tom Verducci -- by John Schulian -- by Steve Rushin -- by Harold Peterson -- by Roy Blount Jr. -- by Robert Creamer -- by Steve Rushin -- by Roger Kahn -- by William Nack -- by Esmeralda Santiago -- by Jack Olsen -- by George Plimpton -- by Richard Hoffer -- by Richard Hoffer -- by Rick Reilly -- by Richard Hoffer -- by Myron Cope -- by Steve Wulf -- by Frank Deford -- by William Nack -- by Sarah Ballard -- by Tom Verducci -- by Keith Olbermann -- by Rick Telander -- by Tom Verducci -- by Mark Kram -- by Rick Reilly -- by Frank Deford -- by Steve Wulf -- by Jonathan Schwartz -- by Herbert Warren Wind -- by Frank Deford -- by Leigh Montville -- Introduction / Acknowledgements.

Highlighted by more than three hundred photographs, a celebration of America's national pastime captures the great teams, players, games, memorabilia, artifacts, and important moments throughout the more than one hundred years of baseball history.

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