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Grandpa Gordy is a retired sports writer who loves to tell stories to his grandchildren. He has been at every World Series Games since 1924 and in this book he describes his greatest games in a informative and zany style that will entertain baseball fans young and old.
Grandpa Gordy is a retired sports writer who loves to tell stories to his grandchildren. He has been to every World Series game since 1924 and in this book he recap's the greatest games in an informative and zany style that will entertain baseball fans both young and old. You'll read about the heroics of some of the games biggest stars like Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Reggie Jackson. You'll go all the way back to 1924 and the "Big Train" Walter Johnson's clutch performance and to 1999 and Chad Curtis's unlikely moment of glory. All the while Grandpa Gordy will tickle your funny bo | |  | | Mickey Mantle's Last Home Run
T.J. and Jonathan are teenagers, one white one black, and teammates on the JV baseball team. Can their friendship endure the tragic events of 1968 that tear apart America?
T.J. and Jonathan are teen-age friends and teammates on the JV baseball team. Like many young people growing up in America in the late sixties they have heroes. For T.J., who is white, it is Mickey Mantle, the aging star of the New York Yankees. For Jonathan, who is black, it is Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the civil rights movement. Unfortunately 1968 is a bad year for heroes and—America. Their friendship is strained to the breaking point when Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated. Jonathan, who is devastated by the murder, blames all white people, T.J. included. T.J. then |
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