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Baseball's Biggest Bloopers: The Games That Got Away
Contributor(s): Gutman, Dan (Author)
ISBN: 0140376151     ISBN-13: 9780140376159
Publisher: Puffin Books
OUR PRICE:   $6.29  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 1995
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Annotation: Some ball players are remembered for their home runs and great plays--but imagine being famous for blowing the game. Offering play-by-play descriptions of the games, historical trivia, and lifetime statistics of key players, this book shows how life goes on even after the worst moments--and how a little mistake can sometimes make a very big difference. Photos.
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball & Softball
Dewey: 796.357
Lexile Measure: 1000
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.30 lbs) 176 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 18464
Reading Level: 6.2   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 4.0
 
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Publisher Description:
A collection of baseball quotes and bloopers recounts the story of the 1912 dropped fly ball, Bill Buckner's bungling of an easy grounder in the 1986 World Series, and the most famous mistake in baseball history.

Some ball players are remembered for their home runs and great plays--but imagine being famous for blowing the game. Offering play-by-play descriptions of the games, historical trivia, and lifetime statistics of key players, this book shows how life goes on even after the worst moments--and how a little mistake can sometimes make a very big difference.