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Author
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The history of the Pittsburgh Pirates professional baseball team from its inaugural 1882 season to today, spotlighting the team's greatest players and most memorable moments"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle was old school and stubborn. But after twenty straight losing seasons and his job on the line, he was ready to try anything. So when he met with GM Neal Huntington in October 2012, they decided to discard everything they knew about the game and instead take on drastic "big data" strategies. Going well beyond the number-crunching of Moneyball, which used statistics found on the back of baseball cards to identify...
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
Young Roberto loved baseball so much that he played with a tree branch and tin cans in Carolina, Puerto Rico, practicing until he was chosen to play for a Major League team -- in chilly Montreal! Although he showed his talent as part of the Pittsburgh Pirates, he still faced discrimination from people who wouldn't accept a Black man who demanded to be called Roberto instead of Bob in the middle of the nuclear-family 1950s. Even after becoming an All-Star...
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