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- Author: Richard Michelson
- Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
- Year: 2011
- Pages: 32
- ISBN-10: 1585364657
- ISBN-13: 9781585364657
- Format: 23.4 x 28.2 x 1.3 cm, kieti viršeliai
- Language: English
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In the mid 1800s the sport of baseball was working its way across the United States. Amateur teams were springing up and in 1858 the National Association of Base Ball Players was formed. Young men were eager to show their prowess on the field and in the batter's box.
Lipman Pike's father, a Dutch immigrant, runs a small haberdashery in Brooklyn, New York, though Lip is more interested in watching the ball players than working behind the counter. His mother doesn't approve -- Jewish boys should be paying attention to more sensible matters. But when Lip is barely a teenager, he's invited to join the Nationals Junior Club and play first base. When he hits his first pitch over the right fielder's head, Lip knows baseball is the sport for him.
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- Author: Richard Michelson
- Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
- Year: 2011
- Pages: 32
- ISBN-10: 1585364657
- ISBN-13: 9781585364657
- Format: 23.4 x 28.2 x 1.3 cm, kieti viršeliai
- Language: English English
In the mid 1800s the sport of baseball was working its way across the United States. Amateur teams were springing up and in 1858 the National Association of Base Ball Players was formed. Young men were eager to show their prowess on the field and in the batter's box.
Lipman Pike's father, a Dutch immigrant, runs a small haberdashery in Brooklyn, New York, though Lip is more interested in watching the ball players than working behind the counter. His mother doesn't approve -- Jewish boys should be paying attention to more sensible matters. But when Lip is barely a teenager, he's invited to join the Nationals Junior Club and play first base. When he hits his first pitch over the right fielder's head, Lip knows baseball is the sport for him.
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