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George Castle - Jackie Robinson West, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Jackie Robinson West

The Triumph and Tragedy of America’s Favorite Little League Team

Av George Castle

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The competition level in Little League has never been tougher, but the kids on the Jackie Robinson West team faced their own set of challenges on and off the baseball diamond. The Jackie Robinson West team takes their fans and followers on a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs as each player shares a different part of the team’s history and experience, including a double-header with President Obama. Jackie Robinson West: The Story of the Youngest America’s Team leads readers on their harrowing path to the Little League World Series.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2016-04-01
  • Mått: 164 x 233 x 25 mm
  • Vikt: 449 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 272
  • Förlag: Taylor Trade Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781630761264
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George Castle has covered Major League Baseball and the Chicago Cubs since 1980 for a variety of newspapers and magazines. The author of twelve books, Castle hosts and produces a weekly syndicated baseball show, Diamond Gems. Castle has become a multimedia purveyor of baseball inside information and analysis, using a network of close clubhouse and front-office relationships to continually produce scoops and informative pieces that outflank other media. He has gotten to know—and gain the trust—of almost all of the important figures in Chicago and general baseball history. Castle has also appeared on a wide variety of network radio—including ESPN, Sporting News, and Sirius—and local sports-talk radio programs. He was tapped by producers as one of the historical experts on the Cubs for Wait ʼTil Next Year: The Saga of the Chicago Cubs, the HBO 2006 special on the team. He lives in Chicago.

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"The Jackie Robinson West champions were one of baseball's feel-good stories of the last ten years -- until the Chicago team was stripped of its Little League title. Author George Castle dives deep behind the headlines and tells a compelling tale that will alter how many feel about these young athletes and their noteworthy moment in sports history." -- Tom Stanton, author of Terror in the City of Champions and Ty and The Babe "A fascinating blend of Little League baseball, Chicago politics, and the role of race in youth sports. This is not just a baseball book, but a book of regional history that touches all the bases. A revealing read." --Douglas B. Lyons, author of 100 Years of Who's Who in Baseball

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