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Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Morris Buttermaker is an alcoholic pest removal worker and for a very short period of time a former professional baseball player, is recruited to coach and train a failing baseball team. All of these twelve-year-olds have been thrown out of the league. After losing every game they have played in so far, the kids force the coach to straighten up and teach them how to win before the season is over.
Series
30 for 30 volume no. 27
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Nicknamed "El Toro" by his fans, 20-year-old Fernando Valenzuela was one of the most captivating pitching phenoms baseball has ever seen. Virtually overnight, he became a hero to millions of Latinos, proving with his signature look to the heavens and killer screwball that the American dream was not reserved for those born on U.S. soil.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
On June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In over 137 years of organized professional baseball, it's the only no-hitter tossed while the pitcher was high on LSD. Dock was often embroiled in controversy on and off the field. Coming up in the '60s, while professional baseball hadn't fully embraced racial equality, he was an outspoken leader who lived the expression "black is beautiful"!
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball player who played in 2130 consecutive games before falling, at age 37, to ALS, a deadly nerve disease which now bears his name. Gehrig is followed from his childhood in New York until his famous 'Luckiest Man' speech at his farewell day in 1939.
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