Why we love baseball a history in 50 moments /

"Posnanski writes of major moments that created legends, and of forgotten moments almost lost to time. It's Willie Mays's catch, Babe Ruth's called shot, and Kirk Gibson's limping home run; the slickest steals; the biggest bombs; and the most triumphant no-hitters. But these...

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Main Author: Posnanski, Joe,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: [New York] : Dutton, [2023]
Physical Description: xxii, 377 pages ; 24 cm.
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245 1 0 |a Why we love baseball :  |b a history in 50 moments /  |c Joe Posnanski. 
264 1 |a [New York] :  |b Dutton,  |c [2023] 
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505 0 |a Introduction -- Five unlikely homers -- No. 50: The real Duane Kuiper -- No. 49: Kerry and the bleacher bums -- No. 48: A knuckleball story -- No. 47: The double -- No. 46: Pedro: "As unhittable as you can be" -- Five trick plays - - No. 45: The grand illusion -- No. 44: Here comes Bream! -- No. 43: Two Clemente throws -- No. 42: The embrace -- No. 41: Ponderous Joe goes deep -- Five meltdowns -- No. 40: The pine tar homer -- No. 39: Striking out Sadaharu Oh -- No. 38: "No way I was coming out" -- No. 37: The Bo throw -- No. 36: Nolan and the table leg -- Five loud home runs -- No. 35: The bat flip -- No. 34: Shohei -- No. 33: Jackie and Yogi -- No. 32: Perfection -- No. 31: Harvey Haddix loses -- Five barehanded plays -- No. 30: Ozzie becomes the wizard -- No. 29: Touch 'em all, Joe -- No. 28 : Jackie Mitchell whiffs the Babe -- Five pitching oddities -- No. 27: Ron Necciai strikes out -- No. 26: Alexander strikes out Lazzeri -- Five funny things -- No. 25: Ball conks off Canseco's head -- No. 24: Mr. October - - No. 23: Mr. November -- No. 22: David Freese lives his best life -- No. 21: Dottie drops the ball -- Five heartstrings -- No. 20: John McDonald homers on Father's Day -- No. 19: Joe goes shoeless -- No. 18: Pete Rose catches Cobb -- No. 17: "Waving at the ball like a madman" -- No. 16: The shot heard round the world -- No. 15: The Babe hits -- No. 14: Ted Williams hits -- Five blunders -- No. 13: Buckner -- No. 12: DiMaggio's streak almost ends - - No. 11: Don Larsen's perfect game -- Five duels -- No. 10: Satch vs. Josh -- No. 9: Mazeroski -- No. 8: Cal Ripken passes Gehrig -- No. 7: Roberts steals second (and others) -- No. 6: Babe's called shot(s) -- Five catches -- No. 5: The catch -- No. 4: "I don't believe what I just saw!" -- No. 3: The rain delay speech -- No. 2: Jackie and Larry and... -- A moment for every team -- No. 1: A new home run champion of all time -- Epilogue. 
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