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Mystic Bat

Mystic Bat

Mystic Bat

Bob Whetstone

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Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2012
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Historia
ISBN:
9781105576751

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Fourteen-year-old Buck relates an insider view of a small town’s attempt to organize a professional baseball team in the 1940’s. As the team’s first batboy, Buck recalls the hilarious antics of novice players as well as the downside of baseball as a business venture.

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