Baseball Now!
- Publisher
- Firefly Books
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2008
- Category
- General, Sports, Baseball & Softball
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781554078264
- Publish Date
- Mar 2011
- List Price
- $24.95
-
Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781554073375
- Publish Date
- Mar 2008
- List Price
- $24.95
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Description
Insider information and up-to-date stats on today's greatest baseball stars.
Grab a hot dog and a cold beer and immerse yourself in the drama of Major League baseball. Baseball Now! profiles the biggest stars in the game, including Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, Roy Halladay, Andruw Jones and dozens more.
Featuring more than 70 player profiles and up-to-date coverage of the 2007 regular season, playoffs and World Series, Baseball Now! provides an inside look at the game and showcases the best players at every position:
- Outfielders -- sluggers who are outstanding in their field
- Infielders -- power on the corners, hot gloves in the middle
- Catchers -- the "quarterbacks" of baseball
- Designated hitters -- big bats off the bench
- Starting pitchers -- armed and dangerous
- Relief pitchers -- firemen who can take the heat
- Rookies and sophomores -- tomorrow's superstars.
With all the latest facts and action-packed, full-color photos, Baseball Now! captures the excitement of a day at the ballpark.
About the author
Dan Bortolotti is the author of five previous books, including Hope in Hell, a portrait of Doctors Without Borders and the Nobel-winning humanitarian aid group.  He has twice been nominated for the Science in Society Book Award, given by the Canadian Science Writers’ Association.  His journalism has appeared in more than two dozen publications in North America, including Maclean’s, Saturday Night, and the National Post newspaper.  Bortolotti lives with his family in Aurora, Ontario, just north of Toronto.
Editorial Reviews
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