Baseball Letters: A Fan's Correspondence with His HeroesThis is a unique scrapbook containing many of baseball's greatest moments--in the words of the players who lived them. For every fan who's ever wondered how Mickey Mantle came to wear the number seven or who Cal Ripken, Jr.'s childhood idols were, Seth Swirsky has the answers. 90 photos. |
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