![]() ![]() ![]() In formal, neatly drawn cartoons, Bajet tones down some of the wilder incidents, giving his subjects-even mascots-dignified presences and, usually, welcoming smiles. Not to mention a nine-inning, 49-run game and another that went 33 innings. Frank Jobe and four African Americans who played professionally before Jackie Robinson. James, 2017).Īlthough Barnes doesn’t really stick to the “unheralded figures and untold stories” he says he’ll highlight, still he does tuck some less-heralded hijinks and heroes into an anecdotal rush that captures the “joy and wonderment that is baseball.” So, along with tributes to the likes of Satchel Paige and Negro Leagues founder Rube Foster, he tips a cap to Ozzie Vergil, the first Dominican major leaguer slugger Hank Greenberg, the “Hebrew Hammer” “Tommy John” surgeon Dr. A fizzy compendium of baseball feats, firsts, and lore from Newbery Honoree and Kirkus Prize winner Barnes ( Crown, illustrated by Gordon C. ![]()
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