Reprint. Originally published: 1999
Babe & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Year
- 2002
- Leaves
- 173
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
On October 1, 1932, during Game Three of the Chicago Cubs -- New York Yankees World Series, Babe Ruth belted a long home run to straightaway centerfield. According to legend, just before he hit, Babe pointed to the bleachers and boldly predicted he would slam the next pitch there.
Did he call the shot or didn't he? Witnesses never agreed. Like other baseball fans, Joe Stoshack wants to know the truth. But unlike other fans, Joe has the astonishing ability to travel through time and solve one of baseball's greatest puzzles....
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