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First Pitch: How Baseball Began

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John Thorn is the official historian for MLB and has written many books on baseball history. First Pitch is the ideal introduction to the origins of the game for readers of all ages. Crammed with original primary research and newly discovered artifacts, memorabilia, colorful paintings and images, this comprehensive historical work is perhaps most interesting for replacing...more

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Published January 31st 2012 by Thinker Media (first published May 1st 2011)

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