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Say-Hey and the Babe
Two Mostly True Baseball Stories
By Waldman, Neil
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-82341-857-2
- Publisher
- New York : Holiday House, c2006.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2006
Gr 2-4 Two loosely connected tales evoke the days when baseball legends interacted with ordinary fans. A prologue describes a boy and his friends retrieving a foul-smelling object from a sewer in 1951. In the first story, which harks back to 1927, Babe Ruth hits a ball into the stands and strikes a young spectator. As Mona Finkel recovers after the game, Ruth presents her with a ball signed by the entire Yankee team. It is a cherished family heirloom, until her broth...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
