Baseball Homestand: The National Pastime
Experience the excitement of attending the 81 home games of a National League baseball team.
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Why is baseball so popular? What are the different types of baseball games? What is the history of each National League team? Who are currently the best players on each team and the ones that may be elected to the Hall of Fame? What is spring training in Arizona like? Who won the 2010 All Star Game in Anaheim? What important events occurred during each month of the 2010 baseball season? Which teams were successful on the way to the 2010 World Series. These are some of the questions answered in this book. The Appendix includes is a special supplement on the 2010 World Cup Soccer Finals in South Africa.
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About the Book
To prepare for Baseball Homestand: The National Pastime, the author attended all 81 home games of the Los Angeles Dodgers during the 2010 baseball season. The book contains a summary of each game and includes comments about notable plays during the game and other happenings of interest. Thus during the entire season many if not all of the amazing athletic accomplishments of the players on the field are described.
About the Author
David Faris is a freelance writer. This is his third book on sports and his second book in his series about baseball. He is a member of SABR, the Society for American Baseball Research.