Hardball: A Season in the Projects
- ISBN-10
- 0061008575
- ISBN-13
- 9780061008573
- Series
- Hardball
- Category
- Baseball for children
- Pages
- 368
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994-12-21
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Author
- Daniel Coyle
Description
A journalist describes the struggle of a group of youngsters from a Chicago housing project and their white-collar coaches to triumph in Little League baseball, chronicling their journey from the first practice to the championship game. Reprint.
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- 2004-10-12
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