Why Time Begins on Opening Day
- ISBN-10
- 0385184093
- ISBN-13
- 9780385184090
- Category
- Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General
- Pages
- 300
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1984
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Author
- Thomas Boswell
Description
A collection of essays on the sport of baseball, its myths, superstars, pennant races, strategies, ballparks, and other facets of the national pastime
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