Stealing Home

副标题: Jackie Robinson: Against the Odds

ISBN: 9780689862762

作者: [美]Robert Burleigh

出版社: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books

出版年: 2007-01-09

页数: 32

定价: USD 16.99

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

Man on third. Two outs. The pitcher eyes the base runner, checks for the sign. The fans in the jammed stadium hold their breath. Flapping his outstretched arms like wings, number 42 leads off again. It is September 1955, game one of the World Series, the Yankees versus the Dodgers, and Jackie Robinson is about to do the unbelievable. Attempt to steal home. In a World Series game. To race a baseball thrown from the pitcher's mound and win Is it possible? Yes, it is -- if you are Jackie Robinson