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Also by Alan Schwarz:

Once Upon a Game, April 2007
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The Numbers Game, April 2005
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ONCE UPON A GAME
By: Alan Schwarz

Baseball's Greatest Memories

Houghton Mifflin
April 2007
On Sale: April 4, 2007
160 pages
ISBN: 061873127X
EAN: 9780618731275
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction

In Once Upon a Game, Alan Schwarz, author of the critically acclaimed The Numbers Game, assembles a delightful collection of personal memories about baseball from some of the game’s all-time legends and its most famous fans. Derek Jeter tells how at age ten he declared to his parents that he would be a major leaguer; Ernie Banks recalls the moment he coined the phrase “Let’s play two!”; Mike Piazza recounts his backyard batting lesson with Ted Williams. With intimacy and insight, dozens of the game’s greatest players remember the finest moments of their careers. Lavishly illustrated and handsomely designed, Once Upon a Game is a one-of-a-kind collective reminiscence. Includes personal reflections from Yogi Berra, Kevin Costner, Reggie Jackson, Pedro Martinez, Cal Ripken Jr., Nolan Ryan, Charles Schulz, and more.

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