Trolley Dodgers, Pinstriped Yankees, and Wearing Red Sox: How MLB Teams Got Their Names
- ISBN-10
- 1620860597
- ISBN-13
- 9781620860595
- Category
- Baseball teams
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-04-02
- Publisher
- Mascot Books Incorporated
- Author
- Jon Lindenblatt
Description
The first thing a child learns about a baseball team is its name. This book celebrates America's national pastime by helping children of all ages discover fun facts about Major League Baseball teams. Learn about their names, mascots, origins, and the cities they call home. Through the illustrations and details on each page, young sports fans will finally get the answer to the first question they ask about a baseball team: Why do they call them that?
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