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1845: Felix Schneider, a 10-year-old immigrant from Germany, cheers the New York Knickerbockers as they play Three-Out, All-Out.1864: Union soldier...

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1845: Felix Schneider, a 10-year-old immigrant from Germany, cheers the New York Knickerbockers as they play Three-Out, All-Out.

1864: Union soldier Louis Schneider plays baseball between battles in the Civil War.

1893: Arnold Schneider meets his hero King Kelly, one of professional baseball's first big stars.

1908: Walter Snider, batboy for the Brooklyn Superbas, tries to sneak a black pitcher into the Majors by pretending he's Native American.

1926: Numbers wiz Frankie Snider cons a con with the help of a fellow Brooklyn Robins fan.

1945: Kat Flint becomes a star for the Grand Rapids Chicks in the All-American Girls Baseball League.

1957: Ten-year-old Jimmy Flint thinks bullies and Sputnik are enough to worry about-until the Dodgers announce they're leaving Brooklyn.

1981: Michael Flint finds himself pitching a perfect game during the Little League season at Prospect Park.

2002: Snider Flint tracks down the strange story of a bat that belonged to one of Brooklyn's greatest baseball players.

One family, nine generations. One city, nine innings of baseball.

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  • Publisher:Dial Books
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  • Language:eng
  • ISBN10:0803732244
  • ISBN13:9780803732247
  • kindle Asin:B001PYO3CG

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