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A People's History of Baseball - 10 Pioneers Who Changed Society Through Their Extraordinary Journeys Author(s): Alibert Gaétan Publisher: Blackléphant Éditions Publication: 17/03/2022 Number of pages: 393 Weight: 582 g Dimensions: 21 x 15 x 2.7 EAN: 9782493043061 Summary:

What do the end of disco, a Russian aristocrat exiled in Japan in the 1920s, a professional women's league during World War II, a 1988 US presidential candidate, and a teenage girl suing for the right to play on her high school's boys' team in the late 1980s have in common? Baseball. More than a journey, it's a true odyssey that A People's History of Baseball offers you, through the extraordinary paths of five women and five men, whose lives and accomplishments are so many windows into the great history of our world.

Biography:

Gaétan Alibert is France's leading baseball specialist. Highly involved with the French Baseball Softball Federation, this New York Yankees fan began his journey on the Honus website. He has since joined the teams of The Strike Out and Ecrire Le Sport websites, as well as the US sports podcast: Hype. In parallel, he created his own podcast, Culture Baseball, and the blog Esprit du Cricket.