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Baseball in the Garden of Eden
- By: John Thorn
- Length: 11 hours 55 minutes
- Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish date: May 11, 2021
- Language: English
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The “fresh and fascinating” (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland), “splendid and brilliant” (Philadelphia Daily News) history of the early game by the Official Historian of Major League Baseball.Who really invented baseball? Forget... Read more
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