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Grassroots Baseball- Route 66

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Just as baseball is at the heart of America, so too is Route 66. This book is a photographic tribute to the national pastime along the artery that stretches from the shores of Lake Michigan, close to where the Cubs play, to the Pacific Ocean at Santa Monica, where baseball memories and players abound. Among the players who will guide readers on the journey will be baseball greats George Brett, Billy Hatcher, Alex Bregman, and Ryan Howard. Leading off will be Johnny Bench of Binger, Oklahoma.



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Grassroots Baseball: Route 66

, photographer Jean Fruth weaves more than 250 full-color images of the national pastime along the historic highway into a tapestry that reminds us of the heart and soul of America.

Customer Reviews (4.6 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Lily ★★★★★

Didn't expect a photo book to make me nostalgic for stretches of highway I've never even driven. The pairing of old ballpark shots with roadside diners and dusty fields actually works, and the print quality holds up to the large format. It's been sitting on my coffee table for two weeks and everyone

Hannah ★★★★★

The photos of old ballparks along the Route 66 corridor are gorgeous, and I didn't expect the short essays to pull me in like they did. It's a coffee-table book but I ended up reading it cover to cover in two nights.

Ella B. ★★★★★

Flipping through these pages feels like driving that old highway myself, each photo pulling you deeper into the small-town ballparks and dusty diamonds along the route. The way it pairs the love of the game with the open road is exactly what I hoped for, and it's already earned a permanent spot on m