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Grassroots Baseball: Where Legends Begin (author-signed copy)

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In Grassroots Baseball: Where Legends Begin, photographer Jean Fruth features more than 250 of the best images from all levels of the amateur game in the US as well as several hotbeds of baseball around the world.

Each chapter opens with a portrait of a baseball legend and a first-person essay recounting his early memories of playing the game. Some of the stars highlighted in this full-color book include Whitey Ford, Vladimir Guerrero, Hank Aaron, Randy Johnson, Nolan Ryan, and Ichiro Suzuki.

The pages that follow in each chapter document the game from sandlots to big-time ballparks, and at every level of organized baseball, giving readers a window into how these legends’ careers began. With an introduction by Cal Ripken, Jr., a foreword by Steve Wulf, and an afterword by Johnny Bench, this book makes the perfect gift for baseball fans of all teams.

— AUTHOR-SIGNED COPY

Hardcover: 224 pages

Price includes tax & shipping (US Post Office Media Mail; 3-10 business days) United States only.

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In Grassroots Baseball: Where Legends Begin, photographer Jean Fruth features more than 250 of the best images from all levels of the amateur game in the US as well as several hotbeds of baseball around the world.

Each chapter opens with a portrait of a baseball legend and a first-person essay recounting his early memories of playing the game. Some of the stars highlighted in this full-color book include Whitey Ford, Vladimir Guerrero, Hank Aaron, Randy Johnson, Nolan Ryan, and Ichiro Suzuki.

The pages that follow in each chapter document the game from sandlots to big-time ballparks, and at every level of organized baseball, giving readers a window into how these legends’ careers began. With an introduction by Cal Ripken, Jr., a foreword by Steve Wulf, and an afterword by Johnny Bench, this book makes the perfect gift for baseball fans of all teams.

— AUTHOR-SIGNED COPY

Hardcover: 224 pages

Price includes tax & shipping (US Post Office Media Mail; 3-10 business days) United States only.

US Post Priority Mail (1-3 business days) upgrade option available at checkout.

Please email info@grassrootsbaseball.org if you need international shipping.

In Grassroots Baseball: Where Legends Begin, photographer Jean Fruth features more than 250 of the best images from all levels of the amateur game in the US as well as several hotbeds of baseball around the world.

Each chapter opens with a portrait of a baseball legend and a first-person essay recounting his early memories of playing the game. Some of the stars highlighted in this full-color book include Whitey Ford, Vladimir Guerrero, Hank Aaron, Randy Johnson, Nolan Ryan, and Ichiro Suzuki.

The pages that follow in each chapter document the game from sandlots to big-time ballparks, and at every level of organized baseball, giving readers a window into how these legends’ careers began. With an introduction by Cal Ripken, Jr., a foreword by Steve Wulf, and an afterword by Johnny Bench, this book makes the perfect gift for baseball fans of all teams.

— AUTHOR-SIGNED COPY

Hardcover: 224 pages

Price includes tax & shipping (US Post Office Media Mail; 3-10 business days) United States only.

US Post Priority Mail (1-3 business days) upgrade option available at checkout.

Please email info@grassrootsbaseball.org if you need international shipping.

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• Thanks to Dolby and AMC Theatres, SEE HER BE HER is being screened in theaters across the country in conjunction with the baseball season. If you or friends live nearby and want to see the film on the big screen, please join us!

• The companion book to SEE HER BE HER and Jean’s third book in the Grassroots Baseball series, titled See Her Be Her, is available for purchase at our Web site. Each copy is personally signed by Jean, and mailed free of charge.  If you are interested in a copy and would like it personally inscribed, we would be delighted to accommodate your request.

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