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Title Miracle ball : my hunt for the Shot heard 'round the world / Brian Biegel ; with Peter Thomas Fornatale.
Author Biegel, Brian.
Publication Info. New York : Crown Publishers, c2009.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  796.357 BIE    Check Shelves
 West Oaks  796.357 BIE    Check Shelves
Edition 1st ed.
Description xv, 231 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents "The Holy Grail of Sports" -- Brooklyn boy -- The armoire -- Dad vs Lelands -- Esther -- "The whole world will know you" -- Searching for Eddie Logan -- CSI : Polo Grounds -- My fifteen minutes of fame -- Junk from the attic -- Dodger daze -- "The best baseball writer of his time" -- Eyewitness -- Private detectives -- The angel -- Fervor -- The three Helens -- Digging up the past -- It's not abut the ball -- New Mexico -- Faith.
Summary The author describes his quest to solve the mystery of a legendary, long-missing, pennant-winning home run baseball, hit by Giants third baseman Bobby Thomson in a 1951 playoff series against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Subject Thomson, Bobby, 1923-
Biegel, Brian.
New York Giants (Baseball team) -- History.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- History.
World Series (Baseball) (1951)
Baseballs -- Collectors and collecting -- United States.
Baseballs -- United States -- History.
Baseball -- United States -- History.
ISBN 0307452689
9780307452689 : $25.00
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