The Ticket Out: Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of CrenshawA look at the 1979 Crenshaw High School varsity baseball team offers a glimpse of the beginning of Darryl Strawberry's baseball career among the finest collection of high-school baseball talent in history. |
Contents
Chapter | 8 |
Go West Then Keep On Going | 20 |
Crenshaw | 50 |
No Way We Lose | 75 |
Chasing Darryl | 93 |
A | 148 |
Called Out on Strikes | 189 |
The Good Stuff | 218 |
Family | 241 |
Acknowledgments | 273 |
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The Ticket Out: Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of Crenshaw Michael Sokolove No preview available - 2006 |
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