Hey Batta Batta Swing! The Wild Old Days of Baseball author-Emily Easton Elliot was the one who

Elliot was the one who got away

it wasn’t a surprise to anyone

and he begins investigating her activist friends

a world where the very air crackles with magic

Rivers wind through earth

Hey Batta Batta Swing! The Wild Old Days of Baseball author-Emily Easton Elliot was the one whoDiscover what it was like before there was a pitching mound or players had numbers on their jerseys. Learn how Babe Ruth got his nickname, why Brooklyn's team was called the Dodgers, and what Roger Clemens gave to keep his lucky number 21 when he switched teams. See what clever ways players have found to win even ways to cheat! Sprinkled throughout are definitions of baseball's weird and wacky vocabulary, from a meatball to Uncle Charlie. Find out