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Base-ball Ballads

by Grantland Rice

Level C2 · ProficientPoetry24 chapters
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CEFR level
C2
Length
24 chapters
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About this book

About this book

Step into the lively world of baseball through spirited poems that capture the thrills, dreams, and quirks of the game—from heroic hits and fan antics to the bittersweet fate of Mudville’s team.

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Contents

24 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02CONTENTS.
03THE COURTSHIP OF A SON OF SWAT.
04THE BUSH LEAGUER’S DREAM. (From our “Songs of the Spring Recruit.”)
05ON THE ROAD TO ROOTERS’ ROW. (Letting Mr. Kipling in, of course, on a bit of the graft.)
06“TILL THE LAST MAN IS OUT.”
07THE BUSHERS.
08THE CLIMAX OF FAN JOY.
09SONGS OF SWAT—“YOU USTER BAT .300.”
10THE LAUGH ON NERO.
11KNOCKING SLANG.
12A DAY IN THE BLEACHERS.

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