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    <namePart>Flynn, Brendan</namePart>
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    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2024</dateIssued>
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    <extent>128 pages : colour photographs ; 26 cm</extent>
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  <abstract>Baseball and Softball introduces readers to America's national pastimes. Alongside introductions to the rules and skills required for each sport, readers will learn about the history, great teams, and inspirational legends that have made baseball and softball so popular for nearly two centuries. Features include a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Early Encyclopedias is an imprint of Abdo Reference, a division of ABDO</abstract>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Brendan Flynn ; Editor: Charlie Beattie</note>
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