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Baseball's Natural: the Story of Eddie Waitkus - Writing Baseball S.
John Theodore
An account of Eddie Waitkus, the slick-fielding first baseman who played for the Cubs and Phillies in the 1940s and was the inspiration for Roy Hobbs in "The Natural". It chronicles Waitkus's remarkable comeback as well as the difficult years following his 11-year major league career.
176 pages, 15 photographs
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 9, 2002 |
| ISBN13 | 9780809324507 |
| Publishers | Southern Illinois University Press |
| Pages | 176 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 18 mm · 412 g |
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