The Brooklyn Nine
by Alan Gratz
ISBN 9780803732247
About
1845: Felix Schneider, a 10-year-old immigrant from Germany, cheers the New York Knickerbockers as they play Three-Out, All-Out.
1864: Union soldier Louis Schneider plays baseball between battles in the Civil War.
1893: Arnold Schneider meets his hero King Kelly, one of professional baseball's first big stars.
1908: Walter Snider, batboy for the Brooklyn Superbas, tries to sneak a black pitcher into the Majors by pretending he's Native American.
1926: Numbers wiz Frankie Snider cons a con with the help of a fellow Brooklyn Robins fan.
1945: Kat Flint becomes a star for the Grand Rapids Chicks in the All-American Girls Baseball League.
1957: Ten-year-old Jimmy Flint thinks bullies and Sputnik are enough to worry about-until the Dodgers announce they're leaving Brooklyn.
1981: Michael Flint finds himself pitching a perfect game during the Little League season at Prospect Park.
2002: Snider Flint tracks down the strange story of a bat that belonged to one of Brooklyn's greatest baseball players.
One family, nine generations. One city, nine innings of baseball.
1864: Union soldier Louis Schneider plays baseball between battles in the Civil War.
1893: Arnold Schneider meets his hero King Kelly, one of professional baseball's first big stars.
1908: Walter Snider, batboy for the Brooklyn Superbas, tries to sneak a black pitcher into the Majors by pretending he's Native American.
1926: Numbers wiz Frankie Snider cons a con with the help of a fellow Brooklyn Robins fan.
1945: Kat Flint becomes a star for the Grand Rapids Chicks in the All-American Girls Baseball League.
1957: Ten-year-old Jimmy Flint thinks bullies and Sputnik are enough to worry about-until the Dodgers announce they're leaving Brooklyn.
1981: Michael Flint finds himself pitching a perfect game during the Little League season at Prospect Park.
2002: Snider Flint tracks down the strange story of a bat that belonged to one of Brooklyn's greatest baseball players.
One family, nine generations. One city, nine innings of baseball.
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