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The New York Yankees are one of sports'all-time iconic teams. As the most popular franchise in Major League Baseball, the Yankees have millions of passionate fans all over the world. Those fans expect nothing less than greatness—and for much of the team's history, the Yankees have delivered. This action-packed book offers a front-row seat to everything that makes the Yankees great. The classic games. The iconic ballparks. The fierce rivalries. Not to mention the World Series championships and the Hall of Fame players. Whether it's Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, or Derek Jeter, New York has been home to some of baseball's best. Season Ticket: Teams uses engaging and informative storytelling to take readers into the past, present, and future of their favorite sports teams. With chapters exploring historic moments, team traditions, and today's hottest superstars, Season Ticket: Teams is your all-access pass to the most iconic franchises in sports!

At the start of the 1998 major league baseball season, St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire hit a home run. In the games that followed, he did it again. And again. And again. And again. By the end of the season, in late September, he had done the hardest thing in baseball an earth-shattering seventy times. He didn't just break the decades-old single-season home-run record set by Roger Maris in 1961-he shattered it. And by doing so, he not only set a new benchmark for players to strive for, but also reminded people that baseball is fun, a game to be enjoyed, with heroes who play for the love of the sport, not for the love of money. In this powerful biography of the most talked-about man in baseball, Matt Christopher, the number one sports series for kids, explores the slugger's childhood days on the diamond as well as the ups and downs of his college and professional career. For more information on the Matt Christopher Sports Bio Bookshelf, please see the last pages of this book.