The wax pack : on the open road in search of baseball's afterlife /
Balukjian, Brad,
The wax pack : on the open road in search of baseball's afterlife / Brad Balukjian. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references.
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Author's Note -- Prologue -- 1. Warming Up -- 2. Happy Meals -- 3. Yeager Bombs -- 4. Camp Templeton -- 5. Houston, We Have a Problem -- 6. Randy Is Ready -- 7. Carman's Cradle -- 8. The Battery -- 9. Chasing Carlton -- 10. Leader of the Pack -- 11. Vincent van Gone -- 12. Is It September Yet? -- 13. Nobody Home -- 14. Gone Fishing -- 15. Catching Carlton -- 16. Captain Comeback -- 17. Straight Outta Compton -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes
""The Wax Pack," part baseball nostalgia and part road trip travelogue, follows Brad Balukjian as he tracks down players from a single pack of baseball cards from 1986"--
9781496221520
Balukjian, Brad--Travel--United States.
Baseball players--United States--Biography.
Baseball--History--United States--20th century.
Baseball cards--United States.
Electronic Books.
GV865 / .W397 2020
The wax pack : on the open road in search of baseball's afterlife / Brad Balukjian. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references.
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Author's Note -- Prologue -- 1. Warming Up -- 2. Happy Meals -- 3. Yeager Bombs -- 4. Camp Templeton -- 5. Houston, We Have a Problem -- 6. Randy Is Ready -- 7. Carman's Cradle -- 8. The Battery -- 9. Chasing Carlton -- 10. Leader of the Pack -- 11. Vincent van Gone -- 12. Is It September Yet? -- 13. Nobody Home -- 14. Gone Fishing -- 15. Catching Carlton -- 16. Captain Comeback -- 17. Straight Outta Compton -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes
""The Wax Pack," part baseball nostalgia and part road trip travelogue, follows Brad Balukjian as he tracks down players from a single pack of baseball cards from 1986"--
9781496221520
Balukjian, Brad--Travel--United States.
Baseball players--United States--Biography.
Baseball--History--United States--20th century.
Baseball cards--United States.
Electronic Books.
GV865 / .W397 2020