title: The Little Big Book of Baseball
author: H. Clark Wakabayashi
description: H. Clark Wakabayashi has written, designed, and or edited many titles including <i>The Little Big Book of Dads, Brother Bear, </i>and <i>Lilo and Stitch</i> (both for Disney Editions). He is a Yankees fan.
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  ![CoverImage](../Images/00002.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [**Begin Reading**](../Text/dummy_split_004.html#filepos1443)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Table of Contents](../Text/dummy_split_072.html#filepos365885)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Copyright Page](../Text/dummy_split_076.html#filepos380014)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For Ruth, for knowing what’s what.
  
  
  
  
  
  —NR
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## [Chapter 1](../Text/dummy_split_072.html#filepos366503)
  
  
  
  
  
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  HELLO! _Buenos dias! Bonjour! Konnichiwa!_ It’s me, Daniel, here with the
  critical life lesson of the day: _There’s absolutely, positively, no such
  thing as too much practice or preparation._ Not when it comes to sports, not
  when it comes to acing your math test, and definitely not when it comes to
  issues of mortal combat.
  
  
  
  
  
  Having just died a horrible bloody death in a dusty urban parking lot, I’d
  clearly forgotten this lesson.