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4-6Baseball series.
These two books take brief looks at the hundred-year history of the Yankees and the young expansion-franchise Diamondbacks. The widely spaced text and full-page photographs of prominent players will appeal to young baseball fans. However, the illustrations would have had more meaning if they were captioned. Individual players' names in large print scattered throughout the book seem pointless. [Review covers these Baseball titles: The History of the New York Yankees and The History of the Arizona Diamondbacks.]