He finished his career with a 194-126 record and with 2,688 strikeouts.Ĭone has flourished as a broadcaster with the Yankees, but it was almost a short-lived stint in the Bronx. In 1988 he went 20-3 with a 2.22 ERA and yet wound-up finishing third in the Cy Young balloting. But after debuting for the team, he was traded to the Mets before the 1987 season. He wound up pitching for Kansas City twice in his career. Quite a resume for one of the game’s most clutch postseason pitchers (8-3 in 21 playoff games).ĭavid Cone was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and was drafted in the third round of the 1981 MLB Draft by the hometown Royals. Cone has extended his association with baseball in his role as an analyst for the New York Yankees on the YES Network and for ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball.Ĭone was a World Series Champion 5 times in his career, won the 1994 AL Cy Young Award, struck out 19 hitters in a game, was an All-Star 5 different times and won 20 games twice. He pitched for five teams after making his Major League debut for Kansas City in 1986. He was blessed with a long baseball career. Now, David Cone is continuing to write the story of his broadcasting career. A jubilant, original picture book.He’s authored a book and a perfect game.
"Aside from being great fun, and it is, this book leads the viewer to conceptualize what at first seems inconceivable, no mean feat. This classic picture book is an ALA Notable Book, a Reading Rainbow Feature Selection, and a Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor Book for Illustration.įrom the Back Cover This book reveals how big a bowl would be needed to hold a million goldfish, or how many years it would take to count to a million. How Much Is a Million? knocks complex numbers down to size in a fun, humorous way, helping children conceptualize a difficult mathematical concept. "A jubilant, original picture book." - Booklist (starred review)Įver wonder just what a million of something means? How about a billion? Or a trillion? Marvelosissimo the mathematical magician can teach you! About the Book Text and pictures try to make possible the conceptualization of a million, a billion, and a trillion.
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