Book Description
Shares humorous anecdotes about zany achievements in baseball history.
Author : Bruce Nash
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 38,35 MB
Release : 1991-11-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780020294856
Shares humorous anecdotes about zany achievements in baseball history.
Author : Bill Deane
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 22,26 MB
Release : 2015-02-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1442244348
The dying art of the hidden-ball trick dates back to the early days of pro baseball, with seven successful executions documented in 1876 alone. This ruse occurs when a baseman conceals the ball instead of returning it to the pitcher. When the runner steps off the base, he is summarily tagged out with the hidden ball. The trick has been used some 264 times with success, a rarity roughly in the class of the no-hitter. The hidden-ball trick has produced many hilarious stories throughout the years, and even enjoyed a renaissance of sorts in 2013 when it was employed twice late in the season. In Finding the Hidden-Ball Trick: The Colorful History of Baseball’s Oldest Ruse, every known execution of the hidden-ball trick in the major leagues is documented, compiled from decades of research. This book recounts how the hidden-ball trick has completed triple plays, ended games, resulted in two arrests, cost a Hall of Famer a managing job, and even occurred in a World Series. Stories include how Fred Merkle gained revenge on Johnny Evers, how Gary Carter was caught to end a game—on his birthday—and how Lou Boudreau was nabbed the day after saying the play was obsolete. In addition to a complete chronological listing of every documented ruse, Finding the Hidden-Ball Trick also includes descriptions of tricks that went awry and a list of unsubstantiated accounts. This unique compilation of baseball stories will be of interest to baseball scholars and fans alike.
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Page : 2132 pages
File Size : 38,78 MB
Release : 1994
Category : American literature
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Page : 2456 pages
File Size : 14,39 MB
Release : 1992
Category : American literature
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A world list of books in the English language.
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Publisher : Gale Cengage
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 13,59 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780810379541
Get in touch with leading sources of sports information in the United States with the help of this Gale resource. Included is information about US leagues, teams, organizations, associations, colleges, halls of fame, events, media, books, videos and publications.
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Page : 1852 pages
File Size : 50,88 MB
Release : 1994
Category : American literature
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Page : 1624 pages
File Size : 22,85 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Paperbacks
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Author : Myron J. Smith
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 15,59 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Reference
ISBN :
"With over 57,000 entries, this two-volume set is the most comprehensive non-electronic, non-database, print bibliography on any American sport. Represented here are books and monographs, scholarly papers, government documents, doctoral dissertations, masters' theses, poetry and fiction, novels, pro team yearbooks, college and professional All-Star Game and World Series programs, commercially produced yearbooks, and periodical and journal articles"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Rose Arny
Publisher :
Page : 2184 pages
File Size : 29,49 MB
Release : 1992
Category : American literature
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Author : Ed Bowker Staff
Publisher : R. R. Bowker
Page : 3274 pages
File Size : 17,54 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780835246422