num_pages: 352
description: An unorthodox history of baseball told through the enthralling stories of the game's objects equipment and characters.No sport embraces its wild history quite like baseball especially in memorabilia and objects. Sure there are baseball cards and team pennants. But there are also huge balls giant bats peanuts cracker jacks eyeblack and more each with a backstory you have to read to believe. In The 34-Ton Bat  Sports Illustrated writer Steve Rushin tells the real unvarnished story of baseball through the lens of all the things that make it the game that it is.Rushin weaves these rich stories -- from ballpark pipe organs played by malevolent organists to backed up toilets at Ebbets Field -- together in their order of importance (from most to least) for an entertaining and compulsive read glowing with a deep passion for America's Pastime. The perfect holiday gift for casual fans and serious collectors alike The 34-Ton Bat is a true heavy hitter.
language: English
title: The 34-Ton Bat: The Story of Baseball as Told Through Bobbleheads, Cracker Jacks, Jockstraps, Eye Black, and 375 Other Strange and Unforgettable Objects
publisher: Little, Brown and Company