The most comprehensive baseball encyclopedia ever published, this exhaustive reference features the career record of every player in major league baseball history as well as complete statistics on every aspect of the game. The book also includes over 700 pages of articles, team histories, and player biographies. New to this edition are an essay on the fine art of collecting baseball memorabilia by Fox Sports anchor Keith Olbermann, an article about Civil War-era baseball by historian Patricia Millen, and a review of collegiate baseball history by college baseball expert Beau Riffenburgh. Readers also get a whirlwind tour of football history, profiles of a handful of current NFL standouts, and a chapter dealing with game-day traditions. 0789446391 Football lends itself to still photography.
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At last, the Dummies series is tackling football. The complete stats and the complex personalities. Dynasties, rivalries, coaches, referees, all the pre-NBA leagues, vignettes and features by the top basketball writers in the world. Every NBA season is reviewed and individual statistics are provided for every player who has ever played in the league. An extraordinary 32-page color photo essay that captures the spirit of the game since Naismith conceived it opens this encyclopedia in an unprecedented and spectacular manner.