A game of inches
Subtitle: the stories behind the innovations that shaped baseball
By: Peter Morris
Edition: Rev. and expanded 1-vol. ed.
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 626
ISBN-13: 9781566638531
Description: An encyclopedia of the national pasttime that will surprise, delight, and educate even the most knowledgeable fan. It illuminates the origin of items from catchers' masks to hook slides to intentional walks to baseball's reserve clause.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [579]-589) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The things we take for granted; title: Batting; title: Pitching; title: Fielding; title: Baserunning; title: Managerial strategies; title: Coaching; title: Umpires; title: Equipment; title: Uniforms; title: Skullduggery; title: Timeouts; title: Building a team; title: Ballparks; title: Fans; title: Marketing and promotions; title: Money; title: Variants; title: Inclusion; title: Participants; title: Competition; title: Spreading the word; title: Traveling men; title: As American as apple pie; title: Miscellany.