The Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How of Baseball

Charlton, Jim

ISBN 10: 1566190703 / ISBN 13: 9781566190701

Published by Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1995

About this Item

178 Pages. Attractdive baseball style white striped laminated glossy boards. Baseball as every fan knows is steeped in history each season connectiing with the past. This thread exists in other sports as well, but just barely. Baseball more than any other spectator sport looks to what has gone before. It is the marvelous interweaving of players, statistics, and pennant winners that joins one generation to the next. We compare averages and records between stars of different decades and argue the pitching motions and batting stance of players who toiled half a century apart. Careers last longer in baseball so we get familiar and comfortable with the ballplayers. We can grow up with them or grow old watching them play. It is easy for a fan to compare the handful of Red Sox right fielders spanning an amazing seven decades: Williams, Yastrzemski, Rice, and Greenwell, just four players at one position in all those years. A rich legacy that certainly has no equal in any other sport. Contents: Introduction, Races, .400 Hitters, Heavy Hitters, Batting Titles, Switch Hitters, Hitters Take the Mound, Designated Hitters, Doubles and Triples, Home Runs, Fielding, Triple Plays, Spring Training, Umpires and Rules, Pitchers, No-Hitters, Managers, hooops and Hardball Hitters, Football, Replacements, Stolen Bases, Old-Timers, World Series, All-Star Games, Beginnings and Ends, Books and Movies, Integration, Who Played For?, Most Valuable Players, Trades, Rookies, The Draft, Stadiums, Stars and Striped, Hall of Fame, Uniforms, Broadcasts, Odds and Ends, Index of Names, and Baseball Illustrations Identified.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How of Baseball
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1566190703
• ISBN 13: 9781566190701
• Binding: Hard Back
• Edition: First Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Published

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Synopsis

Everything you want to know about baseball. Statistics, records, trivia. Includes chapters on -.400 hitters. -Heavy Hitters. -Batting Titles. -And much much more.