Synopses & Reviews
Calling All Baseball Geeks Is your off-field knowledge of the great game as sound as your batting averages and pinch hits? Do you know how many baseball players have been buried in their uniforms or the number of home plate marriages that have been performed? Can you name the only three foot player to ever walk in a baseball game? You'll find the answers to these and much, much more in The Baseball Geek's Bible. So, brush up on your baseball trivia and relive some of the sport's greatest moments and indulge in more than 200 pages of facts, stories and stats. Check out the countless hilarious anecdotes--learn what player ran the bases facing backwards (Jimmy Piersall), who was the only player born at sea (Ed Porray) and what town in Iowa has produced 12 major leaguers (Norway). This book delivers a home run for both the novice and expert baseball fan. As the wise man once said, you never know what you're going to see at the ballpark @lt;br@gt;
Synopsis
Baseball has been the subject of more literature, films, and visual art than any other sport. This handy book celebrates the ever-popular sport by paying tribute to the most memorable, awe-inspiring, surprising, and never-bettered moments in the sport's history. From the first World Series in 1903, through Babe Ruth's "called shot," Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, Jackie Robinson's debut in the Majors and Roger Maris's 61st record-breaking home run, to 1998's Sosa/McGwire home run race, every key moment in the history of a nation's favorite pastime is documented here. The book is a thoroughly entertaining work for any baseball fan. It is appealing to teenagers and young adults just getting into baseball, as well as older enthusiasts who will remember with a smile some of the earlier history of baseball in this country.