More than any other sport, baseball has developed its own niche in America's culture and psyche. Researchers spend years on detailed statistical analyses of minute parts of the game, while others wax poetic about its players and plays. Many trace the beginnings of the civil rights movement to the Major Leagues' decision to integrate, and the words and phrases of the game (for example, pinch-hitter and out in left field ) have become common in our everyday language. From AARON, HANK onward, all of what might be called the ...
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More than any other sport, baseball has developed its own niche in America's culture and psyche. Researchers spend years on detailed statistical analyses of minute parts of the game, while others wax poetic about its players and plays. Many trace the beginnings of the civil rights movement to the Major Leagues' decision to integrate, and the words and phrases of the game (for example, pinch-hitter and out in left field ) have become common in our everyday language. From AARON, HANK onward, all of what might be called the cultural aspects of baseball are covered (as opposed to the number-rich statistical information so widely available elsewhere). Biographical sketches of all Hall of Fame players, owners, executives and umpires, as well as many of the sportswriters and broadcasters who have won the Spink and Frick awards, join entries for teams, owners, commissioners and league presidents. Advertising, agents, drafts, illegal substances, minor leagues, oldest players, perfect games, retired uniform numbers, superstitions, tripleheaders, and youngest players are among the thousands of entries herein. Most entries open with a topical quote and conclude with a brief bibliography of sources for further research. The whole work is exhaustively indexed.
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Fine Condition. No Dust Jacket. 888 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Baseball; ISBN: 078640311x. ISBN/EAN: 9780786403110. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 11598.
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Very Good Plus. No Jacket, As Issued. 4to. Hardcover. Published Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 1997, second printing, with corrections. Thick 4to., 9" x 11 1/4." viii+888 pp., illustrated. Pictorial lamenated boards, printed on 50# alkaline paper. Ex-library copy with minimal treatment, no exterior markings. Minor abrasion at heel from label removal, text clean and bright, unmarked, binding tight. Very Good plus.
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"Fourth printing with corrections" signed by the author on flyleaf with note: "To Bob Wagner-I hope you're back out on the diamond soon, in the meantime, I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. Jon Light 6-19-01" with black pen. Alphabetical entries. Index. Some B&W photos. Author's business card laid-in. viii, 888 pages. Heavy 4to. 11 1/4" x 8 7/8". no jacket. Bright. Tight. Clean. Like new condition.
