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| Author | : Harry Lewis |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 86 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1257930524 |
"Aimed at visitors to American soil or just to American culture, this book is an illustrated guide to the game of baseball and how to use its lingo"--Cover p. [4].
| Author | : Elliot Skolnick |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 154 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Baseball players |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Paul Dickson |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 242 |
| Release | : 2009-05-26 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 0802719309 |
Baseball is set apart from other sports by many things, but few are more distinctive than the intricate systems of coded language that govern action on the field and give baseball its unique appeal. During a nine-inning game, more than 1,000 silent instructions are given-from catcher to pitcher, coach to batter, fielder to fielder, umpire to umpire-and without this speechless communication the game would simply not be the same. Baseball historian Paul Dickson examines for the first time the rich legacy of baseball's hidden language, offering fans everywhere a smorgasbord of history and anecdote. Whether detailing the origins of the hit-and-run, the true story behind the home run that gave "Home Run" Baker his nickname, Bob Feller's sign-stealing telescope, Casey Stengel's improbable method of signaling his bullpen, the impact of sign stealing on the Giants' miraculous comeback in 1951, or the pitches Andy Pettitte tipped off that altered the momentum of the 2001 World Series, Dickson's research is as thorough as his stories are entertaining. A roster of baseball's greatest names and games, past and present, echoes throughout, making The Hidden Language of Baseball a unique window on the history of our national pastime.
| Author | : Thomas W. Gilbert |
| Publisher | : Godine+ORM |
| Total Pages | : 332 |
| Release | : 2020-09-15 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1567926886 |
The untold story of baseball’s nineteenth-century origins: “a delightful look at a young nation creating a pastime that was love from the first crack of the bat” (Paul Dickson, The Wall Street Journal). You may have heard that Abner Doubleday or Alexander Cartwright invented baseball. Neither did. You may have been told that a club called the Knickerbockers played the first baseball game in 1846. They didn’t. Perhaps you’ve read that baseball’s color line was first crossed by Jackie Robinson in 1947. Nope. Baseball’s true founders don’t have plaques in Cooperstown. They were hundreds of uncredited, ordinary people who played without gloves, facemasks, or performance incentives. Unlike today’s pro athletes, they lived full lives outside of sports. They worked, built businesses, and fought against the South in the Civil War. In this myth-busting history, Thomas W. Gilbert reveals the true beginnings of baseball. Through newspaper accounts, diaries, and other accounts, he explains how it evolved through the mid-nineteenth century into a modern sport of championships, media coverage, and famous stars—all before the first professional league was formed in 1871. Winner of the Casey Award: Best Baseball Book of the Year
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| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 452 |
| Release | : 2003-01-01 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 9780803293083 |
Ted Williams (1918?2002) was a paradox. His cool, controlled, and patient attitude while at the plate was incongruous with his explosive, unpredictable temper out of the batter?s box. With a swing that was both admired and feared, Williams has been called the greatest hitter of the last half of the twentieth century and was perhaps the greatest left-handed hitter of all time. In this biography Michael Seidel explores the complexities of the mercurial personality and amazing career of the near-mythic ?Splendid Splinter.? ø With the death of Williams in the summer of 2002, baseball lost one of its true greats. Yet controversy continued to surround Williams in death as news of a bizarre family dispute over the fate of Williams?s body captivated the country. In a new foreword to this edition, the author discusses the odd events surrounding the ballplayer?s death and their significance to the legend of Ted Williams.
| Author | : Ryan Gray |
| Publisher | : Coaches Choice Books |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Baseball |
| ISBN | : 9781585186280 |
A humorous, informative and entertaining look at thecolorful and unique language of the national pastime.Whether you're a coach, player, umpire or fan, TheLanguage of Baseball will be a book that you'll readthrough and then reference time and again.
| Author | : John Sexton |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 267 |
| Release | : 2013-03-07 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1101609737 |
The president of New York University offers a love letter to America’s most beloved sport and a tribute to its underlying spirituality. For more than a decade, John Sexton has taught a wildly popular New York University course about two seemingly very different things: religion and baseball. Yet Sexton argues that one is actually a pathway to the other. Baseball as a Road to God is about touching that something that lies beyond logical understanding. Sexton illuminates the surprisingly large number of mutual concepts shared between baseball and religion: faith, doubt, conversion, miracles, and even sacredness among many others. Structured like a game and filled with riveting accounts of baseball’s most historic moments, Baseball as Road to God will enthrall baseball fans whatever their religious beliefs may be. In thought-provoking, beautifully rendered prose, Sexton elegantly demonstrates that baseball is more than a game, or even a national pastime: It can be a road to enlightenment.
| Author | : John Thorn |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 386 |
| Release | : 2012-03-20 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 0743294041 |
Think you know how the game of baseball began? Think again. Forget Abner Doubleday and Cooperstown. Did baseball even have a father--or did it just evolve from other bat-and-ball games? John Thorn, baseball's preeminent historian, examines the creation story of the game and finds it all to be a gigantic lie. From its earliest days baseball was a vehicle for gambling, a proxy form of class warfare. Thorn traces the rise of the New York version of the game over other variations popular in Massachusetts and Philadelphia. He shows how the sport's increasing popularity in the early decades of the nineteenth century mirrored the migration of young men from farms and small towns to cities, especially New York. Full of heroes, scoundrels, and dupes, this book tells the story of nineteenth-century America, a land of opportunity and limitation, of glory and greed--all present in the wondrous alloy that is our nation and its pastime.--From publisher description.
| Author | : Catherine Turner Bryce |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 360 |
| Release | : 1914 |
| Genre | : English language |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Louise Borden |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 48 |
| Release | : 2014-02-18 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1481421875 |
The ultimate celebration of an all-American sport, this picture book captures the joy and the history of baseball—and knocks it out of the park! Don’t wait for Opening Day to start your baseball season! Crack open Baseball Is… and revel in the fun of this all-American game! Perfect for the stats-counting superfan and the brand-new little leaguer, Baseball Is… captures the spirit of this cherished pastime, honoring its legendary past, and eagerly anticipating the future of the sport that is “stitched into our history.”
