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A game of inches : the stories behind the innovations that shaped baseball : the game on the field

Author: Peter Morris
Publisher: Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, ©2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"The scope of A Game of Inches is encyclopedic, with nearly a thousand entries that illuminate the origins of items ranging from catchers' masks to hook slides to intentional walks to cork-center baseballs. But this is much more than just a reference guide. Along the way, award-winning author Peter Morris has a sharp eye for the telling quote and the entertaining anecdote. He explains the context that led each new  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Morris, Peter, 1962-
Game of inches.
Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, c2006
(OCoLC)607666164
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Peter Morris
ISBN: 1566636779 9781566636773
OCLC Number: 62281746
Description: xxv, 533 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: v. 1. The game on the field --
v. 2. The game behind the scenes.
Responsibility: Peter Morris.
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A fascinating and charming encyclopedic collection of baseball firsts, describing how the innovations in the game--in rules, equipment, styles of play, strategies, etc.--occurred and developed from  Read more...

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