Baseball: --a Laughing Matter!
- ISBN-10
- 089204232X
- ISBN-13
- 9780892042326
- Series
- Baseball
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Publisher
- Sporting News
- Authors
- Warner Fusselle, Rick Wolff, Brian Zevnik
Description
( Johnson's hitting instructions certainly worked with the above pupil , Phil Bradley . In 1984 , Bradley batted .301 but did not hit even one home run . In 1985 , Bradley hit .300 but also belted 26 homers ...
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