A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball: The Game on the Field
- ISBN-10
- 1566639549
- ISBN-13
- 9781566639545
- Series
- A Game of Inches
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 560
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-03-23
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee
- Author
- Peter Morris
Description
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 its origins to the present day. The book relies heavily on quotations from contemporary sources.
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