Baseball
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Baseball: An Illustrated History
By Geoffrey C. WardWillard Miilliri, the spurts L':1l'Il)0I'|l$t for the New York World-Telegram. whose caricatures of an unshaven, ... Dar wuultl hid: the hall until thc last instant, and if thc btrtter wax luck), hr would we wmcthing white rocketing ...
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Baseball: --a Laughing Matter!
By Warner Fusselle, Rick Wolff, Brian Zevnik( 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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Baseball: A Geek's Guide : All the Facts and Stats You'll Ever Need
By Douglas B. LyonsBaseball: A Geek's Guide : All the Facts and Stats You'll Ever Need
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Baseball
By John F. Grabowski... Philadelphia .398 Rogers Hornsby , Boston .387 Paul Waner , Pittsburgh .380 Bubbles Hargrave , Cincinnati .353 Rogers Hornsby , St. Louis .403 Rogers Hornsby , St. Louis .424 Rogers Hornsby , St. Louis .384 Rogers Hornsby ...
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Baseball: Science at the Ballpark
By Ryan NagelhoutIn 1914, the speed of Walter Johnson's pitch was calculated by having a motorcycle drive away from Johnson at a constant speed. Experts measured the distance between the pitcher and the motorcycle when the pitch was thrown and when the ...
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Baseball: Four Decades of Sports Illustrated's Finest Writing on America's Favorite Pastime
By Rh Value Publishing, Various, George PlimptonHe has had one meeting with Finch . “ I was going to ask him if we could at least give him a decent fielder's mitt . I asked him why he was so attached to the piece of rag he was using . ' It is , ' the guy told me , ' the only one I ...
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Baseball: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
By Edward J. RiellyAfter hitting a league - leading 44 Ritter , Lawrence S. The Glory of Their Times : home runs in 1946 , Greenberg was sold The Story of the Early Days of Baseball by the to the Pittsburgh Pirates , for whom he Men Who Played It . 1984.
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Baseball: More Than 150 Years
By Saul Wisnia, David NemecOF THE PLAYER YEAR 1 9 2 5 ROGERS HORNSBY Player - manager hits .403 , wins Triple Crown A BASEBALL Rogers Hornsby , Major League Batting Champ ion , and Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals , who was recently chosen as the most valuable ...
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Baseball: Baseball Facts, Records, Statistics and Figures about Pro Baseball Since the Beginning (beaner!)
By David PaigeSeason 1941 1930 1925 1924 1923 1922 1922 1922 1920 1912 Over .400 Hitters ( In a Season ) Team Average Ted Williams Red Sox .406 Bill Terry Giants .401 Rogers Hornsby Cardinals 403 Rogers Hornsby Cardinals 424 Harry Heilmann Tigers ...
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Baseball
By Bryan SteversonAfter his win in Game 5 of the 1988 Series, Hershiser appeared on the popular Tonight Show, hosted by Johnny Carson. When pressed by Carson and the audience to sing a few bars of a song he remembered singing the most often, ...
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Baseball: The Presidents' Game
By Paul Dickson, William B. MeadWASHING'ION STM CCXLECFDN, MMTIN iU'l'HEl? RENO UBEARY LE'I' 'Ell RIP Harding cuts loose at the l92l opener. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover ls second from left, seated. Mrs. Harding (mouth open, wearing a big hat) is to Hoover's ...
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Baseball
By Mark Alan TeirsteinA NOLAN RYAN TIP " My main advice to kids is to tell them they have to throw strikes . That is more important than throwing fast or hard . If you can't get the ball over the plate , it doesn't matter how hard you throw .
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Baseball: The Math of the Game
By Thomas K. AdamsonHere are threeplayers' hittingstats from 2010: TED WILLIAMS JASON HEYWARD MATT HOLLIDAY JOE MAUER AB 520 596 510 H 144 186 167 BB 91 69 65 HBP 10 8 3 SF 2 2 6 Who had the best OBP among Heyward, Holliday, and Mauer?
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Baseball: An Illustrated History
By Geoffrey C. WardH E R O E S At Cooperstown, New York, in I936, Alexander Cleland, a clerk working for a wealthy local booster named Edward Clark who had inherited some of the Singer Sewing Machine fortune, proposed that the folk-:irt museum Clark ...
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Baseball: Rules, Tips, Strategy, and Safety
By Jason PorterfieldOffers an introduction to the history, techniques, equipment, and rules of baseball.
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Baseball: The People's Game
By Dorothy Seymour Mills, Harold Seymour... 167 Hagan, James, 208 Hakanson, Walter, 369 Hale, Edward Everett, 131 Hale, Sarah Josepha, 45, 444 Hall, G. Stanley, 60, 65, 111, 112, 121–22, 125, 126, 159, 160, 445, 468 Halliburton, Erle P., 252 Halsey, William F., 314 Hamburger, ...
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Baseball: The Golden Age
By Dorothy Seymour Mills, Harold Seymour... immortalized in Franklin P. Adams's poem: These are the saddest of possible words— Tinker to Evers to Chance. ... It is also significant that they were voted into the Hall of Fame as a unit, not individually; and, ...
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Baseball
By Steve Goldsworthy, Aaron CarrIntroduces readers to the greatest players and most memorable moments in the history of professional baseball.
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Baseball: An Illustrated History
By Ken Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward, Kevin BakerA moving and fascinating history of the game of baseball. Goes beyond the stolen bases and home runs to demonstrate how baseball has been influenced by, and has in turn influenced, American life.
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Baseball: A Cricketer's Guide
By Francis Gladstoneat the time of making the play , he must have the ball in his hand when his foot is on the bag . ... is no visible measure of the distance allowed and also because rule 6.05 ( k ) makes exception for runners getting around fielders .