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Baseball's most wanted : the top 10 book of the national pastime's outrageous offenders, lucky bounces, and other oddities /
Edd Roush was once ejected from a game for falling asleep in the outfield. Dan Friend played left field while dressed in a bathrobe. Outfielder Len Koenecke was killed attempting history's first skyjacking. Pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich swapped not only their wives but also their chil...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Potomac Books,
©2002.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Introduction; On the Dotted Line: Baseball's most unusual contracts; Memorable Memorabilia: A gallery of costly collectibles; The Naturals: The Hollywood connection; Running for Office: Politics and baseball do mix; Out of Their League: Ballplayers who excelled in other sports; Playing the Field: Diamond Don Juans; The Fair Sex: Women who have left their mark on the game; Clothes Encounters: Less than uniform apparel; Smarter than the Average Berra: Players with brain and brawn; Stengelese and Other Tongues: Languages spoken only in ballparks
- Notable Nicknames: A roster of intriguing monickersHot Dogs: Baseball's biggest show-offs; Worst Practical Jokers: The sport's most notorious pranksters; Flakes: They marched to their own drummers; The Bullpen: Oddballs in the bullpen; Curses: Baseball's twilight zone; Lucky Bounces: They'd rather be lucky than good; The Meat of the Order: They were what they ate; Fat Tubs of Goo: Baseball's heavy hitters; Graybeards: The oldest players on record; Playing Young: Ten teenagers who played the game; Minor League Phenoms: Major stars of the minors
- False Promise: Sometimes first impressions aren't the bestOne Game Wonders: Kings for a day; One Year Wonders: They had their summer in the sun; Going Batty: Their bats were hits; Having a Ball: Sandpaper, spitters, and shineballs; Records that Aren't Meant to Be Broken: The least known unbreakable records; The Mendoza Line: The worst hitters of all time; Sultans of Swish: Three strikes, you're out; The Worst Pitching Performances of All Time: The most horrendous shellings in baseball history; I'm a Loser: Some pitchers can't win; Gopher Balls: Pitchers who gave up their share of homers
- Wild Things: Moundsmen who were out of controlHead Hunters: They pitched high and tight; Beaned in Boston: Baseball's marked men; Error of Their Ways: Games slipped through their fingers; Mismanagement: The least successful managers; Travelin' Men: Have suitcase, will travel; Baseball's Worst Trades: Baseball's biggest steals; Baseball's Weirdest Trades: Some of baseball's strangest swaps; Outrageous Owners: Notable and notorious owners; Worst Promotions: Ten promotions that backfired; It's All in the Game: Anything can happen at a baseball game
- Baseball's Most Embarrassing Moments: Moments they'd rather forgetUnlikely World Series Heroes: Unexpected Mr. Octobers; Goats: Baseball's most infamous blunders; Spoilers and Nemeses: Yankee killers and other spoilers; What Might Have Been: Promising careers cut short; Blackballed: African American stars prior to Jackie Robinson; Racism in Baseball: The dark side of the national pastime; Kill the Umpire: Umpires who were attacked on the field; Media Blitz: Strained relations between players and the press; Fanatics: When fans become fanatics