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A Game of Inches : the Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball by PETER MORRIS, Morris, Peter, Peter Morris is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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An Encyclopedia Of The National Pasttime That Will Surprise, Delight, And Educate Even The Most Knowledgeable Fan. It Illuminates The Origin Of Items From Catchers' Masks To Hook Slides To Intentional Walks To Baseball's Reserve Clause. The Things We Take For Granted -- Batting -- Pitching -- Fielding -- Baserunning -- Managerial Strategies -- Coaching -- Umpires -- Equipment -- Uniforms -- Skullduggery -- Timeouts -- Building A Team -- Ballparks -- Fans -- Marketing And Promotions -- Money -- Variants -- Inclusion -- Participants -- Competition -- Spreading The Word -- Traveling Men -- As American As Apple Pie -- Miscellany. Peter Morris. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. An encyclopedic fan's reference of baseball contains nearly five hundred entries covering ballparks, fans, money, variants, inclusion, participants, competition, and statistics.

Author

PETER MORRIS, Morris, Peter, Peter Morris

Publisher

Ivan R. Dee Publisher

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781566638531

Subjects

Sports, Anthropology, History

Rating

4.6 / 5 (74 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14