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Strike Four - The Evolution of Baseball
von Richard Hershberger
2019 Gebunden, 320 Seiten, 235mm x 157mm x 23mm, Sprache(n): eng Baseball began as a schoolyard game, brought to America by the colonists. It evolved rapidly over the second half of the nineteenth century, with innovations and rule changes continuing throughout the twentieth century and into the…
Reasoning with Sabermetrics - Applying Statistical Science to Baseball's Tough Questions
von Gabriel B Costa, Michael R Huber, John T Saccoman
2012 Kartoniert, 224 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 13mm, Sprache(n): eng Sabermetrics, the specialized analysis of baseball through empirical evidence, provides an impartial perspective from which to explore the game. In this work, the third in a series, three mathematicians employ statistical science…
Ball Tales - A Study of Baseball, Basketball and Football Fiction of the 1930s through 1960s
von Michelle Nolan
2010 Kartoniert, 288 Seiten, 254mm x 178mm x 16mm, Sprache(n): eng This history of American sports fiction traces depictions of baseball, basketball and football in works for all age levels from early dime novels through the 1960s. Chapters cover dime novel heroes Frank and Dick Merriwell; the e…
"I Will Never Forget" - Interviews with 39 Former Negro League Players
von Brent Kelley
2010 Kartoniert, 200 Seiten, 254mm x 178mm x 11mm, Sprache(n): eng This book continues the riches of two highly praised previous volumes, Voices from the Negro Leagues ""interesting...solid""--MultiCultural Review) and The Negro Leagues Revisited (""wonderful""--Booklist; ""voluminous...top-notc…
Figure-Skating (1898)
von Montagu Sneade Monier-Williams
2008 Kartoniert, 376 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 20mm, Sprache(n): eng Figure-Skating is a book written by Monier-Williams and Montagu Sneade that was first published in 1898. This comprehensive guide to figure skating covers everything from the history of the sport to the technical aspects of skati…
Base Ball on the Western Reserve - The Early Game in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, Year by Year an…
von James M. Egan
2008 Kartoniert, 340 Seiten, 254mm x 178mm x 18mm, Sprache(n): eng Cleveland and the surrounding area was home to one of the earliest and most active baseball scenes outside of the eastern seaboard. This extraordinarily detailed history combines author commentary with first-hand accounts to docu…
Late and Close - A History of Relief Pitching
von Paul Votano
2002 Kartoniert, 192 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 11mm, Sprache(n): eng Relief pitchers have important roles in baseball today, often coming in to pitch at some of the game's most critical and exciting moments, but they have not always been a part of the game. This work provides a history of relief p…
Backstop - A History of the Catcher and a Sabermetric Ranking of 50 All-Time Greats
von William F. McNeil
2005 Kartoniert, 268 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 16mm, Sprache(n): eng It's often said that catcher is the most important, most demanding defensive position in baseball. This view explains why so many light-hitting catchers have enjoyed long--and by all accounts successful--major league careers. Yet…
Professional Baseball in North Carolina - An Illustrated City-by-City History, 1901-1996
von J. Chris Holaday
2006 Kartoniert, 260 Seiten, 254mm x 178mm x 14mm, Sprache(n): eng Hundreds of major leaguers--including the Hall of Fame's Hank Greenburg, Johnny Mize, Rod Carew, Carl Yastrzemski and Joe Morgan--got their starts in North Carolina, where baseball has been a fixture in the state for nearly 100 y…
Blue Jays 1, Expos 0 - The Urban Rivalry That Killed Major League Baseball in Montreal
von David Luchuk
2007 Kartoniert, 204 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 12mm, Sprache(n): eng The 2001-2002 offseason was a tumultuous one for Major League Baseball. The commissioner's move to contract two teams, voted on and approved by league owners in a 28-2 vote, left fans in several cities fearing for the future of t…