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Game of Inches
Peter Morris
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Description for Game of Inches
Hardback. Concentrating on ballparks, fans, marketing, statistics, the building of teams, and other related aspects of the game, this book explains the context that led each item to emerge when it did, and chronicles the responses to these innovations. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 171 x 35. Weight in Grams: 803.
The Game Behind the Scenes continues and concludes Peter Morris's superb encyclopedia of the national pastime. The initial volume, The Game on the Field, was called by Library Journal "charming, densely packed, yet entirely accessible.... This is heaven for fans of the game and a required addition to all baseball collections." Endlessly fascinating, impeccably researched, and engagingly written, this treasure trove will surprise, delight, and educate even the most knowledgeable fan by dispelling cherished myths and revealing the source of many of baseball's features that we now take for granted. Together, both volumes of A Game of Inches contain nearly ... Read more
The Game Behind the Scenes continues and concludes Peter Morris's superb encyclopedia of the national pastime. The initial volume, The Game on the Field, was called by Library Journal "charming, densely packed, yet entirely accessible.... This is heaven for fans of the game and a required addition to all baseball collections." Endlessly fascinating, impeccably researched, and engagingly written, this treasure trove will surprise, delight, and educate even the most knowledgeable fan by dispelling cherished myths and revealing the source of many of baseball's features that we now take for granted. Together, both volumes of A Game of Inches contain nearly ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566637053
SKU
V9781566637053
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About Peter Morris
Peter Morris won the coveted Seymour Medal of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) for his book Baseball Fever, about early baseball in Michigan. He has also been honored by USA Today Sports Weekly. A graduate of the University of Toronto and Michigan State University, he is now a researcher at the Michigan Public Health Institute and lives in ... Read more
Reviews for Game of Inches
A treasure trove of detail....Owners of the other books must have this, but it stands alone well on its own as a serious baseball fan's guide to behind-the-scenes business concerns.
Midwest Book Review
Morris' remarkable volume may have set [the] standard for this season and several to follow.
John Marshall
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Morris combines learning, ... Read more
Midwest Book Review
Morris' remarkable volume may have set [the] standard for this season and several to follow.
John Marshall
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Morris combines learning, ... Read more