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Game of Inches
Peter Morris
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Description for Game of Inches
Hardback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 185 x 35. Weight in Grams: 930.
As befits a game traditionally passed from one generation to the next, baseball has always had a special reverence for origins. Claims of being first with any element of the game are disputed with fervor and passion. When the octogenarian Fred Goldsmith died in 1939, a headline proclaimed, 'Goldsmith Dies Insisting He Invented Curve Ball'; Fred Goldsmith understood the secret of immortality. Yet while countless thousands of words have been spilled on the subject of baseball “firsts,” there has been no definitive source for the settlement of disputes. Peter Morris's endlessly fascinating A Game of Inches has now arrived to ... Read more
As befits a game traditionally passed from one generation to the next, baseball has always had a special reverence for origins. Claims of being first with any element of the game are disputed with fervor and passion. When the octogenarian Fred Goldsmith died in 1939, a headline proclaimed, 'Goldsmith Dies Insisting He Invented Curve Ball'; Fred Goldsmith understood the secret of immortality. Yet while countless thousands of words have been spilled on the subject of baseball “firsts,” there has been no definitive source for the settlement of disputes. Peter Morris's endlessly fascinating A Game of Inches has now arrived to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566636773
SKU
V9781566636773
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99-15
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 and a former national and international Scrabble champion, he is now a researcher at ... Read more
Reviews for Game of Inches
I can't wait for the subsequent volumes.
Keith Olbermann, News Anchor, Countdown on MSNBC; co-host, The Dan Patrick Show on ESPN Radio Peter Morris's A Game of Inches is the one that every serious baseball fan must have.
Rob Neyer
ESPN the Magazine
A splendidly entertaining book.
Donald Honig Truly amazing.
Rob Neyer
... Read more
Keith Olbermann, News Anchor, Countdown on MSNBC; co-host, The Dan Patrick Show on ESPN Radio Peter Morris's A Game of Inches is the one that every serious baseball fan must have.
Rob Neyer
ESPN the Magazine
A splendidly entertaining book.
Donald Honig Truly amazing.
Rob Neyer
... Read more