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Larceny and Old Leather
Eldon L. Ham
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Description for Larceny and Old Leather
Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 464.
Larceny and Old Leather is baseball at its best and worst-a unique, informative and often humorous glimpse into some of the secret and not-so-secret dirty tricks, thefts, vaudeville pranks and just plain cheating that dot the long, colourful history of America's most beloved game. The storied shenanigans of baseball include many kinds of mischief in a century-old legacy of corked bats, spitballs, grease balls, hidden balls, outright spying where, it seems, almost everything can be stolen - from bases and signs to games, batting titles, court decisions and much more. Larceny and Old Leather shows how baseball fans have a ... Read more
Larceny and Old Leather is baseball at its best and worst-a unique, informative and often humorous glimpse into some of the secret and not-so-secret dirty tricks, thefts, vaudeville pranks and just plain cheating that dot the long, colourful history of America's most beloved game. The storied shenanigans of baseball include many kinds of mischief in a century-old legacy of corked bats, spitballs, grease balls, hidden balls, outright spying where, it seems, almost everything can be stolen - from bases and signs to games, batting titles, court decisions and much more. Larceny and Old Leather shows how baseball fans have a ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Academy Chicago Publishers United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Chicago, IL, United States
ISBN
9780897335331
SKU
V9780897335331
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-3
About Eldon L. Ham
Eldon Ham is an attorney and teaches sports law at his alma mater, Chicago-Kent College of Law. As well as authoring a couple of books, he has also published articles in the Chicago Tribune, Cincinnati Enquirer and Trial Magazine, among others. He lives north of Chicago with his wife and two children.
Reviews for Larceny and Old Leather
"...a stylish storyteller on sign-stealing, corked bats and gambling..."
USA Today, April 2005.
USA Today, April 2005.