A Game of Inches
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A Game of Inches

The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball: The Game on the Field, Volume 1

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eBook - ePub

A Game of Inches

The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball: The Game on the Field, Volume 1

About this book

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 fill the void. 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. The scope of A Game of Inches is encyclopedic, with nearly a thousand entries that illuminate the origins of items ranging from catchers' masks to hook slides to intentional walks to cork-center baseballs. But this is much more than just a reference guide. Award-winning author Peter Morris explains the context that led each new item to emerge when it did, and chronicles the often surprising responses to these innovations. Of few books can it genuinely be said that once you start reading, it's hard to put it down-but A Game of Inches is one of them. It belongs in the pantheon of great baseball books, and will give any reader a deeper appreciation of why baseball matters so much to Americans. (A companion volume, A Game of Inches: The Game Behind the Scenes, was published in the fall of 2006.)

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Information

Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Year
2006
eBook ISBN
9781566639545
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedicaton
  6. Contents
  7. Preface to the Paperback Edition
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction: What Makes an Innovation Dangerous?
  10. Chapter 1: The Things We Take for Granted
  11. Chapter 2: Batting
  12. Chapter 3: Pitching
  13. Chapter 4: Fielding
  14. Chapter 5: Baserunning
  15. Chapter 6: Managerial Strategies
  16. Chapter 7: Coaching
  17. Chapter 8: Umpires
  18. Chapter 9: Equipment
  19. Chapter 10: Uniforms
  20. Chapter 11: Skullduggery
  21. Chapter 12: Timeouts
  22. Chapter 13: Building a Team
  23. Chapter 14: Ballparks
  24. Chapter 15: Fans
  25. Chapter 16: Marketing and Promotions
  26. Chapter 17: Statistics
  27. Chapter 18: Money
  28. Chapter 19: Variants
  29. Chapter 20: Inclusion
  30. Chapter 21: Participants
  31. Chapter 22: Competition
  32. Chapter 23: Spreading the Word
  33. Chapter 24: Traveling Men
  34. Chapter 25: As American as Apple Pie
  35. Chapter 26: Miscellany
  36. Bibliography
  37. Name Index
  38. Topical Index
  39. A Note On the Author