|aA game of inches :|bthe stories behind the innovations that shaped baseball /|cPeter Morris.
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|aNew, rev. and expanded 1-vol. ed.
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|aChicago :|bIvan R. Dee,|cc2010.
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|axxvii, 626 p. ;|c24 cm.
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [579]-589) and indexes.
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|aAn encyclopedia of the national pasttime that will surprise, delight, and educate even the most knowledgeable fan. It illuminates the origin of items from catchers' masks to hook slides to intentional walks to baseball's reserve clause.
內容簡介top A Game of Inches 簡介 An encyclopedic fan's reference of baseball contains nearly five hundred entries covering ballparks, fans, money, variants, inclusion, participants, competition, and statistics.