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• ISBN: 1616081961
• ISBN: 9781616081966
• Physical Description: xi, 180 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
• Publisher: New York : Skyhorse Pub., [2011]
• Copyright: ©2011

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Why does the visiting team always bat first? -- How does a curveball curve? -- Why was Joe diMaggio called "The Yankee Clipper"? -- Why is the next batter considered to be "on deck"? -- When did umpires start using hand signals? -- Why do some new stadiums have the same name as old ones? -- Why do pitchers throw overhand in baseball and underhand in softball? -- Why do teams start a different pitcher each day? -- Why is the number 42 on the wall at every stadium? -- Why is there a National League and an American League? -- What is a Met? -- Why is the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York? -- Sp who invented baseball? -- Why is the spitball illegal? -- Why do managers wear uniforms in the dugout? -- The names for baseman, outfields, pitcher, and catcher make sense : but why "shortstop"? -- What is the loss column and why is it so important? -- Why do some teams not have player's names on the back of their uniforms? -- Who won the first World Series? -- Just what is a sandlot anyway? -- Why is there a seventh-inning stretch? -- Who wrote "Take me out to the ball game"? -- How many times did Ty Cobb steal home? -- How many times did Ty Cobb steal home? -- Why is there ivy on the walls at Wrigley Field? -- Why is Fenway Park;s "Green Monster" so tall? -- Why does St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa sometimes bat the pitcher eighth? -- What is the most memorable stadium promotion ever held?

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Baseball > Miscellanea.
Baseball > Trivia.

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Trivia and miscellanea.